The child care industry has long been in crisis, and COVID-19 only made things worse. Now affordable, quality care is even more challenging to find, and staff are not paid enough to stay in the field. This series spotlights people each struggling with their own childcare issues, and the providers struggling to get by.
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One woman's story highlights a pressing issue affecting workers, businesses and the local economy.
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The San Diego Symphony provides an interactive music curriculum for students in grades three through five, culminating in a special concert at the Rady Shell.
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San Diego’s investor-owned utility got permission to raise rates to pay for wildfire hardening projects the company already performed, pushing bills up by 8.7%.
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They are among the first to use the technology to study snakes.
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San Diego Gas and Electric funded a review of their electric distribution system comes as public power advocates rally voters to allow the city of San Diego to buy the business.
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The California state park system is under assault from climate change related events, and park officials said California needs to invest in the system to make it more climate resilient.
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The county is developing affordable housing on surplus land to meet a dire housing shortage. Residents said locating low-income housing in low-resource neighborhoods is worsening disparities.
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The funds could help plan and build affordable housing, parks and sustainable transportation infrastructure, in communities that were devastated by freeway construction.
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Large companies doing business in the state would have to disclose and clean wastewater discharges that can pollute the watershed or pay the state to do it.
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Since the late 1980s, state and federal governments have passed laws aimed at making it easier for people to register to vote. Today there are many more registered voters, but corresponding boosts in voter turnout haven’t always materialized.
Maya Trabulsi anchors KPBS Evening Edition, a nightly news program that explores everything from politics to policy and environment to education.
KPBS Evening Edition will give you the information you need to understand what’s happening — and why — in your local community.
KPBS Evening Edition delivers accurate, in-depth analysis that includes the diverse voices of San Diego and our region.
The show airs Monday through Friday at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Channel 1011 on Cox Cable and Channel 1221 on Time Warner Cable.
KPBS Evening Edition will give you the information you need to understand what’s happening — and why — in your local community.
KPBS Evening Edition delivers accurate, in-depth analysis that includes the diverse voices of San Diego and our region.
The show airs Monday through Friday at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Channel 1011 on Cox Cable and Channel 1221 on Time Warner Cable.
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