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San Diego LGBTQ Community Leaders React To New Police Procedures
The San Diego Police Department released new procedures this week for how officers should interact with transgender and nonbinary people. Read more/news/2021/jun/03/san-diego-lgbtq-community-new-police-procedures/
28 Days Of Black Film History
Follow this blog for daily posts about films made by Black directors that are important or noteworthy in the evolution of Black cinema. Read more/news/2021/feb/02/28-days-black-film-history/
San Diego Parklets Must Now Be In Compliance, Potential Fees Loom
- Aug. 2
- By Melissa Mae
Parklets helped San Diego restaurants during the pandemic by providing outdoor dining space. Now they must be brought up to code, which includes permits and removing permanent roofs.
Exploring The 'X' in Latinx: A Conversation On Identity
- July 29
- By Cristina Kim, Harrison Patiño
The term "Latinx" has been used increasingly in recent years to describe the Latin-American community as a whole within the United States.
San Diego Humane Society Will Waive Adoption Fees Through Saturday
- July 27
- By City News Service
The move is intended to help create space in the shelter for other animals urgently in need.
Warming Rivers In US West Killing Fish, Imperiling Industry
- July 26
- Daisy Nguyen / Associated Press
Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in another. Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon, once they enter the Pacific Ocean, are sounding the alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the U.S. West raise water temperatures and imperil fish from Idaho to California.
With Virus Surge, US To Keep Travel Restrictions For Now
- July 26
- By Associated Press
The United States will keep existing COVID-19 travel restrictions on international travel in place for now because of concerns about the surging infection rate due to the delta variant.
Snow Leopard At San Diego Zoo Tests Positive For Virus Causing COVID-19
- July 23
- By City News Service
A male snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has preliminarily tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, it was announced Friday.
U-T's New Bilingual News Program To Spotlight Issues Important To Latinos
- July 20
- By Harrison Patiño , Maureen Cavanaugh
A news magazine developed by The San Diego Union-Tribune and The Los Angeles Times premiered on Sunday. It will offer bilingual coverage to San Diego County's Latino population in a one-a-month broadcast that will also be available to stream online.
Annual Bighorn Sheep Count In Anza-Borrego Canceled, Ending 50-Year Tradition
- July 19
- By Claire Trageser
The heatwaves that have rippled across the Western United States this summer are causing problems for wildlife researchers. In the desert outside San Diego, an annual bighorn sheep count was cancelled after a volunteer died of heatstroke.
Navy Agrees To Reexamine Training Impacts Following Whale Deaths In San Diego
- July 15
- By City News Service
The U.S. Navy will reevaluate the impacts of its training exercises on marine life in the wake of the deaths of two fin whales apparently fatally struck by a military vessel off the coast of San Diego earlier this year.
Gay Bars Were Hit Hard By COVID, But Most Have Made It Back Ahead Of Pride Weekend
- July 15
- By Katy Stegall
With Pride Week upon us, these cultural hubs have re-opened and are again providing safe havens for many in the LGBTQ community.
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