The San Diego County unemployment rate was 4.9% in June, up from 4% in May, and above last year's 4.4%, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
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The huge spending bill Congress passed last month included aid to rural hospitals, training for new doctors, new rules regarding mental health coverage and requirements for billing transparency.
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The Multicultural Health Foundation will hold a virtual panel called "Don't Hesitate To Vaccinate" Thursday, Jan. 28 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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KPBS Midday EditionA San Diego aquaculture technology start-up is betting that Americans' love of seafood will extend to fish fillets grown from fish cells.
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Everyone is trying to figure out how relationships work in the pandemic. That includes a couple keeping their love alive, ever since their group homes for adults with disabilities went into lockdown.
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Local restaurants defy COVID-19 rules as a peaceful protest, San Diego's Spanish-speaking community reacts to the end of the Trump era, and the leader of the San Diego Unified School District is chosen for a position in the Biden administration.
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Carey Mulligan stars in darkly comic female revenge tale
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Lou Gehrig's disease can take months to diagnose, then rapidly incapacitate patients, leaving many families bankrupt before disability payments and Medicare kick in. A recent law aims to change that.
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An injured, pregnant bobcat that was found last month in Rancho Bernardo and treated by the San Diego Humane Society's Project Wildlife medical staff has been released back into the wild.
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The Trump administration has slashed millions of acres of protected habitat for the imperiled northern spotted owl in Oregon, Washington and northern California.
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Concern is spreading that the critical winter holiday success could be fleeting because it came as COVID-19 infections in both Mexico and the United States — the main source of the foreign tourists — were reaching new heights.
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