Rachael Borrelli, assistant director at the county Department of Animal Services, sent the voice message in a text exchange late last year. The euthanasia rate has spiked at county-run shelters in recent years.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe number of coronavirus cases continues to climb rapidly on the Navajo Nation as more tests arrive. A town that borders the reservation has been hit especially hard reaching third in the nation per capita. Local leaders say alcoholism is at least partially to blame. -
Mayor Kevin Faulconer praised Holey Donuts for donating sweet confections to San Diego's unsheltered population at the San Diego Convention Center as an example of San Diegans stepping up amid COVID-19. -
The South Hills Church, which is located near the Paradise Hills neighborhood, handed out food, diapers and other supplies to help meet the need brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. -
Access to testing is still uneven in the nation's largest state. Even as some urban counties offer tests to anyone who wants one, a rural county is testing raw sewage to track the virus. -
KPBS Midday EditionNan Sterman, host of the KPBS show A Growing Passion, is working with donors, volunteers and local nonprofits to include entry level gardening kits among traditional food distributions around San Diego County. -
While many jobs have been lost and others are now remote during the pandemic, farm workers have stayed out in hot fields, making sure San Diego stays fed. -
Immigrant rights organizations teamed up with medical professionals Friday to deliver 1,000 face masks to the detention center. But their donation was met with silence from center operator CoreCivic, which declined to accept the masks. -
U.S. health officials said equipping six cities with extra testing would pick up under-the-radar viral spread. But an NPR investigation finds conflicts and shortages caused painful delays. -
he Trump administration has quietly added surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The cameras and deployment of 540 more troops come despite a nine-month decline in apprehensions that indicate fewer people are crossing illegally. -
A group of business owners and community members in City Heights are making sure spring's backyard bounties find their way to those who need it most during the coronavirus pandemic.
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