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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San Diego elected officials Tuesday helped open the Seniors Landing Bridge Shelter, a 33-room non-congregate facility at a leased hotel that will house seniors experiencing homelessness.
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A quarter of the striking University of California academic workers ratified a new contract.
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A KHN investigation found when some Medicare Advantage plans got a rare federal audit, they couldn't produce billing records for care they said they'd provided. Some blamed fire, flood — or doctors.
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A post-Thanksgiving spike in COVID-19 cases has hit the county and continued to climb Friday.
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Adrian Newell's long career at La Jolla's beloved Warwick's spanned the rise and fall Border's, the age of eBooks, and Amazon.
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When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.
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Even though rents in San Diego have dropped for two straight months, average prices are still too high for many to afford.
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As the holiday approaches, infectious disease specialists are bracing for the possibility that big family get-togethers and travel will propel the spread of RSV, flu and COVID-19.
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Taxpayers footed the bill for care that should have cost far less, according to records released under the Freedom of Information Act. The U.S. government may charge insurers $650 million as a result.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has agreed to release $1 billion in state homelessness funding he testily put on pause earlier this month.
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