The city has begun working to allow the Chula Vista Homeless Outreach Team to clean up encampments on freeway ramps in the South Bay city — a task previously allowed only by Caltrans crews with a few exceptions.
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Homeless San Diegans can seek out shelter beds Monday night to escape the cold, thanks to the activation of the area's Inclement Weather Shelter Program. -
Volunteers with connections to an old village founded by Mexican farmers in North San Diego County have cleaned up a cemetery where they buried their dead. Now they’re using technology to search for graves below the ground. -
A lead UC San Diego researcher says the disinformation may shed light on why more Latino voters supported President-elect Donald Trump. -
The commander of a Miramar-based helicopter squadron has been fired nine months after the crash. -
Santa Claus is a familiar holiday legend, but Saturday in Vista, another legend will be celebrated: Krampus. It's a figure from European folklore who punishes naughty children at Christmas. -
Putting land into trust can help tribes preserve cultural sites and develop housing, medical centers and other services. -
Developers are making use of state and local affordable housing incentives to exceed height and density limits more than any other project in a coastal neighborhood. -
KPBS Midday EditionFrom derogatory insult to a symbol of empowerment, the changing meaning of the word "queer" is explored, and "Queer" actor Drew Droege reflects on his journey of embracing it and its cultural impact. -
Jason Magabo Perez, appointed San Diego Poet Laureate in 2023, is closing his term — and his San Diego Poetry Futures 2024 initiative — with a poetry festival at UC San Diego this weekend. -
This weekend in the arts: "What Goes Up Must Come Down" at The Hill Street Country Club; Jason Magabo Perez's "SDPF2024: Coda"; Welcome Tu Las Californias Festival; Charles Glaubitz; San Diego Dance Theater; plus live music and more.
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