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California legislative leaders in the wee hours of Wednesday morning reached an agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom to extend the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction program, known as cap and trade, through 2045 — a contentious expansion that for weeks stewed in backroom discussions, held up other critical legislation and roiled insiders.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom alleges the Trump administration broke a 19th Century law called the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed military units to Los Angeles in June. -
If elected governor, Toni Atkins faces potential conflicts of interest with her spouse’s consulting firms. Atkins and her spouse, Jennifer LeSar, earn hundreds of thousands of dollars annually from clients that also lobby state government. -
New mobile phone rules go into effect for students in the San Diego Unified School District Monday, the first day of classes for the 2025-2026 school year. -
San Diego thought leaders weigh in on how American society measures up to key civic values and why those values still matter. -
One year ago, pandas returned to the San Diego Zoo. To celebrate, the zoo released a limited-edition Panda Day commemorative pin on Friday, KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen reports. -
Immigration agents arrested Kyungjin Yu, an immigrant from South Korea, because she overstayed her visa, Department of Homeland Security officials told KPBS. -
After hundreds of international students lost their status this spring, then regained it following lawsuits, the uncertainty of it happening again has created fear. Some students say they’ve changed the routes they take on campus, the topics they research, and what they post on social media. -
KPBS Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando and KPBS' Leslie Gonzalez attended the 2025 Eisner Awards, the "Oscars" of the comics industry, and captured these highlights and backstage interviews. -
Firefighters have stopped forward progress on an 88-acre brush fire burning near Roadrunner Lane and Moonlit Trail Boulevard by Interstate 8.
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A judge Friday denied a request from the defense attorneys representing Larry Millete — the Chula Vista man charged with murdering his wife, who has been missing for more than four years after vanishing from her home — to move his murder trial away from the Chula Vista courthouse.
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