Alexander Nguyen
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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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This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Mirae kh RHEE's immersive MOPA exhibit; a Juneteenth music, art and film event at Oolong Gallery; "XICANA! San Diego"; Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival; Make Music Day; "A Streetcar Named Desire"; writer Lizz Huerta; Bro-Am Fest and more arts and live music picks. -
The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Wednesday on the May 22 crash. Says runway lights that would have helped guide a small jet into a San Diego airport in foggy weather, hadn't worked since 2022. -
Beach areas in La Jolla and Coronado are now open after being closed due to excessive bacteria levels. -
San Diego Gas & Electric's launch this week of an Instagram account highlighting wildfire prevention efforts could be called "the G.O.A.T.," as the domesticated farm animal is its main attraction. -
Kathleen Lang, a health care corporation administrator, was chosen to replace fired CEO Miguel Figueroa. Two supervisors voted no due to the higher salary Lang will be paid. -
Workplace raids, arrests in immigration court and detentions of people without criminal records show how President Donald Trump’s deportation strategy is taking shape locally. -
The county supervisor campaign for Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre has filed a public records lawsuit against the city of Chula Vista for allegedly failing to turn over a letter McCann authored in support of a Chula Vista woman imprisoned for fraud. -
Longtime opinion editor Laura Castañeda says The San Diego Union-Tribune fired her last week shortly after managers nixed an editorial on the ICE raids in Los Angeles. -
Crews are being flown in by helicopter to fight the fire on steep rugged terrain. Evacuation orders remain in place, but no structures are threatened, according to CalFire. -
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