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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Mexican voters in San Diego and Tijuana were at the polls Sunday voting in a historic presidential election. Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, was overwhelmingly elected as the country's first woman president. -
Voters say their opinion of him hasn't changed after he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. -
Rep. Sara Jacobs stopped at Mesa College Friday morning to announce $1.5 million in federal funding for the Mesa College Family Resource Center. -
These community projects can give renters and low-income homeowners a chance to go solar, but the Public Utilities Commission’s action is unlikely to give them the option. -
A proposal to fix California’s insurance crisis would require the insurance department to process requests from insurers more quickly. But that could end with a lot of rate increases for consumers. -
According to the United Auto Workers, workers will hit the picket line Monday morning at UC San Diego. -
Once federal grant funding ends many resources and opportunities at Hispanic Serving Institutions continue only through student and faculty efforts. Experts say campuses must maintain programs to better serve Latino students. -
Only one legislator in the California Assembly voted against a controversial shoplifting bill while dozens of progressive lawmakers declined to vote. -
The average price has dropped 21.2 cents over the past 18 days, including 1.9 cents Thursday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. -
Friday is the last day to apply for a part of $1.16 million grant, provided by the Realtors Relief Foundation to assist flood survivors.
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