Alexander Nguyen
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KPBS
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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Less than 18% of all Californians earned enough income to support the purchase of an $865,440 median-priced home in 2024, down from 19% the previous year, the California Association of Realtors announced Thursday. -
Even more budget cuts could be necessary, depending on local economic indicators such as sales tax revenues and hotel stays. -
The Trees For Health garden in Balboa Park introduces San Diegans to the medicinal uses of plants growing all around them. -
Medicaid supporters rallied in front of Republican Rep. Darrell Issa's Santee office Wednesday. -
The 2025 San Diego Book Crawl highlights the region’s thriving independent bookseller community, including its newest addition, Hey Books! in East Village. -
The toxic algae bloom, a product of a neurotoxin called domoic acid or DA, has been detected for the fourth year in a row, and experts are calling this one the worse yet. -
The county of San Diegos’ two Republican supervisors say they were not invited to the state of the county speech. Their colleague, Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, gave the speech last week at the Museum of Natural History. -
Santa Monica College started the first community college program to train people for much-needed jobs in homeless services. But will its first cohort be its last? -
The barracks site, near San Diego International Airport, is intended to have 190 spaces for people using the program. -
The plan promotes safe street designs that will help decrease pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and deaths, in line with the city's Vision Zero plan.
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