The city of San Diego recently completed a pilot program in which people transitioning out of homelessness were hired to pick contaminants out of organic waste collected in the city's green bins, it was announced Monday.
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The 2-month-old black bear cub is only the fourth bear cub this young in the past five years who has come into rehab care in California.
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KPBS Midday EditionNext week on Midday Edition, we’ll discuss proposed state bills to expand menopause treatment and awareness. We’ll be joined by a panel of local menopause specialists. We want to hear from you: What do you wish you knew about menopause?
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A prominent attorney says it’s likely to be a “one-side parole hearing in their favor,” because all surviving family members are in favor of them being released.
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Tee times at Torrey Pines and Balboa Park golf courses have become increasingly hard to get. Some golfers say hackers are likely using bots to hoover up tee times and then selling them on the secondary market. City officials say they have not found evidence of this.
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Her callout of the county leadership comes a day after sewage flow across the U.S.-Mexico border temporarily increased in the Tijuana River Valley as part of a sewer line-repair project in Mexico.
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The city of San Diego’s fight with La Jollans who want independence is going to court.
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The Cali-Baja YMCA Binational Initiative aims to serve more than 7 million people living near the border.
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It appeared to be part of a deal between the Sinaloa Cartel's Ovidio Guzmán López and the Trump administration. The family flew from Sinaloa to Tijuana and crossed on foot to San Diego.
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This week Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $3 billion in grants to expand behavioral health resources. Over $185 million dollars was awarded to the San Diego region.
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New data show preventable hospitalizations disproportionately affect Black Californians and Medi-Cal patients.
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