Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe outlines proposals to improve oversight, reduce solitary confinement, and implement trauma-informed practices in county detention facilities.
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Firefighters working to snuff out all remaining hot spots at the site of a wildfire that scorched some 10 square miles of remote terrain in the far southern reaches of the San Diego area over the past week had the sprawling burn zone fully contained Thursday.
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The researchers worry the initial pause in federal money signals major changes in funding priorities and believe the issue will resurface.
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The San Diego City Council was meant to discuss repealing a footnote in the city's Land Development Code. But its final vote also targeted an unrelated housing program.
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The San Diego Housing Commission has decided it no longer has the resources to dole out vouchers to specific low-income housing projects, a move expected to slow the pace of new homeless housing.
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The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Wednesday to convene a special meeting on the Tijuana River border pollution crisis, planned for this spring.
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Council members rejected a resolution saying the city would support federal deportation efforts and also follow state law forbidding local police from cooperating with federal agents.
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San Diego's Bonus ADU Program allows what some critics call backyard apartment buildings. Many of the largest projects are proposed in the formerly redlined Encanto neighborhood.
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In the '90s, the wall was a canvas for graffiti artists in Southeast San Diego. Last year, three childhood friends reunited to bring it back to life.
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The land, which is in escrow but expected to close within 30 days, will be added to the city's Multiple Species Conservation Program with the intent of protecting threatened and endangered species.
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Republican Assemblymember Carl DeMaio, a newcomer to the California Legislature, wants to retake power from Democrats with his unapologetically brash, Trump-inspired conservatism. So why do so many Republican insiders dislike him?
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