Legislators introduced Senate Bill 420 in response to a KPBS investigation. It’s now headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.
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Casa Familiar opens La Semilla Community Resiliency Center, a hub for residents during climate-related emergencies -
A loss of federal and local funding and grants has led to employee layoffs. But a group of former ICA San Diego employees said there’s another side to the story. -
Privacy advocates raised alarms as California lawmakers voted to share driver license information with a national nonprofit database. Then, the Trump administration sought trucker records from the organization. -
With more than 170,000 children under age 5, San Diego County is the most populous county in the nation to offer the Imagination Library to every eligible child through a countywide program. -
Mexican poet and Nobel laureate Octavio Paz says poetry makes real “the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.” Tijuana is proudly continuing that tradition with a national poetry prize and the window for submissions is now open. -
The California Legislature has failed several times since 2022 to regulate technology for automatically tracking vehicles — even as examples of abuse mount. This year was no exception. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has voted 4-1 to approve a resolution opposing federal Medicaid cuts, and will send a letter to the Trump administration stating its concerns. -
Many communities in unincorporated East County bear the impacts of green energy projects like battery storage facilities. After years of hearing residents’ complaints, county staff produced a draft ordinance. -
The proposed changes aim to allay schools’ apprehension about spending their arts money granted through an initiative voters passed in 2022. -
San Diego Art Prize; Toy Piano Festival; Gilbert Castellanos plays Dizzy Gillespie; Nereida Dusten at Visions; Surf Côte d’Ivoire's screening of "The Rising Dawn"; local poetry; "Phantom of the Opera" and more.
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