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The fast-attack submarine USS Alexandria returned to San Diego Thursday after a seven-month deployment to the western Pacific.
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KPBS Midday EditionA workshop in New York uses creative writing and Shakespearean monologues to help veterans heal. -
The specially adapted home for retired U.S. Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal Technician Andrew Bottrell features a kitchen with a lowered microwave, specialized oven and pull-down shelves. -
KPBS obtained a copy of the command investigation which shows this was the second accident with the same gas main in two months. -
The nonprofit that operates a temporary homeless camp in Golden Hill is aiming to shutter the facility by the end of this week, officials said Monday. -
For Christine Wade, the tent she shared with six children, pitched in an asphalt parking lot, was far better than their previous home — a shelter where rats ate through the family's bags of clothes. -
KPBS Midday EditionThough the federal government has no current plans to downsize the number of military bases, local communities aren't taking any chances. -
The federal court in San Diego remains ground zero for the wide-ranging Navy corruption scandal, seen as the largest in naval history. -
A pair of San Diego-based warships are scheduled to return from deployment Tuesday while a third is set to come back on Wednesday. -
The shelter, run by the nonprofit Alpha Project, will house up to 350 homeless men and women each night. -
The new veterans ID cards were mandated by a 2015 law. But some veterans groups are raising questions about the possibility that the cards will include corporate branding.
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