After surviving the Bataan Death March, Army Maj. James O'Donovan died in a prisoner of war camp. His remains went unidentified until this year.
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As temperatures are set to drop below 50 Friday night, the city of San Diego says it has opened emergency homeless shelters. But that's not true — the city's own website says shelters won't open until Saturday. -
Inclement weather homeless shelters will open Saturday through Monday in downtown San Diego, according to city officials. -
Research shows veterans are more likely to form businesses than other people, which makes San Diego a prime location for veteran entrepreneurs. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe program aims at securing housing for 1,000 homeless veterans by March 2017. -
Two men who have worked as Navy contractors face potential prison time and fines for allegedly making bogus bomb threats that resulted in mass evacuations of naval ships moored on San Diego Bay in recent months. -
Democrats at the state capitol launch an offensive on the proposed immigration policies of President-elect Donald Trump. Will retired Gen. James Mattis be a good fit for Secretary of Defense? And the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in the state is already having effect on criminal justice in San Diego. -
Wreaths were tossed off the ship into San Diego Bay to honor veterans and the more than 2,300 servicemen who died during the attack 75 years ago. -
KPBS Midday Edition“Pearl Harbor And The Day of Infamy” is a 24-page comic book by historian Jay Wertz being released Wednesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
For the last three years, Chinese Navy ships have visited San Diego to take part in sporting evens and cultural exchanges with U.S. Navy sailors. -
KPBS Midday EditionPresident-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate retired Gen. James Mattis, former commander of the San Diego-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, to be his secretary of defense.
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