Lance Cpl. Jaime Reyes
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A San Diego man pleaded guilty Monday in Los Angeles to twice landing a small airplane without permission on a Navy airstrip on San Clemente Island, then stealing a Navy truck and using it to damage gates on the island, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
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The United States military struck back at the Islamic State in Afghanistan on Saturday, acting on President Joe Biden's vow to hit the extremists in retaliation for a suicide bombing claimed by IS that killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at Kabul airport Thursday. -
KPBS Midday EditionHumanitarian groups in San Diego are preparing resettlement efforts as refugees continue to pour out of war-torn Afghanistan. -
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, Friday announced two additional San Diego-area families that were trapped in the Kabul region of Afghanistan have successfully been evacuated from that country. -
KPBS Midday EditionSupporters call it a Digital Dunkirk, as they try to raise money and provide connections to get former translators out of Kabul ahead of the American departure. -
Local Navy officials estimate they can deliver up to 7,000 daily vaccinations to service members in San Diego who have not yet gotten their shots. -
Kabul Small Animal Rescue's American director is raising money to airlift more than 200 dogs and cats, the group's staff and their families before foreign troops leave at the end of the month. -
The two congressmen, a Republican and a Democrat, are now casting doubt on an Aug. 31 withdrawal timeline. -
Twenty-three of their students are stranded in Afghanistan and haven't been able to make it back to school. -
Jewish Family Services typically has weeks to prepare for the arrival of a new family, but in recent weeks they have less than two hours. -
Aid groups say there's an urgent need for housing for tens of thousands refugees from Afghanistan as they begin to resettle around the world.
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