A group of 30 Marines, sailors and soldiers from 16 countries took the oath of citizenship Thursday during a ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum.
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The San Diego City Council approved a bond measure that would raise nearly a billion dollars for new affordable housing projects if passed by a two-thirds majority of city voters. -
KPBS Midday EditionFirefighters spent a second day battling a raging fire Monday aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego, laboring to contain a super-hot, explosive blaze that has injured scores of sailors and civilians and caused extensive damage to the warship. -
This November, San Diegans could be voting on a ballot measure that would approve 900-million dollars in spending on affordable housing. -
On Thursday, there were no embraces on the Navy pier typical of such homecomings. Instead, sailors disembarked one by one and walked to waiting vehicles to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. -
The ships are part of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and departed on a deployment to the region on January 17, military officials said. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Army is holding its first nationwide virtual recruiting campaign, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to scale back face-to-face interactions and revealed gaps in its digital outreach strategy. -
The U.S. Marine Corps says a Marine suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound ending a two-hour standoff with military police at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps base. -
Veterans Village of San Diego received a $733,000 grant this week from the US Department of Labor to re-employ homeless veterans during the pandemic. -
The Pentagon's original stop movement order was set to expire Tuesday, but even as restrictions open up, the backlog of delayed moves may linger into next year. -
KPBS Midday EditionAdvocates Hope The Supreme Court's LGBTQ Ruling Will Help Them Overturn The Military Transgender BanThe recent Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ job discrimination doesn't directly affect the military's transgender service ban, but people opposed to the ban say it may help their own court fight.
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