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Around a dozen local veterans showed up to San Diego federal immigration court Wednesday to support a former Afghan journalist at his hearing.
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After a four-day battle against a raging fire, the blaze aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego is believed to be fully extinguished, but crews are working Friday to verify that no fires are still burning. -
As of early afternoon Thursday, "all known fires" on the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego were out. -
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.
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