The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.
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Lawyers for a decorated Navy SEAL charged with war crimes asked a judge on Tuesday to find him not guilty as prosecutors rested their case.
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A 42-year-old documented gang member who fatally shot a career Navy man and wounded the victim's cousin outside a comedy club at Horton Plaza was sentenced Tuesday to 126 years and four months to life in state prison.
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A pathologist testified Monday at a Navy SEAL's murder trial that a wounded Islamic State militant in Iraq could have died from a stabbing described by other witnesses.
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KPBS Midday EditionSome VA medical centers have realized that helping vets get back in the game can also help with their recovery.
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San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer meets with President Donald Trump at the White House, the origins of migrant caravans in Honduras, and the first week of testimony in the murder trial for a San Diego based Navy SEAL.
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KPBS Midday EditionWhen prosecutors called a special forces medic to testify, they expected him to bolster their case against a decorated Navy SEAL accused of stabbing an Islamic State fighter in his care.
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KPBS Midday EditionA Navy SEAL called by prosecutors to testify at the murder trial of a decorated comrade dropped a bombshell Thursday when he acknowledged killing the victim in what he described as an act of mercy for the wounded captive Islamic State fighter.
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Military and civilian firefighters will set, monitor and extinguish several brush-clearing controlled burns Thursday in the eastern reaches of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, according to USMC officials.
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KPBS Midday EditionCongress is considering legislation to encourage "outdoor therapy" for veterans with injuries or post-traumatic stress. Volunteer groups are already running similar programs in national parks.
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The court-martial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher began Tuesday with the defense claiming he had done nothing more than provide medical care to the militant wounded in an air strike and the prosecutor accusing the war veteran of premeditated murder.
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