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In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state’s embattled fire insurer of last resort by insisting that two of their leaders join its governing committee.
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KPBS Midday EditionOn Saturday a man shopping in a Santee Vons store while wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style hood stunned shoppers. Photos of the man appeared all over social media, raising concerns from public officials and citizens alike. -
U.S. officials confirm that massive cross border sewage flows are inundating San Diego's South County. -
The governor himself said no, but two mayors from San Diego County said their cities were told by state officials that all beaches would be closing come Friday. -
The District Attorney's Office said race-based crimes typically make up 50% to 60% of the county's hate crimes, though nationwide, reports of hate crimes against Asian Americans have escalated since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. -
Medics took the victim, whose name and age were not immediately available, to Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas for treatment of minor injuries. -
A police department spokesman said the cases were submitted "against the protest organizer for violating the county health order by organizing a gathering." -
San Diego County officials are asking for help to stop a massive and daily flow of sewage tainted water from Tijuana. -
One year ago this Monday, a rifle-wielding assailant burst into Chabad of Poway as the congregation was celebrating the final day of Passover and opened fire in the synagogue's foyer, killing a woman and injuring three others in an attack allegedly motivated by anti-Semitism. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Chabad of Poway prayed for those suffering because of the coronavirus pandemic and remembered victims of the 2019 shooting carried out by a white supremacist. -
The coronavirus first seen in China is now ravaging the U.S., and Asian Americans are continuing to wrestle with a second epidemic: hate. Hundreds of attacks on Asian people have been reported, with few signs of decline.
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