Maya Trabulsi
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KPBS
In a region where wildfires have ravaged entire neighborhoods, one couple's proactive approach to home hardening is setting an example for others, with defensible space inspections provided by Cal Fire.
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The federal government tries to meet a deadline to reunite separated immigrant families, San Diego County leaders weigh whether to bypass its general plan to approve new housing construction, and California's birth rate reaches a record low. -
A San Diego County sheriff's deputy charged with groping 13 women he encountered while on duty over a two-year period spoke publicly Thursday for the first time about the case against him, telling reporters the charges are false. -
Calm conditions aided firefighters early Thursday on the lines of a suspected arson wildfire that forced thousands of people to flee mountain communities east of Los Angeles, while in a far northern region of California firefighters battled a week-long blaze that suddenly ballooned. -
A fast-moving wildfire — believed to have been sparked by arson — tore through trees, burned five homes and forced evacuation orders for an entire mountain town as California sweltered under a heat wave and battled ferocious fires at both ends of the state. -
The few remaining campers in Yosemite Valley packed up gear Wednesday and cleared the area for firefighters battling a huge wildfire near Yosemite National Park. -
KPBS Midday EditionLosing 30 psychiatric beds may not seem like a catastrophe, but the impending closure of two psychiatric units at Tri-City Hospital in Oceanside is just the latest in a string of such losses in the county and statewide. -
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed softening the standard that makes electric utilities financially liable when their equipment causes wildfires, throwing his weight behind the controversial proposal as a key legislative committee prepares to meet Wednesday about the growing threat of wildfires. -
KPBS Midday EditionKPBS spoke with Lori Ajax, chief of the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, on the first seven months of legal recreational marijuana sales. She says her agency has been busy issuing licenses, investigating complaints and coming up with new regulations for the industry. -
KPBS Midday EditionProtesters interrupted the packed city council meeting Tuesday night, demanding answers in the case of Earl McNeil, a man who died after being arrested in late May. -
KPBS Midday EditionAn explosive story of San Diego County's years-long failure to stop child sexual abuse in a foster home was published on Sunday. The reaction from candidates running for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has been intense.
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