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The nonprofit Active Minds displayed more than 1,000 backpacks at San Diego City College Wednesday — representing the number of college students who commit suicide each year. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego County Sheriff's department said it is launching an internal review after a video posted to Facebook appears to show sheriff's deputies hitting one restrained suspect repeatedly in the head and slamming a second handcuffed suspect’s head into a fence. -
A court ruling that gave coffee drinkers a jolt earlier this year was finalized Monday when a Los Angeles judge said coffee sold in California must carry cancer warnings. -
At least two earthquakes — one of them capable of causing moderate damage — rocked an area of Riverside County early this morning and sent the ground shaking for people throughout San Diego County and at least as far south as Tijuana, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. -
KPBS Midday EditionWith all precincts reporting, Chula Vista's sales tax increase appears headed to victory. Just under 52.8 percent of voters said yes on Measure A, while 47.2 percent voted no. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego County's top law prosecutor will be one of the only elected positions filled in June, with only two candidates vying to be the region's district attorney. -
San Diego County will pay more than $400,000 to settle two lawsuits filed by women who say that a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy sexually assaulted them, but 13 other women have rejected settlement offers, it was reported Wednesday. -
Mayor Kevin Faulconer says his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 contains $18 million in spending on the city's "Vision Zero" campaign to end all traffic deaths. Some of that money is being spent in high-crash areas — but many projects to improve traffic safety remain mostly unfunded. -
A Salk Institute biologist on Tuesday denied allegations that he sexually harassed at least eight women over 30 years at the renowned Southern California research center. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore faces an electoral challenge from within his own ranks: Commander Dave Myers. The two candidates disagree on several issues, and on their approach to the office of sheriff itself.
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