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The conservative activist had visited both San Diego State University and UC San Diego in recent years.
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KPBS Midday EditionLocal faith leaders held a press conference Friday to take a stand against racism in the wake of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
San Diego's Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2025 is supposed to be achieved by spending the city's limited dollars improving traffic safety on the most dangerous streets. But an analysis of the city's Vision Zero budget shows the city is spending plenty of money improving streets that are already safe. -
“I felt absolutely destroyed because I didn’t think it could happen in America. I just couldn’t believe it,” said Lee Zlotnick, 89, choking back tears at a discussion at her retirement home in Encinitas. -
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, said, "we have a duty to more fully understand what led to these terrible events and the persistence of these hateful, extremist ideologies." -
KPBS Midday EditionThe violent images broadcast from Charlottesville may leave parents asking themselves how to explain it all to their children. One child psychologist discusses strategies for talking with children about racism. -
Narcotics unit detectives served search warrants at two more cannabis dispensaries — seizing 30 pounds of marijuana and $37,000 cash at one location — in the city's continued crackdown on illegally operated dispensaries, authorities said on Thursday. -
Reports say Catalan police killed four people who were suspected of planning to carry out a second attack in Cambrils, a seaside resort town about 62 miles from Barcelona. -
Family members of the young woman mowed down while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville used her funeral as a rallying cry, telling mourners the best way to honor Heather Heyer is to continue her fight against injustice.
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The white supremacy groups that marched with torches, carrying Nazi and Confederate flags through the streets of Charlottesville was not an isolated incident, but rather a movement gaining momentum, including in San Diego, said Tammy Gillies, director of the local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League. -
Close to 1,000 peaceful demonstrators gathered for a unity vigil in front of the San Diego County Administration Building in the largest of several local gatherings to pay homage to those killed and injured over the weekend in connection with clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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