Jules Hotz for CalMatters
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 EditionAs the city continues to struggle with recruiting and retaining its police force, the San Diego officers union says the number of patrol officers has fallen below the minimum requirement. -
According to the San Diego Gas & Electric, about 260 natural gas pipes were damaged by residents or contractors in 2013, compared to nearly 200 the year before. -
SDPD's Secure San Diego surveillance program is nearly useless. The plan to fund the Convention Center expansion was shot down by an appeals court. San Diego will get no relief from drastically cut court budgets. -
The Rim fire raged for two months across 400 square miles of land. It ranks as California's third-largest wildfire and the largest in the Sierra Nevada's recorded history. -
The money set aside for firefighting will run out by the end of August, so the federal agency is putting on hold as much as $500 million in fire prevention projects. -
The girl's 28- year-old father was taken into custody at the end of a SWAT standoff at a San Ysidro mobile home park. -
The man is 80 years old and also suffers from diabetes. He went missing after wandering off in the Skyline neighborhood over the weekend. -
Cal Fire has spent $47 million, out of a total budget of $209 million, in just the month of July. -
A tentative settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit filed by one of the victims of former Officer Anthony Arevalos, who was convicted of soliciting sexual favors from women during traffic stops in the Gaslamp Quarter. -
A 78-year-old woman was killed after the small plane she was riding in crashed in a parking lot just west of Montgomery Field early Wednesday night.
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