Erik Anderson
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KPBS
The city of San Diego recently completed a pilot program in which people transitioning out of homelessness were hired to pick contaminants out of organic waste collected in the city's green bins, it was announced Monday.
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Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and ex-Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman joined with local business leaders Monday to decry the persistent homelessness "crisis" in the city and the "failure" of elected officials to address it. -
Record rain totals were reported in Alpine in San Diego County Monday, according to the National Weather Service. -
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors will have the first of two public hearings Monday on the county's recommended $8.11 billion budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year. -
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Homelessness in the region increased by at least 14% this year, according to the results from the 2023 WeAllCount Point-in-Time Count released Thursday. -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration says three dozen migrants whom the state flew from the southern border to California on private planes went willingly. -
San Diego is recycling organic waste as part of a state effort to reduce emissions coming from landfills. How is that working for you? -
Religious groups are working to feed and house South American migrants who were flown to Sacramento under allegedly false pretenses. -
Advocates of a plant-based diet launched a major advertising campaign in the Greater San Diego area Tuesday featuring 29 billboards that will be displayed for three months. -
County Chief Medical Officer Dr. Eric McDonald is replacing the outgoing Nick Macchione.
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