Larry Valenzuela
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CalMatters/CatchLight Local
After years of cracking down on California’s oil industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats are moving to get Kern County wells pumping again to avoid soaring gasoline prices.
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City officials are mulling whether to remove parking and a vehicular travel lane on Park Boulevard to make space for protected bike lanes and bus-only lanes. But the plan faces resistance among Balboa Park's cultural institutions. -
U.S. and Canadian regulators are investigating a hepatitis outbreak that may be linked to fresh organic strawberries. -
According to the foundation, San Diego County's 28 senior centers serve only 8% of the older adult population. -
The cost of electricity is expected to keep climbing in coming years, putting extra pressure on consumers trying to balance their budgets. -
A man and woman charged in a nationwide racketeering scheme targeting the elderly that took more than $300,000 from at least 10 San Diego County residents pleaded guilty to federal charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. -
More than a third of immigrants with pending cases in San Diego & Imperial counties are being tracked by smartphone technology. -
A Palm Springs insurance agent who allegedly stole over $75,000 from one of his clients, a late prominent art dealer and philanthropist who lived in Carlsbad, has been arrested, the California Department of Insurance said Wednesday. -
A 73-year-old man who harassed multiple women at a Grantville shopping center over the course of several years was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to undergo therapy, the San Diego City Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. -
California school authorities say a gun and a loaded magazine were found in a second-grader’s desk after other students alerted the staff. -
Some homeowners in a newly built Chula Vista development say the builder and sales team for the community did not live up to their promises.
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