The funding bill allocates $75 billion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. KPBS reporter Gustavo Solis spoke with Adam Isacson from the Washington Office on Latin America about how that could impact ICE arrests, detentions and deportations.
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Two new scooter sharing companies obtained permits to operate in San Diego this year as city officials consider ways to improve regulations of the industry.
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KPBS Midday EditionOur partners at inewsource say at least 1,287 households in the San Diego region were eligible for rent relief last year but never got it because their landlords didn’t participate in the government programs. New rules aim to prevent that.
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Americans may be rounding a corner in their response to the coronavirus pandemic. New data shows that the number of daily passenger vehicle trips recently reached their pre-pandemic levels for the first time in a year.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday moved to continue the pandemic-related protection, which had been scheduled to expire on Wednesday. The moratorium is extended through the end of June.
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The San Diego Association of Governments' Board of Directors allocated $7.1 million to local agencies and nonprofit organizations through the Specialized Transportation Grant program at its meeting Friday.
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The funds were awarded by California's Transportation Improvement Program's Interregional Transportation Improvement Program — administered by the California Transportation Commission.
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The city unveiled a "slow streets" program last year to give residents safe places to walk and ride bikes during the pandemic. But in recent months it has quietly been scaled back to just one street in Pacific Beach.
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Mayor Todd Gloria Monday urged workers affected by the pandemic to apply for rent relief though San Diego's COVID-19 Housing Stability Assistance Program.
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All rail services from Oceanside to San Diego will be shut down shortly after midnight Friday through late Sunday night to accommodate scheduled work along the rail line.
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The pandemic has had a profound impact on how San Diegans get around. Now planners are figuring out what lessons can be applied to the long-term future of transportation.
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