Larry Valenzuela
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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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The current impacts of climate change, how local communities are adapting, and California's emerging leadership on the issue. -
Two North County mayors will serve as chair and vice chair of the board of San Diego’s regional transportation planning agency: the Poway Mayor Steve Vaus, a Republican, and Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe death toll in the California wildfires this year has fanned the flame of fears about new housing developments being approved in San Diego’s unincorporated areas. -
Local gas prices are trending downward, Uber offers new incentives for repeat customers, and Amazon announces the winning cities in its search for a new headquarters. -
San Diego City Council members have held the final meeting of the Select Committee on Homelessness, with members vowing to continue the committee's mission. -
A Superior Court judge will decide whether the city of Encinitas is in violation of state housing law, now that voters appear to have failed to pass Measure U in last week’s election. -
KPBS Midday EditionTransportation officials have plans to improve bike infrastructure in Talmadge, but the project has faced multiple delays. For Mary Elliott, whose husband was fatally injured while biking through the neighborhood, those delays are agonizing. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego City Council voted 5-4 Tuesday to proceed with a proposed Housing Navigation Center that will offer services and programs to help homeless residents find housing and obtain medical care, mental health treatment, job training and other supportive services. -
Chula Vista police have arrested 28-year-old Christopher Treyvoun Jenkins as the alleged arsonist behind a fire at the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment office Friday. -
The proposed reforms would allow the construction of housing projects without parking spaces as long as they're within a half-mile of a planned or currently-existing transit stop.
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