At the state’s top air regulator, Lauren Sanchez will replace Liane Randolph, taking the helm as California battles Trump, rising costs, and the future of its climate agenda.
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KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego has a goal of drastically increasing the share of people who bike to work by 2020. Cycling advocates acknowledge some progress, but say the biggest challenges are still ahead.
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KPBS Midday EditionDelivering at last, triumphant House Republicans voted Thursday to repeal and replace the "Obamacare" health plan they have reviled for so long, overcoming united Democratic opposition and their own deep divisions to hand a major win to President Donald Trump.
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California drivers will see their gas prices rise in November and will pay more to register their vehicles come January. But they'll have to wait months longer before crews begin repaving neglected roads with the fruits of their higher taxes.
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There are more homeless in the county this year. Now you see a government shutdown, now you don't. The Marines United scandal is hanging on like a bad cold. And a retired Marine general takes over the Secret Service.
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The number of building permits issued in San Diego County in the first quarter of this year could suggest a slowdown in construction of new homes.
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A group called SD Tenants United is suing the city of Encinitas for not having a plan to increase its housing stock. Encinitas is the only city in San Diego that has failed to agree on a state-mandated housing plan.
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A California judge allowed the state's bullet train project to go forward Wednesday but delayed a final ruling on a legal challenge asserting the state is not keeping its promises to voters.
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KPBS Midday EditionAugie Cortez and his wife, Blanca, bought a little slice of the American Dream about 17 years ago in Bloomington, a working-class community in San Bernardino about 50 miles east of Los Angeles.
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Real estate tracker Core Logic reports Southern California last month had the highest number of sales, for the month of March, in 10 years.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe number of homeless teens and young adults in the county increased 39 percent between 2016 and 2017, according to the point-in-time count that was conducted in January.
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