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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When a shortfall of several hundred thousand dollars almost derailed new homeless housing in Bakersfield, the savior that swooped in to salvage the project wasn’t an affordable housing nonprofit, state housing grant or other traditional source.
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The storm caused power losses at the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center and citywide infrastructure damage, impacting the ability to support hospital patients.
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Desert and mountain conditions will include clear and sunny skies, with highs from 112 to 120 Friday. An excessive heat warning is in effect in the deserts until 9 p.m. Friday.
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Raise your hand if you’re overwhelmed by all the technology your kids have access to and worried about what it might be doing to them.
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U.S. Sens. Laphonza Butler and Alex Padilla asked the Postmaster General to produce a plan to restore service in Niland and Bolinas by Friday.
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The California Independent System Operator insisted that "at this time, the grid is stable," but it noted that incessant high heat will drive up demand for power.
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According to Caltrans, the selected projects will "help reduce planet- warming pollution, improve resiliency of the state highway system, enhance access to safe walkways and bike paths and expand natural disaster preparedness."
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San Diego is months away from its self-imposed deadline for ending all traffic deaths. Those who have lost loved ones to traffic violence see a city government that's asleep at the wheel.
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