The city of San Diego recently completed a pilot program in which people transitioning out of homelessness were hired to pick contaminants out of organic waste collected in the city's green bins, it was announced Monday.
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Medieval poetry will be transformed into a dramatic composition for orchestra, chorus, and ballet dancers. City Ballet of San Diego is getting ready to perform "Carmina Burana" and tell a tragic Black Tuesday tale from the beginning of the Great Depression.
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Our top picks for visual art in San Diego this season: An Indigenous photographer, textiles made from tea bags, a reflection on Caribbean art history, art by women at the border and local Black arts leaders.
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The iconic theater in downtown San Diego has seen a lot in the last century, and it's come perilously close to being demolished.
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Hundreds of City Heights residents are now calling the new affordable housing communities home, but with the huge need for affordable housing there's already a wait list.
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KPBS Midday Edition is working on a special show to talk more about the upcoming Padres season, and we need your help.
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California workplace safety rules for indoor heat protection are five years late, and the Newsom administration wanted to delay them again over state prison cost concerns. But the safety board rebelled and passed the rules anyway.
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Las normas de seguridad en el lugar de trabajo de California para la protección del calor interior tienen un retraso de cinco años y la administración de Newsom quería retrasarlas nuevamente por preocupaciones sobre los costos de las prisiones estatales. Pero la junta de seguridad se rebeló y aprobó las reglas de todos modos.
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"Gas prices are likely to continue trending upward this spring as in prior years," said Doug Shupe, the Automobile Club of Southern California's corporate communications manager.
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U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said Thursday that he has secured more than $103 million in additional funding to help repair the South Bay sewer plant.
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California wants to pay doctors more money to persuade them to see more Medicaid patients.
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