That distinction is central to a growing debate at the California Capitol, where lawmakers are considering several bills to improve e-bike safety.
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California voters, including those in San Diego County, will decide in November whether to impose new voter identification and citizenship verification requirements under a proposed constitutional amendment that qualified for the November ballot, state officials announced Friday.
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San Diego is cutting arts, parks and libraries to fill a $146 million budget hole; Los Angeles and San Francisco face similar plights.
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Housing affordability in California improved slightly in 2025, but San Diego County remained among the least affordable markets, while significant gaps persisted for Black households, according to a report released Friday by the California Association of Realtors.
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The decision followed a Superior Court ruling in January that ordered the county to set aside a previous certification of an EIR and rescind all project approvals, after two groups filed a lawsuit over two years ago, according to staff information.
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At its three most popular campuses, UC agreed to admit more California students and reduce the number of out-of-state students. The state covered the loss of revenue from nonresident students, who pay three times what instate students pay.
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The 2026 State of the Air report ranked San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad as being the fifth-worst nationally for annual particle pollution.
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The board authorized county officials to negotiate with the Mexican Consulate on legal services for those who face removal from the United States for being here illegally.
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Leaders in San Diego and Imperial counties have been making their case for why their regions need the state funding.
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Former assistant director Rachael Borrelli was put on leave late last year after KPBS uncovered a profanity-laced voice memo she recorded about shelter dogs.
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From August 2019 to November 2022, Vi Nguyen filled more than 730 bags “of ocean-bound plastic” and salvaged nearly 2,000 items, according to her blog, Dr. Plastic Picker.
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