Changes in state funding, career training opportunities and access to college courses may be helping.
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Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” last summer. It cut roughly 20% from the federal SNAP program, called CalFresh in California. -
San Diego authorities are reminding the public that buying a gun for someone not legally able to buy for themself is a federal felony. -
A plan to set a $28 minimum wage for certain California homebuilders died when the influential trades union protested that it could undermine prevailing wage pay rates. -
San Diego Blood Bank officials encouraged eligible residents Thursday to donate blood to keep a stable supply in advance of the busy Independence Day weekend. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: The Rady Shell's opening night; new textile art at Visions; Andrew Alcasid at Mabel's Gone Fishing; "Stories in Cloth" at La Jolla Historical Society; "Hairspray" at NVA; the "Be Well" book launch; group crafting and a night of KPBS bands at Casbah. -
Hanne Engan, a Type 1 diabetic, was held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center with inadequate care that left her suffering chaotic episodes of high blood sugar. -
An initiative to help San Diegans at risk of losing food assistance is going to a vote before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Thursday. -
At a high point in Emerald Hills sit 31 acres that have become a battleground. An upcoming appeal hearing could decide its fate. -
When extremists began protesting LGBTQ+ inclusive policies at school boards in Temecula, Chino and beyond, this group of mothers dug in to fight back. -
For the second year, volunteers counted microplastic beads in and around waterways to put a number on the microplastic problem.
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