Roxana Kennedy, who is white, accused four Latino council members of conspiring to replace her with a younger, Latino officer. The city called it “a racist assumption.”
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A federal award of nearly $12 million will allow the city of San Diego to begin a stormwater project along Streamview Drive in the Oak Park neighborhood, city leaders announced Monday. -
Some faculty have dedicated their careers to researching César Chávez’s life, legacy and labor movement leadership. Following the New York Times’ investigation that revealed a long pattern of Chávez sexually abusing women and girls, college faculty across California are evaluating their research and curriculum about California’s farmworker movements. -
For the fourth year in a row, California lawmakers are weighing whether to give violent criminals the legal right to cite abuse in their legal defense. -
The Pride Promenade is envisioned as a gathering place for the Hillcrest neighborhood. -
In a letter sent to UC San Diego this week, the DOJ alleges the school intentionally manipulated applicant data with the intent of discriminating "in favor of so-called underrepresented minorities, such as blacks and Hispanics." -
The parents of Nolan Wells, who was found dead on Horn Island in Mississippi, held a funeral for the 18-year-old on Monday. Wells was with friends for the Fourth of July and did not return home. -
The teens hope the sheriff's goal to reduce in-custody deaths will motivate her to seriously consider their policy proposal. -
Undercover police operations are proliferating in California jails — even after suspects invoke their rights. -
Long before thousands gathered for San Diego Pride each summer, local activists were building the movement from the ground up. -
The San Diego City Council rejected an appeal to stop a housing development from coming to the hilltop. The development relies on a now-repealed controversial footnote in city code.
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