Prison officials imposed lockdowns that incarcerated people said kept them from ice water and cooler areas as temperatures rose.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting all death sentences in the state to life without parole. Over 30 of the individuals on death row were charged, or had their day in court, in San Diego County. -
Local groups celebrated organizing success at a Wednesday rally. -
Most U.S. high schools never produce a single professional athlete. Lincoln and Morse High schools, just five miles apart, have produced more than 70 — despite the obstacles. -
In August, the San Diego Commission on Police Practices recommended that the San Diego Police Department change how officers conduct pretext traffic stops. -
The vigil came days after 43-year-old Guillermo Pascual Verganza died inside a cell at the Otay Mesa Detention Center this past weekend. -
The County of San Diego has now confirmed that the full legal name of the individual who died inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center on Oct. 24 is not the name originally released by ICE. -
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96.
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In 2024, San Diego and National City were selected for the state's "Reconnecting Communities" program. But the program was left unfunded until this year. -
Supervisor John Hawk made the derogatory comment during an April transit agency meeting. Quechan President Jonathan Koteen said the remarks were “egregious” and reliant on racial stereotypes. -
A quilt artist who spent decades on death row now has his first solo exhibit at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
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