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Elementary students from a San Diego Unified school attend an assembly in the school's courtyard.
KPBS Staff
Education
$5 billion in frozen education funds will be released, Education Department said
Jacob Aere
San Diego County school districts have been waiting for $50 million dollars that has been frozen since July 1.
Responders use a grapple to reach the entanglement trailing behind a North Atlantic right whale. Undated photo
Courtesy: National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
Environment
NOAA Fisheries confirms 64 large whale ‘entanglements’ in 2023
Thomas Fudge
The show-stopping LEGO diorama recreation of the San Diego Convention Center is crafted from more than 200,000 bricks and packed with Comic-Con Easter eggs hidden throughout. It’s all designed as a con-within-a-con. Photo taken on July 25, 2025.
Matthew Bowler / KPBS
Arts & Culture
LEGO's Comic-Con diorama turns the San Diego Convention Center into a mini masterpiece
KPBS Staff
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Students play soccer at Wilson Middle School's soccer field on Monday, July 21, 2025.
  1. City and school district leaders celebrate new turf soccer field in City Heights
  2. Comic-Con panelists share how comics can boost students' literacy
  3. Cal State is still in the red despite tuition increase and spending cuts
  4. Trump signs an executive order to make it easier to remove homeless people from streets
  5. French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
  6. 4 things to know about Gaza right now amid warnings of 'mass starvation' risk
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    Some police funding restored, library cuts remain in mayor’s final budget
    Fewer cuts to the police department, but those to library hours remain in San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria’s final budget proposal. And, speaking of budget cuts, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s also proposing some belt-tightening — this time, ending Medi-Cal coverage for undocumented people. Advocates say asylum-seekers are not being given due process at the border, including a disabled Mongolian man who’s been in custody more than two months. Voice of San Diego’s Scott Lewis is back on the podcast breaking down the latest legal fight in the La Jolla succession effort. Then, hear about what’s new at this year’s Fringe Festival. Finally, children in the foster care system and their families can visit one Balboa Park museum for free for the next three weeks.
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