San Diego News Now

San Diego news; when you want it, where you want it. Get local stories on politics, education, health, environment, the border and more. New episodes are ready weekday mornings. Hosted by Lawrence K. Jackson and produced by KPBS, San Diego and the Imperial County's NPR and PBS station.
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UCSD researchers are finding ways to boost the life and power of lithium batteries. Plus, San Diego mourns the death of George Walker Smith, a leader in the black community. And people under coronavirus quarantine in San Diego will get to go home.
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Household debt is the highest it’s ever been. The good news? Most of it is mortgage debt. Plus, the Department of Homeland Security justified the Remain in Mexico program, saying detention centers were full. Documents show that they weren’t. And Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill to make it a lot easier to register to vote.
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The President agrees to quit following financial problems at the school and other controversies. Plus, Sacramento politicians want changes to California’s very expensive high-speed rail project. And drought may be returning to many parts of California.
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People got signed up to join the “Common Sense Party” when they never intended to do it. Plus, a second case of coronavirus, now called Covid-19, is confirmed in San Diego. And special education teachers rally to protest what they call a lack of funding and resources in San Diego schools.
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The San Diego Democratic Party criticizes candidate Sara Jacobs for implying the party endorsed her when it has not. Plus, the San Diego City pays a settlement to two men arrested and held for unsubstantiated links to gangs. And the CDC gives an update on possible San Diego cases of coronavirus.
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The Centers for Disease Control says a person with the novel coronavirus is being kept in isolation at UC San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest. Plus, fishermen fire on a boat in the Sea of Cortez that’s there to protect the endangered Vaquita porpoise. And a parking lot in Balboa Park will be turned into a park plaza.
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An exhibition of photos from 1964 shows Tijuana as it was transforming from a small border city to a large metropolis. Plus, a new kind of pollutant is threatening air quality along the Salton Sea. And home prices in San Diego have flattened out, and it’s been that way for at least a year.
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San Diego is forced to dial back its restrictive law about where registered sex offender can live. Plus, five U.S. citizens who traveled from China are in isolation at two San Diego hospitals. And tennis star Andre Agassi comes to San Diego to open one of the schools he helped develop.
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The evacuees have been quarantined at the San Diego marine base. Four of them have been taken to the hospital. Plus, a poll of candidates running in the 53rd congressional district shows surprising results. And California’s primary election may go without a hitch but final results will be a long time coming.
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About $77 million from the 2017 California gas tax increase remains untouched in San Diego County. Plus, big hotels on the San Diego bayfront are making big donations to the campaign for Measure C. And a new marketing ad for San Diego is trying to attract both tourists and high tech workers.