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There was less to the Balboa Park party plan than met the eye -- much less. There's a campaign afoot to raise the minimum wage in San Diego. And San Diego's approach to housing the homeless may lead to penalties.

Mayor Kevin Faulconer and City Council President Todd Gloria announce plans for a scaled-down celebration of Balboa Park's centennial next year will be unveiled Friday.

A conversation with former San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and current Chamber of Commerce CEO about a range of topics from a California-Mexico trade initiative to the Balboa Park Centennial.

The Balboa Park Celebration Inc. Board of Directors voted March 4 to turn over responsibility for the event to the city, leading to questions of how $2.6 million dollars was spent, and what the city got in return.

From a moment of silence at the start of the San Diego City Council meeting to makeshift memorials, San Diegans are paying tribute to the victims of Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris.

San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer joins us for the first of his scheduled monthly updates on KPBS. He'll discuss issues surrounding allegations of police misconduct within the San Diego Police Department and today's appointment by the U.S. Justice Department of an officer who will conduct an independent assessment of SDPD in an effort to restore public trust. Other issues include Balboa Park's Centennial and ongoing relations between San Diego and Mexico.

The committee in charge of planning a yearlong party in 2015 at Balboa Park spent $2.6 million that came from taxpayers, and now the group is out of business. KPBS interviewed committee members, museum leaders and community members to find out what went wrong.

Members of San Diego's French-American community expressed sadness Friday over the deadly attacks in their home country.

The Balboa Park Explorer, which costs $129 for individual adults, $99 for students and seniors, and $199 for families, also offers admission to the San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego Museum of Art and Museum of Man.

The disbanding organization that sought to put on a yearlong extravaganza to celebrate next year's 100th birthday of Balboa Park released financial documents Monday showing it received more than $3 million in revenue and spent $2.6 million.