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Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes speaks to the crowd gathered for the Child Care Providers United rally at the state Capitol in Sacramento on June 15, 2023.

California child care providers demand raises from Gov. Newsom as budget deadline looms

Providers say home day care businesses may need to close if the state continues paying too little in child care subsidies.

The Federal Justice Center in downtown San Diego in this undated photo.

Ex-Marine sentenced in San Diego for running cocaine trafficking organization

Prosecutors say Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. was "the unquestioned leader of El Seg 39," and "controlled every aspect of his organization."

A man buys in a store that accepts bitcoins in El Zonte, El Salvador.

El Salvador Plans To Use Electricity Generated From Volcanoes To Mine Bitcoin

Bitcoin mining has taken a lot of heat for being harmful to the environment since it requires massive amounts of electricity to generate the invisible currency.

A relief carved on a block in a stairway, one of the many exciting artifacts uncovered at Ocomtun in May.

How scientists lasered in on a 'monumental' Maya city — with actual lasers

Light-mapping technology is expediting the pace of archaeological discovery in the dense jungles of central Mexico. The latest find could offer clues about how humans advanced agriculturally.

Domestic policy adviser Susan Rice speaks during a news briefing at the White House on Jan. 26, 2021. Rice is stepping down from the post.

Susan Rice, leaving the administration, talks of what's possible in a divided nation

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews Rice as she leaves her job as top domestic policy adviser to President Biden. Rice says that on divisive subjects, the best hope was often to take the least bad option.

Student volunteers from Hoover High School work at the at school's food pantry, an initiative of the community schools program, July 18, 2023.

San Diego Unified wants to help students beyond the classroom. Is it working?

San Diego Unified wants more community schools, but how it will fund them in the long run is still unclear.

Asaari Bibang, from left, Frank T and Lamine Thior co-host the <em>No hay negros en el TÃbet</em> podcast. They started it because they wanted to see more Black representation in Spanish media.

Three Black Spanish podcasters find humor as they deal with prejudice and stereotypes

No hay negros en el Tíbet — There are no Black people in Tibet — gives audiences perspectives on what it's like to be a Black person in Spain.

A locator map for Sudan with its capital, Khartoum. (AP Photo)

Deaths from southern tribal clashes in Sudan reach at least 220

Two days of tribal fighting in Sudan's south killed at least 220 people, a senior health official said Sunday, marking one the deadliest bouts of tribal violence in recent years.

An undated file photo of a crime scene police tape and a San Diego Police Department cruiser in the background.

Police in San Diego County more likely to shoot nonwhite suspects, records show

A KPBS review of more than 20 years of records relating to use of force by police in San Diego County revealed a clear trend.

Asylum-seekers from countries that include Mexico, Columbia, Albania, Ukraine, and Russia wait in line for Mexican authorities to be escorted through the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana for their scheduled appointments to make their asylum claim, May 12, 2023.

Border remains in relative calm as Title 42 ends

Local officials expressed concern about an influx of migration when Title 42, the pandemic-era asylum policy, officially ended. Those concerns did not materialize Friday.

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