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California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra is calling on the federal government to increase the availability and decrease the price of Remdesivir, the only drug given FDA authorization to treat COVID-19.

County supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to have the chief administrative officer direct the Health and Human Services Agency to develop a plan for in-house medical care of jail inmates and possible outsourcing of those duties as well.

The San Diego VA has for years referred veterans suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts for ketamine treatment. Despite the treatment's success, the VA is ending the program and switching patients to a different drug treatment.

The San Diego Writers’ Festival holds its final day of on-line speakers this Saturday August 8th, focusing on what it takes to get published.

The subpoenas compel four former officials to produce sought-after documents relevant to the U.S. Capitol riot by Oct. 7, and then sit for a deposition the following week.

The California Independent System Operator issued a statewide Flex Alert, a call for voluntary electricity conservation, beginning Sunday and extending through Wednesday. And, with housing courts set to reopen on Sept. 1, thousands of tenants in San Diego now face possible eviction. Two bills now working their way through the legislature aim to keep people in their homes. Plus, of 56 requests received by San Diego County’s Health and Human Services Agency seeking waivers to the state’s restrictions for reopening schools amid the pandemic, 51 came from private schools.

Democrat Eric Adams' job now is to lead NYC out of the effects of the pandemic, historic job losses, skyrocketing housing prices, and a broke transportation system.

Authorities say remains found in a Florida wilderness park are those of Brian Laundrie, who was a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito.

A quarter of a million people in San Diego County have lost a job amid business reductions and closures caused by the coronavirus. If you are among those who are still getting a paycheck, the pandemic has likely still impacted your finances.

While off the state monitoring list for now, San Diego county could be placed back on should it be flagged for exceeding any one of six different metrics, such as case rate and the number of intensive care beds available, for three consecutive days. Also, the Governor declares a state of emergency and California's power grid managers are under fire after initiating r the first rolling blackouts since 2001. Plus, classrooms are virtual but some students are still misbehaving. This adds another layer of complexity to the challenges facing teachers and administrators amid the pandemic.