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Hiring slowed in May, as employers added 139,000 jobs

U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs in May — a modest slowdown from the previous month. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, as the workforce shrank.

A surfer rides a wave in Imperial Beach in San Diego, Calif., Friday, March 2, 2018, behind a sign warning of the sewage-contaminated water from the Tijuana River Valley.

Proposed federal designation could address pollution in Tijuana River Valley

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has discussed a federal designation that would target pollution issues in the Tijuana River Valley.

Some Florida farmers reduce crops as deportation fears drive workers away

U.S. farmers are feeling the impact of Trump's immigration crackdown. In some communities, immigration raids have slowed farm operations. NPR reports from Central Florida's strawberry region.

Lake Murray reservoir and recreational area in La Mesa is shown on March 2, 2023.

How San Diego's budget cuts could impact feeling of community

From top to bottom, from the federal government to the city of San Diego, programs that feed people, help them stay healthy, find jobs and enrich them are on the chopping block. The public is taking an unprecedented hit.

Privacy advocates urge states not to comply with USDA requests for food stamp data

One payment processor has so far signaled to states that it intends to turn over data about millions of Americans to the federal government even as privacy groups warn that the request is illegal.

Loreal Duran with her children, ages one and seven, in front of her apartment complex in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2025. Loreal’s husband, Giovanni Duran, was born in El Salvador and detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in late January. He is still being held.

‘It was just a regular morning’: Californians picked up in recent ICE raids include kids, volunteers

Interviews suggest some people swept up in Trump’s immigration crackdown are dedicated to their families and communities — not hardened criminals.

Former National Guard vice chief calls deployment to D.C. an 'intimidation' tactic

Former National Guard Vice Chief Major General Randy E. Manner says deploying the Guard to D.C. will ruin how the average American views the military.

Sh'Amir Spencer and daughter Amira pose with Rx Kids co-director Mona Hanna at the Hurley Children's Center clinic in Flint, Mich. Spencer and her daughter are part of the first cohort of moms and babies in the program, which launched in the city in January.

As federal aid shrinks, communities try new ways to tackle child poverty on their own

After Congress ended extra cash aid for families, local efforts aimed to fill the gap. In Flint, Michigan, Rx Kids gives cash aid to every family for a baby's first year. Will it work elsewhere?

Corte suspende orden ejecutiva de la Casa Blanca que recortaría fondos para bibliotecas y museos

Juez federal determinó que la orden ejecutiva del presidente Donald Trump que desmantela el IMLS "ignora el papel constitucional fundamental de cada una de las ramas de nuestro gobierno federal".

The GOP is shying away from town halls. This Missouri congressman is doing 15 of them

At a time when congressional Republicans are generally opting against town halls, Missouri Rep. Mark Alford is embarking on a four-day, 15-stop tour to meet with constituents.

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