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The entrance to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Business Recovery Center inside the Southwestern College Higher Education Center in National City, Feb. 26, 2024.

SBA opens Recovery Center to help businesses affected by flooding

The center is intended to help those working to recover from January's devastating floods.

A sign outside a San Diego County Credit Union branch is shown on Nov. 20, 2023.

San Diego County credit union executives see big pay raises while customers pay millions in overdraft fees

Credit unions chartered in California collected over $250 million in overdraft fee revenue in 2022. A KPBS investigation found some credit union executives in San Diego saw their compensation balloon in recent years.

Raul Flores holds up a piece of lithium chloride at Imperial Valley Community College while explaining to his classmates how it is extracted and refined on Oct. 5, 2023.

‘White gold’ could revolutionize Imperial Valley. Will locals be included?

Vast lithium stores deep under the Salton Sea in Southern California are worth $500 billion.

A person inserts a debit card into an ATM in this undated photo.

San Diego area credit unions lean into 'good guy' image while charging millions in overdraft fees

San Diego County-based credit unions collected more than $36 million in overdraft fees last year.

The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady but signals rate cuts may be coming

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but indicated that rates could fall in the coming months if inflation continues to cool.

An ADU complex in the Golden Hill neighborhood of San Diego on Nov. 2, 2023.

Not your grandma's granny flat: How San Diego hacked state housing law to build ADU 'apartment buildings'

A 2021 state law has radically changed the housing equation in San Diego.

The exterior of the Mountain View Community Center, where a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center has been established, is seen in this photo taken March 1, 2024. San Diego, Calif.

Upcoming federal aid deadlines for San Diego flood survivors

FEMA assistance and some SBA loan applications close on April 19. Recovery Centers are also closing.

Russian President and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, 2024.

After a quarter century in power, Russian President Putin isn't going anywhere

Vladimir Putin won a landslide reelection victory, taking some 87% of all ballots following three days of voting derided by Russia's opposition and the West as neither free nor fair.

Advocates and local and state government officials announce a "Reconnecting Communities" grant award for San Diego and National City, March 12, 2024.

San Diego, National City receive grant to reconnect communities divided by freeways

The funds could help plan and build affordable housing, parks and sustainable transportation infrastructure, in communities that were devastated by freeway construction.

A student at Professor Lourdes Heredia Mello Municipal School in São Paulo enjoys an apple for dessert after lunch. Brazil's school lunch program, enshrined in its constitution, is a pillar of the country's anti-poverty efforts.

School lunches are Brazil's secret — and delicious — weapon in halting hunger

Free school lunches, a pillar of Brazil's anti-poverty efforts, are now one of its main weapons against surging post-pandemic hunger. And that's not the only benefit.

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