Alyssa Harvey

The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an appeal from Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax.

Under a plea deal, Balmer was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, far less than he could have faced if the case went to trial. He declined to address the judge about the crime.

More than 1,300 staffers at the health agency got notices they were fired — but more than half were reinstated. The cuts will hobble some divisions, employees say.

At the same time, the fair also closed the book on the 2025 fair with lower revenues and lower turnouts for some grandstand concerts.

About 2,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses, pharmacists and other frontline staff in San Diego are on strike, demanding safer staffing, fair wages and better benefits.

Stream now with KPBS Passport before the broadcast premiere! / Watch Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025 at 8 p.m. + Friday, Oct. 17 at 10:30 + Sunday, Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. + Monday, Oct. 20 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. Our city’s Canine Ambassador and everybody’s downtown friend in the late 1880s has his photo all around The Gaslamp. How getting here in the 1920s by car over the Torrey Pines Grade was a real challenge. We pay tribute to the mostly forgotten Pacific Islander who first imagined San Diego’s downtown; hear about the "Floral Face Off” election that changed a symbol of our city, and more