
Bennett Lacy
ProducerBen Lacy is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.
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San Diego's reopening expands as progress is made on COVID-19 cases and vaccinations, an encampment for cross-border farmworkers is dismantled by police in Calexico and a look at the revolving door in Chula Vista between the city's police department and the surveillance drone industry.
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KPBS Midday EditionSupporters of former President Donald Trump use social media to spread misinformation about asylum seekers, immigrants and refugees from Middle Eastern and North African backgrounds are underrepresented in the census, and reflections on the demolition of San Diego Stadium in Mission Valley.
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The renewed focus on San Diego's homelessness crisis after a deadly crash downtown, the enormous toll on local small businesses after one year of pandemic closures, and Governor Gavin Newsom's political strategy as a recall effort gains momentum.
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City finances get a major boost from the latest COVID-19 relief package, a look back on one year since the pandemic shutdowns began, and the superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District prepares for the scrutiny of a senate confirmation hearing.
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A new law provides financial incentives for school districts that accelerate school reopenings, an investigation into the waiver system that increased nurse workloads during the recent COVID-19 surge, and San Diego County moves to eliminate phone call costs for jail inmates.
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The San Diego Unified School District announces a plan to return all grades to in-person learning after a year long COVID-19 hiatus, an examination of California's utility bills show more than $1 billion in past due charges, and San Diego's city council ends years of gridlock on short term home rental regulations.
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Honeybees are not native to San Diego and they're not good for all of the plants they pollinate.
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San Diego Junior Theatre presents the musical "Grace For President" based on a children's book about diversity and perseverance through July 9.
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California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force wraps up its historic work with a final report to lawmakers.
- Tens of thousands likely to take to streets in 'No Kings' actions, protests
- Caltrans targets I-15/SR-78 bottleneck with new express lanes
- Crews contain burn zone of 45-acre Carlsbad wildfire
- Housing officials warn San Diego's ADU reforms may violate state law
- Trump LA troop deployment illegal, judge says