Bennett Lacy
ProducerBen Lacy is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom and one of his republican recall opponents make stops in San Diego this week, local restaurant operators say they're having a hard time filling open positions, and a culinary tour through City Heights. -
The U.S. Marine Corps graduates its first class of female recruits trained in San Diego, the challenge of fighting COVID-19 misinformation in Spanish-language social media, and the Port of Entry podcast dives into the world of cross-border medical tourism. -
Struggles in accessing and using rent relief programs in California, a San Diego lawmaker wants to give fast-food workers more of a voice in the industry, and how San Diego's largest newspaper plans to cover the upcoming recall election. -
KPBS Midday EditionLocal reaction to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, how George Floyd's death led to a national conversation on race and equity, and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria outlines his spending plan for the upcoming city budget. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Unified School District begins its return to in-person instruction, police reform is part of Mayor Todd Gloria's Black empowerment plan, and pushback to an inewsource investigation into complaints about a local COVID-19 shelter. -
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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Since 2016, Feeding San Diego has rescued millions of pounds of Starbucks food and helped 11 local community groups. -
The ordinance aims to provide protections to renters from eviction as long as they continue to pay rent and comply with their lease. -
The budget proposal released last week by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria is now getting an in-depth analysis by the city's Independent Budget Analyst.
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- Native American technology and cures: gifts of the land and its plants
- Cool, windy weather expected this week for San Diego County
- Rep. Scott Peters speaks out against Trump's local food chain program cuts
- Litigation at Green Oak Ranch in Vista continues and postpones future events