Bennett Lacy
ProducerBen Lacy is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.
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This week in business: Trump says he will revoke California’s right to set vehicle emission standards, an attack on a Saudi oil field shocks global gas prices, and SeaWorld’s CEO is stepping down. -
In business news: Apple TV+ set to launch in November, Zillow is now buying homes, and a landmark bill passes in California that could reshape the gig economy. -
This week's episode focuses on education as San Diego Unified School District begins a new academic year, the Sweetwater Union High School District grapples with a major budget shortfall, and local students sound off on whether they feel safe on campus. -
A big endorsement in the race for San Diego mayor, the local Republican Party launches its own news platform, the United Nations studies homelessness in San Diego, and schools work to update policies on teacher-student interaction. -
SDG&E requests a rate increase due to growing use of solar energy, documents show how a building renovation at SDSU was mishandled, and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park says the birth of a new rhino will help save an endangered species. -
A look at how Spanish-speaking media covered the El Paso mass shooting, 2020 presidential candidates speak at the UnidosUS conference in San Diego, and how a man from Honduras became the first to win asylum under the "Remain in Mexico" policy.
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The organizations argue Congress already appropriated the funds and that the federal government has a legal responsibility to ensure unaccompanied children have attorney representation. -
The Trump administration is lowering the threshold to report money transfers to foreign countries. The Treasury Department says the new rule is needed to combat money laundering from Mexican drug cartels. Critics say it violates privacy and civil liberties. -
Nearly 50 immigration judges nationwide, including several in San Diego, left their jobs amid firings and resignations prompted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The result could be fewer deportations of dangerous criminals.
- San Diego to pay $875K to man shot with police bean bag rounds and bitten by K-9
- Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, dies after campus shooting
- San Diego Supervisors unanimously deny Cottonwood Sand Mine developer's appeal
- VA Secretary defends staff reductions, anti-union moves at agency during San Diego visit
- San Diego class-action suit says ICE courthouse arrests are illegal