Bennett Lacy
ProducerBen Lacy is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.
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KPBS Midday EditionA national outcry over conditions at an immigration detention center for children, San Diego mayoral candidates spar over plans for more housing, and election reforms are leading to more diversity in some local governments. -
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer meets with President Donald Trump at the White House, the origins of migrant caravans in Honduras, and the first week of testimony in the murder trial for a San Diego based Navy SEAL. -
The wife of Congressman Duncan Hunter pleads guilty in the couple’s corruption case, the military grants media access to its border mission in Texas, and San Diego State University plans to reform its scholarship system after millions of dollars were unawarded. -
An increase in border crossings leads President Trump to threaten new tariffs on Mexican goods, violent crime is rising in many San Diego neighborhoods, and newly released documents show how the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is responding to public complaints. -
The Supreme Court hears a case challenging a Trump administration change to the 2020 census, the city of Imperial Beach considers a stricter ban on plastic bags, and seniors navigate retirement in California. -
San Diego moves forward with new support and enforcement on the homelessness issue, a public vote on the Convention Center expansion may be moved to March, and Qualcomm stock rises on the news of its settlement with Apple.
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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.
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