
Bennett Lacy
ProducerBen Lacy is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.
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Advocates for criminal justice reform are calling for more accountability and preventative measures as a new study shows San Diego ranks at the top of all California counties in the number of excess deaths inside jails.
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A new documentary showcases a struggle for environmental justice in Barrio Logan, and nonvoters in the 80th Assembly District explain why they chose not to participate in the recent special election.
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The vision for a central transit hub in San Diego with direct access to the airport is scrambled, and there has been progress in bringing electric vehicle technology to heavy machinery.
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The Anza-Borrego Desert State Park suffers loss of vegetation and other effects due to climate change, San Diego weighs how to electrify buildings as part of its larger climate goals and new details show where some of the questionable spending was done by SANDAG as part of an internal audit of the regional planning agency.
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SeaWorld is negotiating past-due rent tied to the pandemic shutdown in San Diego, a privately operated federal jail will be allowed to stay open, and a local family wants to know why San Diego police didn't investigate a relative's suspicious death.
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Union vote could bring the first supermarket strike to the area since 2003, San Diego's new community choice energy program prepares for a big expansion, and immigration activists call for an end to asylum measures at the border.
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The settlement of two lawsuits will place heightened scrutiny on the city's efforts to reduce greenhouse gases.
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The claims allege the city failed to properly manage its stormwater infrastructure, leading to last month's rain-induced flooding that ravaged homes and left many residents without shelter.
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The exhibit uses projection technology and music to let audiences enjoy the works of the 19th-century impressionist painter in a new way.
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