Beth Ford Roth
Home Post BloggerBlogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.
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With 22 San Diego-area veterans committing suicide within the past year, KPBS spoke with the San Diego VA for advice on suicide warning signs.
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The National Football League's regular season kicks off tomorrow with the New York Giants squaring off against the Dallas Cowboys. And in an effort to better deal with the problem of brain injuries among its players, the NFL is teaming up with the U.S. Army to better understand the brain damage both football tackles and battlefield combat can cause. -
Army Spc. Kyle R. Rookey, 23, died September 2nd, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan from a non-combat related incident, according to the Department of Defense. No specifics as to the cause of death were released. -
The word "labor" means a lot of things to a lot of different people. It can mean struggling through a physical miracle for 72 hours to bring a child into the world. It can mean working in a thankless job to make sure there's always food on the table. And for quadruple amputee Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, it meant doing what seemed like the impossible. -
The job Army Spc. Ryan McIntosh is doing this week requires a uniform of a different sort. McIntoch, who lost his leg two years ago in an Afghan land mine explosion, is working as a ball boy at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York City. -
The United States Marine Corps has sent 200 of its troops to Guatemala in an effort to combat Central American drug trafficking.
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- San Diego City Council approves parking fees in Balboa Park
- A rivalry over $50 million meant to clean cross-border rivers is brewing
- City Council approves phased-in $25/hour minimum wage for hospitality workers
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