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2020 In Photos — From Our Inewsource Partners
- Dec. 22, 2020
- By Zoë Meyers / inewsource
Our partners at inewsource share the images and memories this year that no one could have predicted.

Veterans Voices: Navy Vet’s ‘Unbearable’ Situation With The San Diego VA
- Sept. 10, 2020
- By Brad Racino / inewsource, Zoë Meyers / inewsource
Navy veteran Larry McMinn shares how ketamine treatments affect his depression and what it’s like to fight for health care under the VA.

Veterans Voices: ‘I’m Scared That What They’re Doing Won’t Be Enough’
- Sept. 2, 2020
- By Zoë Meyers / inewsource
Last October, the San Diego VA notified Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute in La Jolla that it would not renew authorizations for veterans to receive ketamine treatments there.

Veterans Voices: 'Things Just Felt Meaningless,' Marine Veteran Says
- Aug. 21, 2020
- By Zoë Meyers / inewsource
Kiaya Bender is one of the dozens of veterans who the San Diego VA sent to Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute in La Jolla to receive ketamine treatments for depression.

Veterans Voices: San Diego County Veterans Share Their Healthcare Struggles
- Aug. 5, 2020
- By Brad Racino / inewsource, Zoë Meyers / inewsource
The San Diego VA has for years referred veterans suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts for ketamine treatment. Despite the treatment's success, the VA is ending the program and switching patients to a different drug treatment.

Images Of San Diego Protesters Raising Their Voices Against Police Violence
- June 8, 2020
- By Cody Dulaney / inewsource, Zoë Meyers / inewsource
A week of protests throughout San Diego County over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer was capped Saturday with more demonstrations calling for law enforcement and other government institutions to change how they treat African Americans and all people of color.

Photos: The Protests George Floyd’s Killing Sparked In San Diego
- June 1, 2020
- By Zoë Meyers / inewsource
I moved to San Diego last year when I joined inewsource, so I don’t profess to have deep knowledge of the history of protests in the city. But I have covered other protests in the past decade, including Occupy and Black Lives Matters demonstrations in Oakland.

In Imperial County, Nonprofits Struggle To Serve Homeless During COVID-19
- April 24, 2020
- By Jennifer Bowman / inewsource, Zoë Meyers / inewsource
Nonprofits serving the most vulnerable in Imperial County say they’re seeing fewer volunteers and face financial uncertainty because of the coronavirus — all while demand for their services remains high.

City Heights’ La Maestra Health Clinic Adapts During COVID-19 Pandemic
- April 19, 2020
- By Zoë Meyers / inewsource
At La Maestra Community Health Centers’ facility in City Heights, the clinic has limited the services it provides in person, but it remains open to serve its patients whose incomes are at or below poverty level.

Economics Of Coronavirus Slam California’s Commercial Fishermen, Including In San Diego
- March 25, 2020
- By Brad Racino / inewsource, Zoë Meyers / inewsource
Coronavirus isn’t the first thing to test the fortitude of San Diego’s commercial fishermen.