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KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego County Supervisors voted to create an office of environmental and climate justice by fall. District 1 supervisor Nora Vargas pushed to make that happen. -
Starting Thursday, the state’s gas tax will once again go up by a few cents, bringing the overall excise tax to 51.1 cents per gallon. -
San Diego this week began the Small Business and Restaurant Assistance Program with the intent of supporting the economic recovery of small businesses and restaurants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Pandemic restrictions have mostly been lifted across California and summer tourists are packing San Diego County. But many restaurants and hotels can’t find the staff to keep up with the rise in demand. -
California employers added more than 100,000 jobs in May for the fourth month in a row. -
Most COVID-19 restrictions come to an end in San Diego County, an Oceanside city council member faces a recall effort after just a few months on the job and a new effort to track and boost racial representation in California's life sciences industry. -
California will stop giving unemployment benefits to people who are not actively applying for jobs. The federal government let states waive that requirement during the pandemic because so many businesses were ordered to close. -
California regulators have approved revised worksite pandemic rules that allow fully vaccinated employees the same freedoms as when they are off the job. -
The survey done by Robert Half, a global professional staffing firm, found that more than 1 in 4 San Diego workers plan to look for a new job in the next couple of months. -
The Breeders' Cup Wednesday announced plans to utilize 100% of seating capacity at Del Mar racetrack for the 2021 Breeders' Cup World Championships at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in November.
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