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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Bonsall, Friday announced two additional San Diego-area families that were trapped in the Kabul region of Afghanistan have successfully been evacuated from that country. -
Three families from a San Diego suburb have now made it out of Afghanistan after they went to the country earlier this summer to visit relatives and got stuck there amid the chaos following the Taliban's takeover. -
Twenty-three of their students are stranded in Afghanistan and haven't been able to make it back to school. -
The Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to advance a 600-acre solar panel project in Jacumba Hot Springs, a desert community located in the southeastern San Diego County, despite opposition by numerous residents and the co-owner of a local resort. -
The Ramona Unified School District is reversing course, for now, putting on hold a recently adopted policy that would have allowed parents to opt their children out of mask wearing despite state guidelines requiring it. -
Walters died April 23, 2020, from complications of injuries he suffered in a 2003 shootout. He was 53. -
According to the National Weather Service, more than 2.3 inches of rain fell on San Felipe, east of Julian, while 1.57 inches fell on Ranchita as of 1 a.m. -
KPBS Midday EditionBobbi Brink opened the Lions, Tigers and Bears animal sanctuary near Alpine 19 years ago. Over most of that time, she's also fought for national legislation that would shut down the exotic animal trade of lions, tigers and leopards. -
The Grossmont Healthcare District hosted its inaugural "Family End of Summer Palooza" and provided free COVID-19 vaccines to anyone 12 and over. -
Scientists and conservation groups are trying a new and more targeted strategy to bring water back to the final 100 miles of the Colorado River this year. It’s an attempt to reconnect portions of the river left dry from decades of overuse, and it’s happening in one of the driest years the basin has ever seen.
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