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The San Diego County grand jury urged city officials Thursday to move forward “with haste” in enforcing a long-ignored transparency law that requires companies doing business with the city to provide details about the financial interests behind the transactions. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Independent Budget Analyst's Office estimates that it would cost $91 million to build seven new, unfunded fire stations recommended in a recent report. Staffing them would cost an extra $18.7 million per year. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego's parking districts have millions of dollars in reserve, and some say that's because the city is too restrictive with how the money can be spent. Past attempts at solving the problem appear to have fallen short. -
A City Council committee voted unanimously to allow for a draft of the proposal increasing hotel room taxes for a convention center expansion to move ahead to full council. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego City Council's Rules Committee on Wednesday advanced Mayor Kevin Faulconer's proposal to increase hotel room taxes by up to 3 percent in some areas of the city to fund a $685 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center. -
Mayor Kevin Faulconer touted a proposed ballot measure on Monday that he said would raise hotel room taxes to pay for an expansion of the San Diego Convention Center and produce funding streams for road repairs and homelessness programs. -
KPBS Midday EditionHenry Coker's last day as San Diego County's chief legal defender of the indigent was Thursday, ending nearly eight years leading the county public defender's office. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce signed a historic memorandum of understanding with Mexico's Senate to collaborate on regional issues. -
San Diego may have a central role in the construction of the new U.S.-Mexico border wall as local companies rush to bid. -
KPBS Midday EditionWhile San Diego State University was the birthplace of the local Black Panther Party 50 years ago, the group was conceived several miles south where most of the city’s African-Americans lived.
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