The teens hope the sheriff's goal to reduce in-custody deaths will motivate her to seriously consider their policy proposal.
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A growing number of state and local officials are backing a bill to end a long-running tax break for the immigration detention facility, which was revealed by a KPBS investigation earlier this year. -
Generations of people from the Philippines have enlisted in the military seeking work and stability and ended up in San Diego. -
The ruling allows states to ban transgender student athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams, but doesn’t require it. States like California can keep their current policies. -
Eighty years after the Treaty of Manila, San Diego is home to one of the largest Filipino communities in the nation. -
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is restricting access to rehabilitative programming for incarcerated people as it clamps down on overtime spending before the end of its financial year. -
Despite public outcry and public records laws, the city of San Diego never released records of the nearly two-years-old incident. A judge has ordered the city to release the records by July 17. -
An initiative to help San Diegans at risk of losing food assistance is going to a vote before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Thursday. -
At a high point in Emerald Hills sit 31 acres that have become a battleground. An upcoming appeal hearing could decide its fate. -
A new report finds schools in California are more divided between rich and poor than in 40 other states in the country. -
The velodrome, a bike racing track in Balboa Park, became embroiled in controversy over USA Cycling's policy excluding trans women from women's races.
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