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Back in 2012, the Sweetwater Union High School District — like a lot of other school districts in the United States — decided to buy Apple iPads for its students. The tablets, which at the time had only been around for a couple of years, were supposed to prepare students for a world ever more reliant on technology. -
Five years after the Sweetwater Union High School District board spent $4.5 million to put iPads in the hands of seventh-graders, nearly all of the Apple tablets are classified as out of inventory, lost or stolen. -
KPBS Midday EditionWhen a 15-year-old was killed by a semi-truck in Otay Mesa in 2014, news reports focused on the fact that the teen was on her phone. No one asked why she was walking in an industrial area where few pedestrians ever go. The answer: She was walking home from school. Home was a junkyard. -
A bill that would make significant changes to the governing structure of the San Diego Association of Governments has cleared the state Assembly and now heads to the Senate. San Diego's two Democratic senators have not taken a position on the bill. -
Officials will present their investigation into this year's massive cross-border sewage spills at a hearing in Imperial Beach Thursday night. -
San Diego Bay is home to a thriving sea turtle population, but scientists worry the animals are increasingly paying the price for living close to a large metropolitan area. -
The city of Chula Vista dedicated seven new streets Friday that are named for local members of the military killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. -
National City officials celebrated an affordable housing project Tuesday that took years to come together. -
The Metropolitan Transit System is seeking feedback on a plan to revamp its bus network with the goal of improving efficiency and fighting a trend of falling ridership. The system is holding open house events to present the changes throughout the week. -
In National City, the median income in 2015 was $44,694 a year, and in Imperial Beach it was $43,132 a year. Both fall far below the median income of $67,320 a year in all of San Diego County.
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