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It can take San Diego County applicants three days to get food stamps under the CalFresh program. The goal now is to sign up in the morning and have an EBT card loaded with the CalFresh dollars by dinner time. -
A combination of increasing demand for mental health providers and a shortage of mental health professionals nationwide is contributing to veterans waiting longer to see a mental health professional at VA San Diego. -
KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego VA Medical Center scolded over wait times. JMI Realty pushes a plan to redevelop the Qualcomm Stadium site. San Diego's BioMed company ordered to testify at a House subcommittee on fetal tissue research. -
San Diego is home to nearly a quarter million veterans. And as they age, they inevitably die. The Department of Veterans Affairs is making room for their graves. -
According to the inspector general for the Veterans Affairs, the VA San Diego in 2014 forged wait times for mental health care. Investigators also found one veteran did not get his appointment until two months after the VA learned that he had attempted suicide. -
The San Diego Military Advisory Council foundation's signature program will be awarding a $15,000 scholarship to a San Diego State University student veteran. -
KPBS Midday EditionMore than 50 years after U.S. ground troops entered Vietnam, three San Diego Vietnam War veterans are being honored at a ceremony hosted by the VA and other San Diego veterans organizations. -
Seventy years ago, the deadliest plane crash at the time happened in the mountains of eastern San Diego County. The wreck was lost for decades, until a Poway man unearthed it last year. -
KPBS Midday EditionThe Wounded Warrior Project, perhaps the best-known U.S. military charity, has raised millions. But it has limped along with fair-to-poor grades from charity watch organizations for years. A local group says they don't make the grade at all. -
San Diego has approved $4 million in initial funding for a program to find homes for 1,000 homeless veterans in the next year.
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