Veterans

KPBS Midday Edition

Midday Edition Special: Rooting Out White Supremacy In The US Military

Steve Walsh

On Monday, a special program on KPBS Midday Edition explores how white supremacist ideology is making inroads into the U.S. military.
KPBS Midday Edition

New Head Of Veterans Village Embodies Change In The Institution

Steve Walsh

Akilah Templeton is the first non-veteran to run the non-profit founded by veterans in 1981.
Military

Congress Calls Into Question VA Sexual Harassment Policies

Steve Walsh

A recently released GAO audit examines why nearly one out of four VA staffers report unwanted sexual comments or harassment.
KPBS Evening Edition

Affordable Housing Bond Set For San Diego's November Ballot

Andrew Bowen

The San Diego City Council approved a bond measure that would raise nearly a billion dollars for new affordable housing projects if passed by a two-thirds majority of city voters.
Quality of Life

Proposed Ballot Measure Could Add 7,500 New Housing Units For Homeless, Veterans

Max Rivlin-Nadler

This November, San Diegans could be voting on a ballot measure that would approve 900-million dollars in spending on affordable housing.
Health

Veteran Re-Employment Program Soldiers On Despite Pandemic

Steve Walsh

Veterans Village of San Diego received a $733,000 grant this week from the US Department of Labor to re-employ homeless veterans during the pandemic.
Military

Roundtable: The Cultural Divide Over Masks

Bennett Lacy

How wearing a facial covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has become a cultural and political dividing line, congress investigates the San Diego VA for discontinuing the use of ketamine treatments for suicidal veterans, and the internal debate within newsrooms over racial representation and diversity in journalism.
KPBS Midday Edition

'A Train Wreck In Slow Motion': San Diego VA Takes Suicidal Vets Off Treatment

Brad Racino

Ketamine has shown promise in derailing suicidal thoughts among patients resistant to other treatments. The San Diego VA has started pulling veterans off the drug to treat them instead with a controversial nasal spray promoted by President Trump.
Military

How A COVID-19 Outbreak Unfolded At A San Diego VA Office

Jill Castellano

The San Diego Counseling Center was operating like normal when its first employee fell ill.
Military

VA Searching For Places To House Homeless Vets Before Convention Center Shelter Closes

Steve Walsh

With the city's announcement that a veterans shelter in the Midway District will not reopen, the San Diego VA is pushing to find more permanent housing.