Fire-Rescue Department Chief Colin Stowell is retiring in August. Job candidates will undergo a series of interviews, including one with a panel of community leaders nominated by city councilmembers and the mayor.
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The city of San Diego is launching a program to fast-track housing permits for projects that are part of a program that prioritizes development near public transit. Then, the Department of Veteran Affairs aims to place at least 851 veterans experiencing homelessness into permanent housing in 2024. Plus, SDG&E bills are going up. The utility company is raising rates a month after reporting profits.
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The San Diego Symphony provides an interactive music curriculum for students in grades three through five, culminating in a special concert at the Rady Shell.
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The San Diego College of Continuing Education has partnered with the United Taxi Workers of San Diego in a free ride pilot program for students.
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Periods of showers and potentially isolated thunderstorms were possible in the mountains and foothills at times in the afternoons and evenings through Tuesday.
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Henry Foster III, chief of staff for County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe, will represent San Diego City Council's District 4, following the latest update of vote-counting from last week's election.
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Johnson studied with Ansel Adams in the 1940s and became known as one of the foremost photographers of San Francisco's Black urban culture.
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This week marks the start of the annual San Diego Latino Film Festival. Official selections include films by San Diego and Tijuana filmmakers.
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The upcoming immersive "Elvis Evolution" experience in London employs everything from cutting edge AI to a 200-year-old magic trick.
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Marine Corps members and former Frontwave employees said many recruits have no choice but to use the Oceanside-based credit union, which collects significant revenue from overdraft fees. The company’s CEO argues the practice isn’t predatory.
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It’s been less than a week since San Diego County's Migrant Welcome Center closed, and already CBP has released more than 1,000 asylum seekers and other migrants into the streets.
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The county is building affordable housing in Chollas View. Residents say it’s concentrating poverty
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County lawmakers want to reign Coastal Commission's power to block housing, transportation projects
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What happens when you give low-income families monthly cash, no strings attached?
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Students learn about politics as history unfolds in real time
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Poetry in motion to help students improve their mental health
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Migrant advocates working around the clock as funding dwindles
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Also on Roundtable, we hear about one woman's tragic story highlighting a mental health care system still in need of fixing.
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State Farm has the green light to raise the rates it charges California homeowners by 20-percent. Then, Surf Sports Park in Del Mar is caught up in controversy, and a lawsuit, for events happening on its fields. Plus, researchers from San Diego State University and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance are using new technology to study snakes.
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