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$14 Million In Federal Funds Will Support Homeless Programs (KPBS News) San Diego County organizations will get about $14 million in federal grants to support homeless services for the coming year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tule Wind Project Gets Federal Approval (KPBS News) Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Tuesday approved a wind project in southeastern San Diego County. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Medical Data Breaches Affected More Than 10 Million Americans In 2011 (KPBS News) It's been a bad year for data security, with a number of high profile medical data breaches reported. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Future Of Salvation Mountain Uncertain (KPBS News) The creator of a desert artwork known as Salvation Mountain has been placed in a long-term care facility in El Cajon. Now the future of the candy-colored mountain is unknown. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Sharp Will Participate In National Medicare Experiment (KPBS News) Sharp HealthCare will provide Medicare services to nearly 32,000 San Diego seniors through a new model. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Initiative Would Regulate, Tax Medical Marijuana in San Diego (KPBS News) Medical marijuana supporters want to reverse the closings of dispensaries across the city since October. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More Seizures, Arrests Don't Curb Flow Of Drugs From Mexico (KPBS News) Despite an increase in the amount of drugs stopped at the border, a government memo concludes that it has not dampened the flow of narcotics into the U.S. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Trade A Gun For A Gift (KPBS News) The fourth annual guns-for-gift exchange in San Diego takes place Monday morning. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Retailers Revel In Holiday Cheer (KPBS News) Overall holiday sales numbers are running better than expected, but there are some interesting trends in the numbers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Changing Traffic Checkpoints Laws To Affect Escondido (KPBS News) A new state law that goes into effect in January will have a significant effect on cities like Escondido that impound cars for 30 days if the driver doesn’t have a license. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website City Decision On Caliente Sign Reconsidered (KPBS News) Today the city of San Diego rescinded a permit allowing advertisers to paint over a vintage sign on the side of the California Theater in downtown San Diego. A public outcry to save the sign is the reason. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Economic Forecast Predicts Muddled Year Ahead (KPBS News) A new forecast finds San Diego's economic picture will brighten a bit next year, but the National University System report doesn't expect a full-blown recovery. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Group Says San Diego County Water Quality 'Fair' (KPBS News) San Diego Coastkeeper has released a report showing most of San Diego County's water quality is ranked as "fair." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Escondido Ready To Fight Voting Rights Suit (KPBS News) Escondido appears to be headed to court over the question of whether the city’s Latino population has a fair chance to be represented on the council. The city risks being sued because it has not decided to change from city-wIde to district elections. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rhee Hears San Diegans' Concerns About Public Schools (KPBS News) Michelle Rhee, education reformer and former Washington, D.C. pubic schools chancellor, visited San Diego Wednesday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pregnant Women Advised To Be Cautious With Cold & Flu Remedies (KPBS News) Doctors say when it comes to treating colds and flu during pregnancy, less is more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prescription Drugs: San Diego's Leading Cause Of Accidental Death (KPBS News) Prescription drug overdoses have surpassed car crashes to become the number-one cause of accidental death in San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Take Two Worms And Call Me In The Morning (KPBS News) Researchers at Coronado Biosciences suggest ingesting worms is a good way to treat autoimmune diseases. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Recent Cab Driver Killings Point To Need For Safety Measures (KPBS News) In San Diego, the vast majority of cab drivers are new immigrants to this country. Two recent killings highlight their vulnerability and the challenges they face lobbying for safer working conditions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Problem With Expanding Palomar Airport (KPBS News) Making a longer runway at the Carlsbad airport means building the expansion on an unstable old landfill. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Carlsbad Fights New Power Plant On Its Coast (KPBS News) The City of Carlsbad squared off with state officials at an Energy Commission hearing in North County. The issue was whether the region needs a new power plant next to the old Encina plant, right on the coast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Most Trigger Cuts Coming, But K-12 School Days Spared (KPBS News) Governor Jerry Brown said the state of California must cut an additional billion dollars from this year’s budget because revenues are coming in far below projections. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Caliente Sign On California Theater May Disappear (KPBS News) A vintage ad for a Tijuana racetrack has occupied the side of the derelict California Theater in downtown San Diego since the 60s. KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone says it may disappear to make way for a beer advertisement. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State Takeover in Oakland Cautionary Tale for San Diego Board of Ed (KPBS News) San Diego's Board of Education is considering dramatic budget plans to avoid the kind of state takeover that happened in Oakland in 2003. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Group Pushes Reusable Bags Over Plastic In San Diego (KPBS News) San Diego County has proclaimed Thursday, December 15, as a "Day Without A Bag." San Diegans use billions of plastic bags that wind up in the oceans and pollute roadways. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Planned Development In Little Italy Stirring Up Controversy (KPBS News) Development in downtown San Diego is a common sight, but the "Fat City Lofts" project on the northern edge of Little Italy is attracting criticism. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Merits Of New Carlsbad Power Plant To Be Debated (KPBS News) The California Energy Commission is holding a hearing on whether a company can build a new power plant on a scenic Carlsbad lagoon - and whether it should remove the old one. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Escondido Faces Ultimatum Over Latino Representation (KPBS News) Half of Escondido’s population - and a quarter of the city’s voters - are Latino, but there's very little Latino representation on the City Council. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Tackles Prisoner Recidivism Rates (KPBS News) San Diego is one of a few California counties that plan to avoid building more jails by keeping offenders from ending up back behind bars. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nation's Largest Study Of Hispanic Health Gets Underway (KPBS News) The nation's largest study focusing on Hispanic health has been launched in San Diego, Chicago, Miami, and the Bronx. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hundreds of Trees To Be Planted Along Coast Highway In Leucadia (KPBS News) Leucadia residents turned out in force to plant the first of hundreds of trees planned along a stretch of Highway 101. It turns out the North County project has a long history. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego State University Joins Big East (KPBS News) San Diego State University's Athletic Department is in line for a significant boost in revenue, when the football team joins the Big East conference in two years. The move comes at a time when finances are tight for the University. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Groups Say Closing Calif. State Parks Is Bad Economics (KPBS News) A group of California Parks supporters Wednesday urged California Gov. Jerry Brown to reinstate the funding needed to keep 70 state parks open. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sweeping Layoffs Loom For San Diego Schools (KPBS News) Under a worst-case budget scenario, San Diego Unified could be forced to make hundreds of layoffs again next year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Student Outscore Urban Average on National Exams (KPBS News) San Diego fourth and eighth graders outscored the average for students in 21 large urban school districts on national math and reading exams taken earlier this year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Occupy San Diego Plans Protest March Tuesday Night (KPBS News) Protesters plan to march at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday from the Civic Center Plaza to downtown San Diego Police headquarters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Occupy Our Homes Protest Moves Into San Diego (KPBS News) San Diego homeowners rallied against the lingering mortgage crisis in downtown San Diego Tuesday as part of a national day pf protest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supercomputer “Gordon” Lives Up To Flashy Name (KPBS News) San Diego’s new supercomputer “Gordon” is one of the fastest computers in the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website City Council Considers Funding Issues For Convention Center Expansion (KPBS News) The debate over whether to expand San Diego’s Convention Center moves to the City Council Tuesday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Child Sex Trafficking Documentary To Premier In San Diego (KPBS News) Advocates hope the film serves as a warning to children and parents. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Temperatures In San Diego Dip To 20s And 30s (KPBS News) Temperatures dipped into the mid-20s to mid-30s early today, causing frost in the valleys of San Diego County, where strong gusty winds were also expected through Tuesday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website S.D. Council Has Much To Do Before Year Wraps Up (KPBS News) The year is winding down for the San Diego City Council. And the council has a lot to do before leaving City Hall. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2012 Could Determine Future Of Algae As Fuel (KPBS News) If it's proven economically viable, this promising biofuel could bring jobs and money to San Diego in the future. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Young, Fletcher Say Community Tour Has Led To Plan For Improving School (KPBS News) After seven months of community meetings, Tony Young and Nathan Fletcher say they're ready to move forward with a plan to improve education in San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hospitalizations Due to HIV/AIDS Down in California (KPBS News) The number of people living with HIV and AIDS in California has grown but the number of HIV related hospitalizations has gone down. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Economic Indicators Slip In October (KPBS News) The slight fall signals a continuing weakness in the local economy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Controversial Secure Communities Program Scrutinized (KPBS News) Amid growing criticism and confusion over the Secure Communities program, members of Congress question a top federal immigration official about it during a committee hearing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Port Will Chip In For Convention Center Expansion (KPBS News) The push is on to get the Convention Center expansion off the ground. The City of San Diego yesterday asked the Port of San Diego to kick in some money to make it happen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rosiest Projections Leave San Diego Schools With $72 Million Deficit (KPBS News) San Diego school officials are hoping for the best as they draw up a draft budget for the next school year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Potentially Damaging Winds And Fire Weather Coming To Southern California (KPBS News) Starting Wednesday night, high winds out of the northeast are expected to whip across much of Southern California including San Diego County. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Safety Monitors Halt Test Of Vaginal Gel To Prevent HIV Transmission (KPBS News) It's back to the drawing board for HIV prevention researchers, after a clinical trial of a vaginal gel was found to be ineffective. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Our Greater San Diego Vision' Launches Interactive Website (KPBS News) A multi-million-dollar effort to get San Diegans involved in planning for the region’s future is unveiling a new tool. The project hopes an interactive web site will attract more people than public meetings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website California’s New Recycling Goal: 75 Percent by 2020 (KPBS News) California has an ambitious new recycling goal of seventy-five percent by 2020. That goal was set in a new law signed by Governor Jerry Brown this year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website La Jolla Stem Cell Laboratory Replaced With ‘Collaboratory’ (KPBS News) A new stem-cell research center which promotes scientific cooperation opens in La Jolla Today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Navy Lists Layoffs (KPBS News) The Navy will release a list today of enlisted officers who will be laid off in the coming year. It’s the second phase of a strategy to re-balance the service after a period of low turnover in the force. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Small Businesses Push Shopping Local (KPBS News) San Diego's small businesses are working to make sure they get a share of the holiday shopping pie this year. The push began with small business Saturday, but it'll go on all month. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Enviros Suing San Diego Planners Over Transportation Plan (KPBS News) Two environmental groups are suing a San Diego agency over a county-wide transportation plan. The groups said the plan is from another century. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pill Tax Would Fund Doctor Shopping Database (KPBS News) A California man has come up with a novel way to fund a state database that tracks doctor shopping. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State Regulators Warn of Particular Type of Medicare Fraud (KPBS News) California regulators say this is a time of year when they hear more complaints about a particular type of Medicare fraud. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Retailers Could See “Relatively Decent” Holiday Shopping Season (KPBS News) The holiday shopping season starts this week, and California retailers are hoping for strong sales. One economist is projecting a slight jump – about three percent better than last year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SD Biofuel Industry Recruits Workers With Free Job Training (KPBS News) A free job training program in San Diego provides education to adults who want a new or improved career in the Biofuel industry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Video: Dead Fin Whale Towed Out To Sea (KPBS News) A dead fin whale that wash ashore in Point Loma on Nov. 19 was towed out to sea on Friday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Recycle Cooking Oil For Free In San Diego County (KPBS News) Pouring leftover cooking oil, fats or grease down kitchen sinks or drains clogs pipes. The material should be saved and recycled. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vargas Says Penn State Scandal Could Happen In California (KPBS News) Could the alleged sex abuse cover-up at Penn State happen in California? A local lawmaker says yes. Now he wants to amend the law. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fin Whale Killed By Ship, Necropsy Finds (KPBS News) A dead 67-foot fin whale was towed away from Point Loma at high tide today to Fiesta Island. On Friday, it will be sunk in the ocean. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UCSD Team Working on 6,000 Piece Puzzle (KPBS News) UC San Diego researchers take on a challenge from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Young Marines Adopted For Family Style Thanksgiving (KPBS News) More than a thousand young marines who can't go home for Thanksgiving will be adopted for the day by families around San Diego and Orange Counties. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Fallbrook Superintendent Focuses On Urgency For School Success (KPBS News) Boosting the academic performance of students who are learning English as a second language is the new Fallbrook superintendent's specialty. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website AAA Says Thanksgiving Travel Up In California (KPBS News) There'll be more Californians leaving home this Thanksgiving. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Green, Libertarian, Peace & Freedom Parties Challenge Prop 14 (KPBS News) Three political parties have filed a legal challenge to California's Proposition 14, which created the state's new "top-two" primary system. They hope to overturn the new system in time for next year's elections. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Groups Ask Congress To Cut Border Enforcement Funds (KPBS News) The congressional supercommittee failed to settle on a bipartisan proposal to cut the nation's deficit. Some advocates for immigration reform say there are savings to be had by cutting border enforcement. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dead Whale Poses Problem In Point Loma (KPBS News) San Diego Lifeguards today were determining what to do with a dead 50-foot fin whale that washed up ashore on an isolated Point Loma beach yesterday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Riverside County To Charge Offenders For Jail Time (KPBS News) Riverside County plans to start charging jail inmates for the cost of incarcerating them. San Diego County is not convinced this is a cost effective strategy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Texting Service Aims At Keeping New Moms And Babies Healthy (KPBS News) Some 2400 expecting and new moms in San Diego have signed up for a free service that sends out text messages with health tips and resources. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Working Past Retirement: Some Want To, Some Have To (KPBS News) Baby boomers continue to wash over America's cultural landscape, even as they enter their golden years. Many are putting off retirement's promise of a life of leisure. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Do Pension Systems Still Work? (KPBS News) San Diego voters will decide in June if they want to eliminate city pensions for most new hires. Backers of the proposal say pensions don’t work in today’s society. But one pension expert who says that’s not exactly the case. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Federal Wildfire Reduction Program Faces Funding Cuts (KPBS News) There's a proposal in a U.S. Senate committee to cut funding for a program which helps reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website East Coast Man Finishes Cross Country Trek In San Diego (KPBS News) Stephen Homsey is on the last leg of his three-thousand mile journey to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis. His final stop is in Coronado Friday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Skilled Day Care For Frail Seniors And Disabled Adults Will Continue (KPBS News) Some 35,000 frail seniors and disabled adults in California may still be able to get skilled day care services, thanks to a new settlement. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Developer Doug Manchester Buys Union-Tribune (KPBS News) The owner of The San Diego Union-Tribune announced Thursday it has sold the 143-year-old newspaper to MLIM, LLC, owned by real-estate magnate Doug Manchester. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website California Indian Culture And Sovereignty Center Opens At Cal State San Marcos (KPBS News) Native Americans from tribes around California gathered at Cal State San Marcos last night for the opening of a new Indian cultural resources center. It aims to increase the visibility of Native American culture statewide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Study: Immigrants In U.S. Assimilating Well (KPBS News) A new study examining the latest Census data finds those who emigrate to the U.S., especially young immigrants, are assimilating well. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Homeless Connect In North County (KPBS News) Cal State San Marcos hosted a one-stop shop event for North County homeless people on Wednesday, the first in a decade. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Disparities Clear At Senior Living Communities In San Diego (KPBS News) One of the most difficult decisions facing seniors is where to live in their final years. Our series 'Aging in San Diego' continues with a visit to two senior communities that offer independent and assisted living. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Curious Origins Of The Wings of Freedom Sculpture (KPBS News) San Diegans will soon weigh in on a proposed 500-foot sculpture for San Diego’s Navy Pier called Wings of Freedom. But the sculpture’s design has curious origins. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Police Close Occupy Camp; City Leaders Uninvolved (KPBS News) Police say crimes were happening and protesters had brought in more stuff since the first raid on Occupy encampment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SDG&E Presses For Customer Reimbursement For Uninsured Wildfire Costs (KPBS News) Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison-- are withdrawing from the case. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Calif. Budget Triggers Likely, $13 Billion Deficit Next Year (KPBS News) California's non-partisan legislative analyst says the state faces a $13 billion deficit for the fiscal year that starts in July – and will likely have to make mid-year "trigger" cuts to the current year's budget. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Campaign Urges Kids To Give Their Ears A Break (KPBS News) Use of devices like iPods are on the rise, and so is hearing loss among children. Coincidence? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ool Board Member Outlines Teacher Paycut Proposal (KPBS News) A school trustee wants to slash employee pay under a plan to save the district from insolvency. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Holiday Shopping Means For Local Jobs And The State Economy (KPBS News) Holiday forecasts for hiring at retail stores in San Diego are slightly up, but polls say shoppers expect to spend less. Lower revenues could have a big impact on the state budget. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Charities Brace For Higher Demand, Fewer Donations (KPBS News) 'Tis the season for giving, but a growing number of San Diego County residents are in need of receiving. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Survey Reveals Problems With Mental Health Care At Kaiser Permanente (KPBS News) A survey reveals most mental health providers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California believe patients aren't getting timely care. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Taxi Drivers To Be Heard On Safety Demands (KPBS News) For the first time, taxi drivers will get representation on a committee that advises the Metropolitan Transit System on taxi regulations. It is seen as a first step to addressing drivers' long-time demands about safety and high fees. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UC San Diego Researchers Map Calif. Solar Hotspots (KPBS News) UC San Diego researchers have analyzed data gathered by space shuttle missions to create a tool for developers of solar power. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Needing Elder Care When Family Is Missing (KPBS News) Changing demographics and changing families pose new challenge for elderly people in need of care. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Council To Consider Fire Station Study (KPBS News) It’s widely known the City of San Diego needs more fire stations. Today the city council will consider adopting a plan to get them built. But there’s no money to actually make it happen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Student Debt Increasing At San Diego Schools (KPBS News) Across the country, 2010’s college graduates left school owing about 5 percent more than the class before them. San Diego’s public university students saw their debt increase at about the same rate. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Stage Comedy An Equal Opportunity Offender (KPBS News) A new comedy at Diversionary Theatre is likely to offend everyone in the audience, though they’ll probably laugh along the way. Arts reporter Angela Carone finds out why “Learn to Be Latina” is so outrageous. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Groups Demand Cleanup Of San Diego Bay (KPBS News) San Diego environmental groups are demanding the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board take action on a cleanup plan for San Diego Bay. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GOP Senators Want Special Session on Pensions (KPBS News) A group of Republican State Senators say Democratic Governor Jerry Brown should call a special legislative session to overhaul California's pension system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Groups Demand Cleanup Of San Diego Bay (KPBS News) San Diego environmental groups are demanding the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board take action on a cleanup plan for San Diego Bay. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Childhood Obesity Declines In San Diego; Percentage Remains Alarming (KPBS News) A new report reveals the percentage of overweight or obese children fell by 3.7 percent over the last five years; but the percentage remains alarming. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Teachers, Students Hold Rallies At SDSU, UCSD Over Financial Grievances (KPBS News) Teachers and students aired their financial grievances today at rallies at San Diego State University and UC San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Morgue To Charge For Storing Bodies; Many Are Deceased Migrants (KPBS News) The Pima County morgue will start charging a daily fee for bodies that aren't picked up in a timely manner. Many have died entering the U.S. through Arizona's harsh desert terrain. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 10 News Explores SDPD's Silence On Sexual Assaults (KPBS News) Is the San Diego Police Department letting the public know about danger in their neighborhoods in a timely manner? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Networking For Newcomers Who Are Refugees (KPBS News) It's hard to find a job these days. Even harder if you've just landed in the country – as many Iraqi refugees have. Efforts by local resettlement agencies to connect highly skilled refugees with potential employers have had mixed results. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Efforts In San Diego Help Restore Critically-Endangered Wolf (KPBS News) Once on the brink of extinction, Mexican gray wolves are staging a comeback. A conservation center in San Diego is helping with the effort to reintroduce them to the wild. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SDSU Freshman Retention Rate On The Rise (KPBS News) Nearly nine out of 10 San Diego State University freshmen in the 2010 class are back on campus this fall -- a record for the university. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Former San Diego Man May Be Among Top Leaders In Terror Group Al Shabab (KPBS News) The former UCSD economics student may be one of several Americans who have crucial roles in Al Shabab. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Not Enough Help For Growing Refugee Population (KPBS News) The federal government's efforts to resettle the refugees has left some schools, hospitals and other local services overwhelmed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Gas Prices Poised To Set Record (KPBS News) 2011 could turn out to be a year that San Diego drivers want to forget, because the average price at the pump could be a record-breaker. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego City Pension Weathers Stormy 3 Years (KPBS News) It’s been a bumpy few years for San Diego’s pension fund. Today the city council will hear how the fund’s been performing since 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Union Head Calls Pension Reform A Solution In Search Of A Problem (KPBS News) Michael Zucchet, general manager of the MEA, says shifting San Diego city workers to a 401K pension will only sabotage the city's hiring efforts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 401K Supporter Says San Diego Must Cap Cost Of Pensions (KPBS News) Lani Lutar, with the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, says pension costs in San Diego are out of control, and the city has no choice but to switch to a 401K. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Aircraft Carrier To Become Basketball Arena (KPBS News) Two of the nation's top college basketball teams will play a nationally televised game on the USS Carl Vinson on Veterans Day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Staff Sing To Preserve Arts For San Diego Students (KPBS News) San Diego Unified teachers and staff are getting creative to support the district’s award-winning visual and performing arts programs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coastal Commission Votes Down Plans To Redevelop Downtown Navy Headquarters (KPBS News) Coastal Commission Votes Down Plans To Redevelop Downtown Navy Headquarters Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coastal Commission Votes Down Plans To Redevelop Downtown Navy Headquarters (KPBS News) The California Coastal Commission voted unanimously today to scuttle plans to redevelop the Navy's headquarters in downtown San Diego. It found the project and surrounding area have changed significantly since approval was granted 20 years ago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Group to Push for Alternative Pension Plan (KPBS News) A group pushing for changes to California public pension law is hoping to put an initiative before voters next year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Expensive Gas May Drain Holiday Budgets (KPBS News) A new survey finds record high gas prices have the state's drivers thinking about spending less on gifts during the upcoming holidays. The average price is holding steady at about $3.84 a gallon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Unified Trustees Take School Closures Off The Table (KPBS News) San Diego Unified trustees voted unanimously to end consideration of closing 10 schools next fall. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Demand Keeps Teen Sex Trafficking A Booming Business (KPBS News) The teenage sex trade thrives because of an abundance of consumers. Prosecutors are trying to cut demand by educating Johns. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State Parks Officials Face Hot Seat on Closures (News) At least a dozen of the 70 California state parks set to close due to budget cuts may not shut down after all - and lawmakers and parks advocates are pushing hard for that number to grow. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coastal Commission To Revisit Stalled San Diego Project (News) The California Coastal Commission wants to revisit a San Diego bay front project it first approved 20 years ago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Effort To Change Calif. Divorce Law (News) A judge has ruled a wife owes her ex-husband support money and a lump sum in cash payments. Not that unusual. But the husband is in prison, convicted for sexually assaulting the wife. How can this be? Investigative Reporter Mitch Blacher with the 10News I-Team joins us to explain. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Internet, Too Few Services Make Child Sex Trafficking Tough to Combat (News) Technology, deficient laws and lack of shelters make it tough to eradicate the sexual exploitation of children for profit. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gurganus To Command Marines In Afghanistan In 2012 (News) The commander taking charge of the Marines in Afghanistan next year says there will be changes to adapt to a different role in the region. 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Jess Ponting has taken a lifelong passion and turned it into the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University in an effort to cast an academic eye on a multi-billion dollar international industry. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website North County Winter Shelter Program Already Underway (News) The first homeless shelters of the winter season have already opened in North County. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Power Industry: Still No Answer Why Big Blackout Occurred (News) Power industry officials said today they still don't have an answer for why the actions of one utility worker in Arizona triggered a cascade of outages that affected an estimated seven million California residents. 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KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone visits a new exhibit featuring twelve artists who have turned garbage into art. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sexual Assault And Harrassment Are Widespread In The Military (News) A high percentage of women in the military are subject to sexual harassment and assault. Survivors are at high risk for developing PTSD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website College Applicants Face Tough Climate (News) California’s universities started accepting applications for next fall this month. And school districts across San Diego County are holding college fairs this week and next to help students get ready. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Teamster Chief, Congressmen Blast Mexico Truck Access To U.S. (News) Jimmy Hoff Jr. was joined by Bob Filner and Duncan Hunter, showing bipartisan distress with new trucking access. 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Marine Protected Areas (News) A judge in San Diego has dismissed a lawsuit from a fishing industry group challenging the Marine Life Protection Act. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Future Development And Native American Past (News) Native American history buried on hillsides and valleys all over San Diego County has developers facing a challenge: to reconcile honoring the past while meeting the needs of the future. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feds Medical Marijuana Crackdown Could Hurt Publishers (News) Some alternative newspapers get a large percentage of their advertising revenue from medical marijuana dispensaries. Now that U.S. attorneys in California are cracking down on these establishments, the weekly publications could feel the pain. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Unified At Edge of Budget Cliff, Again (News) Millions restored to San Diego city schools as part of the final state budget are in jeopardy. Lagging state revenues are likely to trigger cuts to K-12 education across the state. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SDSU Gets Grant To Fight Obesity In Imperial County (News) The Centers for Disease Control has awarded San Diego State University's Institute for Behavioral and Community Health a $6 million dollar grant to combat childhood obesity in Imperial County. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fire Marshall Limits Number Of Tents At Occupy San Diego (News) The tent city outside of San Diego city hall won't get any bigger, but the Occupy San Diego protest might. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Plastic Bag Curriculum Controversy (News) It’s billed as a national model, California’s K-12 environmental curriculum. It’s designed to prepare students to become future scientists and green technology leaders. Now part of one lesson plan is under attack by some environmentalists. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talk Of New San Diego City Hall Continues (News) It’s been called the project that won’t go away. The San Diego City Council is once again talking about a new city hall. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread To San Diego (News) "Occupy San Diego" plans to take over the Civic Center Plaza in downtown San Diego this Friday. 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Budget Faces Two New Lawsuits (News) The California state budget is getting hit by two separate lawsuits – including one from school districts and superintendents for $2 billion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Equality Nine Want Charges Dropped In San Diego Case (News) A San Diego group fighting for same sex marriage equality, is asking the city attorney to drop trespassing charges against them. They delivered a petition with more than 2,000 signatures Wednesday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Regulators' Enforcement of Safety Rules Questioned On SDG&E's Sunrise Powerlink Project (News) Supervisor Diane Jacob questions the ability of state regulators to oversee the project’s safety. 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But the plan put forth by Councilman Carl DeMaio to pay for repairs has some holes of its own, critics say. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rants and Raves: Keeping Women in Their Place (News) The networks launch their new fall line up next week and based on the advertising campaigns for two of the shows, I was struck by an odd similarity in their use of a 1960s setting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dumanis Cancels Talk At San Diego City College Amid Protest Threat (News) Students are upset that Dumanis hasn’t answered questions about student Diana Gonzalez, who was murdered days after the DA declined to prosecute her estranged husband. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brown Tries to Calm Nervous County Officials on Realignment (News) California Governor Jerry Brown is reassuring county officials anxious over the lack of a long-term funding source for the governor’s realignment plan. That’s the effort to shift responsibility for low-level, non-violent offenders to counties. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Union Pickets Kaiser Hospital In San Diego (News) Health-care workers picketed Kaiser Permanente's Zion Avenue hospital in San Diego yesterday. It is part of a two day walkout aimed at restarting contract talks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Would Increase Penalties on Peeping Toms (News) A California State Assemblywoman is urging Governor Jerry Brown to sign her bill that would double the penalties on Peeping Toms. 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Notices Of Default Increase By 55 Percent (News) California saw a big jump last month in the number of homeowners who got a default notice – which is usually the precursor to a foreclosure. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Child Advocates Sue State To Release More Details In Child Fatality Cases (News) Child advocates have sued the California Department of Social Services to force it to reveal more details about child deaths. Advocates say the agency’s rules block potential reforms that could save lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Celebrates Mexico's Independence Day (News) Dozens of events are taking place around San Diego County to mark the more than 200 years of Mexico's independence. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Latino Family Reflects On Conversion To Islam (News) Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and in the U.S. A San Diego Latino family talks about their personal relationship with the religion after one son converted. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supervisors Approve New Minority-Majority District (News) By unanimous vote, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved new maps to define district boundaries. One new district has a majority of minority voters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kids Who Grew Up In SDSU Shadow Come To Campus As Freshmen (News) An SDSU program is designed to bring more kids who grow up near the campus onto it as students. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Labor Groups Stage Pair Of Holiday Rallies (News) Grocery workers, retirees and the unemployed joined in two job-related rallies downtown today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website County Supervisors' New District Maps A Mixed Victory For Minorities (News) San Diego County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting Tuesday to vote on new maps to define their district boundaries for the next 10 years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wikileaks Border Cables: From The Mundane To The Violent (News) The hundreds of pages of dispatches address a host of subjects, from the ongoing drug war to economic conditions in Mexico to reports of missing persons believed to be south of the border. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Edison: San Onofre Nuke Plant Ready For Quakes, Tsunami (News) The Associated Press recently analyzed the earthquake risk at U.S. nuclear power plants. The AP analysis of government data shows quakes pose a greater risk for a severe accident at nuclear plants than previously thought. KPBS Environment Reporter Ed Joyce interviewed Gil Alexander with Southern California Edison, which operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, about safety at the plant. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SD Police Respond To More 911 Suicide Calls (News) San Diego Police say they are responding to a growing number of people in psychiatric distress, some threatening to kill themselves. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Two Art Labs Examined: "Picnic" And "(In)Visible" (News) If you ever wondered what San Diego’s visual artists are up to, this is your weekend to find out. A contemporary art fair inspires over 150 local artists to set up satellite events showcasing their work. Two of these events focus on San Diego’s civic life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Trolley Turns 30 Amid Praise And Higher Expectations (News) Most people believe the San Diego trolley has been a success in serving San Diego. But some say it needs to do better to justify the investment in new lines. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website As Demand Skyrockets, Federal Aid Could Plummet For San Diego Food Bank (News) Demand is up but supplies are down at the San Diego Food Bank, and the Food Bank is worried things could get worse. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jobless San Diegans Attend Boot Camp (News) With an unemployment rate of 10 percent, San Diegans turnout for job fair at USD Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shoppers Boost Business At San Diego's Thrift Stores (News) The weak economy continues to flatten hopes for better sales at retail giants, but the slow economy isn’t squeezing all the life out of the retail sector as second-hand stores are finding ways to thrive. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Immigration Measures Neither Amnesty Nor Path To Work Permits (News) A major recent announcement by the Obama administration has raised the hopes of many undocumented immigrants. But some lawyers say it's still too early to tell if optimism is warranted. 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KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone says the findings are an affirmation for some, while others find the results downright criminal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Cardrooms Hope To Play Another Round (News) Poker is hot right now. And if you want to get out and play a hand, there are two places within the city of San Diego to do that. But those cardrooms could go away if city laws aren’t changed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website California Seeking 'No Child Left Behind' Waiver (News) California's superintendent of public instruction, Tom Torlakson, is seeking a waiver from federal No Child Left Behind regulations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dumanis Reverses Position On Pension Reform Measure (News) District Attorney and San Diego Mayoral Candidate Bonnie Dumanis has reversed her stance on a controversial pension reform measure. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alzheimer's Drug Development At UC San Diego Gets Federal Boost (News) It's expensive to take a promising idea in the lab and turn it into an effective therapy. U.C. San Diego researchers hope to do just that, thanks to a new federal grant. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thursday, August 25th the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla will be transformed into (News) Thursday, August 25th the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla will be transformed into a venue for "physical channel surfing" for alt.pictureshows 2011. Attendees can dip in and out of rooms screening more than a dozen films. I speak with 2 Tijuana filmmakers showing works at the event. Listen to my radio feature or read teh extended interview. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chaldeans Say They Were Unfairly Singled Out In Federal Raid (News) The large Chaldean community in El Cajon was outraged to learn that a drug- and weapons-trafficking ring was operating within their midst. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 5.8 Earthquake Rattles East Coast (News) A 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Libyan In San Diego Hopeful For His Homeland's Future (News) A Libyan man who lives in San Diego says he's watching the news coming out of his homeland like a suspense film. He says there's no telling what will happen next, but he believes one thing is certain: This is the end of Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year rule. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Will "Prosecutorial Discretion" Change Deportation Trend? (News) Last week, the Obama Administration announced important changes to its current enforcement of immigration law. The changes will impact the lives of 300,000 people, many of them from the Southwest. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CSU, Community Colleges Bracing For Cuts (News) San Diego Community College students started their fall semester Monday and they’re already feeling the effects of cuts that will be triggered in December if state revenues don’t pick up. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CSU, Community Colleges Bracing For Cuts (News) San Diego Community College students started their fall semester Monday and they’re already feeling the effects of cuts that will be triggered in December if state revenues don’t pick up. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego To Train Mail Carriers To Deliver Anti-Bioterror Drugs (News) Mail carriers are already tasked with making rounds in extreme conditions. Now they’re training to deliver emergency medications to San Diego County residents in the event of a bioterror attack -- like anthrax. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Native American Remains Delay New Housing Development (News) As developers explore where to build new housing in San Diego’s back country, they're coming up against an increasingly common hurdle. Native Americans inhabited the whole area, and their burial sites are turning up on plots where new homes are planned. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Southern California Grocery Workers Vote On Contract Offer (News) Union leaders should know soon whether they have the authorization to strike at the region's three largest grocery store chains. San Diego workers cast ballots Friday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website No Answers For Mysterious Odor In San Diego County (News) Tests of air samples taken from areas where people reported a "fuel-like" odor Wednesday have not indicated what the smell might have been or where it originated. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hookah Smoking On The Rise In California (News) Californians are giving up their cigarettes, a flocking to water pipes. A new study reveals a significant rise in hookah smoking. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 40,000 Students Still Need Whooping Cough Vaccination in SD County (News) Forty-thousand San Diego County middle and high schoolers still have to show they've been vaccinated for whooping cough. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Federal officials said Thursday they've taken down a drug and weapons trafficking ring involving mem (News) Federal officials said Thursday they've taken down a drug and weapons trafficking ring involving members of a U.S. Iraqi community and a major Mexican drug cartel that was caught selling large amounts of drugs, guns and grenades. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chaldeans 'Shocked, Devastated' By Federal Raid In Their Community (News) Some members of El Cajon’s Chaldean community say they’re saddened and devastated by the federal raid and crime ring that shook their neighborhood. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Filling Teaching Positions Comes Down To The Wire (News) San Diego city school teachers go back to work on August 31st. But many won’t know where to go that morning until the day before. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Protestors Expected At San Diego County Courthouse (News) A group calling itself "Equality Nine" is holding a protest today at the San Diego County Courthouse. They were arrested one year ago, shortly after a federal court ruled Proposition 8 was unconstitutional. They say the charges are bogus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Friendship Park At U.S.-Mexico Border Turns 40 (News) Friends of Friendship Park will celebrate the park’s anniversary this Saturday with a cross-border salsa lesson, a bi-national jam session, and testimonies from families who have used the park as a meeting place. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rent Control To Go On Oceanside's June Ballot (News) Oceanside residents will get the final say on rent control at the city’s mobile home parks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mystery Odor In San Diego County May Remain A Mystery (News) We'll have to wait until Friday to find out just what a mysterious odor many in San Diego County reported smelling Wednesday afternoon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feds Bust Iraqi-Mexican Drug Operation In El Cajon (News) Federal officials said Thursday they've taken down a drug and weapons trafficking ring involving members of a U.S. Iraqi community and a major Mexican drug cartel that was caught selling large amounts of drugs, guns and grenades. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VA Medical Center Gears Up To Treat Women Veterans (News) The VA Medical Center in La Jolla is going through a cultural sea change as more and more women veterans come through their doors for health care. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Find Out If San Diego County Owes You Money (News) If you're looking for some extra cash these days, check with San Diego County's Tax Collector. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Crosses On Public Property Near Julian Find New Home (News) A possible solution has been found to a controversial plan by Caltrans to remove three crosses on state Route 79 near Julian. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rent Control At Stake In Oceanside (News) Oceanside city council meeting is likely to be packed with people tonight, as the city council makes a decision on rent control. Thousands of residents have signed a petition to save some of the region’s most affordable housing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lawmakers Bracing for Busy End to Legislative Session (News) Democratic Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg said he plans to focus on boosting the state’s struggling economy during the legislative session's last few weeks. But Republicans think the Democrats will also have to do some budget cleanup. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website L.A. Mayor Wants To Overhaul Prop. 13 (News) Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is calling for an overhaul to a California law that’s often seen as untouchable: Proposition 13, which limits property taxes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lead In Fundraising For Famine Victims (News) Wrenching images of the famine in Somalia, haunting memories of their own and a hope their efforts might lead to a more stable future keep the bright-eyed youth determined to help their motherland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Border Crossing Construction Projects To Face Delays (News) Construction projects at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border are facing challenges due to federal budget cuts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Desalinated Groundwater Threatened By Future Landfill (News) A North County city plans to expand its future water supply by reclaiming more local groundwater. But that groundwater may be threatened by a proposed landfill nearby. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'Evil' Weevils Threaten California Palm Trees (News) There's another pest causing concern for California agriculture officials. This time, exotic weevils. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sanders Hits The Road To Keep Chargers At Home (News) Mayor Jerry Sanders and his team are hitting the road in an effort to keep football in San Diego. Sanders will make stops in three cities. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Test Scores Continue To Rise (News) San Diego Unified District administrators are hoping to keep scores rising in the coming year despite budget cuts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Test Scores Up At San Diego Unified (News) San Diego Unified students improved their standardized test scores in 2011. The results were released by the state Department of Education today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Southern California Home Sales Slip In July (News) July was a sluggish month for home sales in Southern California, as sales fell from the previous month and from the same month a year ago. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mexico Collaborating With San Diego Domestic Violence Experts (News) A new effort is underway to crackdown on violence against women south of the border. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Big Jump In San Diego County Fires Caused By Target Shooting (News) Cal Fire San Diego says there has been an increase in fires caused by target or recreational shooting across San Diego County. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Study Reveals Autism Has A High Rate of Recurrence Families (News) New research reveals the risk of a child developing autism is much higher if they have an older sibling with the disorder. The study was conducted in San Diego and 12 other cities worldwide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rare New Lab Explores Genetic Triggers Of Disease (News) Genes that cause cancer to grow or an immune system to turn on itself—will now be studied at a unique center in San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Police Seek To Engage City Heights Community (News) A memorial service and candlelight vigil will be held tonight in City Heights for slain San Diego police officer Jeremy Henwood, with a funeral following Friday morning. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New 'Green' Student Center For San Diego State (News) If you drive by San Diego State University today, you'll notice a major landmark missing -- Aztec Center. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Business Owners Want Fair Play From Amazon (News) Small business and union officials in San Diego are blasting Amazon.com's fight to keep from collecting California sales taxes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State Releases High School Dropout, Graduation Rates (News) California’s high school dropout rate stands at just over 18 percent – with roughly three out of every four students graduating on time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Catching Fish For The Hungry (News) San Diego charities team up to feed the hungry, only this time, they jump on a boat to do it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advocates Fear More Cuts to In-Home Support Services (News) State revenues came in half a billion dollars below projections last month. If the trend continues, that could trigger new cuts that include a 20 percent reduction to in-home support hours for the low-income elderly and disabled. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New San Diego Lifeguard Station Gets State Approval (News) A state agency has approved plans for a new lifeguard tower and station at a popular San Diego beach. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Unchecked Asthma Linked To Premature Births (News) New research reveals a link between under-controlled asthma and pre-term births. Asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting pregnant women. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Southern California Grocery Workers Plan Another Strike Vote (News) A new health care proposal from the region's three largest grocery chains wasn't received well by union negotiators this week. The new proposal comes as union leaders prepare to ask their members to authorize a strike, again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brown Pelicans Rehabbing At SeaWorld (News) Eight young brown pelicans found in Arizona are being nursed back to health at SeaWorld San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Port Moves Ahead With North Embarcadero Improvements (News) San Diego’s much debated and often litigated North Embarcadero Visionary Plan took a big step forward today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website High-Speed Rail Cost Jumps by Billions (News) The cost of California’s ambitious high-speed rail project is going up according to new environmental reports from the state’s High-Speed Rail Authority. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Local Migrant Education Program Named Top 10 (News) A migrant education program at California State University San Marcos has been recognized for helping students of farm working families, get a higher education. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Economic Turmoil Could Wash Over San Diego (News) San Diego home builders will likely suffer if interest rates jump because of the nation's credit rating downgrade and stock market volatility. Meanwhile, a San Diego economist says the economy is growing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bill Roundup: California Joins "National Popular Vote" Movement (News) California could eventually award its presidential Electoral votes to the candidate that wins the national popular vote. That’s one of several election-related bills Governor Jerry Brown signed Monday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Want To Boost Your Workout? Eat Chocolate (News) UCSD research suggests eating dark chocolate can significantly boost your workout. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Bay Sediment A 'Toxic Soup' (News) There's a lot of harmful material at the bottom of San Diego Bay threatening marine life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ramona Tries To Make A Better Downtown (News) Civic leaders in Ramona will attend a workshop this week to look for ways to make their town center more walkable, attractive and profitable. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DeMaio Cries Foul Over Petition Gathering Tactics (News) A labor-backed group is fighting an effort by San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio to eliminate city pensions for new employees by linking a petition-signature drive to the possibility of identity theft. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Familiar Faces To Represent New Ninth Council District...For Now (News) Residents of San Diego's new ninth council district will be represented by a familiar face, until elections take place next year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Unemployment Fund: Insolvent, Interest Coming Due (News) California’s unemployment insurance trust fund is eight-and-a-half billion dollars in the red – and state officials are calling for changes to the system. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Retirement Plans Shrink Along With Dow (News) The market's free fall is squeezing retirement plans for tens of thousands of San Diego County seniors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Company's Bluefin-Tuna Breeding A First (News) A San Diego-based seafood company says it has spawned bluefin tuna naturally at their fish farm in Croatia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website State Puts Together Committee To Create Jobs (News) California is establishing a legislative committee to create high-tech jobs and a San Diego Republican will lead the effort. The state's unemployment is about 12 percent, one of the highest in the nation. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego County Targets Sprawl With New General Plan (News) San Diego County took a major step toward limiting urban sprawl today when it approved a revision to its general land-use plan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Governor Signs Legislation To Provide More Money For Energy Upgrades (News) California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law that’s intended to provide more money for energy upgrades. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Summer Of Musicals In San Diego (News) We’re in the dog days of summer here in San Diego, but an evening’s escape is only a stage away. KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone says the local theater scene has a summer bounty of musicals, including some familiar and not so familiar productions. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Report: 40 Americans Have Trained & Fought With Al Shabaab (News) The new Congressional report also identifies one of the recruits as a man who lived in San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website High School Student Racing With The Pros At Del Mar (News) Going from high school to the competitive world of horse racing doesn't happen often. But 18-year-old Eswan Flores, made it his dream. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Green Jobs Training Continues, But Work Prospects Look Dark (News) Thousands of people in California are training to work in green energy jobs. But the industry isn’t expanding fast enough to meet the demand of people who want to work in the field. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Meeting Focuses On Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (News) An estimated 4 million Americans are affected by obsessive-compulsive disorder. San Diego hosts the nation's largest conference on the condition this weekend. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ripple Effects Of Debt Ceiling Debate On San Diego (News) Federal lawmakers' failure to reach a debt ceiling compromise puts many San Diegans at financial risk. Read where your representative stands on the issue. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Too Many Passengers On Boat Lead To Accident (News) No charges will be filed related to a San Diego Bay boating accident that lead to the drowning deaths of a father and son. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Authorities Say Identity Thief Targeted Chase Bank Customers (News) Chase Bank customers unknowingly gave their debit card information to an identity thief, authorities said. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Harbor Police Release Findings In Boat Accident Probe (News) No charges to be filed; Harbor Police say too many occupants on boat was a factor. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Philanthropist Donates Millions To New Cardiovascular Institute (News) San Diego real estate magnate Conrad Prebys loves to give his money away. His latest gift? A $45 million donation to Scripps Health for its new cardiovascular institute. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adult Day Health Care Programs May Close In December (News) Providers of adult-day-care services in California may have to shut their doors on Dec. 1st. If so, more than 35,000 medically fragile people will be scrambling to find appropriate care. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mayor Sanders Launches Energy Conservation Program (News) The "Reduce Then Produce" program offers discounted home energy upgrades and solar panel systems to help San Diego homeowners lower their energy usage. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brown Makes Supreme Court Nomination (News) Governor Jerry Brown has nominated a UC Berkeley Law Professor to the state’s high court. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website S.D. Council Bound By Pot Decision (News) San Diego rescinded its own rules on Monday regulating the distribution of medical marijuana. Not much is likely to change in the next year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Economic Indicators Fall For First Time In 27 Months (News) The University of San Diego Index of Leading Economic Indicators fell for the first time in 27 months in June. The index lost .2 of a percent of its value. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Local Somalis Raising Money For Famine Victims Back Home (News) A local man said the food crisis is so bad that people are "dying like flies" outside refugee camps. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Comic-Con's Disabled Fans (News) Superheroes and fans have packed up and left town, as another Comic-Con comes to a close. The world’s largest pop culture convention drew big crowds again this year, including many men and women with disabilities. KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone says comics’ relatable characters and Comic-Con’s disabled services are part of the appeal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Controversy Against Fire Fee Heats Up (News) A San Diego County supervisor is joining the effort against a controversial fire-protection fee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Medical Marijuana High On San Diego Council's Agenda (News) Strict rules limiting where medical marijuana shops can operate can be overturned or sent to the voters next spring. The city council Monday addresses the issue Monday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Camp Helps Kids With Burn Injuries (News) An estimated 10,000 children suffer burn injuries in the U.S. each year. Recovering from such trauma is tough. But a summer camp in San Diego County's Cuyamaca Mountains gives young burn survivors a boost. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rebates Shrinking For Electric Vehicles (News) California's $5,000 rebate for new owners of electric cars is no longer available. That's pushing up the cost of buying an all-electric vehicle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Minorities Have Mixed Reaction To Proposed S.D. District Map (News) San Diego’s Hispanic population came out ahead while the Asian community fell short in the race to win a new council district. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rants and Raves: Geek Girls (News) Men still outnumber women at Comic-Con but that's changing as geek girls increase their presence at the pop culture mecca. I talked with a few kindred souls. Take a listen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mortgage Default Notices Hit Four Year Low (News) The number of Mortgage Default notices hit a four-year low in California during the second quarter of last year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Moves Toward Balboa Park Makeover (News) A plan presented by Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs for a major makeover of Balboa Park has received preliminary support from the San Diego City Council. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arrests Made In Connection To Mexico's Largest Marijuana Plantation (News) Dozens have been arrested in Baja California in connection with the largest marijuana plantation ever found in Mexico. 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Council Will Consider Buying Into Redevelopment (News) Redevelopment can continue in San Diego, for a price. The city council will vote tonight whether to buy in to the state’s new redevelopment plan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Car2go Hopes San Diego Car Sharing Gets Plugged In (News) San Diego will be home to the nation's first all electric car sharing service this fall. Diamler-owned Car2go picked San Diego because the city will have more than 1,000 public charging stations by the end of the year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Critics Trash Plan To Outsource Miramar Landfill (News) It may get dirty deciding who will manage the Miramar Landfill in the future. The full San Diego City Council will now weigh in on the issue. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website L.A. Sheriff Reaches Out To Muslims As Feds Increase Surveillance (News) Since the attacks on 9/11, many law enforcement agencies have increased surveillance of the Muslim community, but the Los Angeles County Sheriff has chosen a different approach. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Trash WIll Power MCAS Miramar (News) San Diego’s trash will soon become a source of power for Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Home Sales Better, But Not Recovered (News) Southern California homes sales rose more than expected last month. However, that is not an indication that the housing slump is over. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Measure Aims To Reduce Incidence Of Untested Rape Kits (News) Rape kits are used to collect semen, hair, and other physical evidence from survivors of sexual assaults. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SD School Board Seeks Swift Calculations On Teacher Recalls (News) Sacramento may know how much it plans to spend in the new fiscal year. But that doesn’t mean it’s clear yet how much money San Diego Unified can count on to operate schools. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Unified Targets African-American Achievement (News) San Diego public school students are scoring higher on state English and math tests, but the achievement gap for African-American and Hispanic students persists. The school district is starting an effort focused specifically on improving African and African-American students’ school performance. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The AIDS Epidemic: 30 Years & Counting (News) It's been 30 years since the first cases of AIDS emerged. 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Pension Fund Could Have Billion Dollar Year (News) It could be a billion dollar year for the city of San Diego’s retirement fund. Investment returns have topped 20 percent. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How 'Green' Are Carpool Lanes? (News) Interstate 15 in San Diego will provide more room for carpooling. But that won't necessarily be a win for environment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Court Says Californians Can Sue Debt Collectors For Releasing Medical Information (News) The state Supreme Court has given a boost to consumer privacy. It ruled Californians can sue collection agencies and doctors for releasing confidential medical records to credit reporting agencies. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breaking Down the Democrats' Majority-Vote Budget (News) The spending plan put forth by legislative Democrats Wednesday doesn’t include the governor’s proposed tax extensions. Instead, it uses a mix of other solutions to fill that $10 billion gap. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website School Board Delays Budget Decisions (News) Uncertainty over how Sacramento lawmakers will close the state’s nearly $9.6 billion shortfall have postposed budget decisions for San Diego city schools. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego County Wildfire Risk Predicted To Be Higher in Late Summer (News) The National Interagency Fire Center predicts a normal wild-land fire season for Southern California from July through September. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website UCSD Project Reduces Polluted Runoff To La Jolla Beach (News) Surfers at a popular beach in La Jolla are enjoying cleaner water. A recently completed UC San Diego project is now capturing harmful pollutants before they reach the beach near the school. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alleged Mismanagement Could Close Charter School (News) Accusations of fiscal mismanagement and legal violations could shut down a southeast San Diego charter school. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Competitive Swim Team Loses In City Funding Game (News) Recreational swim teams in San Diego made it through a wave of budget cuts this year. But one team could still see its funding go down the drain. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ing At Graduation Is It's Own Milestone (News) Many high school seniors will walk across stages to accept diplomas in the next couple of weeks. There's at least one graduate for whom performing that simple act tonight will be a triumph in itself. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website County Jails To See Influx of Inmates Starting in July (News) On the heels of the recent Supreme Court ruling that California must reduce its prison population, San Diego County jails are preparing for a big shift come July 1st. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Full Funding Recommended For San Diego Libraries (News) An influential San Diego official is recommending libraries, pools and recreation centers be spared in the city’s upcoming budget. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website City Discovers Another $11 Million For General Fund (News) City auditors combing through San Diego's 2,000-plus funds have found $11 million that was never properly transferred to the General Fund. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leading Indicators Shine Brightly On San Diego's Economic Future (News) San Diego's economic outlook is mostly positive for the second half of the year. The San Diego Index of Leading Economic Indicators jumped almost one full percent in April. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Stem Cell Implant Holds Hope For Diabetics (News) A new kind of stem-cell implant shows promising results for treatment in insulin-dependent diabetics. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SD Teacher, Student Travel To Normandy For Lesson Of A Lifetime (News) A San Diego student and his teacher are about to walk in the footsteps of history. They're traveling to the beaches of Normandy for a special lesson of a lifetime. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SD School Board Member Calls For Salary Freezes To Balance Budget (News) Even if the governor wins tax extensions, San Diego city schools will spend at least $23 million more than it takes in next year. One board of education member wants employee unions to agree to salary freezes to balance the budget. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spillover Violence From Mexico's Drug Cartels: How Real Is It? (News) When is a crime near the U.S.-Mexico border just a crime or a result of spillover violence? It’s all in the eyes of the beholder. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Saving A Music Lover's Mural At SDSU (News) Efforts are underway to save a secluded 1970s mural on the campus of San Diego State University. Some of the most beloved rock bands in history walked by this mural on their way to perform on campus. But saving it is no easy task. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 'August: Osage County' Is Actors' Catnip (News) The dysfunctional family in "August: Osage County" has a new home on the stage of the Old Globe Theatre. The actors and director talk about performing this intense, hilarious, three-hour play. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Good Grades For San Diego Beaches (News) San Diego County's 70 miles of beaches got pretty good marks on the latest Heal the Bay water quality report card. However, the news was not all good. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website County Launches New Health Program For Uninsured Adults (News) Thanks to a new stream of money from the federal health-reform law, San Diego County will soon unveil a health insurance program for poor adults. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oceanside Phases Out Rent Controls (News) Oceanside ends 30 years of rent control in its mobile home parks. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Schools Face Future Shortfalls, Even With Improved Budget (News) Even if K-12 education get a funding bump in California in the next budget year, San Diego Unified School District staff said it should go toward easing the crush of rising salaries and benefits costs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "Amazon Bills" Move Through Legislature (News) California lawmakers and business leaders are pushing legislation that’s often known as “the Amazon bill.” It’s actually a series of three measures that would force many out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax from California online customers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Good Grades For San Diego Beaches (News) San Diego County's 70 miles of beaches got pretty good marks on the latest Heal the Bay water quality report card. However, the news was not all good. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Family Deaths Seen As Murder-Suicide (News) The deaths of four family members found at a home in Southeast San Diego, are being investigated as a murder-suicide, according to police. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Turning A School Around One Kid At A Time (News) A middle school in San Diego’s Mid-City area has climbed into the top ranks of schools that serve kids from low-income families and whose first language isn’t English. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Health Care At The Heart Of Prison Release Ruling (News) The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling yesterday that could see thousands of California inmates released. At issue is whether prisons are so crowded that inmates don't have access to health care and mental health services. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Researcher Says La Niña May Be Factor In Deadly Tornados (News) A San Diego researcher says La Niña may be partially to blame for the deadly tornado outbreak in the South and Midwest. More than 450 people have died in recent weeks from some of the largest and most powerful twisters on record. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Scripps Breaks Ground On New Cancer Treatment Center (News) Cancer patients may benefit from a new treatment center in La Jolla equipped with the latest generation of radiation technology. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Dozen Egg Donors Needed For Stem Cell Bank (News) A dozen human egg donors is all its going to take to open a new type of stem cell bank in Carlsbad. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hiding Drugs And People In Suburban Neighborhoods (News) Drug cartels used the real estate crash to expand out of barrios and into suburbia. A new law is helping cops fight back. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Most Turn Blind Eye To 'Judgment Day' Broadcaster's Apocalyptic Vision (News) Is the world coming to an end on Saturday? A California broadcaster says “the Bible guarantees it.” But as with Noah's Ark, he's having trouble convincing everyone of apocalyptic doom. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Government Starts Inquiry Into Program Leading to More Deportations (News) A controversial program administered by the Department of Homeland Security is the subject of an internal inquiry. Secure Communities has been under fire for stepping up deportations of noncriminals. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Growing Pot Could Become A Misdemeanor (News) Growing marijuana in any quantity for recreational use is a felony in California. But it could be charged as a misdemeanor if a bill moving through the state Assembly becomes law. 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Bill Would Ban Styrofoam Take-Out Containers (News) A proposed bill in the California legislature would ban food vendors or restaurants from using styrofoam food containers on or after 2014. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Calif. Bill Would Ban Styrofoam Take-Out Containers (News) A proposed bill in the California legislature would ban food vendors or restaurants from using styrofoam food containers on or after 2014. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Navy Ship Gets Labor Leader's Name (News) The Navy Secretary made it official Wednesday, the last in a line of massive new cargo ships will carry the name Cesar Chavez. The news was heralded by the people building the ship in San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Navy Ship Gets Labor Leader's Name (News) The Navy Secretary made it official Wednesday, the last in a line of massive new cargo ships will carry the name Cesar Chavez. The news was heralded by the people building the ship in San Diego. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kaiser Workers Stage One-Day Strike (News) Some 200 health care workers from Kaiser facilities in San Diego County walked off the job today. They joined more than than 2,000 other union members in a large protest against Kaiser in Los Angeles. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kaiser Workers Stage One-Day Strike (News) Some 200 health care workers from Kaiser facilities in San Diego County walked off the job today. They joined more than than 2,000 other union members in a large protest against Kaiser in Los Angeles. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is Affordable Healthcare Within Reach? (News) Some features of the landmark health care reform law are already in place. But the biggest benefit for consumers won’t be introduced until 2014. That’s when people will able to use an online marketplace to shop for low-cost health insurance. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Convention Center Expansion Talks Under Way (News) Enthusiasm ran high for a possible convention center expansion at San Diego City Council Tuesday. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Offers Free Gardening Classes To Produce Healthy Lifestyles (News) Rising food costs and lack of accessible fresh produce can lead to unhealthy eating. That's why San Diego County is launching a gardening project to teach people how to grow their own food. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Desert Smuggler's Tale (News) Roberto Hernandez moved drugs north to the U.S. and dollars south to Mexico. His illegal trade ended when investigators started listening to his phone calls. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What’s Good For The Housing Market Is Good For America (News) This corruption of General Motors CEO Charlie Wilson’s famous quotation should really be a question: Is our still-depressed housing market really that bad for the economy? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Officials: US Addicts Fuel Mexico's Lucrative Drug Trade (News) About 22 million Americans use illegal drugs, leading to billions of dollars in profit for Mexico's drug cartels. This is the first in a series of stories exploring "The Drug War At Home." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Improvements Made to Border Wastewater-Treatment Plant (News) Water is high on the long list of issues the U.S. and Mexico deal with along the border. The improvement of a wastewater-treatment plant in San Diego highlights increasing collaboration. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Healthcare Executives Get Sneak Peek At Hospital Of The Future (News) It's still under construction, but Escondido's new Palomar Medical Center West will get some important visitors tomorrow. Executives from other health care systems around the country will get a look at what's being called the hospital of the future. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Budget Cuts Hurt Autism Program (News) An after-school program for autistic kids in San Diego struggles to stay open after budget cuts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Grocery & Clothing Wholesalers Stock Up As Market Demand Rises (News) Food, produce and clothing sales have been increasing steadily, prompting wholesale suppliers to boost inventory levels as they anticipate more business from retail clients. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Officer Misconduct Hurts Image Of SDPD (News) The San Diego Police Department is reeling from a wave of misconduct charges involving officers. It’s something police departments across the nation are dealing with. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website San Diego Veterans Call For Afghanistan Troop Withdrawl (News) A group of San Diego veterans is renewing their call to end the war in Afghanistan. They say with bin Laden dead, the mission is complete. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Past, Present And Future Of San Diego's LGBT Theater (News) San Diego’s gay and lesbian theater is at a crossroads. Diversionary Theatre just celebrated its 25th anniversary and will soon have a new director. Angela Carone looks at how San Diego’s LGBT theater has changed with the times. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Neighbors Seek To Reduce Energy Use, Increase Home Values (News) San Diego's Del Cerro neighborhood could serve as a model for a plan to save energy while creating jobs and increasing home values. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New SDSU President Named (News) California State University trustees have selected, as the next president of San Diego State University, Elliot Hirshman, provost and senior vice president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Hirshman beat out two other finalists for the job to replace Stephen Weber. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beach Fire Pits Saved For Another Year (News) If you were dreaming of having a beach bonfire this summer, you’re in luck. A deal has been reached to save San Diego’s fire pits for one more year. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website City Workers Win Contract (News) A group of San Diego city employees emerged victorious in the city's first attempt at outsourcing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website County May Sue State To Retain Tobacco-Tax Money (News) San Diego County is considering suing the state to prevent a take-away of tobacco-tax money that funds early childhood programs. The county's First 5 Commission stands to lose more than $88 million. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website SD District Attorney Files Suit To Nullify Nunez Commutation (News) San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has filed a civil lawsuit in Superior Court, seeking to nullify the Governor's commutation of Esteban Nunez' prison sentence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |