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The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week — and possibly for months to come — as policymakers try to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. economy.
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City Limits, a new book from journalist Megan Kimble, chronicles the emergence of a modern wave of freeway revolts in Texas. As the Texas Department of Transportation seizes more and more land to widen its highways, people who had never considered themselves urbanists or activists are joining the movement. This time they're not just fighting displacement, pollution and segregation — they're also fighting climate catastrophe.
The child care industry has long been in crisis, and COVID-19 only made things worse. Now affordable, quality care is even more challenging to find, and staff are not paid enough to stay in the field. This series spotlights people each struggling with their own childcare issues, and the providers struggling to get by.
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Janice Haney Carr/CDC via APConsumers should check to see if they bought organic walnuts tied to the recall. -
Mike Damron/KPBSCalifornia's population increased in 2023 for the first time in three years. The California Department of Finance released a population estimate on Tuesday showing the state gained just over 67,000 people in 2023 for a total population of more than 39.1 million. -
Alexander Nguyen/KPBSThe Supreme Court will hear an appeal from a Vista, California, CBD hemp oil company fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from the active ingredient in marijuana. -
Matthew Bowler/KPBSStudents are calling on universities to divest from companies they say benefit from Israel’s current war in Gaza.
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It was a crowded Tony Award season this year, with 36 eligible musicals and plays opening on Broadway stages. -
While some property owners try to turn a profit from the street artist's murals, others have carried the intense and costly responsibility of protecting them. -
Photographer Nour El Massry captures ethereal images of Egyptian landscapes, interiors and architecture in one of the world's largest megacities.
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The lawmakers called the Oceanside-based credit union’s overdraft practices “unconscionable” and urged the company to change its fee policies. -
The FAIR Plan is California’s home insurance plan of last resort. But policies in San Diego County more than tripled in recent years, which mirrors a troubling statewide trend.
- Mammograms should start at age 40, new guidelines recommend
- Sign here? Financial agreements may leave doctors in the driver's seat
- Transgender health care must be paid for by state insurance, says an appeals court
- California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug
San Diego's senior population to increase in coming years, raising concerns for elder orphans
San Diego Opera's 'Madama Butterfly' takes the stage at Civic Theatre
Migrant drop offs continue in San Diego despite influx of federal funds
Home insurance crisis forcing thousands of San Diego homeowners onto costly FAIR Plan
Whistleblower says Caltrans has 'long way to go' to shift away from car culture
Shelltown neighbors, still in limbo after the January flood, band together to survive
Lawsuit against ICE detention center highlights medical neglect complaints
Niland wants to know when its post office is coming back
TranscenDANCE offers youth equitable access to dance, art and support services
Without Walls art festival takes over UC San Diego campus
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San Diego State University students plan to walk out of class Tuesday, in support of the people of Gaza. In other news, firefighters say it appears last week's fire on the Oceanside Pier started by accident and they say they believe they can open 75% of the pier soon, but they don't know when yet. Plus, unhoused San Diegans are flocking to canyons and riverbanks in the wake of the city’s controversial ban on camping in public, and one group is desperate for a better alternative. -
The Oceanside Fire Department says it saved 90% of the Oceanside Pier, where a fire broke out late last week. We learn about the damage and what the city plans to do next. In other news, the Fair Plan is California's high-priced, home insurance safety net that’s supposed to be a last resort, but the plan is now the only option for many homeowners, especially in rural communities like East County. Plus, a new support program is teaching first responders how to help each other through stressful challenges.
- Carlsbad looking to add solar farm on reservoir at city's eastern edge
- Study says California's 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don't get used to it
- Pair of giant pandas set to travel from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership
- Water contact closures, advisories listed for San Diego County beaches
