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S&P Boosts California's Credit Outlook (But Not Its Rating)
Updated: 2012-02-15 00:00:27 Description: California is getting some love this Valentine’s Day from the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s. The agency is upgrading the state’s credit outlook from “stable” to “positive.”...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What The Financial Crisis In Europe Could Mean To San Diego Updated: 2012-02-14 19:30:00 Description: The complexities of international finance mean Europe's financial troubles are bound to have an impact on America....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Small Claims Court Winner Continues Her Case Against Honda Updated: 2012-02-14 19:30:00 Description: Heather Peters made national headlines earlier this month when she won a $9,867 settlement against Honda America in a Los Angeles small claims court. Today, she asked a San Diego judge to request time to investigate before settling five additional cl...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Super PACs Readying For Battle In San Diego Updated: 2012-02-14 14:00:00 Description: San Diegans may soon witness the war of the super PACs up close, as some of these mega spenders zero in on contests right here at home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Survey Reveals Californians Have A Tough Time Talking About End Of Life Updated: 2012-02-14 14:00:00 Description: A new survey shows most Californians haven't talked with a loved one about what kind of end-of-life care they want....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Super PACs Readying For Battle In San Diego Updated: 2012-02-14 14:00:00 Description: San Diegans may soon witness the war of the super PACs up close, as some of these mega spenders zero in on contests right here at home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arizona Lawmakers Consider Funding Armed, Volunteer Militia Updated: 2012-02-14 00:52:11 Description: Arizona lawmakers will consider funding an armed state guard to help with border enforcement. This bill is the latest in a series which asserts the state’s right to deal with illegal immigration and drug trafficking....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Democrats In 52nd Congressional Race Get No Party Endorsement Yet Updated: 2012-02-14 00:07:40 Description: The 52nd Congressional District race threatens the Republican majority in San Diego’s congressional delegation. But the Democratic candidates running against Republican Brian Bilbray won’t have their party’s endorsement until after voters make ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pension Reform May Be Kept Off Ballot Updated: 2012-02-13 23:26:59 Description: San Diego’s controversial pension reform initiative may not make it on the June ballot. The California Public Employment Relations Board will ask for a preliminary injunction against the measure while it reviews an unfair practices claim....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego's Avocado Crown May Move North Updated: 2012-02-13 22:21:35 Description: San Diego County farmers produce more avocados each year than anywhere else in the United States. But that number one ranking could change by the end of the year, because the region’s avocado industry is facing pressures....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cash Mob Returns To San Diego Updated: 2012-02-13 19:00:00 Description: A cash mob is like a flash mob only it exercises consumer power rather than dance moves. San Diego's first cash mob event was in December, tonight there will be a new one....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How The National Mortgage Settlement Could Benefit San Diego Homeowners Updated: 2012-02-13 18:00:00 Description: San Diego real estate experts explained how the national mortgage settlement will affect homeowners whose homes were foreclosed on or who are underwater....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Democratic Convention In San Diego Fires Up The Base For November Updated: 2012-02-13 15:22:30 Description: A roundup of what happened at the weekend's gathering of California Democrats, including endorsements and speeches by the party's rising stars....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD UC San Diego Researchers To Test New Treatment For Binge Eating Updated: 2012-02-13 14:00:00 Description: UC San Diego will launch a clinical trial to see if a novel treatment method can help people who binge eat....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Regulators To Delay Decision On SDG&E Uninsured Wildfire Reimbursement Updated: 2012-02-13 14:00:00 Description: Ratepayers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars if SDG&E gets its way....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Flagstaff 911 Dispatcher Saves a Life Updated: 2012-02-11 03:37:56 Description: In November, experienced pilot Jeff Boatman crashed his helicopter just south of the Grand Canyon. He found his cell phone and dialed 911. Rosie Rodriquez took the call....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Flagstaff 911 Dispatcher Saves a Life Updated: 2012-02-11 03:37:56 Description: In November, experienced pilot Jeff Boatman crashed his helicopter just south of the Grand Canyon. He found his cell phone and dialed 911. Rosie Rodriquez took the call....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDUSD Reaches Tentative Agreement On School Cop Salaries Updated: 2012-02-11 00:08:27 Description: The San Diego Unified School District today announced a tentative agreement with its Police Officers Association to hold the line on salaries and maintain furloughs for the next school year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California’s Cash Situation Continues to Deteriorate Updated: 2012-02-10 23:24:27 Description: The State Controller’s office says January revenues came in well below what Governor Jerry Brown’s latest budget proposal had projected them to be....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sustainable Surfing Holds San Diego Conference Spotlight Updated: 2012-02-10 22:48:55 Description: Southern California surfers gather at San Diego State University Saturday to talk about sustainability....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Former SDPD Officer Sentenced To 8 Years, 8 Months Updated: 2012-02-10 19:39:21 Description: A former San Diego police officer who bribed and sexually assaulted women he stopped in the Gaslamp District for drunken driving and other offenses was sentenced today to eight years and eight months in prison....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roundtable: Prop 8 Ruling, SDUSD Vs. Teachers Union, Food Trucks & Health Updated: 2012-02-10 18:57:55 Description: Roundtable: The Ninth Circuit rules on Proposition 8; the teachers union rules on San Diego Unified's budget plans, and we find out if there are rules for food trucks in San Diego County....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LaHood Says Feds Like High Speed Rail Plan Updated: 2012-02-10 17:07:06 Description: No matter how much California’s High Speed Rail costs balloon, the Federal Government will continue to support the project....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Considers Raising Water Rates — Again Updated: 2012-02-10 14:04:13 Description: In the coming months, San Diego officials will contemplate another series of water-rate increases to fund infrastructure improvements, but the Public Utilities Department will have to answer a lot of questions first about how money was spent from the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California's Democratic Party Faithful Gather In San Diego For Annual Convention Updated: 2012-02-10 14:00:00 Description: Democrats from around California are assembling in San Diego this weekend for the State Party Convention. One of the hottest topics will be how redistricting and the new Open Primary will affect the Party....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Camp Pendleton Marines Posed With Logo Resembling Nazi Symbol In Afghanistan Updated: 2012-02-10 13:00:00 Description: The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS - a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gyp...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD With November Measure Off The Table, What's Next For Pensions? Updated: 2012-02-10 11:00:00 Description: Now that backers of a major pension overhaul have ended their attempt to qualify a November ballot measure, any changes to California's public employee retirement system this year will have to come from the Democratic-controlled legislature....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Joins Multi State Mortgage Agreement Updated: 2012-02-09 22:47:21 Description: California Attorney General Kamala Harris says homeowners hit by the mortgage crisis should see help coming within a matter of months....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Coastkeeper: EPA Ship Sewage Discharge Rule Good Start Updated: 2012-02-09 22:33:34 Description: The Environmental Protection Agency approved a rule today banning all large passenger and cargo ships from releasing sewage into ocean waters within three miles of California's 1,624-mile coast and the Channel Islands....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Medical Debt Rises In California Updated: 2012-02-09 20:00:00 Description: Insured and uninsured Californians alike saw their medical debt rise between 2007 and 2009....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Problems Continue To Plague County Food Stamp System Updated: 2012-02-09 19:45:19 Description: Five out of six calls to a county hotline designed to help residents access food stamps and other benefits are dropped, according to a new report. That confirms what local leaders have been saying for a long time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD African Americans In San Diego And Nationwide Still Have Highest HIV Infection Rate Updated: 2012-02-09 18:45:39 Description: San Diego's African-American community joins a nationwide effort this week to reduce the infection rate for HIV and AIDS. We'll speak to two local activists who have found their calling in taking the message of prevention and protection from HIV/AID...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tribal Council Votes to Take Over Skywalk Updated: 2012-02-09 16:58:24 Description: The Hualapai Tribal Council voted Tuesday to use eminent domain to take over management of a Grand Canyon tourist attraction from the Las Vegas developer who created it. This is the latest development in a long-standing dispute between the two partie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Senator Kehoe Presses For Public Hearing On SDG&E's Wildfire Recovery Costs Updated: 2012-02-09 14:21:26 Description: Kehoe's call for a public hearing follows a similar request by San Diego County Diane Jacob....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Syrians Anxious About Loved Ones Back Home As Crisis Worsens Updated: 2012-02-09 14:16:22 Description: Many fear thousands more will die if international community doesn't intervene....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coalition Seeks To Increase Citizenship Applications Updated: 2012-02-09 14:05:05 Description: In the run-up to this year's elections, a nonprofit coalition has said it will work to get more eligible immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Close Tax Loophole to Fund Middle-Class UC/CSU Scholarships Updated: 2012-02-09 00:03:50 Description: The Speaker of the California Assembly is proposing big reductions in UC and CSU fees for students from middle-class families. He would pay for those scholarships by requiring businesses to pay taxes based on their in-state sales....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD TSA Expedites Security Checks With New Test Program Updated: 2012-02-08 22:47:59 Description: A new program at major metropolitan airports will let passengers breeze through the security line -- but only they qualify ahead of time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD TSA Expedites Security Checks With New Test Program Updated: 2012-02-08 22:47:59 Description: A new program at major metropolitan airports will let passengers breeze through the security line -- but only they qualify ahead of time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Plaza De Panama Project Becoming A David And Goliath Story? Updated: 2012-02-08 19:30:00 Description: The City of San Diego and millionaire philanthropist Irwin Jacobs want to remove cars from the center of Balboa Park. The Save Our Heritage Organisation is opposed to parts of their plan, sued the city for the way it handled the project agreement an...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Experts Discuss The Mystery Of Severe Depression Updated: 2012-02-08 18:59:15 Description: The causes of severe or clinical depression are as varied as the current treatments for the condition. We look at what depression is and what can be done about it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Report: California's 'Green Economy' Fares Better Than Overall Economy Updated: 2012-02-08 14:06:00 Description: A new analysis shows jobs in California's "green economy" held up better during the recession than the overall economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD County Rescinds Vote On Red Tape Reduction Recommendations Updated: 2012-02-08 02:22:20 Description: San Diego County Supervisors decided to backtrack on a vote they took that was designed to speed up the process of issuing development permits. They were facing a possible lawsuit for violating the state’s open meeting laws....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Official Says Balboa Park Could Lose Historic Designation Updated: 2012-02-08 00:32:21 Description: A state official says a plan to re-route cars out of Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama could put the park’s historic designation at risk....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Supervisor Jacob Calls On Regulators To Hold SDG&E Accountable on Eagle No Fly Zone Incursions Updated: 2012-02-07 23:26:11 Description: Supervisor Diane Jacob says regulators aren’t doing enough to stop the incursions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Group Wants New Radiation Monitors In San Clemente Updated: 2012-02-07 21:38:10 Description: The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is still in shutdown mode after a water leak was detected on January 31....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Analysis: Prop 8 Ruled Unconstitutional Updated: 2012-02-07 19:37:09 Description: A federal appeals court has declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Adventure Brings "Survivor" Winner - To PBS Updated: 2012-02-07 19:14:42 Description: Yul Kwon's next adventure - uncovers what makes America work - and the people who keep it going on PBS' America Revealed...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Woman In Her Early 20s Battles Breast Cancer Updated: 2012-02-07 14:00:00 Description: Nakita Garcia, a 24-year-old San Diegan, is battling breast cancer, a disease that's almost unheard of in women her age....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Students Demonstrate Robot They Designed In City Hall Updated: 2012-02-07 02:05:58 Description: High school students showed off their robot, Daisy Bell, at City Hall today. They will compete in the Sixth Annual FIRST Robotic Regional Championship, which is held annually in San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Deal Yet For California And Nation's Largest Banks Updated: 2012-02-06 22:49:28 Description: It remains unclear whether California, one of the states with the highest numbers of foreclosure filings, will join with other states in a $25 billion deal to settle outstanding issues linked to the robo-signing mortgage scandal....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Onofre Nuclear Plant In Complete Shutdown Updated: 2012-02-06 22:04:24 Description: The inspection process continues at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. In the meantime, the entire plant is shutdown....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Onofre Nuclear Plant In Complete Shutdown Updated: 2012-02-06 22:04:24 Description: The inspection process continues at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. In the meantime, the entire plant is shutdown....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Latino Activist To Run In New City Council District, But Challenges Abound Updated: 2012-02-06 19:30:25 Description: Latinos are a majority in the new 9th City Council District, but that raw numerical advantage is tempered by immigration status and a lack of political mobilization....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Not In Our Town': How One Community Responded To Hate Updated: 2012-02-06 19:30:00 Description: We look at a hate crime that made national news and how that community responded. We also learn what's being done in San Diego to teach students about acceptance and respect of others....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Supervisor Ron Roberts Previews State Of The County Updated: 2012-02-06 19:30:00 Description: Roberts will deliver the State of The County Address on Wednesday, February 8. We'll hear a preview and ask Roberts, who was elected to chair the board of supervisors last month, about regional development and what role if any the County will play i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Liberty Quarry Could Get Deciding Vote Today Updated: 2012-02-06 13:51:50 Description: The fate of a proposed quarry just north of the San Diego County line could be decided today. The Riverside Board of Supervisors will have the final say, after a seven year battle over the Liberty Quarry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Imports Dominate Game Day Guacamole (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-04 01:49:49 Description: Super Sunday is a big day for avocado consumption in the United States, and that would seem to line it up as a big day for San Diego County avocado growers. But this is not the weekend it used to be for local farmers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Komen Office Receives Death Threats (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-04 01:47:41 Description: The San Diego affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure received two email death threats following the announcement that the national organization was cutting funding to Planned Parenthood....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birney Elementary Bouncing Back From Fire (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-04 01:46:38 Description: University Heights elementary school sees flood of donations after fire....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD John Lynch Announces UT-TV Plan To SD Rotary Group Updated: 2012-02-04 00:29:14 Description: John Lynch, CEO Of UT-San Diego talks about launching a 24-7 TV Channel, the newspaper as a community leader....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roundtable: Money In Politics, Petco Park & Indian Tribes Updated: 2012-02-03 18:55:29 Description: Panelists look at the large amounts of money swirling around local and national politics; the lack of it in East Village businesses during the Padres' off-season; and whether money caused the Pala Band of Indians to expel 154 tribal members....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Legislators Restore School Bus Funding, Cut General Spending (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-03 17:04:37 Description: California legislators vote to spread mid-year budget cuts across all school districts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Officials: Convention Center Funding Validation Was Always In The Plan (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-03 17:02:44 Description: A judge will decide whether San Diego’s method of funding a convention center expansion is legal after the city attorney questioned the plan. But project supporters insist that was always the idea....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Digital Brain In Works At Qualcomm (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-02 21:52:25 Description: It sounds like something out of a "Frankenstein" remake, but Qualcomm engineers are developing a digital brain, CEO Paul Jacobs says....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Radioactive Leak At San Onofre Nuclear Plant Called 'Low Level' By NRC (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-02 16:44:17 Description: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said a tiny amount of radiation could have escaped into the atmosphere from the San Onofre nuclear power plant after a water leak prompted operators to shut down the reactor as a precaution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Marine Veteran Launches New Hot Sauce Business (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-02 16:40:37 Description: A San Diego veteran has launched his own business selling a new brand of hot sauce, based on his love of raw, edible plants....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Women Pummeled By Economy And State Budget Cuts (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-02 01:16:25 Description: A new report finds California women and children got financially pummeled in recent years, first by the economy, then by state budget cuts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Snow Survey Shows Dry Conditions (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-02 01:14:15 Description: The second California snow survey of the year found a little more snow on the ground—but not enough to make up for the dry conditions so far this season. Hydrologists are reporting some of the lowest snow measurements on record....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Memorial Wall Unveiled On Camp Pendleton (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-02 01:13:20 Description: A memorial wall was unveiled today on Camp Pendleton for Marines from the base who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Biotech Impact Report: More Money And Jobs Coming (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-02 00:23:11 Description: For the first time, life science companies in southern California got a microscopic look at the financial impact they have on each other and the local economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Steinberg: Senate Democrats Eye Supermajority (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-02 00:22:14 Description: The Democratic leader of the California State Senate says he thinks his party can win enough seats this year to reach a two-thirds supermajority. That’s the margin required to raise taxes and place measures on ballots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Northrop Grumman Braces For Possible Cuts To Global Hawk Program (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-01 16:47:28 Description: Northrop Grumman is assessing the possible impact of Pentagon budget cuts to the Global Hawk, an unmanned surveillance plane developed in San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego City Council Approves Backyard Chickens, Goats and Bees (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-01 16:36:44 Description: The city has become the latest of many nationwide to pass land use laws meant to promote food production in urban areas....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Teachers 'Flipping' The Classroom Script (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-01 15:49:14 Description: Could swapping homework problems for video lectures change the way schools work?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Teachers 'Flipping' The Classroom Script (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-02-01 15:28:32 Description: Could swapping homework problems for video lectures change the way schools work?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD S.D. Voters May Have More Choices On Pension Reform (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-31 15:39:23 Description: San Diego voters will get a chance to vote on pension reform in the June election. But voters may have more than one reform option to choose from....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making The Pitch For A New Patent Office In California (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-31 15:38:10 Description: California's congressional delegation is asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to locate one of its two new offices in the state. The San Diego congressional delegation backs the idea....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Candidates Campaign Disclosure Deadline Today (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-31 15:36:52 Description: Today is the deadline for candidates running in this year’s elections to disclose how much money they have raised, and where that money came from. But this information tells voters only part of the story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Clemency Urged For Woman Who Killed Pimp (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-31 15:35:15 Description: Sara Kruzan has spent more than half her life in a Calif. prison for killing her pimp. Kruzan’s San Diego relatives and local advocates are pressing Gov. Jerry Brown to grant her clemency in a case they call an embarrassment to the criminal-justice...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Redevelopment Officially Comes To An End In San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-31 00:58:21 Description: It’s the end of an era of sorts for cities across California. Redevelopment agencies must be officially shut down by Wednesday. KPBS looks at what that means for San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tijuana Killings Disrupt Period Of Relative Calm (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-31 00:50:13 Description: The murders of five people at a family gathering Saturday were a reminder that organized crime is still active in Tijuana despite a recent decrease in drug killings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Home Building May Return To San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-30 15:52:10 Description: A major new housing development in Mission Valley could be a sign that San Diego County’s dormant new-home construction industry is coming back to life. The project is transforming an old gravel pit into a planned community of condos, rental units...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDSU Hosts Event Focused on 'Courage' To Honor Civil Rights Advocate (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-30 15:51:09 Description: SDSU hosts event to commemorate California's second annual Fred Korematsu Day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD High Court Rejects GOP Challenge to State Senate Maps (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-28 01:15:01 Description: The California Supreme Court says the State Senate maps drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission will be used in this year’s elections – even if a Republican referendum challenging those maps qualifies for the November ballot....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nation's Busiest Border Crossing To Close 8 Lanes Monday (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-28 01:13:38 Description: Eight of 24 northbound lanes at the San Ysidro Port of Entry will be closed Monday. Port officials stress the closure will not affect border wait times....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Labor Secretary Carries President's Jobs Message to Imperial Beach (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-28 00:54:36 Description: U.S. Labor Secretary visited a job-training center today and declared that better times are coming....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Realignment Floods County Jails and Probation Department (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-28 00:52:53 Description: San Diego County law enforcement is seeing more offenders being passed down from the state under realignment than expected. That’s affecting both the jails and the Probation Department....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bill Seeks Exemptions To Calif. Environmental Quality Act (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-28 00:49:02 Description: A coalition of San Diego-based organizations Friday backed state legislation which would exempt certain special events from needing environmental reviews....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Groups Sue To Restrict Navy Sonar Training Off U.S. West Coast (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-27 15:21:43 Description: A coalition of conservation and American Indian groups sued the National Marine Fisheries Service Thursday over the use Navy's use of sonar and other training exercises....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Crime Drops Despite Smaller Police Force (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-27 15:21:04 Description: Overall crime rates fell in San Diego last year, despite a smaller police force. The police chief credits a new method of policing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Iraqi Officials Want 'Justice' For Haditha Killings (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-27 15:18:41 Description: Iraqi officials are promising to take legal action to correct what they say is an injustice in the deaths of 24 Haditha civilians killed by U-S Marines from Camp Pendleton seven years ago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Modern Desires Hardest To Resist (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-27 15:16:50 Description: Modern desires are hardest to resist, but new research offers secrets to conquering temptation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Fight To Save Salvation Mountain (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-27 15:15:04 Description: It took artist Leonard Knight almost 30 years to build a colorful mountain out of adobe and paint in the middle of the Imperial Valley desert. It’s called Salvation Mountain and it draws thousands of tourists to the area. KPBS arts reporter Angela...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD President Wants Programs Like Ones Cut In Calif. To Train High-Tech Workers (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-26 01:27:50 Description: California Community Colleges' apprenticeship programs strapped for cash as President calls for more support....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Will Power Tank' Needs Replenishment (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-26 01:26:27 Description: New social research unveiled in San Diego this week shows there are ways to manage will power that give us a better chance to keep New Year's resolutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD CSU Trustees Vote to Limit Pay for New Presidents (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-26 01:25:19 Description: The California State University Board of Trustees has adopted a new policy to limit the base pay of incoming school presidents....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Religious War Memorials Protected Under New Bill (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-26 00:28:25 Description: Home Post Blog: The controversial Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial and other religious war memorials would be protected under legislation by San Diego Republican congressmen Duncan Hunter Jr., Brian Bilbray, and Darrell Issa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Carl Luna Handicaps San Diego Mayoral Election (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-24 16:52:25 Description: Political scientist Carl Luna says San Diego voters are looking for a mayor with a vision, who is interested in doing more than pinching pennies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calif. AG Joins Lawsuit Challenging San Diego Transportation Plan (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-24 15:04:59 Description: The California Attorney General and the Sierra Club have joined a lawsuit against a regional transportation plan approved by the San Diego Association of Governments....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Redevelopment Leaves A Mixed Legacy In San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-24 14:56:30 Description: Redevelopment advocates are bemoaning a recent court decision that eliminated such agencies throughout the state. But while redevelopment worked in some areas of San Diego, it wasn’t successful across the board....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Companies Make Best Places To Work List (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-24 14:54:49 Description: A couple of San Diego's major employers are being recognized by a spot on Fortune Magazine's list of the 100 best companies to work for....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calif. AG Joins Lawsuit Challenging San Diego Transportation Plan (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-24 01:27:04 Description: The California Attorney General and the Sierra Club have joined a lawsuit against a regional transportation plan approved by the San Diego Association of Governments....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Plaza de Panama Project Dealt Legal Blow (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-24 01:19:06 Description: A recent court ruling says the City of San Diego is too cozy with Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs when it comes to revamping Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Group Wants Public Hearings On SDG&E Wildfire Costs (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-23 16:42:56 Description: A citizen's watchdog group wants regulators to hold public hearings on San Diego Gas & Electric's request for customers to foot the bill for wildfire costs that its insurance companies won't cover....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Plunge In University-Based Research Funding Alarms Scientists, Students (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-23 16:40:41 Description: State funding for scientific research at San Diego State University and at UCSD and other California universities has plunged 30 percent in the last eight years...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Plea Deal in Haditha Case; Trial Resumes (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-21 01:16:26 Description: The court martial of Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich resumed this morning without a plea deal. Wuterich is the last Marine on trial for the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles Get Habitat Protection (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-21 01:11:16 Description: The National Marine Fisheries Service has designated more than 41,000 square miles off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington as critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The American Lung Association Gives San Diego A Bad Mark (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-20 16:51:27 Description: San Diego isn't America's finest city when it comes to tobacco control....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Economists See Improvement This Year (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-20 16:49:42 Description: The economic recovery will continue this year, but at a frustratingly slow pace, San Diego economists say....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Possible Plea Deal Pending In Haditha Trial (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-20 16:48:25 Description: Court proceedings were scheduled to reconvene Friday in the trial of a major Iraq war crimes case, after a military judge excused jurors for nearly two days and asked lawyers to explore their options....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD GAO: Leadership Needed To Help Immigrants Integrate (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-20 16:47:09 Description: A Government Accountability Office report highlights the lack of federal coordination to integrate legal immigrants into the civic and economic fabric of the U.S....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Regulators Turn Off Plans To Levy Fee On Solar Power (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 15:21:02 Description: The California Public Utilities Commission says the idea shouldn't be part of the utility's billion dollar plus rate hike request....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Mayoral Candidates Face Off (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 15:19:30 Description: The three Republicans running for San Diego mayor sought to distinguish themselves from each other at a forum last night at the University of San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Syrians Back Protesters Amid Threats (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 15:14:55 Description: They say they’re prepared to follow the lead of their loved ones back home and be willing to die until Assad’s regime is toppled....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Psychologist Calls Child Stabbing Predictable And Preventable (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 15:14:08 Description: A psychologist says the shocking stabbing death of a 12-year-old boy, allegedly by his 10-year-old playmate, can be traced to clues and causes in the childhood brain....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State of the State Reax: Democrats Split on Pensions (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 00:46:31 Description: Democrats generally praised the governor’s speech, but they aren’t all falling into step with his call to overhaul the state’s pension system....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Online Publication Joins Fight Against Anti-Piracy Legislation (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 00:38:24 Description: A San Diego based online news publication is joining the fight against anti-piracy legislation making its way through Congress....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Links Found Between Drinking During Pregnancy And Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 00:37:29 Description: UC San Diego researchers have identified the second half of the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy as an especially risky time to drink alcohol....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brown Pitches Higher Taxes In State Of The State (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 00:20:56 Description: Governor Jerry Brown is calling once again for unpopular cuts and unpopular tax increases to put “the state’s fiscal house in order.”...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Of The State Reactions From Lawmakers (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-19 00:18:23 Description: Governor Jerry Brown is being praised by some for the positive tone of his State of the State address. Others are criticizing his continued support for higher taxes and high speed rail....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Analysts Differ On How Mending State Should Move Forward (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-18 23:49:39 Description: California “is on the mend.” That’s what Governor Jerry Brown declared in his annual State of the State address today. There’s disagreement over how a state “on the mend” should move forward....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Elementry School Closed After Arson Fire (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-18 01:00:00 Description: A University Heights primary school was closed today due to an overnight arson fire that caused an estimated $600,000 worth of property damage, authorities reported....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Home Sales Up, But Prices Still Fall (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-18 00:36:52 Description: Southern California home sales surged in December, when sales were higher than November but remained well below the historical average for December....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Few Protections Against Secondhand Smoke In California Apartments (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-17 16:07:10 Description: Only three counties and 20 cities in California have laws that ban or limit smoking in multifamily housing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trial Starts In Head-Injury Lawsuit (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-17 00:45:30 Description: The San Marcos school district is being sued by a former football player who suffered permanent disability from a head injury....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDG&E Wants Ratepayers To Pay For Costs Of Wildfires, Retroactive To '07 (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-16 18:43:51 Description: Ratepayer advocates are accusing the power company of pulling an end-run....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Local Academic Goes From Studying Policy To Shaping It (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-16 18:42:48 Description: SDSU Professor Karen Cadiero-Kaplan takes helm of the English Learner Support Division at the California Department of Education....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SENTRI Traveler Busted With $1 Million In Meth (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-14 01:37:21 Description: A participant in one of the U.S.' "Trusted Traveler" programs was caught this week trying to cross the border with $1 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in his car....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Google Adds More College Campuses To Street View (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-14 01:01:04 Description: Google has boosted the number of college campuses that can be toured on Street View, the company's 360-degree photographic map. The University of San Diego and San Diego State University are among the 27 U.S. schools on the list....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Human Trafficking Continues To Rise Along San Diego-Tijuana Border (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-13 18:58:40 Description: The FBI has declared the San Diego region a "high-intensity child prostitution area." The second annual Bi-national Forum to Address Human Trafficking in Chula Vista Thursday, aimed to improve collaboration between agencies on both sides of the borde...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD UCSD, NASA Scientists Show Ways To Slow Climate Change (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-13 18:16:12 Description: A new study building on research from scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows key emissions reduction measures could slow the pace of climate change, save lives and increase agricultural production....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD UCSD Researcher Says Charter School Studies Fall Short (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-13 18:14:40 Description: The researcher is calling for better studies on charter schools....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chicano Park Murals Get Facelift (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-13 18:13:03 Description: Some of the original artists who painted the Chicano Park murals in the 1970s are painting there once again as part of an unprecedented renovation project to preserve the murals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Southeast San Diego Honors MLK With An 'All Men March' (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-13 18:08:11 Description: The All Men March takes place on Saturday to send a message of male accountability on the Martin Luther King Day weekend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD UCSD, NASA Scientists Show Ways To Slow Climate Change (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-13 00:51:13 Description: A new study building on research from scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows key emissions reduction measures could slow the pace of climate change, save lives and increase agricultural production....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Cantaloupe Growers Call For Tigheter Oversight (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-13 00:28:06 Description: California Cantaloupe growers are calling for stricter food handling procedures and government oversight in the wake of a fatal listeria outbreak in September linked to a Colorado farm....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD University Of California Campuses Go Smoke-Free (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-13 00:19:01 Description: All ten U.C. campuses plan to be smoke-free by 2014....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego County Supervisors have approved a major new residential development project north of Esco (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-12 16:05:24 Description: San Diego County Supervisors have approved a major new residential development project north of Escondido over objections from Native American tribes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Beaches Awash In Cigarette Butts (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-12 16:04:01 Description: Two environmental groups say cigarette butts were the most prevalent kind of litter on San Diego's beach again last year, and the problem is getting worse....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Organization To Help More First-In-Family College Students (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-12 16:02:27 Description: An organization focused on helping disadvantaged high school students become the first in their families to go to college is planning to expand....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Mayor Sanders Aims To Be A Closer (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-12 16:00:38 Description: With his time in office winding down, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders took to the stage of downtown’s Balboa Theater last night to give his final State of the City....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mt. Helix Families Fuming Over High School Boundary Changes (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-12 15:59:14 Description: One Mt. Helix parent is challenging new boundaries for Grossmont high schools....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Underage Drinking Takes A Toll On Californians (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-12 00:50:56 Description: A new report reveals underage drinking cost California more than $6.5 billion in 2010....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chula Vista Nature Center Gets Funding Help (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-12 00:49:15 Description: The Chula Vista Nature Center is getting a needed increase in funding with a $125,000 grant from the Port of San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Legislative Analyst Weighs in on Brown's Budget (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-12 00:47:41 Description: California’s non-partisan Legislative Analyst says Governor Jerry Brown’s 2012 budget proposal would save the state enough money to “pretty much” close the state’s deficit – now and in future years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego County Assemblyman Calls High-Speed Rail A Fantasy Train (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-11 16:42:01 Description: Assemblyman Martin Garrick is co-sponsoring a bill to give California voters a chance to change their minds on high-speed rail....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Will Oversee Unwinding Of Redevelopment (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-11 16:39:25 Description: The city of San Diego will oversee the unwinding of its redevelopment agencies. The city council agreed today to launch the process....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Onofre Nuclear Plant Upgrading Reactor Heads (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-11 16:38:02 Description: Southern California Edison took one of the two large generating units offline Monday night at its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Supervisors Reevaluate Zoning In General Plan Update (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-11 16:33:09 Description: Millions of dollars in property values hang in the balance this week, as San Diego County Supervisors consider requests to up-zone or down-zone more than 100 parcels. The board is making last minute tweaks to its General Plan for future growth in the...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tracking Bracelet To Help Chula Vista Seniors (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-11 01:37:10 Description: The Chula Vista Police Department is handing out electronic bracelets to help find seniors who've wandered from home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Home Values Fell In November (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-11 01:12:57 Description: A California-based information company says distress inventory is hurting home values....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tracking Bracelet To Help Chula Vista Seniors (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-11 01:07:11 Description: The Chula Vista Police Department is handing out electronic bracelets to help find seniors who've wandered from home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Onofre Nuclear Plant Upgrading Reactor Heads (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-11 01:02:41 Description: Southern California Edison took one of the two large generating units offline Monday night at its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Opening Statements Set In Camp Pendleton Marine's War Crime Trial (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-10 16:18:57 Description: A jury of battle-hardened Marines will judge the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops in the Iraq war....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego To Begin Unraveling Redevelopment (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-10 14:25:31 Description: Cities across California get to start the new year by figuring out how to unravel complex redevelopment agencies now that the state has abolished them. San Diego tackles the issue today....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Protected Sportfish Face Commerical Pressure In Mexico (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-10 14:24:07 Description: A man who owns a sportfishing business in Mexico says Dorado and other species are being caught and imported into the U.S. illegally....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ex-City Councilman Finally Headed To Prison (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-10 00:51:40 Description: After six years of fighting his conviction on bribery charges, ex-San Diego Councilman Ralph Inzunza has exhausted his appeals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Poison Control Centers Warn Consumers Of Over-The-Counter Drug Recall (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-10 00:50:42 Description: The maker of Bufferin, Excedrin, NoDoz, and Gas-X is issuing a nationwide recall....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Health Care Advocates Slam Governor's Proposed Budget (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-09 18:54:22 Description: Critics say the governor's proposed budget cuts would hurt poor children's access to health care....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DREAM Act Referendum Falls Short (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-07 01:36:38 Description: An effort to overturn a new law that makes some undocumented immigrants eligible for college financial aid has failed. Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly announced Friday he could not gather enough signatures to force a voter referendum....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Setback For The Fat City Lofts Development (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-07 01:34:54 Description: A controversial condo development proposed for the northern edge of Little Italy suffered a major setback today ....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Economy Could Cash In On National Job Gains (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-07 01:33:03 Description: A San Diego State University economist said December's positive national jobs report could help smooth California's rough economic waters....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Budget Reactions Roll In (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-07 01:31:38 Description: Reactions to California Governor Jerry Brown’s new budget proposal continue to pour in one day after its surprise release....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Wings' of Freedom Are Actually Sails. But They're Abstract (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-06 16:32:23 Description: One of the designers of the controversial "Wings of Freedom" sculpture defends the idea to create what he believes may be an iconic structure on the bay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Algae Biofuels Inject Money Into San Diego's Economy (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-06 16:30:57 Description: San Diego's fledgling Algae Biotechnology industry is employing nearly twice as many people as two years ago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dumanis Unveils 'Bold Reform' Plan for City Schools (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-06 01:44:14 Description: The district attorney, who is running for mayor of San Diego, wants the mayor's office to be far more involved in running the San Diego Unified School District....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fugitive Arrests Up Along The Border (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-06 01:22:05 Description: U.S Customs and Border Protection officers say they're catching more people along the border who are fleeing from the law....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rising Health Insurance Premiums Causing More Employers To Drop Coverage (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-06 01:09:05 Description: A new survey reveals health insurance premiums for California employers rose 153 percent over the last decade....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Woman's Liver Removed In Rare, Life-Saving Surgery (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-05 16:31:23 Description: In a first for California, a young San Diego mother underwent life-saving surgery in which her liver was removed entirely....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fugitive Arrests Up Along U.S.-Mexico Border (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-05 16:30:06 Description: Agents caught more than 2,000 fugitives last year. That figure doesn't include about two dozen people who were taken into custody over the New Year's weekend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 5 Charged In Sweetwater School Corruption (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-05 01:21:28 Description: Charges were filed today against five people -- including the ex-superintendent of the Sweetwater Union High School District, school board trustees and a contractor who worked for the district....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pope Chooses Bishop To Take Over San Diego Diocese (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-05 01:13:33 Description: Pope Benedict XVI has picked an Orange County monsignor to replace San Diego's retiring bishop....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Of San Diego's Busiest Emergency Rooms Expands (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-05 00:51:32 Description: Scripps Mercy Hospital is scheduled to open its new state-of-art expanded emergency room and trauma center next week....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chargers Keep Turner And Smith Despite Dismal Seasons (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-05 00:48:13 Description: San Diego Chargers head coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith aren't going anywhere. Chargers President Dean Spanos has decided to keep both. And not all the fans are happy about it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Naval Medical Center San Diego Revamps ER (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-05 00:16:34 Description: Renovations in the emergency department at Naval Medical Center San Diego will double its size and create a high-tech waiting room....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Housing Shortage In San Diego's Future (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-04 17:08:23 Description: Housing Consultant Gary London says pent-up demand and restrictions on building will bring San Diego a housing shortage, especially for single-family homes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Chargers Keep Turner, Smith (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-04 16:33:06 Description: San Diego Chargers President Dean Spanos has decided to keep coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith despite the team missing the playoffs for the second straight season amid increasing fan discontent....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD U.C. San Diego In Top Ten for Value (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-04 16:30:53 Description: The university ranked as one of the top ten values in public higher education....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kissing Sailor Scheduled To Depart (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-04 16:29:28 Description: For six years, a 25-foot sculpture of a sailor kissing a nurse has towered over a bay-side park in downtown San Diego. KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone says it’s been on temporary loan and is now scheduled to depart....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Myeloma: The Search For A Cure (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-04 16:27:57 Description: UC San Diego researchers are looking for new treatments for myeloma, a blood cancer for which there is no cure....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD North County Mayors Join Forces To Help Region (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-03 15:54:42 Description: A group of North County mayors has decided it’s time to join forces to crystalize the region’s identity, and attract money and jobs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Plans To Appeal Ruling Blocking Medi-Cuts (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-03 15:50:23 Description: State officials says they'll ask the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn an injunction blocking cuts to Medi-Cal providers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Biodiesel To Fuel SD School Buses (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-02 18:38:47 Description: More than 500 buses in the San Diego Unified School District will run on biodiesel fuel by the summer of 2012....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Elijo Conservancy Buys Prime Lagoon Front Acres (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-02 18:37:15 Description: The economic downturn has a silver lining for one environmental organization in North County. The San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy has bought a piece of land from developers who failed to raise the money to build on it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Criticism Of Immigration Enforcement Brings About New Measures (KPBS News) Updated: 2012-01-02 18:35:41 Description: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been under fire for stepped up enforcement and rising deportations. In an effort to avoid mistakes, the agency is changing its process and offering help to some detainees....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Laws Reach Into State's Classrooms (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-31 00:23:58 Description: About 750 new state laws impacting everything from child car seats to tanning salons go into effect January 1st....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Police Target Drunk Drivers During Holiday Weekend (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-31 00:22:28 Description: Checkpoints are quickly becoming a new tradition as police crack down on drunk drivers during New Year's Eve. But there are several alternatives to get home safely this holiday weekend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Redevelopment Ruling May Not Be End Of the Story (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-30 19:24:17 Description: The State Supreme Court’s ruling suggests the end of redevelopment as we know it. But it may not be the end of the story....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Local School Districts May Benefit From Redevelopment Ruling (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-30 00:44:37 Description: A San Diego Unified School Board member believes the ruling means taxes set aside for redevelopment will now enter the state's general fund. The legislature is mandated to spend 40 percent of the fund on K-12 schools....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shot In Neck May Combat PTSD Symptoms (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-29 00:32:19 Description: A shot in the neck could improve symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Latinos Disapprove of Obama's Handling Of Deportations (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-29 00:30:18 Description: Latinos' views on immigration policy and the upcoming presidential election will have a big impact on President Obama's chances next year, according to the latest survey from the Pew Hispanic Center....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Court To Issue Ruling On Redevelopment Agencies (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-29 00:00:43 Description: The California Supreme Court said it will issue a decision tomorrow on a wide reaching redevelopment case. The decision could have big implications for San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Family Awarded $17.8M From Military Jet Crash (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-28 23:59:14 Description: Family members of four people killed when a Marine fighter jet crashed into their University City home three years ago will get $17.8 million in damages for their deaths....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Water Main Break Causes Large Sink Hole In Clairemont (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-28 18:53:15 Description: A water main break in Clairemont caused a large sinkhole and sent water gushing through the middle of a residential street for more than an hour....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California's English Language Learner Programs Criticized (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-28 18:36:35 Description: As the English Language Learner population continues to grow in the state, many are calling for an overhaul of the school system....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Record Number Of Bird Species Found In San Diego County (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-28 18:35:16 Description: Participants in the annual Christmas bird count found new species to the San Diego area along with record breaking populations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Artwork Destroyed In Old Town Fire (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-28 18:32:57 Description: The fire at Old Town Community Church destroyed more than the sanctuary. Local artists who created the artwork at Old Town Community Church in the 1940s have passed away, making the work irreplaceable....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Growing Number Of Latino Youths In Juvenile Hall For Drug Offenses (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-27 18:27:50 Description: A new report finds that the number of youths in juvenile hall in San Diego County is on the rise, and made up primarily of Hispanics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Health Laws Take Effect Next Week (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-26 19:27:25 Description: The new year brings a slate of new health laws in California....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alternate Route To Teaching Attracts More Minorities (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-26 19:24:45 Description: Programs that let students work in the classroom while they earn their teaching credentials have seen an increase in future teachers of color....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Wants You To Recycle Your Christmas Tree (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-26 19:22:08 Description: If you are ready to recycle your Christmas tree, the city of San Diego is ready for you....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Farmers Hit Record Sales in 2011 Amid Many Challenges (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-26 18:59:28 Description: Despite rising water costs and other obstacles, growers have a prosperous 2011....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Condors To Be Released In Baja, California (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-24 00:47:50 Description: California condors may soon fly over Baja, California, as part of the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's conservation efforts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Labor Councils To Give Needy Families Food, Toys (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-24 00:34:28 Description: About 500 needy San Diego families will receive holiday food and toys today from the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council and the United Way of San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Restaurant Owner Fined $400,000 For Employing Undocumented Workers (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-23 17:06:46 Description: The owner of a popular San Diego restaurant and catering business is the latest employer to be sentenced for hiring undocumented workers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDSU Starting 7 Programs Next Fall (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-23 01:26:50 Description: Comparative international studies is just the latest of several new majors announced by San Diego State University this year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Challenging Year For San Diego Growers (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-23 01:13:13 Description: Agriculture is a $1.6-billion industry in San Diego County. The health of this sector affects the price, availability and nutritional content of the food we eat every day in San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Home Values Drop In 2011 (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-23 01:02:50 Description: Nearly all housing markets in the U.S., including San Diego, will lose value in 2011....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tourism Up in San Diego For First Time Since 2008 (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-22 18:25:04 Description: Despite a continued sluggish economy, tourism picked up this year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDSU Starting 7 Programs Next Fall (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-22 18:23:29 Description: Comparative international studies is just the latest of several new majors announced by San Diego State University this year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Doctors Facing 27% Medicare Pay Cut (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-22 01:04:14 Description: Doctors are livid about Congress's failure to delay a 27 percent cut in Medicare payments....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Water Storage Still Looks Good Despite Dry December (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-22 01:01:00 Description: It’s been one of the driest Decembers on record so far in the Sierra Nevada — which is a key water source for California. But state officials say that’s not something to worry about just yet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Needy Parents 'Shop' For Toys At Kroc Center (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-22 00:59:48 Description: The Salvation Army will collect and distributes gifts to about 44,000 needy children this holiday season....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD $14 Million In Federal Funds Will Support Homeless Programs (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-21 17:57:23 Description: San Diego County organizations will get about $14 million in federal grants to support homeless services for the coming year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tule Wind Project Gets Federal Approval (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-21 00:40:21 Description: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Tuesday approved a wind project in southeastern San Diego County....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Medical Data Breaches Affected More Than 10 Million Americans In 2011 (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-21 00:39:13 Description: It's been a bad year for data security, with a number of high profile medical data breaches reported....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Future Of Salvation Mountain Uncertain (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-20 18:22:52 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Sharp Will Participate In National Medicare Experiment (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-20 01:22:07 Description: Sharp HealthCare will provide Medicare services to nearly 32,000 San Diego seniors through a new model....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Initiative Would Regulate, Tax Medical Marijuana in San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-20 01:20:55 Description: Medical marijuana supporters want to reverse the closings of dispensaries across the city since October....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD More Seizures, Arrests Don't Curb Flow Of Drugs From Mexico (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-19 18:19:24 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trade A Gun For A Gift (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-19 18:18:07 Description: The fourth annual guns-for-gift exchange in San Diego takes place Monday morning....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Retailers Revel In Holiday Cheer (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-19 18:15:01 Description: Overall holiday sales numbers are running better than expected, but there are some interesting trends in the numbers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Changing Traffic Checkpoints Laws To Affect Escondido (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-19 18:13:22 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD City Decision On Caliente Sign Reconsidered (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-16 16:18:18 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Economic Forecast Predicts Muddled Year Ahead (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-16 16:16:48 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Group Says San Diego County Water Quality 'Fair' (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-15 15:40:57 Description: San Diego Coastkeeper has released a report showing most of San Diego County's water quality is ranked as "fair."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Escondido Ready To Fight Voting Rights Suit (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-15 15:39:21 Description: 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 electio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rhee Hears San Diegans' Concerns About Public Schools (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-15 15:37:58 Description: Michelle Rhee, education reformer and former Washington, D.C. pubic schools chancellor, visited San Diego Wednesday....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pregnant Women Advised To Be Cautious With Cold & Flu Remedies (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-15 15:33:59 Description: Doctors say when it comes to treating colds and flu during pregnancy, less is more....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Prescription Drugs: San Diego's Leading Cause Of Accidental Death (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-15 15:32:31 Description: Prescription drug overdoses have surpassed car crashes to become the number-one cause of accidental death in San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Take Two Worms And Call Me In The Morning (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-14 14:47:56 Description: Researchers at Coronado Biosciences suggest ingesting worms is a good way to treat autoimmune diseases....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recent Cab Driver Killings Point To Need For Safety Measures (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-14 14:46:29 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Problem With Expanding Palomar Airport (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-14 14:44:58 Description: Making a longer runway at the Carlsbad airport means building the expansion on an unstable old landfill....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Carlsbad Fights New Power Plant On Its Coast (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-14 01:23:56 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Most Trigger Cuts Coming, But K-12 School Days Spared (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-14 01:22:03 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Caliente Sign On California Theater May Disappear (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-13 15:30:54 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Takeover in Oakland Cautionary Tale for San Diego Board of Ed (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-13 14:57:56 Description: San Diego's Board of Education is considering dramatic budget plans to avoid the kind of state takeover that happened in Oakland in 2003....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Group Pushes Reusable Bags Over Plastic In San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-12 15:30:06 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Planned Development In Little Italy Stirring Up Controversy (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-12 15:10:03 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Merits Of New Carlsbad Power Plant To Be Debated (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-12 15:08:18 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Escondido Faces Ultimatum Over Latino Representation (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-09 15:15:28 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Tackles Prisoner Recidivism Rates (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-08 23:22:43 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nation's Largest Study Of Hispanic Health Gets Underway (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-08 16:59:50 Description: The nation's largest study focusing on Hispanic health has been launched in San Diego, Chicago, Miami, and the Bronx....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hundreds of Trees To Be Planted Along Coast Highway In Leucadia (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-08 16:58:22 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego State University Joins Big East (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-08 16:56:17 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Groups Say Closing Calif. State Parks Is Bad Economics (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-08 02:29:08 Description: A group of California Parks supporters Wednesday urged California Gov. Jerry Brown to reinstate the funding needed to keep 70 state parks open....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sweeping Layoffs Loom For San Diego Schools (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-07 16:16:29 Description: Under a worst-case budget scenario, San Diego Unified could be forced to make hundreds of layoffs again next year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Student Outscore Urban Average on National Exams (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-07 16:14:54 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Occupy San Diego Plans Protest March Tuesday Night (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-07 02:21:20 Description: Protesters plan to march at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday from the Civic Center Plaza to downtown San Diego Police headquarters....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Occupy Our Homes Protest Moves Into San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-07 02:17:43 Description: San Diego homeowners rallied against the lingering mortgage crisis in downtown San Diego Tuesday as part of a national day pf protest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Supercomputer “Gordon” Lives Up To Flashy Name (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-07 02:16:00 Description: San Diego’s new supercomputer “Gordon” is one of the fastest computers in the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD City Council Considers Funding Issues For Convention Center Expansion (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-06 16:01:48 Description: The debate over whether to expand San Diego’s Convention Center moves to the City Council Tuesday....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Child Sex Trafficking Documentary To Premier In San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-05 15:45:20 Description: Advocates hope the film serves as a warning to children and parents....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Temperatures In San Diego Dip To 20s And 30s (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-05 15:42:13 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD S.D. Council Has Much To Do Before Year Wraps Up (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-05 15:40:36 Description: The year is winding down for the San Diego City Council. And the council has a lot to do before leaving City Hall....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 2012 Could Determine Future Of Algae As Fuel (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-05 15:38:05 Description: If it's proven economically viable, this promising biofuel could bring jobs and money to San Diego in the future....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Young, Fletcher Say Community Tour Has Led To Plan For Improving School (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-01 02:10:34 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hospitalizations Due to HIV/AIDS Down in California (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-01 02:09:13 Description: The number of people living with HIV and AIDS in California has grown but the number of HIV related hospitalizations has gone down....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Economic Indicators Slip In October (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-01 02:08:20 Description: The slight fall signals a continuing weakness in the local economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Controversial Secure Communities Program Scrutinized (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-12-01 02:03:17 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Port Will Chip In For Convention Center Expansion (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-30 18:49:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rosiest Projections Leave San Diego Schools With $72 Million Deficit (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-30 18:46:12 Description: San Diego school officials are hoping for the best as they draw up a draft budget for the next school year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Potentially Damaging Winds And Fire Weather Coming To Southern California (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-30 18:41:28 Description: Starting Wednesday night, high winds out of the northeast are expected to whip across much of Southern California including San Diego County....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Safety Monitors Halt Test Of Vaginal Gel To Prevent HIV Transmission (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-30 18:33:21 Description: It's back to the drawing board for HIV prevention researchers, after a clinical trial of a vaginal gel was found to be ineffective....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Our Greater San Diego Vision' Launches Interactive Website (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-30 18:27:27 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California’s New Recycling Goal: 75 Percent by 2020 (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-29 23:22:28 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD La Jolla Stem Cell Laboratory Replaced With ‘Collaboratory’ (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-29 23:19:23 Description: A new stem-cell research center which promotes scientific cooperation opens in La Jolla Today....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Navy Lists Layoffs (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-29 23:16:46 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Small Businesses Push Shopping Local (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-29 22:55:23 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Enviros Suing San Diego Planners Over Transportation Plan (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-29 22:30:49 Description: Two environmental groups are suing a San Diego agency over a county-wide transportation plan. The groups said the plan is from another century....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pill Tax Would Fund Doctor Shopping Database (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-28 19:29:55 Description: A California man has come up with a novel way to fund a state database that tracks doctor shopping....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Regulators Warn of Particular Type of Medicare Fraud (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-25 23:46:39 Description: California regulators say this is a time of year when they hear more complaints about a particular type of Medicare fraud....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Retailers Could See “Relatively Decent” Holiday Shopping Season (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-25 22:29:23 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Biofuel Industry Recruits Workers With Free Job Training (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-25 18:12:42 Description: A free job training program in San Diego provides education to adults who want a new or improved career in the Biofuel industry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Video: Dead Fin Whale Towed Out To Sea (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-25 18:12:33 Description: A dead fin whale that wash ashore in Point Loma on Nov. 19 was towed out to sea on Friday....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recycle Cooking Oil For Free In San Diego County (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-25 17:54:24 Description: Pouring leftover cooking oil, fats or grease down kitchen sinks or drains clogs pipes. The material should be saved and recycled....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recycle Cooking Oil For Free In San Diego County (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-25 15:44:42 Description: Pouring leftover cooking oil, fats or grease down kitchen sinks or drains clogs pipes. The material should be saved and recycled....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vargas Says Penn State Scandal Could Happen In California (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-24 01:01:35 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fin Whale Killed By Ship, Necropsy Finds (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-24 00:59:01 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD UCSD Team Working on 6,000 Piece Puzzle (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-24 00:54:35 Description: UC San Diego researchers take on a challenge from the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Young Marines Adopted For Family Style Thanksgiving (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-24 00:24:47 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Fallbrook Superintendent Focuses On Urgency For School Success (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-23 21:37:35 Description: Boosting the academic performance of students who are learning English as a second language is the new Fallbrook superintendent's specialty....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD AAA Says Thanksgiving Travel Up In California (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-23 18:31:59 Description: There'll be more Californians leaving home this Thanksgiving....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Green, Libertarian, Peace & Freedom Parties Challenge Prop 14 (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-23 18:31:50 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Winter Homeless Shelter Opens For What Could Be Its Final Season (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-23 01:11:38 Description: San Diego’s temporary homeless shelter opened its doors this week in Barrio Logan. The shelter provides beds to 220 people a night. But it could soon be a thing of the past....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hospitals Sue To Block Medi-Cal Cuts (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-23 01:09:57 Description: The trade group representing California hospitals is suing the state to block a 10-percent rate cut to Medi-Cal providers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Millions Seized In Tijuana Said To Belong To Sinaloa Cartel (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-23 01:06:27 Description: More than $15 million said to belong to the powerful Sinaloa cartel has been seized in Tijuana. This is the second largest cash seizure since 2006, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon started to aggressively go after the drug cartels....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Groups Ask Congress To Cut Border Enforcement Funds (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-22 14:52:46 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dead Whale Poses Problem In Point Loma (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-22 14:51:20 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Riverside County To Charge Offenders For Jail Time (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-22 14:49:52 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Texting Service Aims At Keeping New Moms And Babies Healthy (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-22 14:48:18 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Working Past Retirement: Some Want To, Some Have To (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-21 16:07:45 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Do Pension Systems Still Work? (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-21 16:06:17 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Federal Wildfire Reduction Program Faces Funding Cuts (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-21 16:04:52 Description: There's a proposal in a U.S. Senate committee to cut funding for a program which helps reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD East Coast Man Finishes Cross Country Trek In San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-18 16:24:31 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Skilled Day Care For Frail Seniors And Disabled Adults Will Continue (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-18 16:22:16 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Developer Doug Manchester Buys Union-Tribune (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-18 16:21:00 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Indian Culture And Sovereignty Center Opens At Cal State San Marcos (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-18 16:19:34 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Study: Immigrants In U.S. Assimilating Well (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-17 15:33:30 Description: A new study examining the latest Census data finds those who emigrate to the U.S., especially young immigrants, are assimilating well....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Homeless Connect In North County (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-17 15:28:44 Description: Cal State San Marcos hosted a one-stop shop event for North County homeless people on Wednesday, the first in a decade....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Disparities Clear At Senior Living Communities In San Diego (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-17 15:27:03 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Curious Origins Of The Wings of Freedom Sculpture (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-17 15:25:27 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Police Close Occupy Camp; City Leaders Uninvolved (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-17 00:51:46 Description: Police say crimes were happening and protesters had brought in more stuff since the first raid on Occupy encampment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDG&E Presses For Customer Reimbursement For Uninsured Wildfire Costs (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-17 00:34:54 Description: Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison-- are withdrawing from the case....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calif. Budget Triggers Likely, $13 Billion Deficit Next Year (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-17 00:31:15 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Campaign Urges Kids To Give Their Ears A Break (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-17 00:30:01 Description: Use of devices like iPods are on the rise, and so is hearing loss among children. Coincidence?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ool Board Member Outlines Teacher Paycut Proposal (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-16 15:51:55 Description: A school trustee wants to slash employee pay under a plan to save the district from insolvency....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Quarter Of San Diego Streets Need Major Repairs (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-16 15:50:41 Description: San Diego’s crumbling streets create some bumpy rides for city drivers. A council committee will hear today just how bad the roads have gotten....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Relatives Of Tijuana's Missing Seek Justice (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-16 15:49:13 Description: About 500 people have gone missing in Tijuana and the nearby region since 2007. Some at the hands of local criminals; others by drug cartels. Family members of the disappeared are pressuring law enforcement to solve the crimes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What Holiday Shopping Means For Local Jobs And The State Economy (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-16 00:24:09 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Charities Brace For Higher Demand, Fewer Donations (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-15 22:59:56 Description: 'Tis the season for giving, but a growing number of San Diego County residents are in need of receiving....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Survey Reveals Problems With Mental Health Care At Kaiser Permanente (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-15 16:00:55 Description: A survey reveals most mental health providers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California believe patients aren't getting timely care....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Taxi Drivers To Be Heard On Safety Demands (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-15 15:59:08 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD UC San Diego Researchers Map Calif. Solar Hotspots (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-15 15:55:17 Description: UC San Diego researchers have analyzed data gathered by space shuttle missions to create a tool for developers of solar power....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spreading The Word About Hospice Care (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-15 15:53:53 Description: Hospice care offers an alternative to dying in a hospital hooked up to machines. But most people don't know about it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Needing Elder Care When Family Is Missing (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-14 18:53:28 Description: Changing demographics and changing families pose new challenge for elderly people in need of care....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Council To Consider Fire Station Study (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-14 16:24:08 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Student Debt Increasing At San Diego Schools (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-14 16:22:25 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Stage Comedy An Equal Opportunity Offender (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-10 15:47:46 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Groups Demand Cleanup Of San Diego Bay (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-10 15:38:14 Description: San Diego environmental groups are demanding the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board take action on a cleanup plan for San Diego Bay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD GOP Senators Want Special Session on Pensions (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-10 00:38:16 Description: A group of Republican State Senators say Democratic Governor Jerry Brown should call a special legislative session to overhaul California's pension system....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Groups Demand Cleanup Of San Diego Bay (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-10 00:36:29 Description: San Diego environmental groups are demanding the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board take action on a cleanup plan for San Diego Bay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Childhood Obesity Declines In San Diego; Percentage Remains Alarming (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-10 00:35:09 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Teachers, Students Hold Rallies At SDSU, UCSD Over Financial Grievances (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-10 00:33:48 Description: Teachers and students aired their financial grievances today at rallies at San Diego State University and UC San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Morgue To Charge For Storing Bodies; Many Are Deceased Migrants (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-09 18:44:40 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Basketball Game Lands On San Diego Aircraft Carrier (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-09 18:41:00 Description: President Barack Obama visits San Diego on Friday. He's in town for the first ever college basketball game to be played on the deck of an aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson. Entertainment events on aircraft carriers are rare of late, but they u...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego County General Plan Still Controversial (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-09 18:39:32 Description: San Diego County’s Chief Administrative Officer is recommending the supervisors schedule a longer hearing for more than 100 private property owners dissatisfied with the new General Plan for growth....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Some Refugees Have A Long Wait For Reunification (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-09 18:37:52 Description: Many Iraqis in San Diego County await relatives living as refugees in the Middle East. The process of resettling these refugees to the U.S. has faced major setbacks recently, especially for those in Syria....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 10 News Explores SDPD's Silence On Sexual Assaults (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-09 00:54:21 Description: Is the San Diego Police Department letting the public know about danger in their neighborhoods in a timely manner?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Networking For Newcomers Who Are Refugees (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-08 15:45:37 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Efforts In San Diego Help Restore Critically-Endangered Wolf (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-08 15:44:37 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDSU Freshman Retention Rate On The Rise (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-08 15:39:52 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Former San Diego Man May Be Among Top Leaders In Terror Group Al Shabab (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-08 15:38:16 Description: The former UCSD economics student may be one of several Americans who have crucial roles in Al Shabab....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Workers Are Doing More With Less (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-08 15:36:43 Description: A new survey finds San Diego employees are increasingly working more than eight hours a day. The Regus poll found people were also taking more work home with them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Not Enough Help For Growing Refugee Population (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-07 18:16:28 Description: The federal government's efforts to resettle the refugees has left some schools, hospitals and other local services overwhelmed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Gas Prices Poised To Set Record (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-07 16:03:23 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego City Pension Weathers Stormy 3 Years (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-07 16:01:49 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Union Head Calls Pension Reform A Solution In Search Of A Problem (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-04 19:18:15 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 401K Supporter Says San Diego Must Cap Cost Of Pensions (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-04 19:14:26 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Aircraft Carrier To Become Basketball Arena (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-04 18:04:49 Description: Two of the nation's top college basketball teams will play a nationally televised game on the USS Carl Vinson on Veterans Day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Staff Sing To Preserve Arts For San Diego Students (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-04 17:58:50 Description: San Diego Unified teachers and staff are getting creative to support the district’s award-winning visual and performing arts programs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coastal Commission Votes Down Plans To Redevelop Downtown Navy Headquarters (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-03 17:57:09 Description: Coastal Commission Votes Down Plans To Redevelop Downtown Navy Headquarters...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coastal Commission Votes Down Plans To Redevelop Downtown Navy Headquarters (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-02 23:48:26 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Group to Push for Alternative Pension Plan (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-02 23:23:35 Description: A group pushing for changes to California public pension law is hoping to put an initiative before voters next year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Expensive Gas May Drain Holiday Budgets (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-02 23:14:28 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Unified Trustees Take School Closures Off The Table (KPBS News) Updated: 2011-11-02 23:13:28 Description: San Diego Unified trustees voted unanimously to end consideration of closing 10 schools next fall....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Demand Keeps Teen Sex Trafficking A Booming Business (News) Updated: 2011-11-02 15:05:32 Description: The teenage sex trade thrives because of an abundance of consumers. Prosecutors are trying to cut demand by educating Johns....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Labor Group Says Bye Bye To Big Banks (News) Updated: 2011-11-02 14:04:11 Description: San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council is pushing big-bank customers to switch from a Wall Street bank to a Main Street bank on Wednesday, ahead of a national effort to withdraw money from big banks this weekend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Estuary Reborn In South San Diego Bay (News) Updated: 2011-11-02 14:02:48 Description: Commercial salt ponds in south San Diego Bay operated since the 1950s. The salt-making operation used three levees to separate the area from the rest of the bay. Now the estuary is being reborn....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Parks Officials Face Hot Seat on Closures (News) Updated: 2011-11-02 00:30:59 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coastal Commission To Revisit Stalled San Diego Project (News) Updated: 2011-11-02 00:09:50 Description: The California Coastal Commission wants to revisit a San Diego bay front project it first approved 20 years ago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Effort To Change Calif. Divorce Law (News) Updated: 2011-11-02 00:08:39 Description: 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 10...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Internet, Too Few Services Make Child Sex Trafficking Tough to Combat (News) Updated: 2011-11-01 15:10:59 Description: Technology, deficient laws and lack of shelters make it tough to eradicate the sexual exploitation of children for profit....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gurganus To Command Marines In Afghanistan In 2012 (News) Updated: 2011-11-01 15:10:25 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sluggish Growth Expected For San Diego Economy (News) Updated: 2011-11-01 15:06:37 Description: The UCLA Anderson forecast says San Diego's economy is poised to do better next year, but the rate of growth will probably be small....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pimps Recruiting Underage Girls In San Diego Through Force And Coercion (News) Updated: 2011-10-31 15:01:48 Description: Sex slaves are often equated with a desperate place. But underage girls are bought and sold every day in San Diego County. One police detective calls them "broken souls."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Doctors Livid Over Medi-Cal Pay Cut (News) Updated: 2011-10-31 14:35:52 Description: Doctors warn the recently approved 10 percent pay cut for treating Medi-Cal patients will hurt access to care for poor Californians....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego's Surfing Culture Catches An Academic Wave (News) Updated: 2011-10-31 13:59:33 Description: San Diego has long been the center of California’s surf culture, and a local researcher is riding that swell. 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 c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD North County Winter Shelter Program Already Underway (News) Updated: 2011-10-31 13:58:02 Description: The first homeless shelters of the winter season have already opened in North County....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Power Industry: Still No Answer Why Big Blackout Occurred (News) Updated: 2011-10-27 15:37:41 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Janet Napolitano Scrutinized By Congress Over New Deportation Measures (News) Updated: 2011-10-27 15:36:21 Description: The Department of Homeland Security is under scrutiny in Congress over recent changes to immigration enforcement, including deportations....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD No Council Resolution For Occupy San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-10-27 15:33:45 Description: Protestors from Occupy San Diego are calling on the City Council to pass a resolution supporting their movement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sanders' Practical Approach To San Diego's Environment (News) Updated: 2011-10-27 15:32:14 Description: San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders held a lot of news conferences this summer promoting alternative energy. But what has he actually done to improve San Diego’s environment?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Attorney General Files Suit Over “Biodegradable” Claim (News) Updated: 2011-10-27 00:31:56 Description: The California Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against three companies she says are misleading the public about how their products are “earth friendly”....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Parents, Teachers Reject San Diego School Closure Proposal (News) Updated: 2011-10-26 23:42:48 Description: Parents, teachers and staff turned out at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night to reject school closures....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calif. Legislative Committee Seeks Answers For Blackout (News) Updated: 2011-10-26 23:31:48 Description: Two California State Assembly Committees are trying to find out more about the events surrounding a blackout which darkened all of San Diego County in September....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Report Highlights The Burden Of Asthma On Latinos (News) Updated: 2011-10-26 20:43:52 Description: About 15 percent of San Diego Latinos have asthma; a new report takes a look at some of the contributing factors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foundation Gives A Hand To Parents Of Children Struggling With Cancer (News) Updated: 2011-10-26 20:41:58 Description: There are few things more harrowing for parents than having a child with cancer. A San Diego Foundation tries to make things a little easier....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Missing From California Elementary Schools (News) Updated: 2011-10-25 23:43:30 Description: A new report finds California elementary school students are not getting high-quality science instruction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Efforts Underway for Ballot Measure to End Death Penalty (News) Updated: 2011-10-25 23:42:18 Description: Signature-gathering efforts are getting underway in California for a ballot measure that would end the death penalty....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Regional Transportation Plan Up For Approval (News) Updated: 2011-10-25 14:25:21 Description: A sweeping plan that will decide how millions of dollars are invested in transportation over the next 40 years is about to be approved....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD La Niña Expected To Bring Dry Winter To Southern California (News) Updated: 2011-10-21 16:49:33 Description: Government forecasters expect La Niña to cause dry conditions in Southern California this winter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Turning Trash Into Art (News) Updated: 2011-10-21 16:40:26 Description: If you were to look in your garbage can right now, would you be able to make a beautiful sculpture out of your trash? KPBS arts reporter Angela Carone visits a new exhibit featuring twelve artists who have turned garbage into art....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sexual Assault And Harrassment Are Widespread In The Military (News) Updated: 2011-10-20 21:18:13 Description: A high percentage of women in the military are subject to sexual harassment and assault. Survivors are at high risk for developing PTSD....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD College Applicants Face Tough Climate (News) Updated: 2011-10-19 23:56:17 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Teamster Chief, Congressmen Blast Mexico Truck Access To U.S. (News) Updated: 2011-10-19 23:31:45 Description: Jimmy Hoff Jr. was joined by Bob Filner and Duncan Hunter, showing bipartisan distress with new trucking access....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD State Air Resources Board Will Consider Cap and Trade (News) Updated: 2011-10-19 23:28:20 Description: California’s air regulators are expected to adopt the final rules for a contentious “cap and trade” program Thursday. It’s a key part of the state’s landmark effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Onofre Gets On Twitter (News) Updated: 2011-10-19 23:26:43 Description: Today the San Onofre nuclear power plant north of San Diego conducts the annual test of its emergency sirens. But if there is a real emergency, there may be a better way to get the message: via Twitter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Increased enforcement of immigration laws - combined with a weak economy - have changed the landscap (News) Updated: 2011-10-19 17:24:28 Description: Increased enforcement of immigration laws - combined with a weak economy - have changed the landscape of the country's undocumented population....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego's 5-Year Budget Outlook Presents Mixed Picture (News) Updated: 2011-10-19 17:21:51 Description: There’s good news and bad news in San Diego’s most recent five-year financial projections....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD More Criticism for Brown’s Realignment Program (News) Updated: 2011-10-19 00:28:00 Description: California Governor Jerry Brown’s realignment program continues to draw criticism, less than three weeks into its existence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Band-Aids Won't Bind The Wounds Of Domestic Violence (News) Updated: 2011-10-18 23:59:05 Description: Domestic violence awareness month is more relevant than ever this year in San Diego. Two new county programs aim to stop "putting bandaids on people who are submerged in water."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lenders Sending More Default Notices To California Homeowners (News) Updated: 2011-10-18 23:54:46 Description: More foreclosure notices were sent to California homeowners in the third quarter as lenders move to clear a backlog of delinquent mortgages....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Judge Rejects Challenge To Calif. Marine Protected Areas (News) Updated: 2011-10-18 23:46:27 Description: A judge in San Diego has dismissed a lawsuit from a fishing industry group challenging the Marine Life Protection Act....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Future Development And Native American Past (News) Updated: 2011-10-18 16:40:26 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Solar Industry Shines On California (News) Updated: 2011-10-18 16:38:50 Description: A new report finds growth in the nation's solar industry outshines job growth in the rest of the economy. California has a huge share of the solar job pie....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feds Medical Marijuana Crackdown Could Hurt Publishers (News) Updated: 2011-10-17 14:09:57 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD U.S. Attorney Says Targeting Pot Ads Not A Priority (News) Updated: 2011-10-17 13:54:26 Description: U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy caused a stir when said federal authorities would start cracking down on newspapers that run ads for medical marijuana....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tijuana Drug House Changes Hands (News) Updated: 2011-10-13 17:00:59 Description: A home in the heart of Tijuana that used to house drug-traffickers is now in the hands of a well known non-profit....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD High Tech Jobs Boost San Diego's Economy (News) Updated: 2011-10-13 14:58:25 Description: San Diego's high technology sector actually grew during the recent economic downturn, and that's a bright spot in a difficult economy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD California Farm Organization Supports Free Trade Agreements (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 23:54:10 Description: The California Farm Bureau Federation has been pushing for the three trade agreements that are up for Congressional votes later Wednesday....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Police Address Rash Of Misconduct Cases (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 23:52:27 Description: San Diego Police Department officials told a City Council committee today about progress made in addressing a rash of misconduct cases that occurred earlier this year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Math Assessment Give San Diego Students Testing Boost (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 23:32:44 Description: Researchers have found that San Diego city school students made big gains on state math tests when math proficiency was assessed with another year-end exam....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Unified At Edge of Budget Cliff, Again (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 14:20:38 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDSU Gets Grant To Fight Obesity In Imperial County (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 14:19:09 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD High Doses Of Vitamin E Linked To Increased Risk Of Prostate Cancer (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 13:26:05 Description: High doses of vitamin E may be harmful to men's health. A new study finds daily use of vitamin E supplements increases the risk of prostate cancer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rincon To Spend More Gaming Revenues Locally (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 13:24:35 Description: A Native American band in North County has reached an agreement to share some of its gaming profits with the County....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fire Marshall Limits Number Of Tents At Occupy San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 00:05:51 Description: The tent city outside of San Diego city hall won't get any bigger, but the Occupy San Diego protest might....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Milestone in California and National Organ Donations (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 00:03:48 Description: Supporters of organ and tissue donation in California are celebrating a national milestone and have set a new goal....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Express Lanes Along I-15 In San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-10-12 00:01:54 Description: The San Diego Association of Governments is trying to get more solo drivers to use express lanes on Interstate-15 in San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Display Of Saint John's Bible Comes To San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-10-11 20:25:05 Description: A San Diego church has mounted an exhibition of a bible, which is the first hand-written and hand-illuminated bible that's been created in more than 500 years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Supervisor Cox To Propose More Independent County Redistricting (News) Updated: 2011-10-11 14:52:52 Description: San Diego County Supervisors are among the first county officials in the state to consider relinquishing control over their own district boundary lines. Supervisor Greg Cox will propose an alternative to his colleagues today....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDG&E Customers Speak Out About Rate Hike Requerst (News) Updated: 2011-10-11 14:51:27 Description: California Utility Regulators got an earful Monday from people unhappy about San Diego Gas and Electric's billion-dollar-plus rate hike request....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDSU Adds School's Largest Solar Array (News) Updated: 2011-10-11 14:50:03 Description: San Diego State University has added a new solar array on top of a campus parking structure. The Solar PV system is the largest on campus....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New High-Tech UCSD Training Facility Puts Doctors To The Test (News) Updated: 2011-10-11 14:47:54 Description: UC San Diego is now home to the world's largest surgery simulation lab. It's part of a new $70 million state-of-the-art medical training center on the La Jolla campus....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Discovery Could Pave The Way For More Effective Vaccines (News) Updated: 2011-10-10 15:38:59 Description: Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology say they've discovered how the body generates immune cells at ports of entry like the mouth. The finding could help scientists design better vaccines....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD One Year After Daughter's Murder, Family Still Waits for Answers (News) Updated: 2011-10-10 15:37:24 Description: One year after a San Diego City College student was brutally murdered inside a campus bathroom, the suspect -- her estranged husband -- remains a fugitive....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meadowood Development Moves Ahead Despite Native American Opposition (News) Updated: 2011-10-10 15:35:43 Description: A plan to develop more than 844 new homes east of Interstate 15 in North County is facing opposition from Native American bands....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Microloan Lets Woman Break Into Niche Market (News) Updated: 2011-10-10 15:33:46 Description: A microlending program in San Diego has enabled a local woman to start what's become a thriving business....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 'Solutions for Change' Offers A Model For Homeless Families (News) Updated: 2011-10-07 15:19:10 Description: San Diego's North County has its share of homeless residents; one program has ambitious goals to end homelessness for families with children....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Proposal For San Onofre Toll Road (News) Updated: 2011-10-07 15:17:42 Description: Remember the Foothill South toll road? The controversial road would have cut through a state park at San Onofre State Beach. The agency that wants to build it is back with another plan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bilingual Authors Give El Cajon Student Literacy A Boost (News) Updated: 2011-10-07 15:16:09 Description: Students at EJE Charter School in El Centro spent yesterday with the writers of books and songs they read and sing every day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Aerospace And Defense Industry Thrives In Tijuana (News) Updated: 2011-10-06 14:49:23 Description: Southern California was once a critical manufacturing center for the defense and aerospace industry. But as costs have risen, much of that production has now moved right across the border to Tijuana....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Agency Wants You To Rideshare (News) Updated: 2011-10-06 00:35:14 Description: Throughout October solo drivers in San Diego County have lots of incentives to try commuting alternatives, including carpooling, vanpooling, biking and using using public transit....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Economy Saps San Diego Business Confidence (News) Updated: 2011-10-06 00:32:01 Description: The troubled economy is holding down profit forecasts at many U.S. Companies, and the outlook is even worse in San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Farmers Concerned About Early Rain (News) Updated: 2011-10-06 00:30:00 Description: Farmers throughout California are keeping anxious eyes on the skies this week, as a strong storm moves through the state. They’re concerned the weather may create problems for harvests that have already been delayed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Deaths From Drunk Driving Fall 20% (News) Updated: 2011-10-06 00:28:30 Description: Drunk driving deaths have declined nationwide, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the percentage of driving fatalities that are alcohol-related have not....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD County Picks Up Responsibility As Calif. Imprisons Fewer Juveniles (News) Updated: 2011-10-06 00:27:17 Description: A report released this week concludes imprisoning juvenile offenders exposes them to violence and abuse, does not discourage future crimes, and is a waste of taxpayer money....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Plastic Bag Curriculum Controversy (News) Updated: 2011-10-04 23:56:48 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Talk Of New San Diego City Hall Continues (News) Updated: 2011-10-04 23:25:29 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread To San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-10-04 23:21:33 Description: "Occupy San Diego" plans to take over the Civic Center Plaza in downtown San Diego this Friday....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Home Energy Audit Finds Potential Savings For Homeowner (News) Updated: 2011-10-04 14:42:26 Description: A San Diego homeowner wanted to reduce her increasing utility bills. After a home energy audit, she was surprised how much energy her home loses and how much it would cost to change it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fighting San Diego Poverty One Loan At A Time (News) Updated: 2011-10-04 14:40:32 Description: Microlending is a proven poverty fighter in the third world, and now the idea is gaining traction in San Diego....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Model Program To Cut Recidivism Tricky To Expand (News) Updated: 2011-10-04 14:38:21 Description: As San Diego County prepares to absorb thousands of criminals from the state prison system, a key goal is to cut down the number of people who violate their probation and end up back behind bars....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SDPD Investigates Second Complaint Alleging Mistreatment Of Undocumented Drivers (News) Updated: 2011-10-03 19:15:33 Description: Some in the local immigrant community continue to have feelings of distrust against the San Diego Police Department....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Vulnerable To LA's Crumbling Criminal Justice System (News) Updated: 2011-10-03 16:20:49 Description: This month marks the beginning of a major shift in the criminal justice system in California. San Diego County could be affected by how the change is handled by our neighbors to the north....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recycling Benefits Injured Troops At Home (News) Updated: 2011-10-03 16:18:06 Description: A recycling company in San Diego is taking electronic items, whether working or not, and restoring them for use by injured troops....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fire Prevention Realities Change Following Huge Wild Fires (News) Updated: 2011-10-03 16:16:35 Description: Wildfires over the past ten years have stoked incredibly destructive fires. They've also taught us to question some of the old assumptions about how to keep your home from burning down....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chargers Fans Singing The 'Blackout Blues' (News) Updated: 2011-09-30 14:49:23 Description: Sunday's game against the Dolphins will be blacked out due to NFL policy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego MTS Unveils Accessible 'Low Floor' Trolley Cars (News) Updated: 2011-09-30 14:46:04 Description: It will soon be easier for people in wheelchairs and those pushing strollers to board the San Diego Trolley. The Metropolitan Transit Service unveiled a new accessible trolley car....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Less than a month after being sworn in, the United States Ambassador to Mexico is visiting San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-09-30 14:44:37 Description: Less than a month after being sworn in, the United States Ambassador to Mexico is visiting San Diego and Tijuana to talk about his priorities....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calif. Budget Faces Two New Lawsuits (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 23:53:40 Description: The California state budget is getting hit by two separate lawsuits – including one from school districts and superintendents for $2 billion....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Equality Nine Want Charges Dropped In San Diego Case (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 23:12:14 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Regulators' Enforcement of Safety Rules Questioned On SDG&E's Sunrise Powerlink Project (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 23:10:19 Description: Supervisor Diane Jacob questions the ability of state regulators to oversee the project’s safety....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New San Diego Library Still Needs About $25 Million (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 17:56:00 Description: Fundraisers are optimistic they will meet their goal by the end of the year, though they have a long way to go....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Supreme Court To Reconsider Some Deportation Rules (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 17:48:58 Description: In the latest twist to Washington's immigration debate, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider some deportation rules....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Whooping Cough Booster Deadline Approaching For San Diego Schools (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 17:45:29 Description: San Diego Unified seventh through 12th graders must submit proof of getting a whooping cough booster shot or personal belief waiver to remain in class next week....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Corrections Officials Talk About Start of Realignment (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 17:45:12 Description: State and local corrections officials are trying to calm any fears before California’s controversial “realignment” program starts on Saturday....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD County To Let More Offenders Serve Sentences In The Community (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 17:43:25 Description: Starting next week, the State of California will start sending San Diego County thousands of prisoners who, till now, were locked up in state prisons or supervised by state parole officers. County Supervisors have approved a plan to try to free up en...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calif. Beach Water Quality 'Steady' In 2011 (News) Updated: 2011-09-28 00:00:45 Description: The environmental group Heal the Bay has released its 2011 End of Summer Beach Report Card....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brown Signs Two Measures to Streamline Environmental Reviews (News) Updated: 2011-09-27 23:58:08 Description: Getting a development project through California’s complex environmental review process just got a lot quicker – at least, for some large projects....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD "Gindex" Shows San Diego At Risk For Double-Dip Recession (News) Updated: 2011-09-27 23:46:28 Description: San Diego's index of leading economic indicators declined in August, causing economist Alan Gin to say we're at risk for a double-dip recession....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Home Prices Up And Down (News) Updated: 2011-09-27 23:40:10 Description: San Diego's home values are creeping up slowly, but the Case Schiller Housing Index says the market is losing ground when prices are compared to a year ago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Postal Workers Rally At San Diego Congressional Offices (News) Updated: 2011-09-27 23:39:04 Description: Postal workers and supporters are rallying Tuesday in San Diego to warn about the impact of proposed cuts. It's part of a national effort to save America’s Postal Service....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bad Economy Heightens Suicide Risk (News) Updated: 2011-09-27 16:15:30 Description: Untreated depression is the number one risk factor for suicide. Mental health experts say economic crises can also be a trigger for people who may be considering taking their own life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thousands May Serve Sentences In The Community, Not Locked Up (News) Updated: 2011-09-27 14:31:16 Description: San Diego County unveils a plan today to deal with thousands of offenders who will stay in San Diego instead of going to state prison....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego ATM Fees Second Highest In The Nation (News) Updated: 2011-09-27 14:26:28 Description: ATM fees in San Diego are among the most expensive in the nation; consumer advocates say banks are gouging their customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD President Obama In San Diego: Less Campaigning, More Fundraising (News) Updated: 2011-09-26 15:49:10 Description: President Obama stops in San Diego Monday for a fundraiser. He's expected to meet with Democratic big wigs with big money....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bionic Bacteria: Superbug Potential For Organic Drugs And Biofuel (News) Updated: 2011-09-26 15:47:06 Description: A Salk Institute researcher has created an artificially-enhanced germ that is capable of creating a hybrid of organic synthetic chemicals....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Unified Seeks To Build Trust With School Closure Meetings (News) Updated: 2011-09-26 15:45:12 Description: The school district has started taking proposals for school closures to the community....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Unions Urge Voters To Withdraw Pension Signatures (News) Updated: 2011-09-23 16:10:20 Description: There’s about a month left in the fight over an initiative that would eliminate San Diego city pensions for most new hires....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego ACLU Asks Police About Cellphone Tracking (News) Updated: 2011-09-23 16:08:47 Description: The group says it is trying to figure out whether new surveillance technologies are trampling on rights without making people safer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DeMaio's Plan To Fund Pothole Fixes Questioned (News) Updated: 2011-09-23 16:07:20 Description: Potholes are in abundance on San Diego streets. But the plan put forth by Councilman Carl DeMaio to pay for repairs has some holes of its own, critics say....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rants and Raves: Keeping Women in Their Place (News) Updated: 2011-09-23 15:52:31 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dumanis Cancels Talk At San Diego City College Amid Protest Threat (News) Updated: 2011-09-22 00:39:39 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brown Tries to Calm Nervous County Officials on Realignment (News) Updated: 2011-09-22 00:24:58 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Union Pickets Kaiser Hospital In San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-09-22 00:22:17 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bill Would Increase Penalties on Peeping Toms (News) Updated: 2011-09-22 00:19:02 Description: A California State Assemblywoman is urging Governor Jerry Brown to sign her bill that would double the penalties on Peeping Toms....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Encinitas School District Could Use Working Farm As Classroom (News) Updated: 2011-09-22 00:17:49 Description: Encinitas school kids could start getting lessons on a working farm this year; a proposal to turn unused land into an outdoor education center is moving forward....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LGBT Community Celebrates The End Of DADT (News) Updated: 2011-09-21 14:36:35 Description: Nearly 500 people packed into the LGBT Center in San Diego to celebrate the end of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.’ The mood was jubilant, but the focus was on how much work is still to be done to gain full equality for gays and lesbians...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Convention Center Inching Forward, Chargers Stadium Trying To Tag Along (News) Updated: 2011-09-21 14:34:43 Description: One major development project in San Diego is inching forward and another is hoping to get in on the action....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Medicare Cuts To Affect Latino Seniors Most (News) Updated: 2011-09-21 14:32:36 Description: Elderly Latinos in Southwestern states would have the most to lose from potential cuts to Medicare and Social Security benefits....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Forum Seeks To Avert Global Water Shortage (News) Updated: 2011-09-21 00:12:34 Description: Population growth and climate change are rapidly draining the global supply of potable water. Scientists and water officials from around the world teamed up in San Diego this week to look for solutions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Man Hands Out Food Aid In Somalia (News) Updated: 2011-09-20 15:12:33 Description: A San Diego man delivered aid to 250 families in Somalia this week. He said Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is now a massive refugee camp....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Whooping Cough Vaccine Wanes After Three Years (News) Updated: 2011-09-20 15:11:18 Description: A KPBS-Watchdog Institute investigation last year questioned the efficacy of the whooping cough vaccine after revealing the majority of people who got sick in San Diego County were immunized....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD End of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Arrives With Little Fanfare (News) Updated: 2011-09-20 15:09:20 Description: Today is the first day of a new era for gays in the military: They are free to speak openly about their sexual orientation without fear of being discharged....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD More San Diego Cops Trade Patrol Cars For Bicycles (News) Updated: 2011-09-20 15:08:01 Description: The San Diego Police Department's bicycle patrol program is growing. Cops on bikes are now cruising through the Hillcrest neighborhood....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Summer Sports Clinic Brings Veterans From Around The Country (News) Updated: 2011-09-19 14:58:56 Description: The VA in San Diego is hosting its fourth annual Summer Sports Clinic for injured veterans this week, and the event is attracting veterans from around the country....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD FBI Scraps Training Depicting Muslims As Terrorism Sympathizers (News) Updated: 2011-09-19 14:57:20 Description: Such material can lead to bad calls by intelligence officials and further shatter trust in the bureau....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD In A Win For Mexico, Dolphin-Safe Label For Imports Ruled Illegal (News) Updated: 2011-09-19 14:55:56 Description: The "dolphin-safe" labels in imported canned tuna are now considered illegal by the World Trade Organization. This ruling follows a 20-year lobby from the Mexican government....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Calif. Notices Of Default Increase By 55 Percent (News) Updated: 2011-09-15 22:11:04 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Child Advocates Sue State To Release More Details In Child Fatality Cases (News) Updated: 2011-09-15 22:07:25 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Celebrates Mexico's Independence Day (News) Updated: 2011-09-15 18:30:57 Description: Dozens of events are taking place around San Diego County to mark the more than 200 years of Mexico's independence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Housing Marked Continues To Struggle (News) Updated: 2011-09-15 00:09:04 Description: San Diego home prices slipped again last month, but sales are up from a year ago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD ICE Audit Leads To Firing Of 55 Undocumented Workers (News) Updated: 2011-09-15 00:00:38 Description: The company is in charge of waste disposal and recycling for the City of Escondido. The workers were fired after immigration authorities found they lacked the proper paperwork....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brown Says He'll Veto Lots of Bills (News) Updated: 2011-09-14 23:57:24 Description: California Governor Jerry Brown is sending a stern warning to state lawmakers: Get ready for lots of vetoes in the next few weeks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego County Gains New Source Of Electricity (News) Updated: 2011-09-14 23:53:59 Description: A new hydroelectric project is now generating another source of electricity for residents of San Diego County....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Several Injured In Structure Collapse At Border (News) Updated: 2011-09-14 23:50:51 Description: A wooden platform or roof has collapsed onto one or more vehicles in an area under construction at the San Ysidro Port of Entry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Returning La Nina To Bring Dry Winter To San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-09-14 15:15:33 Description: The La Nina weather pattern that delivered record rain to San Diego last year is re-emerging in the Pacific Ocean, but this time, the condition is more likely to keep our region dry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Violence, Increased Security Change Smuggling Along Border (News) Updated: 2011-09-14 15:13:51 Description: Rising violence and increased border security have drastically changed the illegal business, and changed the role of those who look to help migrants on both sides of the border....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD SD Somali Youth Leader Heads To Somalia To Aid Famine Victims (News) Updated: 2011-09-14 15:11:51 Description: As the famine in Somalia spreads, a San Diego Somali man leaves for his homeland today to hand deliver aid. His goal is to assess the crisis and work on self-sufficiency....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD San Diego Unified To Get Community Input On Closing Schools (News) Updated: 2011-09-14 15:10:35 Description: San Diego city schools had to make deep cuts including laying off hundreds of teachers to make ends meet for the school year that has just started. The district is already considering closing about 10 schools to reduce costs next year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD County Codifies Rooster Limits (News) Updated: 2011-09-13 23:24:32 Description: Most San Diego County residents will be allowed to keep just one rooster under an ordinance approved today as part of an effort to curb problems related to the birds....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pump Station Failures During Blackout Raise Questions About Backup Power (News) Updated: 2011-09-13 22:48:45 Description: The power outage in San Diego County on Sept. 8 caused several sewage pumping stations to go offline, releasing millions of gallons of sewage into lagoons and waterways....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rattlesnakes Common Year Round In San Diego County (News) Updated: 2011-09-13 22:47:30 Description: "If you are bitten by a snake don't try to clean the wound or make any incisions like they use to do in the past."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Solar Panel Factory & Power Plant Set For U.S.-Mexico Border (News) Updated: 2011-09-13 22:03:35 Description: A tri-national venture announced plans to build a solar panel manufacturing plant and solar farm in a green tech park near Mexicali....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thousands Attend 9/11 Memorials In San Diego (News) Updated: 2011-09-13 15:02:29 Description: Dozens of commemorative 9/11 events took place around San Diego County over the weekend. One of the largest was aboard the USS Midway....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chula Vista Hospital's Generator Fails During Blackout (News) Updated: 2011-09-13 15:00:55 Description: Scripps Hospital officials in Chula Vista are trying to figure out why their generator failed during the blackout. Officials point out power was restored within 90 minutes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blackout Unplugs San Diego Economy (News) Updated: 2011-09-13 14:59:29 Description: The San Diego region suffered about $100 million in damages during last week's regional power outage, and many insurance policies don't cover damages homeowners incur during a blackout....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Camp Pendleton Barracks Like A Four Star Hotel (News) Updated: 2011-09-13 14:58:16 Description: A new $130-million barracks building opens for unmarried Marines on Camp Pendleton this month. It will radically improve the standard of living for hundreds of marines....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What The Blackout Taught Us About Disaster Preparedness (News) Updated: 2011-09-12 15:02:13 Description: There are questions about whether the region was really prepared for a shutdown of this scale....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Disaster Preparedness Pays Off For Hospitals (News) Updated: 2011-09-12 15:00:17 Description: It was smooth sailing for hospitals during the blackout. Hospital officials say that was by design....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Military Families Face Longer Separations Since 9/11 (News) Updated: 2011-09-09 16:00:56 Description: Military deployments no matter what branch are longer because of 9/11...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD FBI On Alert For Lone-Wolf Attacks (News) Updated: 2011-09-09 15:56:52 Description: Self-radicalized attackers are source of concern and harder to detect....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scenes From Downtown San Diego During The Outage (News) Updated: 2011-09-09 15:47:19 Description: Some workers wondered if the city was under attack, while others had to wait patiently for hours in dark elevators to get rescued....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Suspicion From 9/11 Tragedy Remains For San Diego Muslims (News) Updated: 2011-09-08 16:12:01 Description: Fear gripped many in San Diego’s Muslim community following the September 11th attacks. They endured taunts and suspicion from neighbors and heightened scrutiny by law enforcement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scientists Creating 'Atlas' Of Atmosphere (News) Updated: 2011-09-08 16:10:07 Description: U.C. San Diego researchers and other scientists are wrapping up a project they said will generate the first detailed mapping of the global gases which affect the Earth's climate....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Pacific Beach Alcohol Restrictions Face Council Opposition (News) Updated: 2011-09-08 16:08:28 Description: An effort to reign in the development of bars and restaurants in Pacific Beach may have stalled out. The councilman for the neighborhood doesn’t support the movement....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 9/11 Makes San Diego Safer And Stronger (News) Updated: 2011-09-08 16:05:54 Description: Federal Defense and Homeland Security funding has poured into San Diego since 9/11. KPBS Reporter Alison St John looks at how that money has benefited the region....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Questions Linger Over San Diego 9/11 Hijackers' Ties to Saudi Government (News) Updated: 2011-09-07 14:40:22 Description: Former Senator who headed 9/11 Congressional inquiry said efforts to learn more about hijackers' links to the Saudi government were quashed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD | ||||
