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Sandbags are stacked around a well in anticipation of flooding of the Kings River in the Island District of Lemoore, Calif., April 19, 2023.
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California officials are considering whether to take over monitoring groundwater use in part of the fertile San Joaquin Valley under a landmark law aimed at protecting water flow to homes and farms.
  • Trade schools are sparking interest as an alternative career path for Generation Z students in the San Diego region and beyond. On Midday Edition Tuesday, we look into the growing trade workforce locally.
The child care industry has long been in crisis, and COVID-19 only made things worse. Now affordable, quality care is even more challenging to find, and staff are not paid enough to stay in the field. This series spotlights people each struggling with their own childcare issues, and the providers struggling to get by.
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From left, longtime Niland residents Anna Garcia, Nellie Perez and Diana Juarez stand for a portrait in front of the old post office building in Niland in Imperial County on March 19, 2024. They lead the community advocacy group NorthEnd Alliance 111, which is fighting to bring the Niland Post Office back to the town. Playing
Niland wants to know when its post office is coming back
transenDANCE students range in age from 9 to 18, and experience dance and performance in a safe space. These dancers rehearse for their upcoming Let Them: Bloom theatre production, San Diego, Calif., March 12, 2024 Playing
TranscenDANCE offers youth equitable access to dance, art and support services
Artists Iain Gunn and Bridget Rountree stand around their giant puppets, March 26, 2024. La Jolla, Calif. Playing
Without Walls art festival takes over UC San Diego campus
Melissa Gonzalez and her daughter Celiz speak with KPBS inside the EJE Academies Charter School library on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2024. Playing
What does social emotional learning actually look like?
Two people sit on a bench watching waves crash along the border wall, March 14, 2024. Strong rip currents and heavy surf make swimming around the border wall dangerous. Tijuana lifeguards have rescued a record-number of migrants in recent years. Playing
Migrants are drowning in the Pacific Ocean. Lifeguards on both sides of the border respond
Looking down into the First Aqueduct water transmission pipeline in Poway on March 4, 2024. Playing
The high-tech ways San Diego's water transmission pipelines are maintained
Students at Sandburg Elementary listen to a concert by members of the San Diego Symphony's woodwind quintet. The students are learning from the Sound & Silence interactive music curriculum,  San Diego, Calif., March 11, 2024 Playing
The San Diego Symphony uses Sound and Silence to teach elementary school students about music
Soccer netting and goal posts lie on the ground at Surf Sports Park, Mar. 6, 2024. Playing
Del Mar youth sports venue draws controversy and a lawsuit
Steve Israel, a septic shock survivor, is shown in this portrait taken March 8, 2024. Seven years ago. He suffered multiple organ failure and had to be medevaced to UC San Diego Medical Center. Playing
New tools in the fight to stop a mysterious killer called sepsis
A red diamondback rattlesnake is being held in a plastic tube for safety as researchers attach the ArcGIS accelerometer on it, March 13, 2024. Playing
New technology helping San Diego researchers study elusive rattlesnake
  • The San Diego region is set to receive $39 million in federal funding for the care of migrants who cross the border, and advocates are calling this a huge victory. In other news, a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former nurse at the Otay Mesa Detention Center claims chronic understaffing is resulting in poor medical treatment for immigrants, and lawyers are saying some of these problems have existed for years. Plus, just 10 days into its deployment, the USS boxer returned to San Diego for repairs.
  • San Diego mayor Todd Gloria Friday announced his proposed budget for the next fiscal year, and it includes cuts to the city's efforts to tackle climate change. In other news, former San Diego County supervisor Nathan Fletcher is using money from his abandoned state senate campaign to pay for legal defense bills. Plus, one San Diego chef currently cooks above the rest. We hear why she's achieved something no other San Diego chef has done before.