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Opening day of the Del Mar Racetrack sells out for 85th annual event
DEL MAR, Calif. — The horse racing season at the Del Mar Racetrack kicked off Saturday afternoon. It's the 85th year of the San Diego summertime tradition. The energy was high Saturday as people and horses lined up at the racetrack for the start of the 2024 season. "I...
Housing shortage has led South Bay farmworkers to live in desperate conditions; a new bill aims to help change that
GILROY — In the modest Gilroy two-bedroom home that farmworker Jesusita Ortiz shares with her family, the living room doubles as a storage space and a shared bedroom for her children, complete with a bunk bed and colorful anime posters lining the walls. The compact set up is a necessary arrangement for the growing family — nine in all, with a grandchild on the way.
Lemon Grove neighbors push back on homeless sleeping cabins plan
Hundreds showed up to Thursday night's Lemon Grove Community Forum meeting to voice their opposition to a plan for new sleeping cabins to be built in the city. The turnout was so large, the crowd was asked to move from the Lemon Grove Community Center to the Rec Center across the street.
Rady Children’s Hospital nurses hit picket lines in historic strike
Hundreds of nurses at Rady Children's Hospital hit the picket lines on Monday after a tentative contract agreement reached in last-ditch negotiations over the weekend was voted down by union members.
Felon Arrested for Alleged Possession of `Ghost Gun’ in San Marcos
A 25-year-old felon was arrested after being found with a self-made firearm, police said Sunday. Deputies conducted a routine traffic stop at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday on West Mission Road, near Comet Circle in the San Marcos area, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. A passenger in...
Con Artist Comics San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Exclusives Celebrate the History of the Con
Con Artist Comics has partnered with the Convention History Project to offer some truly unique exclusives this San Diego Comic-Con, which aim to celebrate the history of the con itself. At #L-04, you can pick up this year’s special pins and more, including:. 85 Years of Cons – From...
A year after San Diego banned public camping, most new shelter options are tents
One year after pushing through a controversial public camping ban, San Diego officials are preparing to tout efforts to expand shelter capacity by 40% in the face of a worsening homelessness crisis. But more than half of the city’s new shelter options don’t actually qualify as shelter under federal guidelines...
San Diego City Council unanimously approves sales tax increase for Nov. ballot
SAN DIEGO — San Diego City Council unanimously approved a proposal to place a one-cent-per-dollar sales tax increase which would increase the tax from the current 7.75% to 8.75% on the November 2024 ballot on Monday afternoon. If voters approve, it could bring $400 million per year to the city for neighborhood upgrades.
State suffers another legal loss in its effort built controversial Delta Tunnel
In late June, a Sacramento County Judge ruled that the California Department of Water Resources, or DWR, had to suspend its efforts to conduct geotechnical “exploratory drilling” on private property across the Delta. Agents for DWR had wanted to get onto peoples’ land and start boring holes in...
Dazzling Perseid Meteor Shower is here. How to watch in California
Now through Sept. 1, specs of dust and rocks will streak across the California night sky as they smack into Earth’s atmosphere when the Perseid Meteor Shower, the most dazzling annual meteor shower seen from Earth, returns to a night sky near you this summer. That comet last visited Earth in 1995. It orbits the sun every 133 years, so it will be about a century before Swift-Tuttle swings around again. But it left us a gift in...
Scientists use AI to predict a wildfire's next move
Researchers at USC have developed a new method to accurately predict wildfire spread. By combining satellite imagery and artificial intelligence, their model offers a potential breakthrough in wildfire management and emergency response. Detailed in an early study proof published in Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, the USC model uses...
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