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Extreme heat compounds risks for people with diabetes in this CA border county
Stephen Jaime remembers when a patient showed up to his diabetes education classes with a giant soft drink cup. But instead of holding a sugary soda, the patient was packing something unexpected: insulin on ice. His car didn’t have air conditioning, and he had to be out for hours in...
An El Centro cafe brings sweet solutions for people with diabetes
“How can you still enjoy life and not just give up?”. That’s the question Elsa Ordona tries to answer everyday as she and her team swirl sugarless delights with care and finesse at her bakery cafe – for many people with diabetes the unassuming shop off Main Street in El Centro has turned out to be a life changer.
A safety makeover is coming to a well-worn historic San Diego pathway
A popular alley in a historic San Ysidro neighborhood is one step closer to a makeover that will transform the area into an official “cultural corridor.”. The city of San Diego and local nonprofit Casa Familiar have partnered on a $4.3 million project to upgrade a quarter-mile stretch of Cypress Drive, a bustling alley near homes, businesses, public transit and more.
Migrant mothers, children living in tents in San Diego amid shelter shortage
From inside her tent, Luz Vasquez watched with weary eyes as her son bounced about the playground outside. Between glances, she folded her kids’ clothes neatly into a suitcase. “They have more fun (here) because at the shelter they don’t play or anything,” she said Tuesday. Vasquez...
More complaints surface after Hoover High associate principal arrested on pornography charges
San Diego Unified officials received more complaints accusing a Hoover High associate principal of inappropriate behavior with students in the days following his arrest on felony sex crime charges. Charles De Freitas, 43, was arrested at his home on March 20 and charged with three counts: sending to a minor...
Congressman requests millions in federal funds to upgrade San Diego’s flood-prone storm drains
San Diegans impacted by severe flooding earlier this year could see stormwater infrastructure upgrades in their neighborhoods under a more than $14 million funding request by U.S. Rep. Juan Vargas. Vargas, whose district includes portions of the city of San Diego and South County communities such as Chula Vista and...
Explore how unsheltered homelessness has increased in San Diego County
Homelessness has become more visible than ever before in San Diego. The latest census revealed nearly 6,800 unhoused residents live in the city — the most in the past decade. More than half are unsheltered, which includes everyone who sleeps in a vehicle to those who bed down on sidewalks or riverbanks.
Map: Here’s where San Diego has unpaved roads
The city of San Diego has proposed a plan that would upgrade its 17 miles of dirt or otherwise unpaved roads over an 85-year period. Though a small part of the more than 6,000 miles that the city maintains, data that inewsource obtained shows some of the unpaved roads and alleys are not just in industrial areas. They’re also in residential neighborhoods, including historically underserved areas that San Diego officials themselves describe as “communities of concern.”
San Diego has 17 miles of dirt roads. It could take a lifetime to fix them.
The city of San Diego has a plan to fix its unpaved streets and alleys, but you might not live long enough to see it happen. A report published earlier this year estimated that the city has 17 miles of dirt or otherwise unpaved roads in its vast network of streets. To fix them, staff has proposed addressing two road “segments” at a time — a process that would take 85 years to complete.
Amid campus turmoil, San Diego charter school places top official on leave
The top administrator at America’s Finest Charter School has been placed on leave as the small school in San Diego grapples with financial troubles and tensions between staff and leadership. Board members decided during a special meeting Tuesday to put Executive Director Tim Bagby on administrative leave. They also...
‘We warn the city’: Confidential letters reveal Port District efforts after Naranjo censure
Months before National City ousted Sandy Naranjo as its representative to the Port District of San Diego, lawyers for the port warned of “serious legal risk” and potential legal bills if the city allowed her to speak out about her conflict with the agency at council meetings. Two...
San Ysidro parents demand school district make board meetings more accessible
Livestreaming public meetings has become standard practice for many agencies — but not at the San Ysidro School District. Now, parents are calling on leaders to increase access to school business. Though state law does not generally require agencies to livestream meetings, it has become increasingly common since the...
Border Patrol agent accused of showing photos of his genitals to civilians twice while in uniform
Karen Parker says she was alone and looking for help when she encountered a Border Patrol agent, Juan Prishker, the day after Christmas in a remote stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Diego County. Parker had just driven from a nearby migrant encampment, where she provides aid as...
New San Diego program to help flood victims left out of federal aid
Hundreds of San Diegans whose homes were devastated by historic flooding in January will soon receive more help from the city, including undocumented residents who have previously been ineligible for federal aid. The San Diego Housing Commission last week unveiled a new flood recovery program, available to city residents who...
Former City Heights nonprofit exec testified CEO targeted Black farmers, made racist remarks
A former associate director of the City Heights nonprofit that manages New Roots Community Farm has testified that the nonprofit’s president unfairly targeted two Black refugee farmers in a lease dispute at the urban garden and made derogatory statements about Black people. Kyra Seay, who is Black, gave the...
On the shores of the Salton Sea, a glimmer of the American Dream drives growth
Click the red text to navigate through the story. The population of Salton City today is about 5,000. Two decades ago, it was only in the hundreds. Affordability has been a huge driver of the town’s growth. Just two years ago, the median home value there was $173,700, while the median value statewide was more than four times higher.
In California border town, AI raises fresh questions over decades-old surveillance tower
The corner of Wozencraft Street and Linholm Avenue is lined with colorful single-story homes. On a recent morning, birds chirped over the hum of a nearby lawnmower, while cars filed in and out of driveways. But in this peaceful scene of the “American Dream” — here in Calexico, a California...
La Jolla’s Girard Avenue moves one step closer to $15M makeover
An additional $1 million in state funding will help pay for a multiyear project to make streetscape upgrades in La Jolla’s downtown area. The grant will go toward the first phase of the $15 million project along Girard Avenue, which includes improved sidewalks, landscaping and more. The city of San Diego’s Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee formally approved the grant last month.
A San Diego judge got paid when he didn’t work. He hasn’t been told to pay it back.
For more than 18 months, San Diego Superior Court Judge Howard Shore worked a four-day week, almost never showing up on Fridays at his courtroom on the 21st floor of the downtown San Diego Superior Court Central Courthouse. He missed other days too — an astonishing 155 unauthorized absences over...
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