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El Centro Regional seeks $40 million state loan to stay afloat, but will face competition
Imperial County’s largest hospital is seeking a $40 million state loan in its latest attempt to keep doors open. But the El Centro Regional Medical Center will be forced to compete with other facilities across California that are also grappling with shaky finances: Requests to the $300 million emergency loan program already exceed the available funding.
‘I question humanity’: Doctor testifies against UC San Diego in massive trial
Nearly every detail of the bitter conflict is under debate, but one point is hard to dispute: A San Diego doctor’s life has been upended since he chose to take on his $47 billion employer. Dr. Kevin Murphy, a former department vice chair and oncologist at UC San Diego,...
Child care centers in San Diego, Imperial counties among thousands yet to comply with lead testing
Despite a California law requiring expanded lead testing for the first time at child care centers, thousands of facilities remain untested, potentially putting the health of children across the state at risk. More than 7,800 facilities — 54% of California’s child care centers — have yet to test for lead...
Is there lead in the water at your child care facility? Search our database of California results
More than 6,000 child care centers have complied with a California law to test for lead in their drinking water. A quarter of them found levels higher than the state limit — and thousands more have yet to test. Under a 2018 bill, facilities were required to conduct lead...
inewsource hosts community forum on homelessness in San Diego
All of us at inewsource thank our readers and neighbors for attending our recent Homelessness and Displacement Community Forum. The event successfully brought together housing advocates, people who have experienced homelessness and members of the public who are concerned about the challenges the city of San Diego faces with thousands of people living in public places, including sidewalks, along river beds and in canyons.
Police continue towing low-income San Diegans’ cars months after audit raised concerns
Last November, an audit raised alarms about the San Diego Police Department’s vehicle towing program disproportionately hurting low-income and unhoused people. Officers routinely order vehicles to be hauled away for what researchers have called “poverty tows” — which include expired registration, 72-hour parking violations and unpaid tickets — even when there is no risk to public safety, the city audit said.
‘We can’t keep up’: Thousands of San Diego streetlights will remain broken — and it could get worse
San Diego city staff say that while they’ve made great strides to address a growing backlog of broken streetlights, those efforts won’t be enough to solve the problem that’s been years in the making. Thousands of streetlights in need of repairs will remain broken despite the city...
Authorities finding more fentanyl at San Diego’s U.S.-Mexico border than ever before
Authorities seized nearly 3,000 pounds of fentanyl in San Diego County between March and May, marking a 300% increase from the same time last year in an “unprecedented two-month fentanyl-enforcement surge” along the southwest border, officials announced last month. That means San Diego County, called an “epicenter” for...
Judge says San Diego’s prosecution of unhoused resident using trash can law can continue
A San Diego Superior Court judge ruled Friday that a misdemeanor charge of blocking a sidewalk should move forward against a 59-year-old woman experiencing homelessness. Responding to a request to dismiss the case, Judge Yvonne Campos rejected all four claims that the woman’s constitutional rights had been violated. The case is set for trial Aug. 18 and a conviction could carry up to six months in jail, as well as $1,000 in fines.
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