Year: 2014

  • Inside the Asylum Process That Could Bring More Iraqis to San Diego County

    Marchers hold up crosses and signs calling for asylum for Iraqi Christians, on the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Main Street in El Cajon, Aug. 19, 2014. | Photo Credit: Susan Murphy, KPBS By Megan Burks San Diego County is home to about 80,000 Iraqis and it could begin to see more. Eight weeks ago,…

  • Complaints Alleging Poor Access to Care Prompt Medi-Cal Audit

    By Kenny Goldberg More than 7 million people who have Medi-Cal coverage are enrolled in managed care plans. Lawmakers have ordered an audit because they say they’ve received numerous complaints from Medi-Cal patients who are having trouble getting care. California health officials say they haven’t found many problems. But a recent examination by the California…

  • Half of Eligible California Immigrants Apply for ‘Dreamers’ Program

    Two years ago, federal authorities started accepting applications for deportation relief for immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children. KPBS reporter Jill Replogle looks at the results of that program for young San Diegans. | Video Credit: KPBS By Jill Replogle Two years ago on Aug. 15, federal authorities started accepting applications for…

  • Killing of Missouri Teen Reminds Locals of Tensions Between Minorities and Police

    Lei-Chala Wilson, president of the San Diego chapter of the NAACP, and Benjamin Kelso, president of the local Black Police Officers Association, join KPBS Evening Edition to discuss what San Diego’s black community is saying about the police killing of Missouri teen Michael Brown and about local police officers’ relationship with minorities. | Video Credit:…

  • Local Report on Suspensions Echoes ‘Vergara’ Findings

    Photo Credit: Shutterstock By Mario Koran Seniority-based hiring policies in San Diego Unified mean the poorest schools usually end up with the least experienced teachers. Black and Latino students who attend poor schools are disproportionately suspended and expelled. And one paragraph buried deep within a 63-page report from the school district shows that the two…