Category: News
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Community Clinics Push Covered California Enrollment as Deadline Approaches
By Kenny Goldberg Community clinics have taken a major role in signing people up for Covered California. Over the next two weeks, San Diego clinics and nonprofits will be increasing the hours of their enrollment counselors. They’ll also hold enrollment events. One will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the East African…
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Young Filmmaker Attempts To Tell the ‘Truth’ About Mid-City Sex Workers
By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition interview There are academics and law enforcement officials at work studying the statistics of human trafficking and prostitution in San Diego. Just on Wednesday’s KPBS Midday Edition, we heard about a new Urban Institute report that focused on San Diego’s…
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Ending Gang Retaliation With Text Messages
The San Diego Police Department shares real-time information on gang homicides so former gang members can work to stop retaliation — starting at the hospital. Video by Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego. | Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks When two Mount Hope gang members were shot…
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Study: San Diego Street Gangs Deeply Involved in Commercial Sex Trade
) By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Click here to listen to the full Midday Edition interview Gangs running online prostitution, young girls being tricked or trafficked into sex work, and some victims being lured across the border into migrant brothels. Those are some of the areas of the underground commercial sex trade…
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Covered California Enrollment Deadline Approaching
By Megan Burks Listen to Covered California spokewoman Lizelda Lopez take questions on KPBS Midday Edition The deadline to sign up for health insurance through the state’s health insurance exchange, Covered California, is March 31. Americans can sign up through a private insurance broker or health plan after that date, but cannot access government subsidies…