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Councilwoman Marti Emerald: ‘It’s Time To Step Aside’
Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker, KPBS By Claire Trageser When San Diego City Councilwoman Marti Emerald first ran for office in 2008, she saw it as switching from one form of advocacy to another. She’d spent 22 years as an investigative reporter for Channel 10 and specialized in consumer advocacy reporting. Known as “The Troubleshooter,” she…
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Local Congressman Wants to Punish ‘Sanctuary Cities’
By Jean Guerrero San Diego County Rep. Duncan Hunter said he plans to introduce a bill to restrict funding to “sanctuary” cities that do not always cooperate with immigration authorities. The effort by Hunter, R-Alpine, follows the fatal shooting last week of Kathryn Steinle, 32, as she walked with her father at a popular San…
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Advocates Push to Expand California Welfare Program
By Kenny Goldberg First step children. Next step adults. That’s what advocates of the poor say after state lawmakers recently agreed to extend Medi-Cal benefits to the children of immigrants who are living here illegally. Lawmakers have appropriated $40 million in the new state budget to give Medi-Cal coverage to some 170,000 immigrant children. Advocates…
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City Heights Residents Celebrate Centerline Groundbreaking
Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Megan Burks Architect Stephen Russell, San Diego Councilwoman Marti Emerald, local Caltrans Director Laurie Berman and resident Maria Cortez unveil renderings of the Centerline project on July 8, 2015. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks Caltrans broke ground Wednesday on a project more than three decades in the making. Residents,…
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School Is Out But Hunger Lingers for Some San Diego Kids
By Matthew Bowler, Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane and Peggy Pico Listen to the full KPBS Midday Edition conversation with Gary Petill of San Diego Unified’s Food and Nutrition Services and Anahid Brakke of the San Diego Hunger Coalition. For students who rely on school lunch meals, having enough to eat during summer break can be challenging.…