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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…
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Where the Affordable Housing Fee Is Headed Now
By Andrew Keatts So much for increasing the development fee San Diego charges to help pay for subsidized housing. The City Council increased the fee last fall. Business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce gathered enough signatures to challenge it with a public vote. Facing that prospect, the Council sidestepped a costly public vote…
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San Diego Exceeds Covered California Enrollment Goals
By Dwane Brown More people in San Diego have signed up for the state healthcare exchange than was projected for the county. Covered California is in the final stretch of the enrollment period, with a goal to sign up 2 million people statewide before March 31, the deadline to guarantee coverage this year. It’s estimated…