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Summary: From politics to policy, environment to education, KPBS Evening Edition will give you the information you need to understand what’s happening - and why - in your local community. Each weeknight, host Joanne Faryon will break down the top news stories of the day supported by a team of expert KPBS reporters and newscast co-anchor Dwane Brown.
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Voice of San Diego's investigative series on the USDA's Wildlife Services discovered the agency kills thousands of animals each year to protect endangered species or humans, but often information on why or what danger they posed was unavailable. Plus, the Poway Unified School District board and superintendent spent almost two hours Monday evening making their case for the controversial bond deal.
Gov. Jerry Brown was in San Diego today to bolster support for his tax initiative, Proposition 30, which would increase the sales tax and income tax to help finance education from kindergarten through community college. Also, a new study looks at who is borrowing payday loans, from where and why, plus a warning to those looking to borrow online.
The mayor's race is getting as hot as the weather. The Port of San Diego gets a long-term delivery of fresh fruit. And the city of Escondido is wrestling with a voting-rights lawsuit.
Two women are working to build a 92,000-square-foot San Diego Public Market in Barrio Logan. Also, the new Palomar Medical Center in Escondido was designed with patients in mind.
Young undocumented immigrants in San Diego County are eligible for legal status under a new federal program that allows immigrants who arrived in the United States as children to stay in the country legally for two years. And new research confirms the whooping cough vaccine is failing at a higher rate than expected, and scientists are considering adding a seventh dose to the national immunization.
An advocacy group calls for a reduction in what San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison customers are being charged because they have continued to pay to support the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station even though it has been shuttered since January. Also, meteorologists explain why it's so hot and why it will likely keep getting hotter.
Balboa Park is recovering after a nasty water gun fight there this weekend left its beloved lily pond trashed. Also, Dole's new 25-year lease with the Port of San Diego and Mexican drug war survivors who are in the U.S. to share their stories.
Details about Poway Unified School District, which must pay back almost $1 billion on a loan of $105 million, and the Padres' sale, which includes more than the team and part of Petco. Also, an artist who grew up in the east San Diego neighborhood of City Heights has turned that childhood experience into art.
A local activist group thinks corporations are evading California taxes while residents and institutions feel the weight of big budget cuts. And opponents and supporters debate the Tule Wind Energy Project just approved by the Board of Supervisors for East County.
San Diego researchers exploring the idea of using algae to keep major gas-burning power plants from clogging the atmosphere with carbon dioxide. Also, tips to survive the heat wave and not become buried by debt after college.
A program in San Diego relies on a hands-on approach to connecting low-income pregnant women and their children with vital services. Also, back-to-school tech gadgets and a response from the local Sikh community to the Wisconsin shootings.
A look at whether fake press releases sent by a medical marijuana advocacy group as political performance art are illegal, plus deceptive campaign mailers look to align candidates with people who don't support them. And the Car2Go car sharing program spreads in San Diego.
When does a casual political discussion at the workplace cross the line? Can your boss urge employees to donate to a political campaign, or can your pastor tell you how to vote? We talk to legal experts about the issues. Plus, the CEO of Voice of San Diego explains flip flops and party changes in the San Diego mayor's race.
The new UC San Diego chancellor details his plans for the school, including increasing its endowment to the billions. And a local tech startup tries to make exercising easier using music.
A debate over the new fee for rural residents to pay for state fire services, plus leaked documents show San Onofre failed to fix fire safety problems this year despite a 2010 warning from the federal government.
