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Summary: KPBS News covers San Diego city politics, education, health, environment, the border, and more.

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  San Diego Business Leaders Launch Campaign To Put Developer Fee On Ballot | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

For the second time this year, the San Diego business community wants voters to make the ultimate decision on a measure approved by City Council already. This time the issue is a tax hike on land developers.

  For Homeless In San Diego, Holidays Can Be Loneliest Time of Year | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The holidays for many families mean reconnecting and celebrating. But for San Diegans who are homeless, it can be the loneliest time of the year. We get an update on homelessness in San Diego and how you can help.

  Mystery Disease Causes Sea Star Die-Off Along West Coast | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Sea stars along the West Coast are being wiped out by a mysterious disease. There’s no evidence of the die-off in San Diego yet, but researchers say it seems inevitable.

  East Village Urban Park Project Clears Fundraising Hurdle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A group of recent architecture school graduates now have all the money they need to turn a vacant lot in the East Village into a park.

  San Diego Leaders Ask Congress To Fund San Ysidro Port of Entry Expansion | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

San Diego leaders are lobbying Congress to fund the San Ysidro border crossing expansion.

  Deportee Camp in Tijuana Plaza Disbands | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A tent camp set up by deportees in a Tijuana plaza has been dismantled and many have moved to a shelter east of Tijuana.

  San Diego Innocence Project Calls For Clemency For "California 12" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Family, friends, students, activists and exonerees marched to the state Capitol in Sacramento on Friday. They're calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to grant clemency to a group of inmates known as the "California 12."

  Salvation Army centers in San Diego wraps up two-day gift event | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

More than 5,200 families and more than 1,500 children in San Diego County received gifts and food from the Salvation Army this year thanks to donations or money from the Red Kettle program.

  Covered California braces for health insurance enrollment deadline | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Enrollments under the federal health law began ramping up dramatically as the Monday deadline approached, according to Covered California, which reported tens of thousands of applicants signing up daily last week.

  UC San Diego Study Finds Total Smoking Bans Help Smokers To Quit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Smoking bans do more than protect people against secondhand smoke - new research from UC San Diego finds they actually influence smokers to try to quit.

  San Diego State University Aztecs Heading To Idaho Potato Bowl | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The San Diego State University football team is headed to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Saturday.

  Roundtable: Use Medical Pot, Lose Your Kids; Somalis Appeal Conviction; Pope Francis Simply Appeals | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

In San Diego County, using medical marijuana can cost you your kids. Four Somalis convicted in San Diego file an appeal. Pope Francis seems to appeal to Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

  ACLU Sues Feds Over Cavity Searches at US-Mexico Border | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and the ACLU of New Mexico are suing the United States Customs and Border Protection over cavity searches to a U.S. citizen.

  Three Things to Know About San Diego’s Mayoral Runoff | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

As in the primary, inewsource will be following the money with a database and visualization we intend to update daily. Here are three things to know about money in the runoff.

  Survey Finds Muslim Students In California Are Subject To Bullying | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A survey by the Council on American-Islamic Relations found biased-based bullying against Muslim students is occurring in California schools.

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