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

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  Gang Violence In San Diego's North County - What's Being Done? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Gang violence is an ongoing problem in the North County with nearly two dozen gangs claiming turf along the Highway 78 corridor.

  Corporations, Free-Market Nonprofits Foot Bill For Judicial Seminars | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

George Mason University is the top host of events.

  Scripps Researchers Map Vast Underwater Volcano the Size of San Diego County | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Harnessing electromagnetic technology often used to find offshore oil, Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers now have a better sense of just how enormous an underwater volcano off the coast of Central America really is.

  New Smartphone App Offers Info On Healthcare Quality | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A smartphone app that allows you to see how other consumers rate your medical group and health plan? Check.

  Extra Pay To City Employees Is Increasing, New Report Says | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A new report shows “specialty pay” increased by 60 percent between 2000 and 2011 in 16 San Diego County cities.

  Camp Pendleton Marines Plan Earthquake Response | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Camp Pendleton Marine Base is hosting a two-day meeting of emergency response agencies from around the nation to practice dealing with a 7.9 earthquake on the San Andreas Fault.

  California Health Officials Announce 'Cal MediConnect' Program | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Cal MediConnect will be available to nearly 500,000 people in eight counties who are eligible for both Medi-Cal and Medicare programs.

  Trial Underway In San Diego For Alleged Drug Gang Leaders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Two alleged leaders of a San Diego drug gang with roots to the Arellano-Felix drug cartel in Tijuana are on trial in San Diego for multiple murders. The trial could take a year, at a time when the county court system is dealing with massive budget cuts.

  New Research Suggests Lung Cancer Spreads Like Info On The Web | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What does lung cancer have in common with how people navigate to certain websites? Plenty, says a new study.

  Survey: California's LGBT Students Feel Unsafe | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A survey of California's LGBT students reveals many feel unsafe due to high levels of harassment and anti-gay slurs from students and staff. Do San Diego county schools make the grade when it comes to implementing programs and resources for its LGBT students?

  San Diego DA Zeroes In On Stalkers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

One in 12 women will be stalked in their lifetime. San Diego County's District Attorney has released an online podcast featuring information on how to avoid being a victim.

  Gunwalking Report Shows Homeland Security Knew Of Operation | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The report shows agents in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tried to keep rival agents in Homeland Security from discovering they were letting guns into Mexico.

  UC San Diego To Go Smoke Free | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

While UC San Diego will go smoke free this fall, SDSU's policy is still up in the air.

  Ex-Political Watchdog Chief Seeks California Fundraising Reform | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Current rules allow special interests to write checks to lawmakers minutes before key votes.

  San Diego Biotech Firm A World Leader In Sustainability | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

An area global biotechnology firm has made the list of the world’s 100 most sustainable large companies because of its actively shrinking carbon footprint.

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