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

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  Medicare Audit Forces San Diego Hospice To Close | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The largest hospice provider in California, San Diego Hospice, announced it will cease operations in the midst of a lengthy federal audit.

  San Diego Republicans, Democrats React To Obama's State Of The Union | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

President Obama addressed the war in Afghanistan, immigration, the budget and gun control in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. We hear from San Diego's Democratic and Republican parties for their take on his speech and how it affects San Diego.

  New Mexico State Offers Family-Style Housing To Student Veterans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The transition into college is hard enough for most students. It's even harder for military veterans whose life experience differs greatly from their peers. New Mexico State University is starting a new housing model for them.

  Delta Smelt Deaths Means Less Water for Central and Southern California | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Too many fish deaths in the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta are forcing the California Department of Water Resources to reduce the amount of water pumped to the Central Valley and southern California.

  Japanese Troops Training At Camp Pendleton, Part of Larger Asia Focus | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Hundreds of Japanese troops and Camp Pendleton Marines have trained together every year in Southern California since 2006.

  San Diego Teacher Arrested, Charged With Possessing Weapons At School | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Seventh- and eighth-grade English teacher Ned Carter Walker was arrested Monday on charges of possessing multiple weapons on a San Diego Unified campus.

  San Diego Councilmen Want Port Issue Raised Again | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The fight over San Diego’s Port appointments may not be over yet. Two city councilmen are trying to revive the issue.

  California Could Expand Practice For Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Should nurse practitioners and physician assistants be allowed to operate independently? Some California lawmakers think so.

  Security Breach: Are You Safe On SD Trains and Trolleys? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Private transit cops in San Diego say they’re unequipped to protect the public because the company and agencies in charge are doing the job on the cheap.

  San Diego Bishop Reacts To Pope's Retirement | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The change in Rome means change in San Diego.

  Why Whooping Cough Is Becoming Resistant To Vaccine | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows cases of whooping cough in the U.S. may be resistant to the vaccine.

  Drug Violence Dropped In Mexico In 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A new report from the University of San Diego Trans-Border Institute shows drug-related violence in Mexico is down.

  Bipartisan Congress Members 'Get Pinned' For State Of Union | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Freshman San Diego Congressman Scott Peters will join about 40 other members of Congress Tuesday, wearing a bipartisan pin during the President's State of the Union address.

  Mitsubishi Report Not On Agenda At NRC Meeting On San Onofre | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds a public meeting this week to go over a proposal to restart the San Onofre nuclear power plant. A report suggesting the operator knew about problems with faulty steam generators before they were installed will not be on the agenda.

  Filner's Tijuana Office Still Not Open | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

San Diego Mayor Bob Filner promises his new Tijuana office will open soon, but there have been a couple of hiccups so far.

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