A look at Proposition 29, which would tax cigarettes to raise money for cancer research, and the four candidates for San Diego City Council District 1.
Voters in San Diego will decide in a few weeks whether the city should end its traditional pension system for most new workers and switch to a 401(k). But KPBS reporter Katie Orr says if Proposition B passes, it'll raise another big question for the city.
The question-and-answer portion of Mayor Jerry Sanders' budget announcement, where he tosses in a few harsh words for City Councilman and mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio.
Mexico is the midst of a huge project to reform its criminal justice system. A key piece of the reform is the adoption of a new kind of trial process where lawyers argue their cases publicly in the courtroom. This means lots and lots of training. As Jill Replogle from the Fronteras Desk reports, one San Diego university is helping get the ball rolling.
Mateo Camarillo, a businessman and longtime social activist in the Latino community, and
Marti Emerald, former radio and television investigative reporter and current San Diego City Councilwoman representing District 7, talk to KPBS about their runs for District 9.
Both sides of the debate over the Plaza de Panama project at Balboa Park and an elementary school teacher who teaches students about reading and writing through playing the blues.
Nuclear power is a hot topic these days, following the explosions at Fukushima, Japan last year, and problems at San Onofre that have shut down the plant. KPBS reporter Alison St John visited General Atomics on Sorrento Mesa, where researchers are looking for better ways to generate nuclear power.
Welton Jones, member of the Balboa Park Committee of 100, and David Marshall, the city of San Diego's preservation consultant for the Plaza de Panama project, debate the plans to change Balboa Park.
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