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  • 2 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Katie Hyson |Brooke Ruth |Debbie Cruz

    Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Friday, May 23rd.>>>>Multiple people were killed when a private plane crashed into a Tierrasanta neighborhood.More on that next. But first... let’s do the headlines….########The new pope has made his first American bishop appointment by filling a vacancy in San Diego. He selected Michael Pham for the role. Pham was born in Vietnam and ordained a priest in San Diego in 1999.

  • 2 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Katie Hyson

    Annette Hubbell wrote a one-woman show. In it, she portrays historical figures – white, like herself, and Black. “It never occurred to me that that might even be an issue,” she said. “I was telling their stories, bringing them alive.”Rancho Santa Fe Library asked her to perform her show for Women’s History Month in 2024, she said. She gave them a list of characters to pick from.

  • 2 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Katie Hyson |Brooke Ruth |Debbie Cruz

    Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Monday, May 19th.>>>>Afghan refugees in San Diego are at risk of being sent back. More on that next. But first... the headlines….#######The City of San Diego is preparing to put the old central library building downtown up for sale or lease. The half-block property on Eighth Avenue and E Street has sat empty for two years. Bidders on the property will have to set aside at least a quarter of any proposed residential units for affordable housing.

  • 3 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Katie Hyson

    La parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Logan Heights se ha unido a una demanda contra el gobierno federal para mantener las acciones de inmigración fuera de "lugares sensibles". En enero, la administración Trump revocó una política de larga data que generalmente mantenía lugares como iglesias, escuelas y hospitales fuera del alcance de redadas y arrestos de inmigración. “Eso simplemente envió, yo diría, ondas de miedo a través de la comunidad”, dijo el reverendo Scott Santarosa.

  • 3 weeks ago | kpbs.org | Katie Hyson

    Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Logan Heights has joined a lawsuit against the federal government to keep immigration enforcement out of “sensitive locations.”In January, the Trump administration took back a longstanding policy that generally kept places like churches, schools and hospitals off-limits to immigration raids and arrests. “That just sent, I would say, fear tremors throughout the community,” said Reverend Scott Santarosa.