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3 days ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson |Brooke Ruth |Debbie Cruz
Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Monday, May 12th.>>>>Local Catholics tell us what they think of the new Pope. More on that next. But first... the headlines….#######Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Logan Heights has joined churches across the country in suing the federal government. They want to protect schools, hospitals and churches from immigration enforcement. For years, those were considered off-limits for raids and arrests. But the Trump administration ended that policy in January.
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1 week ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson
Walter Philips will retire as CEO of San Diego Youth Services at the end of June. Instead of slowing down, he’s pushing the pedals from San Francisco to San Diego, biking 100 miles a day to raise money in what he calls “one more adventure” for his organization. He turns 66 on Friday. The weeklong ride kicks off Saturday. “I don't ride as I once did as a young man.
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2 weeks ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson
Natalie Gonzalez learned to make tsikuri, or ‘God’s Eyes,’ as a child in a Guadalajara, Mexico school. As an adult in San Diego, she turned back to the vibrant, concentric squares of yarn two years ago. She came home from work on a Saturday night, saw two chopsticks and yarn, and her hands returned to the familiar pattern of weaving. It calmed her during a difficult time, and became her therapy. “And suddenly, when I look on my side, I had like 30 of them. Like a box.
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2 weeks ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson |Debbie Cruz |Brooke Ruth
Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Monday, April 28th.>>>>Firings and a vote of no confidence are rocking Imperial County government.More on that next. But first... the headlines….#######A toxic algae bloom in coastal waters from San Luis Obispo to San Diego has killed dozens of marine mammals, including whales. Health and environmental groups have labeled it an extreme danger zone. It’s the fourth straight year this type of algae bloom has been detected. Experts are calling it the worst one yet.
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3 weeks ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson |Debbie Cruz |Brooke Ruth
Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Thursday, April 24th.>>>>More than a hundred people with disabilities and their supporters rallied in Santee to protect Medicaid funding.More on that next. But first... the headlines….#######The San Diego City Council approved its first Mobility Master Plan earlier this week. The plan expands ways to get around the city without driving.
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3 weeks ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson |Debbie Cruz |Brooke Ruth
Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Wednesday, April 23rd. The E-P-A Administrator met with local leaders about the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis. More on that next. But first... the headlines…. #######The League of Women Voters of California is taking steps to stop a lawsuit filed last month by Representative Darrell Issa. Issa is a longtime San Diego County Republican congressmember. His lawsuit aims to block mail-in ballots from being counted after Election Day.
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1 month ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson
The Oceanside Museum of Art is celebrating neurodivergent artists with a new exhibit “The Art of Autism: A Different Lens.”The art is as wide-ranging as the autism spectrum itself. The rooms are filled with found object lamps, photographs and fabrics. On two walls hang works by Austin John Jones. In a self-portrait he is seen smiling, but the painting also shows inside his brain, where a small version of himself is curled up and crying (pictured above).
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1 month ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson |Brooke Ruth |Debbie Cruz
Good Morning, I’m Debbie Cruz….it’s Tuesday, April 8th.>>>>The U.S. government revoked the visas of at least five UCSD students. More on that next. But first... the headlines….#######Today is the last day to vote on who will represent the first district on the county board of supervisors. 13 voting centers will be open around the district from 7 in the morning until 8 at nightThe person elected will fill the seat left vacant by Nora Vargas.
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1 month ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson
“Lucky” Wong opened Lucky’s Golden Phenix Restaurant on the corner of North Park Way and Grim Avenue in 1975. For half a century, he cracked eggs and jokes there. Lucky did it all — cooking and serving clients himself, often remembering their orders by heart. He gave them Christmas gifts and hosted parties for them at the restaurant. North Park changed over those years, but Lucky and his prices never did — a full breakfast plate for under ten dollars, a San Diego miracle.
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1 month ago | 
kpbs.org | Katie Hyson
When Laila Aziz moved back to San Diego, the names on everyone’s lips were Brian Mason and Thabiti Wilson, the younger brothers of people she grew up with. They were both convicted of robbery murder, known in California as penal code 190.2a(17)(A): “felony murder special circumstances.”Mason wasn’t accused of being the actual killer, but of being an accomplice in the robbery. He still received life without parole — a sentence to die in prison. “I didn’t understand the law.
