After a state audit found the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department failed to adequately prevent and respond to the deaths of individuals in its custody, San Diego Assemblywoman Akilah Weber wrote the, “Saving Lives In Custody Act.” Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the bill on Friday. Then, a sailor charged with intentionally setting the fire that destroyed the Navy ship the USS Bonhomme Richard was acquitted in a military court. Reporting by ProPublica uncovered systemic failures that contributed to the destruction of the $1.2 billion dollar warship. And, while no lithium is being produced commercially in the Imperial Valley yet, we learn about how it is home to one of the world's largest known lithium reserves. Next, we visit a youth boxing program in Vista that got displaced from its gym last year. And, this fall, many parents experienced the emotions of sending their first born child off to college. A personal take from KPCC reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez. Finally, San Diego p
Sotu, a slam poetry champion and a teaching artist and commissioned playwright with the Old Globe and the La Jolla Playhouse, will lead a workshop on Saturday at the San Diego Writer's Festival about unlocking creativity and finding your voice.
JULY 7-13 In Fernanda Coppel’s play “King Liz” opening Tuesday at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles sports agent Liz Rico is the woman who would be “king” of her profession. https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/king-liz/?
Juneteenth is the commemoration of the end of slavery specifically in Galveston, Texas, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued.