The Canyon Crest Academy student-run business CocoLoco, which repurposes coconut shells to create succulent planters and candles, recently won the 2023 Global Possibilities Award at the Junior Achievement National Student Leadership Summit in Washington D.C.
There’s a virtual wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. It’s a mass network of nearly 300 surveillance cameras, motion sensors and drones. Plus, California’s status as a safe haven for reproductive rights could be undermined Friday, depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on access to a commonly used abortion drug. Then, it’s a weekend of celebrations in San Diego County Chicano Park Day, Earth Day and Shakespeare’s 459th birthday.
Cold blooded animals that require heating lamps are jacking up the heating bill for an Escondido nonprofit that helps rescue the reptiles. Then, community advocates are calling for Sheriff Kelly Martinez to start body scanning all jail staff, after a sheriff’s deputy was arrested for allegedly having drugs in his car on jail property. Plus, an update in the push to legalize lowrider cruising.