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San Diego Community College District increases minimum wage as state wage lags behind high cost of living
A new report from the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office shows the $16 minimum wage statewide does not keep up with the cost of living, especially in coastal cities. Meanwhile, SDCCD is hoping their minimum wage hike sets an example for the rest of the state.
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What makes people happy? California lawmakers want to find out
A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to rethink policymaking by creating a committee to study how to make people happier. It is called the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes and lawmakers held its first hearing this week.
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Judge will appoint special master to oversee California federal women's prison after rampant abuse
A judge will appoint a special master to oversee a federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates. The Friday order encompasses the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin. The is prison is about 21 miles east of Oakland. It marks the first time a facility run by the federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to...
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Fire burns for over 2 hours at California mansion of actor Cara Delevingne
A house fire burned for at least two hours Friday morning at a hillside home in Studio City.
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‘It was deeply hurtful': Lawsuit asks court to declare California boy with autism a ‘nuisance'
A San Jose mother says she is saddened that a former neighbor is now suing her because her child is on the autism spectrum.
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California bullet train project faces funding challenges
California’s high-speed rail project between San Francisco and Los Angeles is facing major funding hurdles.
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Border agents halt attempted exotic-bird smuggling in Tecate
Border agents caught a motorist trying to smuggle 21 parrots and a toucan into the United States from Mexico last weekend through Tecate Port of Entry, authorities reported Tuesday.
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Chinese American family repays decades-old favor with $5M donation to SDSU Black students
A Black family rented their Coronado home to a Chinese family when no one else would. Now, they’re donating $5 million to Black San Diego State University students using proceeds from the sale of the house.
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Chinese family donates $5M to black SDSU students in honor of Black family who rented to them
Two families bonded together through one home and a kind gesture, and decades later, the Dongs are paying it forward, NBC 7’s Omari Fleming reports.
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Warden ousted as FBI again searches California federal women's prison plagued by sexual abuse
The warden of a troubled federal women’s prison in California has been ousted months into his tenure.
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Beverly Hills middle school expels 5 students after deepfake nude photos incident
The eighth graders were accused of using generative AI to create fake images of 16 classmates.
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New trial opens for 2 California friends after Italy court tosses convictions in Rome officer's slaying
A new trial of two American men has begun in the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer during a botched sting operation after Italy’s highest court threw out their convictions.
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WATCH: Protesters calling for ceasefire interrupt Rep. Adam Schiff's Super Tuesday speech
As Rep. Adam Schiff made a victory speech after securing his spot in the race for U.S. Senate, he was interrupted by protesters of the Israe-Hamas war in Gaza.
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First-time Calif. homebuyer program could expand to include undocumented people
Many people in California consider buying a house a tough task. In 2023, home first-time homebuyers embarked on a new path to homeownership through a state-funded down payment assistance program known as “Dream for All.” Now, the program could soon be expanded to allow undocumented immigrants that live in California to use the program. California State Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula…
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This is what California's high speed rail system could look like
The latest renderings of what California’s high speed rail system could one day look like call for massive buildings, large plazas and shade structures.
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Undocumented people may become eligible for first-time homebuyers program
NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry has more details on a bill from a California State Assemblymember that changes the program’s language of who is eligible.
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Masked shooters kill 4 people and wound 7 at an outdoor party in California, police say
Police say a group of men in masks opened fire at an outdoor party in central California, killing four people and wounding seven others. The King City Police Department says officers responded to a reported shooting around 6 p.m. Sunday and found three men dead with gunshot wounds in a front yard. A woman also died after being brought to...
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Neighbor with broomstick chases off dog attacking 7-year-girl in California
A 7-year-old girl walking to school was injured Thursday when she was attacked by a dog in a Victorville neighborhood.
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Club-wielding naked woman gets into fight on Venice Beach boardwalk as stunned onlookers film brawl
A bizarre altercation between two women at Venice Beach had onlookers do a double take earlier this week.
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California governor launches ads to fight abortion travel bans
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an ad campaign urging voters in several Republican-controlled states to speak up against laws designed to prohibit out-of-state travel for abortions.