Rory Devine

The San Diego Unified School District approved a $1.6 billion budget for the 2020-21 school year, with money left over to reopen schools. The state did not cut money to education, as it had planned to do, and instead dealt the district $90 million of federal COVID-19 emergency relief funds. The district used half that money to help balance its budget,…

The San Diego Unified School District got $90 million from a federal COVID-19 Emergency Fund, reports NBC 7’s Rory Devine.

The new interim Superintendent of the Sweetwater Union High School District said he is focused on the work. He had only been on the job two days when he spoke to NBC 7 Friday. Wednesday night, board trustees voted 4-1 to place Superintendent Karen Janney on paid administrative leave and named Aguirre as her interim replacement. The change came after…

The Sweetwater Union High School District Board voted Wednesday to place its superintendent on paid administrative leave in the wake of a financial audit that found evidence of fraud involving her and other current or former employees.

The audit of the Sweetwater Union High School District’s finances was conducted by the Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), which found “significant evidence of fraud”

The audit of the Sweetwater Union High School District’s finances was conducted by the Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), which found “significant evidence of fraud,” reports NBC 7 education reporter Rory Devine.

Evidence indicating fraud, misappropriation of funds, and other illegal fiscal practices by the hands of current and former employees was found in a state audit of the Sweetwater Union High School District (SUHSD). The evidence was the result of an 18-month investigation into the district’s financial woes by the state’s independent Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team (FCMAT). The scope...

NBC 7s Jackie Crea has the details from the audit report

Two images of a swastika inadvertently ended up in a yearbook for the Creative Performing and Media Arts Middle School in Clairemont, upsetting a parent and her friends in the Jewish community. “I saw it there, I think initially felt shock because I tried to rationalize why it would be there,” said Jennifer Ritter, who is Jewish. The swastikas were…

The Cajon Valley Union School District approved a plan Thursday to re-open campuses, but as much as parents want their children to go back to school, not all of them are happy. Parents would be given three options: distance learning, a hybrid of distance learning and online learning at school, and five days a week at school where students would…

The death of George Floyd seen in video pinned under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer begging for his life has renewed pleas from a group of local San Diegans. Yusef Miller, with the Racial Justice Coalition, I Can’t Breathe Campaign, hosted a zoom news conference Friday calling for a ban on the carotid restraint used by some...

Some San Diegans are calling for the ban on the carotid restraint following the death of George Floyd’s death.

Good news for working parents and their cooped-up children: The San Diego YMCA told NBC 7 on Wednesday it is moving forward with plans to open summer day camps toward the end of June. The plan, while not officially announced, is based on guidance it received from the county and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the YMCA said…

NBC 7’s Rory Devine breaks down the YMCA’s plan.

On top of navigating a household’s income and health during the coronavirus pandemic, parents have an extra hurdle to overcome: homeschooling their children. In this week’s episode, Tom Jones and Dorian Hargrove hear from two San Diego County parents on what’s working and what needs work when it comes to them keeping their children’s grades on track. Listen to...

Distance learning is the new way of teaching — NBC 7’s Rory Devine takes a look at how teachers in Carlsband prepared for the launch of the new system.

A victim of assault at the hands of former San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Richard Fischer has started a petition on social media asking the judge presiding over Fischer’s case to give the ex-deputy the maximum sentence and require him to register as a sex offender.

At least 38 units at an apartment complex in Nestor were damaged after a creek overflowed Thanksgiving Day. Families spent Friday trying to clean up and salvage what they could.

Five stories you may have missed this week include suspect in deadly Church’s Chicken shooting pleads not guilty, Chula Vista cosmetic surgeon sued over patient’s death and an arrest made in deadly Escondido hit-and-run.

NBC 7’s Rory Devine is in Sunset Cliffs after a body was found floating in the water on Thursday afternoon.