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An elderly adult with underlying health conditions is the first person to die in Imperial County from complications of COVID-19, officials announced Thursday. Read More »

San Diego County has more than 7,000 hospital beds, and half are typically occupied. County healthcare models project local hospitals could run out of beds by mid-April. Read More »

Leaders of local governments and school districts across San Diego County and the state are bracing for budget challenges as coronavirus takes hold. Read More »

Imperial County, one of the poorest counties in California, has had two residents test positive for COVID-19 as of Wednesday. Read More »

Palomar College now is one of two community college districts in California to be assigned a fiscal monitor. Read More »

A lawsuit San Diego city attorney candidate Cory Briggs filed against a former San Ysidro school superintendent has been dismissed. Read More »

Palomar College President Joi Lin Blake, who’s been on paid leave since December for unknown reasons, has agreed to quit and will walk away with more than $600,000 in pay and severance. The resignation agreement, finalized Wednesday when Blake’s attorney signed it, allows her to continue on paid leave until she officially steps down on June 30. The college district’s ... Read More »

Cory Briggs brands himself as a taxpayer advocate, a reputation built on years of filing lawsuits against public agencies over taxes and environmental laws. Read More »

San Diego Christian College, long plagued by money problems, is on probation again after a regional accrediting agency found it “significantly out of compliance” with fiscal and administrative requirements. The WASC Senior College and University Commission warned of “an underlying instability in the basic financial management of the institution” and notified the private nonprofit college in Santee it has until ... Read More »