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As the coronavirus escalates in San Diego, hospitals have put restrictions on protective respirator masks to conserve their stockpiles. Read More »

San Diego County officials say they’re providing healthcare facilities with all the medical supplies they need during the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, but community health centers that cater to low-income and uninsured patients are still having to look elsewhere. Read More »

Federal monitors raised concerns about the IRC's housing placement practices months before the organization’s employees committed additional violations. Read More »

Nearly 2 years old and barefoot, Jana Zain Alabedeen wobbles around the front lawn of her family’s new home in El Cajon. The toddler plays with a tub of blocks in the corner, moves on to a worn baseball on the ground, then finally settles on rolling a basketball about the fenced-in yard. Her father, Samir Zain Alabedeen, encourages her ... Read More »

The International Rescue Committee’s acting executive director in San Diego details changes made after a KPBS investigation found refugee families were placed in homes that were too small for the size of the families. Read More »

After a posting for the position appeared online last week, the IRC's national office confirmed the San Diego executive director is no longer with the agency. Read More »

The International Rescue Committee says it has found problems with the way its San Diego branch placed refugees in rental housing. Read More »

Three large refugee families that a local nonprofit helped resettle at an El Cajon apartment complex are being asked to move because they have too many people living in their homes. Read More »

Refugees say resettlement workers put them at risk of losing their homes because falsified lease documents omitted occupants. Read More »