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San Diego Christian College still has not provided inewsource with documents accounting for $20 million in expenses, which were brought to light in our investigation published Oct. 30. We have asked repeatedly for this information. Rather than sharing documentation of the expenses, however, Robert Jensen, the vice president for advancement and administration for the college, circulated to parents, students and ... Read More »
Despite rumors of its death, the Healthy California Act, a bill that would create a massive single-payer insurance system for nearly all 39 million Golden State residents, is alive and, in the eyes of its supporters, imperative. Read More »
Two San Diego hospitals have highest rates of death for emergency hip fracture patients in California. Faster care and more teamwork needed. Read More »
From the Cascade Mountains to the San Bernardino desert, more than 200 jurisdictions have switched to a more minority-friendly election system since 2004. Read More »
San Diego County waterways are safer today than they were a decade ago. Read More »
It may seem that HIV disease and AIDS are a thing of the past, because more effective drugs now keep infected people healthy and alive. It also might seem that targeted educational programs prevent transmission now that we’re nearly four decades into the epidemic. But statistics for 2014 say that’s not quite the case. In San Diego County, 480 people ... Read More »
State data on first-responders shows how a rarely used certification helps U.S. Border Patrol agents provide medical care in emergencies. Read More »
On March 3, 2015, a San Diego Gas & Electric employee stepped on to three plywood boards covering an underground vault while he inspected gas valves in Mission Valley. Then the boards gave way. The inspector fell 7 feet before crashing into valves and piping at the bottom of the concrete vault. He broke eight ribs. The accident could have ... Read More »
California scores relatively high marks in a data-driven ranking of measures to combat and expose corruption at state governments. Read More »
As individual states legalize medical marijuana without federal guidance, they are left to make their own rules. That's left patients with patients with different, even contradictory, laws depending on where they live. Read More »