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Employees, Families Worried As California Prison COVID-19 Cases Pass 19,600

Rancho Peñasquitos mother Cheryl Canson said she’s become increasingly concerned about her son, Jordan Jackson, an inmate at California State Prison, Sacramento. Jackson, who was sentenced to 35 years...

California's Community Colleges Are Getting Shortchanged

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us California’s 116 community colleges receive a fraction of the per-student spending compared to public universities in Calif...

Building Toward a Brighter Future For San Diego Women

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Email it to hoa@ivn.us The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing recession have forced Californians and San Diegans to grapple with a new reality. Dai...

Governor’s Veto of High School Ethnic Studies Was the Right Decision

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.us Gov. Gavin Newsom made the right decision when he vetoed Assembly Bill 331 that would have required all public hi...

San Diego’s Filipino American Community Says Its Voice Will Finally Be Heard

Hear more of this story at 6 p.m. Wednesday on "The Extra Point" on Mightier 1090am. When Filipino American MaryRose Peralta was demoted from her position at Chula Vista High School in June this year,...

Welcome to Zoom University. That’ll Be $500.

Matthew Villongco stopped by the UCLA campus to see his friends on a Thursday night during his first year of community college. An airy lounge surrounded by a glass wall, packed to the brim with stude...

Language Barriers Create Obstacles for San Diego’s Refugee Business Owners

When Hana Muhammad’s family left war-torn Somalia for the U.S. more than 20 years ago, it was the International Rescue Committee that helped them resettle in San Diego where the nonprofit has an offic...

Systemic Racism: How Disparate Investments in Public Education Fuel Social Inequality

This is Part Two of a two-part series on racism and the education system. Read Part One here. ‍ Data supporting the direct link between family income and student achievement rely mostly on test scores...

Breonna Taylor Rally: Why San Diegans Are Protesting

Protesters throughout the U.S. marched this week after a Kentucky grand jury determined it would not bring charges against Louisville officers who shot and killed Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black w...

California for All? Few Public Schools Pursuing Elementary Waivers

Diana Marrone felt alone and out of options. The single mother of a 5-year-old kindergartener had struggled to balance her full-time job while guiding her daughter’s remote learning. Marrone’s mother ...

State Auditor Blasts UC for Admitting Unqualified Students Based on Wealthy Connections

A stinging report issued by California’s state auditor today slams the University of California for a culture of privileging wealth and access over merit in its admissions process, galvanizing concern...

‘I Miss Her’: COVID-Induced Isolation Continues for Many San Diego Seniors

Bankers Hill resident Rebecca Mitsingas lives just 5 miles away from her mother, Suzanne Papp, yet she misses her. She went from seeing her 77-year-old mother daily to rarely now because of the corona...
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