Tag: San Diego

Lecturer Oscar "Ozzie" Monge is well known at San Diego State University for being a prominent voice in favor of retiring the school's Aztec mascot due to cultural appropriation (screenshot)

Red Alert Politics

Native American lecturer discriminated against white students

Lauren Cooley · January 5, 2018 5:01 am

Leadership from CAL FIRE has reached out to the family of the deceased officer and more details will be made public once they are confirmed. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Fighterfighter killed while battling California wildfire

Katie Leach · December 14, 2017 10:03 pm

"[Customs and Border Protection] is testing the prototypes against the techniques used by smugglers on the southwest border to circumvent [the] current border barrier," Carlos Diaz, CBP Southwest Branch chief, told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Elliott Spagat)

Border Patrol test prototypes for Trump’s border wall with jackhammers, saws

Naomi Lim · December 6, 2017 11:25 pm

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges' survey found that only 22 percent of trustees thought that preparing graduates for the workforce was the most important role for higher education institutions in the 21st century. This figure reveals the key disconnect in priorities between students and the colleges they attend. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

Survey: Career prep is not a top priority for college trustees

Brendan Pringle · November 23, 2017 3:15 pm

Contractors have completed eight prototypes of President Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico, triggering a period of rigorous testing to determine if they can repel sledgehammers, torches, pickaxes, and battery-operated tools. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP, Pool)

Trump’s border wall prototypes: All for nothing?

Anna Giaritelli, Gabby Morrongiello · October 27, 2017 4:01 am

Beltway Confidential

Will the NFL’s reception in Los Angeles persuade cities and owners to resist relocation?

Eric Peterson · October 8, 2017 4:01 am

Women make up 8.4 percent of the Marine Corps, and the service has been examining integration of male and female Marine recruits for more than a year. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

National Security

Marine Corps mulls plan to let female Marines train in California

Melissa Quinn · August 8, 2017 5:03 pm

The border structure separating San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it has issued a waiver to get around environmental rules and speed up border construction projects near San Diego, one of the country's busiest border sectors. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Energy and Environment

DHS waives environmental rules to boost San Diego border

Anna Giaritelli · August 1, 2017 12:35 pm

The agency has received hundreds of bids, but hasn't yet chosen vendors. (Gleason Partners LLC via AP)

DHS to begin building border wall prototypes in San Diego

Josh Siegel · June 27, 2017 10:48 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take a case about the boundaries of the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass)

Supreme Court refuses to hear high-stakes Second Amendment handgun case

Ryan Lovelace · June 26, 2017 1:44 pm

Border agents apprehended four Chinese nationals allegedly attempting to cross illegally from Tijuana, Mexico into the U.S. by way of San Ysidro Port of Entry near San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday evening. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Four Chinese nationals caught crossing from Mexico to US in trunk

Anna Giaritelli · March 17, 2017 12:03 am

The two Third Marine Aircraft Wing single-seat F/A-18 Hornets struck each other in mid-air after departing the Air Station Miramar base on a training mission, according to a report. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

National Security

Two Marine jets collide off the coast of San Diego

Anna Giaritelli · November 9, 2016 11:19 pm