Katie Anastas

The Catholic Diocese of San Diego has covered St. Katharine Drexel Academy’s deficits in past years, but said it no longer could because of its bankruptcy filing.

Nearly 1,000 teachers and other staff in the San Diego Unified School District plan to retire at the end of the year. They’re taking the district up on an offer meant to help address its budget deficit.

Education specialists say high caseloads mean they can’t give students and their families the attention they need.

Thousands of volunteers walked the streets on Thursday for this year’s point-in-time count of people who are homeless in the county. KPBS reporters take us into the field on the census day. Then, border reporter Gustavo Solis offers insight and updates on the ramped up immigration enforcement efforts happening locally and nationally. Plus, San Diego’s new poet laureate shares her vision to make poetry more accessible.

National testing data released Wednesday showed the San Diego Unified School District outperforming many other large districts.

Federal student aid data isn’t used for immigration enforcement, according to the U.S. Department of Education, but some families worry that could change under the Trump administration.

The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said it stopped forward progress shortly after 11 a.m. on a vegetation fire near Bernardo Center Drive and Camino del Norte.

San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, Friday announced her decision to step down from the board at the end of her term, Jan. 6, 2025.

The former district employees allege Jackson routinely sexually harassed them and that they were demoted for refusing his advances.