The 3,786 or so inmates at California’s Donovan Correctional Facility on Otay Mesa, a half mile from the Mexico–United States border, are getting generally so-so medical care, says a new audit by the state’s Office …
September 27, 2021
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Audit hits Donovan state prison for shoddy tuberculosis care, loose injectable handling
Ocean Beach and Pacific Beach – open-air insane asylums?
In Ocean Beach the lack of any code enforcement, compassionate or otherwise, continues to fuel health and safety concerns for the those who live there permanently. Homeless encampments on the beach, on the bluffs, litter …
September 27, 2021
San Diego's smoggiest days, Fall migrant birds
The Smoggiest Days of the Year are most likely to occur during the next several weeks. Persistent temperature inversions (warmer air overlying cool marine air) are frequent this time of year. These inversions conspire with …
September 27, 2021
The ugly war housing of Midway-Rosecrans, San Diego's Japanese imprisoned in Poston, Arizona
The Frontier They Want Us to Forget By the late 1960s, the only Frontier structures that still remained were two war-era public schools, Barnard Elementary and the Midway Continuation High School. The city council had …
September 27, 2021