UC San Diego’s student government group has passed a resolution calling on the university to divest from Israel. In other news, community advocates rallied Thursday in front of the Vista Detention Facility to protest the latest in-custody death that happened last weekend.
Students at UC-SD are calling on the university to divest from companies that do business with Israel. More on that next. But first... let’s do the headlines….A report published yesterday found that since the U-S-Mexican border wall height was raised from 17 feet to 30 feet four years ago, migrant drowning deaths increased by more than 3-thousand-percent.The report was written by a UC-SD medical student and professor in residence and was published in the journal JAMA.
The Concacaf Women’s gold cup finals between the U-S women’s national soccer team and Brazil takes place there on Sunday.They’ve broken every major single-game attendance record in the league’s history.“We wanna inspire future generations of San Diegans. We wanna increase, you know, the visibility of the stadium and our profile. Obviously, we want to support female athletes and it's great business.
So this weekend we will technically be losing an hour of sleep… so brace for your body clock to adjust to the change.From KPBS, you’re listening to San Diego News Now. Stay with me for more of the local news you need.UC-SD’s student government group has passed a resolution calling on the university to divest from Israel.26 out of 37 senators in the Associated Students of San Diego voted for the resolution which calls on not only UC San Diego, but the entire UC system to divest from Israel.
San Diego Restaurant Week is a bi-annual event. When is the next one happening this year, and how will it be different from this week’s event?Before we end this conversation… I’m curious, Haleigh , do you have a favorite restaurant that you plan to visit this week?
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