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<p>A girls’ Catholic high school in San Diego closed after just nine days of in-class schooling after two new COVID-19 cases were reported among students.</p>
<p>Our Lady of Peace (OLP) in North Park had invested over $500,000 in modifications to help protect students and teachers from the spread of the virus, but went back to online distance learning to prevent more new cases.</p>
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Emails from 2016 show City efforts to raise the value of a building by signing a 20-year deal and the former City Attorney focuses attention on current City Attorney Mara Elliott as the final backstop for the now-crumbling deal.
Correos electrónicos internos de la ciudad de San Diego documentan esfuerzos para aumentar el valor de un edificio, y el ex fiscal de la ciudad centra la atención en la actual fiscal de la ciudad como el respaldo final para el trato ahora desmoronado.
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<p>El Servicio de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) ha realizado cambios en la frontera que alargaron los tiempos de espera hacia el norte en un esfuerzo por desalentar los viajes no-esenciales entre los EE. UU. y México.</p>
<p>“Los viajeros no-esenciales deben esperar más interrupciones en sus viajes, incluido un aumento de los tiempos de espera y la posibilidad de una inspección secundaria”, dijo un portavoz de CBP sobre los cambios recientes.</p>
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<p>The Customs and Border Protections (CBP) has made changes at the border that will increase northbound crossing wait times in an effort to discourage non-essential travel between the US and Mexico.</p>
<p>“Non-essential travelers should expect more disruption to their travel, including increased wait times and the potential for secondary inspection,” a CBP spokesperson said about the recent changes.</p>
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<p>The leader of the San Diego Republican Party appeared in a video in the 1990s with pictures of Adolf Hitler and Nazi salutes, but he now refuses to comment on why he appeared in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6SS8TE6c4o&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the video</a> with two other young men.</p>
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<p>The San Diego Padres set a record by hitting a grand slam in four consecutive games, something no team has ever done in the 144 years of professional baseball.</p>
<p>The hitting streak started on Monday when 21 year-old Fernando Tatis, Jr hit his first-ever grand slam, followed by Wil Myers’ grand slam on Tuesday, and Manny Machado’s four run homer on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>San Diego County health officials report that the daily death rate in the county has fallen below 100 per 100,000 residents for the second day in a row and could get San Diego removed from the State’s monitoring watch list if the trend continues through Friday.</p>
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<p>Former Vice-President Joe Biden made history this week when he announced that California Senator Kamala Harris will be his running mate, making her the first African-American woman and also the first Indian-American on a major party presidential ticket.</p>
<p>Kamala (pronounced ‘comma la’) Harris, who also ran in the primary election for the Democratic nomination, is the junior US Senator from California and was previously elected as the California Attorney General.</p>
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<p>New data released on Friday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that overall unemployment decreased in July, but rates for Latinos and Blacks remain stubbornly higher than that of Asians and especially White workers.</p>
<p>Latino unemployment increased 1.6% from 14.5% to 12.9% and jobless workers among Blacks decreased by less than 1% from 15.4 to 14.5%. Asians saw a the largest drop of 1.8% from 13.8% to 12%.</p>