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Open enrollment for Covered California is here again, with options to change or start coverage starting in November.

CBS 8 anchor Marcella Lee hosted the event and received a special surprise.

On Thursday, March 24, at the 22nd Annual Cool Women al fresco luncheon and ceremony to be held at the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, Girl Scouts San Diego will celebrate five local leaders who are making the world a better place and serving as outstanding role models for girls.

This Latina landed the vice chair seat on a powerful San Diego board By Max Rivlin-Nadler © Courtesy of Nora Vargas' campaign website Nora Vargas is the newly elected vice chair of the powerful San Diego Board of Supervisors. It was a rare rainy morning in National City, California, just a few miles north of the border between the United States and Mexico. Nora Vargas, a Planned Parenthood executive and community college board member, was going door-to-door trying to do something no Latina had done before — win a seat on the powerful San Diego County Board of Supervisors....

The report says 80% of job losses during the pandemic are within the three sectors. Latinas account for 14% of total county employment but 20% of employment in those industries. Even before the pandemic, Latino workers suffered from lower than average wages, less access to health care and to job-related benefits, authorities said. Advertisement There are more than half a million Latinas in San Diego County, representing 17% of the population. Prior to COVID-19 , nearly one in five Latinas were living in households below the poverty level. About 70% of Latino residents live in ZIP codes wit...