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San Diego Pride festivities are underway. More than a quarter of a million people are expected to attend San Diego’s largest civic event in America’s Finest City.

Pride events are taking place across the country amid growing threats of violence against the LGBTQ+ community and an increasingly charged political environment, and one way that’s impacting Pride organizations’ bottom lines is with skyrocketing insurance costs. In other news, San Diego wants to crack down on companies that dig up city streets without properly fixing them after. Plus, San Diego residents are getting acquainted with the stinky, smelly part of their garbage, as organic recycling expands in the city.

Insurers wanted to charge San Diego Pride $300,000 this year for coverage that cost the nonprofit about $10,000 last year.

"For somebody like me, I've never experienced openness like this... I lived where it's shunned. Here, I'm allowed to exist and it’s a space that encourages that."

“We're here to celebrate us, each and every one of us in our incredible, beautiful diversity," said Toni Atkins, who on Saturday was acting governor.