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The deficit-strapped San Dieguito Union High School
District has changed its calendar to get more students in school on days of high absenteeism.

A sanity trial will start Wednesday for a man convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his 84-year-old father during a rampage in which he also injured his mother and 5-year-old great-nephew.

UC San Diego officials are expected to announce Wednesday a major partnership with Mexican educators, businesses, government and nonprofit organizations that could spur economic development on both sides of the
border.

FRENCH VALLEY —- A San Diego man accused of murdering a Temecula liquor store clerk in April was charged this week with a January murder in San Diego and could face the death penalty if convicted of both crimes, officials said Tuesday.

AIDS outreach. Thirty-eight organizations that provide services to HIV/AIDS patients will split the $474,540 raised through San Diego’s annual AIDS Walk, it was announced Tuesday.

There won’t be a shortage of candidates vying to fill the congressional seat left vacant by Duke Cunningham. A number of prominent Republicans have already declared their interest, and more could enter the race. KPBS Reporter Kenny Goldberg has the story.

Three Christian student groups from San Diego State University are suing the 23 campus Cal State System. They say they’re being discriminated against because of their beliefs. KPBS reporter Beth Ford Roth has the story.

Three major hotel deals in recent weeks have made it clear that San Diego’s resort properties are in high demand from coast to coast.