What you need to know about desalination, a growing source of drinking water
by Associated Press
As climate change intensifies droughts, disrupts rainfall patterns and fuels wildfires, more regions are turning to the sea for drinking water.
Desalination, which is the process of removing salt from seawater, offers a way to produce freshwater in regions that lack sufficient rain, rivers or groundwater to meet demand. Today, it supplies water to hundreds of millions of people worldwide, from the Middle East to the U.S., and its use is growing as water scarcity deepens.
Here’s what you need to know.
Border Report: The Cross-Border Effort to Assist Victims of Violence
by Kate Morrissey | Voice of San Diego
Across the country, advocates are worried that the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies and anti-immigrant rhetoric are preventing immigrant victims of violence from coming forward.
A December 2025 report from the Alliance for Immigrant Survivors, a national network of advocates and allies, found that about 70 percent of people who work with survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking reported that immigrant survivors are hesitating to come forward because of concerns about deportation and that more than a third reported that survivors they worked with decided to drop cases against their abusers because of those concerns.
The Mexican consulate in San Diego said its staff at the Comprehensive Women’s Care Window observed a 40 percent decrease in requests for assistance from January to July 2025, which it believed to be the result of fears related to immigration consequences.
SDCCU Invites the Community to Attend a Free Webinar on Cybersecurity
By San Diego County Credit Union
SAN DIEGO, Calif., (April 06, 2026) – San Diego County Credit Union® (SDCCU®), one of California’s largest locally-owned financial institutions, is going one-on-one with cybersecurity expert Jim Stickley during an interactive interview on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (PT). This free webinar is open to the public, but registration is required. For more details or to register, please visit sdccu.com/fww.
Stickley will offer an inside look into various cyberattack methods that criminals use and detail how to reduce your risk by explaining actual cases. He will focus on the most current scams, including AI, scam emails and texts, fraudulent IRS phone calls, phishing attempts, malicious apps, and more.
“As our daily lives become increasingly connected online, cybersecurity isn’t optional, but essential to protecting our financial well-being,” said SDCCU President and CEO Teresa Campbell. “That’s why SDCCU is committed to giving back through accessible educational webiars, empowering our community with the knowledge and resources to stay safe and financially secure.
Stickley has successfully stolen credit cards and social security numbers, robbed banks, created fake ATMs, broken into armed government facilities, and stolen from teenagers. Stickley, who has over 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, was hired by corporations to perform attacks to test their security and see just how easy it is to commit identity theft. His job is to find security flaws before the real criminals find them and help educate people and organizations about what they can do to protect themselves.
Stickley is also the CEO of Stickley on Security and can be seen throughout the United States speaking on topics that range from basic identity theft to national cyberterrorism. Stickley has been featured on numerous TV news programs, is a frequent guest on NBC’s Today Show, and is the security expert featured in LifeLock™ infomercials.
This webinar is part of Financial Wellness Wednesdays, an ongoing program hosted by SDCCU to help the community access free financial wellness information. For a complete list of upcoming Financial Wellness Wednesday presentations, visit sdccu.com/fww.
SDCCU is one of the nation’s top credit unions and was named one of America’s Best Regional Credit Unions in 2026 by Newsweek, ranked a top credit union in California in 2025 by Forbes, and voted San Diego’s BEST Credit Union for 2025 in The San Diego’s Union-Tribune Readers Poll. SDCCU proudly serves the financial needs of customers in Southern California counties, including Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura. SDCCU has more than 412,000 customers and 30,000 surcharge-FREE ATMs. SDCCU provides breakthrough banking products that meet the demands of today’s lifestyle and delivers banking services that save customers money. SDCCU is leading the way, offering FREE Checking with eStatements, SDCCU mobile banking, mortgage loans, auto loans, Visa® credit cards and business banking services. Federally insured by NCUA. Membership required. Equal Housing Opportunity. NMLS #580585. For more information, visit www.sdccu.com.