1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (609+ words) If you're tuning into city budget conversations, you've likely heard about a spike in middle managers that's contributed to the city's budget crisis. What's been less clear is the roles those new managers have taken on, why their ranks have…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (575+ words) I don't own a home in San Diego. Like many residents, I rent. I feel the pressure of rising costs. I understand how difficult it is for working people and families to find stable, affordable housing in this city. And…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1341+ words) Following the 2024 presidential election, talk among South County politicos centered on the surprising shift to the right of the region's majority Latino voters." I wasn't surprised by that shift, based on reporting I'd done. Latino voters and politicians I talked…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (680+ words) Voters countywide will decide in November whether to approve a half-cent sales tax hike to fund healthcare, yet-to-be-specified Tijuana River sewage solutions, child care and public safety. The county Registrar of Voters has confirmed that the coalition behind the San…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1071+ words) San Marcos Mayor Rebecca Jones and Vista Mayor John Franklin have a lot in common." They're both Republicans with similar policy beliefs. Both are mayors of neighboring cities in inland North County. And now, they're both battling for the same…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (631+ words) A company that has recently been sued for allegedly violating the Clean Water Act recently won a no-bid contract to continue operating a vital wastewater treatment plant on the U. S. -Mexico border." Veolia has been operating the plant for years. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (337+ words) To secure a victory in the war over competing county governance reform measures, County Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer on Wednesday agreed to a key concession to keep her pitch moving toward the November ballot " and tackle a key criticism addressed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1132+ words) Years after floodwaters inundated the southern San Diego neighborhood of Shelltown, residents are reporting health issues: breathing problems, boil-like skin infections, and unexplained bone pains are among them." The lingering impacts from the 2024 flood aren't unique. Governments often spring into…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1050+ words) A shuttered portion of Friendship Park, where people from both sides of the U. S. -Mexico border used to meet, touch fingers through the fence and hold binational church services on Sundays has turned into a graveyard for dead sea birds. Friendship…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (648+ words) Employees in two county labor unions will get a chance to seek pay increases if a proposed sales tax hike championed by the county's largest union prevails in November." SEIU Local 221 and Teamsters Local 986, which represents construction and maintenance workers,…...