4+ day, 46+ min ago   (38+ words) San Diego Council on Literacy leader Jose Cruz reflects on 40 years of expanding access to books and education...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (673+ words) SAN DIEGO, CA — The San Diego County Taxpayers Association has announced support for five of nine statewide propositions -- including one focused on middle-class home ownership -- on the Nov. 3 ballot. The group announced that it is supporting: -- Proposition 37, the Middle-Class Homeownership…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (730+ words) As students return to colleges across the country, two are missing at Brown University: Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov. Dual victims of a campus shooting in December, they appeared to share little beyond a rigorous work ethic. Ella, a sophomore…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (459+ words) Leaving a neighborhood restaurant in South Park, one of us carried leftovers we planned to enjoy the next day. Just outside the restaurant was an elderly woman sitting on the sidewalk, clearly homeless and hungry. We handed her the leftovers....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (107+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “Producing water can protect the Colorado River” (Aug. 20): It is absolutely ridiculous to argue that the nation can “solve its [water] supply problem the way the U.S. has overcome many great challenges — through innovation and…...

2+ week, 24+ min ago   (140+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “Don’t hammer families with new utility bailout” (Aug. 26): Nicole Capretz is on target with her commentary appealing to California’s legislators to put their constituents before power company shareholders. SDG&E shareholders continue to enjoy record profits…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (388+ words) It seems a long time ago when Economist Kenichi Ohmae foresaw a shift in The End of the Nation State, arguing that cross-border metropolitan regions — not nation-states — would become the primary engines of growth and innovation. Americans look to Washington…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (158+ words) Do our incompetent city officials ever learn from their past blunders? Again, only after massive public outcry, do these officials running — ruining — our city finally relent after wasting time,... Re “Mission Bay Park restrooms to reopen after public furor” (Aug....

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (20+ words) Mission Bay Park restrooms reopen after six-week closure NBC 7 San Diego Mission Bay Park restrooms reopen after six-week closure...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1527+ words) In the final few weeks of his last legislative session as California governor, Gavin Newsom is asking lawmakers to help reduce how much profit-making utility companies must pay out after wildfires. His administration has for weeks floated to lawmakers a…...