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Wildlife Killers: Birds Killed at Country Club, County Taxpayers Pay
San Diego residents helped foot the bill for birds to be killed at private country clubs, new documents reveal.
Rob Davis | January 15, 2013 | Comments (3)
What We Learned This Week
Politifest is here, the U-T San Diego is its owners’ personal weapon, candidates making a fuss about the port and more.
Rob Davis | September 29, 2012 | Comments (1)
Make This VOSD Reporter Work For Free
A last word from a long-time Voice of San Diego staff writer. Support VOSD, and he'll donate his last week's salary.
Rob Davis | September 25, 2012 | Comments (3)
Four Key Takeaways on Manchester’s New Paper
What readers should know about and expect from the new owners of the North County Times.
Rob Davis | September 17, 2012 | Comments (18)
What We Learned This Week
Doug Manchester goes for the Murdoch-by-the-Sea label. Carl DeMaio goes to Mexico. And a quick timeline update on a downtown football stadium proposal.
Rob Davis | September 15, 2012 | Comments (0)
Manchester Consolidates Power with Second Newspaper Buy
Hotelier Doug Manchester's purchase of the North County Times puts both of the county's daily newspapers under his control.
Rob Davis | September 11, 2012 | Comments (21)
The U-T’s Newspaper Merger News That Isn’t (Yet)
The flirtation between the U-T San Diego and the North County Times was reportedly consummated — a claim the U-T immediately denied.
Rob Davis | September 10, 2012 | Comments (5)
What We Learned This Week
What the airport authority predicted that hasn't happened, what Balboa Park wanted to be when it grew up and how to say goodbye to a friend.
Rob Davis | September 1, 2012 | Comments (0)
The Airport Authority’s Exaggerated Warning: Fact Check
The Airport Authority projected that take offs and landings would increase by 30 percent by 2015 as it pushed for a new airport. That's not coming true. Rob Davis checks out the actual trend.
Rob Davis | August 28, 2012 | Comments (22)
The Case of the Disappearing Coyotes: The Wildlife Killers
Coyotes and raccoons have disappeared from part of Tecolote Canyon, say residents who wonder whether Wildlife Services is responsible.
Rob Davis | August 27, 2012 | Comments (17)
San Diego’s Broken Habitat Promise: San Diego Explained
Some 33,000 undeveloped acres have been preserved in San Diego, but then festered and been forgotten. The latest installment of our partnership with NBC 7 San Diego looks at what's gone wrong.
Rob Davis | August 2, 2012 | Comments (5)
Congresswoman Pushes for Transparency from Secretive Agency: The Wildlife Killers
Federally subsidized trappers funded in part by local taxpayer dollars kill animals on private land across the county with little disclosure to the county officials that hire them.
Rob Davis | August 2, 2012 | Comments (8)
Where Killing Predators Is Praised: The Wildlife Killers
A little-known arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture kills predators to protect endangered species throughout coastal San Diego. But the lauded work explains just a fraction of what it kills here.
Rob Davis | July 31, 2012 | Comments (10)
What We Learned This Week
Alarms at San Onofre signal bad things. Some animals killed by federal trappers had names. And (surprise!) stuff really does cost money.
Rob Davis | July 21, 2012 | Comments (0)
Shooting a Mountain Lion With a Name: The Wildlife Killers
A federal agency's secrecy makes it impossible to know whether hundreds of coyotes, mountain lions and other predators were killed to protect endangered species or because they did what predators do.
Rob Davis | July 18, 2012 | Comments (9)
The Trouble With the San Onofre Nuclear Plant
Replacing four of San Onofre’s biggest components took 10 years and cost almost $700 million. It’s been a disaster. And the repercussions will extend far beyond the threat of rolling blackouts.
Rob Davis | July 18, 2012 | Comments (8)
What We Learned This Week
How not to blow up fireworks, the truth about theft and the challenges facing a mayoral hopeful's solar dreams.
Rob Davis | July 7, 2012 | Comments (0)
After VOSD Story, Marina Gets a Cleanup
We spotlighted pollution problems along San Diego Bay. And the government responded.
Rob Davis | June 25, 2012 | Comments (1)
What We Learned This Week
San Diego's response to pothole complaints is worth complaining about, teachers union is willing to negotiate after all, moving to the middle can be awkward and more.
Rob Davis | June 23, 2012 | Comments (1)
The Local Newspaper Makes National News
The New York Times takes a critical look at the U-T San Diego under its new owner, hotelier Doug Manchester.
Rob Davis | June 11, 2012 | Comments (25)
Sherman Poised for Victory, Lightner Challenged in Council Races
The party balance of the City Council will be decided by the District 1 race between Lightner and Ellis, who advanced to the November general election.
Rob Davis | June 6, 2012 | Comments (0)
Purifying Sewage: Where the Mayoral Candidates Stand
San Diego stands at the precipice of a paradigm shift in how it handles its sewage, an issue that will land squarely on the next mayor’s desk.
Rob Davis | May 29, 2012 | Comments (12)
Using the Newspaper as a Weapon
John Lynch, CEO of U-T San Diego, obliquely threatened to use the paper's coverage in a dispute with the city over a $1,000 fine the U-T faced for hanging a banner from its headquarters.
Rob Davis | May 23, 2012 | Comments (6)
Sewage Plan Envisions Massive Expansion of Wastewater Recycling
The study obtained by VOSD leaves San Diego poised to make the largest paradigm shift in how it handles its wastewater since the city stopped dumping raw sewage in San Diego Bay.
Rob Davis | May 21, 2012 | Comments (14)
Manchester Close to Expanding Empire
He says he's close to buying the OC Register, a move would give him control over two of Southern California's largest daily newspapers.
