These were the most-read stories for the week of Aug. 27- Sept. 02.
1. 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.
2. Morning Report: Is Airport Doomsday Still on Way?
Retiring Pinocchio, eight stage performances a week, Chargers update, Jerry’s choice and how pandas say ‘let’s hang out.’
3. 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.
4. How Balboa Park and the Navy Got Forced to Coexist
How did a park, originally set aside in 1868 as a 1,400-acre natural preserve, wind up housing a federal military complex?
5. No Fines for Unpermitted U-T Car Museum
The newspaper built parts of a showcase for classic cars at its headquarters without required permission, but won’t be fined.
6. Morning Report: An Uneasy Union in Balboa Park
Missing coyotes, quakes rattle county, farm worker shortage, Sanders pitches to GOP and a bit of political dish (literally).
7. San Onofre’s Problems: San Diego Explained
We team up with NBC 7 San Diego to explain what’s kept the nuclear power plant offline almost all year.
8. Where Borrowing $105 Million Will Cost $1 Billion: Poway Schools
After putting together a bond that will cost taxpayers almost 10 times what they borrowed, the Poway Unified School District has become California’s poster child for a form of exotic financing.
9. Morning Report: What Happened to Balboa Park’s Last Plan
They raised money and had a plan. Where’d it go? San Onofre, explained. San Diegans OK with wastewater recycling, mostly.
10. A Plan, and Money, for Balboa Park Fixes – For a Time
The process to plan Balboa Park’s future stretched for the better part of the 1980s and stirred up long-running debates that continue today.
Dagny Salas is the web editor at Voice of San Diego. You can contact her directly at dagny.salas@voiceofsandiego.org or 619.550.5669.
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