San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria announced this week that the city is reopening the 13 Mission Bay Park restrooms it shut down last month because of budget cuts. A photo of poop may have helped force the reversal — which cost the city about $200,000.
Also this week: The city of San Diego issued a fine to Marvel for advertising on the Gaslamp Quarter sign during Comic Con. And school is back in session! Why one of our hosts thinks school should start later in the year and why one school district is relying on substitutes to staff special education classrooms. Also, why one legislator had no votes recorded in Sacramento more than 400 times.