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Author Archives: Andrea Lopez-Villafaña

Andrea Lopez-Villafaña, Managing Editor, Daily News

Andrea oversees the production of daily news stories for Voice of San Diego. She welcomes conversations about San Diego’s communities and untold stories. Subscribe to her weekly newsletter, Cup of Chisme, at vosd.org/chisme.

Email: andrea.lopez@voiceofsandiego.org
Phone: (619) 325-0526
Twitter: @andrealopezvil

Street vendor in Ocean Beach
Posted inCup of Chisme

Cup of Chisme: Street Vendors Are Struggling

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña June 4, 2023June 3, 2023

Street vendors at a community meeting I attended last week were at their wits end. They spoke over one another at times, eager to share their own struggles with local vending rules.

Tami Grobarek at Motel 6 with her dogs North and Rags in El Cajon on May 19, 2023.
Posted inCup of Chisme

Cup of Chisme: It Just Takes One Thing Going Wrong

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña May 28, 2023May 26, 2023
Tami Grobarek and William Pendarvis with their dogs North and Rags near where they set up their tent at night in El Cajon on May 9, 2023.
Posted inHomelessness

This Couple Entered a Safe Parking Program for Stability. They Ended Up on the Street

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña and Lisa Halverstadt May 25, 2023May 25, 2023
A kindergarten student listens to herself read during a class assignment at Spreckels Elementary school in University City on April 24, 2023.
Posted inEducation

Asylum Panic Comes for Schools; Here’s Some Perspective

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña May 23, 2023May 24, 2023
A woman walks her dog in front of a mural in the East Village on May 12, 2023.
Posted inCup of Chisme

Cup of Chisme: They Called 911, But No One Showed Up or Came Too Late

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña May 21, 2023May 19, 2023
The East Village Market on May 12, 2023.
Posted inHomelessness

When the Cops Won’t Come – ‘Does Someone Have to Die?’

by Will Huntsberry and Andrea Lopez-Villafaña May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
Lot O has multiple lots and is located behind the Naval Medical Center in Balboa Park on May 8, 2023. Mayor Todd Gloria believes the lots could temporarily house as many as 400 people.
Posted inCup of Chisme

Cup of Chisme: The Mayor Changed His Mind

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña May 14, 2023May 12, 2023
View of a homeless encampment on Commercial Street in downtown on March 30, 2023.
Posted inCup of Chisme

Cup of Chisme: ‘This Is What I Was Afraid of Happening’

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña May 7, 2023May 6, 2023
People walk around in Chicano Park in Barrio Logan April 22, 2023.
Posted inCup of Chisme

Cup of Chisme: Who Runs the Park?

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña April 30, 2023April 28, 2023
53rd Annual Chicano Park Day in Barrio Logan on April 22, 2023.
Posted inNews

Unlike Other City Parks, the City Doesn’t Run This One

by Andrea Lopez-Villafaña April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

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