Cup of Chisme: All About Schools

Every year, we publish school performance data, alongside helpful how-to articles, to help parents better understand our region’s education system. And this year, for the first time-ever, we’ve added private school data. If you haven’t already, you can download a free copy of our 2026 A Parent’s Guide to San Diego Schools here. Our guide…

Cup of Chisme: About Those Protesters

When City Hall reporter Mariana Martínez Barba made it to Council Chambers this week to cover a proposal to tax empty second homes and vacation rentals, she spotted dozens of people in light blue shirts. Some were holding signs that had some version of this: “Keep San Diego affordable: Say no to the rental tax.”…

Cup of Chisme: No Smiles Here

On Thursday, Mayor Todd Gloria delivered a speech about what’s next for the city. We tried to predict on the podcast what he would say during the State of the City address. After listening to his speech, it seems we got a few things right. They mayor focused on housing and doubled down on getting…

Cup of Chisme: Parking Drama

2026 is off to an interesting start. From vandalized parking meters to traumatized marine animals at local tide pools, local news headlines this week had me down. (Not to mention national news.) Luckily, our journalists focused their energy on helping readers make sense of it all. Grab some cafecito, here’s what you need to know…

Cup of Chisme: It’s Beef Week, Baby!

That’s right. Our annual series on the region’s most intense battles, disputes and beefs is back. Starting tomorrow, we’re going to publish a story every day unpacking certified beef between agencies, city leaders and … butts? Sneak peek: On the latest episode of the VOSD Podcast, my co-hosts Bella Ross and Jakob McWhinney talked about…

Cup of Chisme: Prop. 36 Ain’t Cheap

Since Californians decided it was time to get tough on crime, San Diego has started putting more people in jail, and it’s costing the region a lot of money. Our Lisa Halverstadt checked in on how things are going since voters approved changes to punishments for theft and drug crimes. She found that post-Proposition 36,…

Cup of Chisme: Fall from Grace

Poway City councilmembers met on Friday to discuss how to replace Councilmember Tony Blain, but decided to delay setting a date for a special election, CBS reports. Why is this happening? Blain resigned on Wednesday, a day after voters in his district voted to recall him. And two days after he was due in court…

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