What it Takes to Survive in Our Region
The numbers are stacked against San Diegans. Costs are up for housing, gas, utility bills and more. Four individuals gave Voice of San Diego an inside look at their household budgets to show just how much it costs to live in this county.
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Morning Report: South Bay and the Immigration Crackdown
San Diego’s South Bay has long taken pride in its deep connections to Mexico. Enter the second Trump administration, which has thrown the region’s cross-border identity, culture and commerce into chaos. San Diego hasn’t seen…
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Border Report: Deaths Prompt Detention Center Inspections
Mexican consul general in San Diego estimated that staff conduct between 40 and 50 interviews at the Border Patrol stations, and six to 10 interviews in ICE detention every day.
Environment Report: Tijuana River’s Toxic Gas Gets Legislated
State Sen. Steve Padilla is running a bill to strengthen regulations for toxic hydrogen sulfide gas.
Border Report: The Cross-Border Effort to Assist Victims of Violence
The Consul General of Mexico in San Diego and the San Diego District Attorney are working together to support survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.
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LAFCO: Dissolve the Water Authority? Not Yet.
Getting rid of the San Diego County Water Authority might be the best way to address regional water costs and needs in the future. That’s what the plurality of concepts…
Mayor Gloria’s Budget Cuts Fund for Underserved Neighborhoods
The budget further dissolves what remains of the Sustainability and Mobility Department which led the city’s climate action.
We Helped Defuse SeaWorld’s Fireworks. You’re Welcome.
Two years after bird bodies washed up on Mission Bay shores following a barrage of fireworks shows, SeaWorld San Diego says it will switch to using mostly drones instead. Voice…
Education
San Diego Unified Promised to Fix a School’s Plumbing 14 Years Ago. It’s Still Leaking
District leaders have advertised a fix to the plumbing of the School of Creative and Performing Arts in three successive bond measures dating back to 2012. Still, the school is…
The Learning Curve: Supe Wants Free Child Care – All She Needs Is $2 Billion
San Diego Unified Superintendent Fabiola Bagula wants to create a free, universal child care system in San Diego. She says she can’t do it alone.
San Diego Teachers Union Passes No Confidence Resolution for Prez
The resolution charged President Kyle Weinberg with engaging in ‘a pattern of decisions being made without required board approval, undermining the authority of this board.’