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Morning Report: Del Mar Teachers and Parents Demand Investigation Into Staff Climate
Growing tension between teachers and district leaders at Del Mar Union School District, along with a string of staff dismissals, has led to parents and community members requesting an internal investigation. For the past few weeks, the district’s board meetings have been crowded with parents passionately speaking up for their children’s teachers, who have described…
Morning Report: Silly Mailer Season
Sometimes political consultants are too clever by half. We always talk about issues and policies and big votes but the political consultants have got local races boiled down to numbers and voting blocks so specific they just target them precisely with the campaign tool of choice: mailers. Yes, there’s TV and radio. Yes there is…
Morning Report: Census Shows 10 Percent Increase in Homelessness Regionwide
For months, there’s been speculation about what appears to be a dramatic rise in homelessness countywide. Today the numbers are finally out. The Regional Task Force on Homelessness, the group behind the annual count, reports that homelessness has spiked 10 percent since 2020, and that street homelessness is up 3 percent. But as Lisa Halverstadt…
Morning Report: Volunteers of America Southwest Under Criminal Investigation
Volunteers of America Southwest, a local charity, previously played a significant role in providing help and shelter to veterans, as well as those experiencing homelessness, mental illness and addiction. But now the charity is under criminal investigation by the Office of the Inspector General, reports Will Huntsberry. Last year, Huntsberry revealed allegations of potential fraud,…
Morning Report: Ex-City Real Estate Chief Says Landlord Denied Paying ‘Volunteer’ Advisor
The city’s former real estate chief recently testified under oath that she directly asked the city’s 101 Ash St. and Civic Center Plaza landlord at least twice if the company was paying the city’s purportedly volunteer real estate adviser. On two occasions, ex-city real estate director Cybele Thompson recalled during an April 28 deposition, Cisterra…
Morning Report: ‘I Know the Picture that God has for San Diego’
The COVID-19 pandemic changed our world in ways big and small. Few things remained unaltered by the spread of the virus and the shutdowns that followed. Awaken Church, which has five campuses across San Diego and thousands of congregants, has gone through something of a transformation itself. Though it was never a hub of progressivism,…
Morning Report: City Attorney’s Office Believes Ex-COO Ordered Deletion of 101 Ash Docs
The 101 Ash dumpster fire continues to grow. Our Lisa Halverstadt has yet another bombshell: City Attorney Mara Elliott’s Office on Wednesday delivered a letter to former city Chief Operating Officer Kris Michell accusing her of ordering the city’s Information Technology Department to delete records associated with city dealings on 101 Ash St. and Civic…
Morning Report: How the Race for Sheriff Has Changed
For the last half-century, the role of San Diego County sheriff has been filled by only a few people. The races were rarely competitive and on occasion the incumbent ran unchallenged. The styles and personalities of the sheriff have changed over the decades, but they all had one thing in common. They were members of…
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