Morning Report: Everything You Need to Know About the Primary
The June primary will shortly be upon us. In a bizarre twisting of rationale, the Union-Tribune has endorsed write-in candidate Ronald Reagan for president, not wanting to advise against voting...
View ArticleMorning Report: Opponents Unite Against Chargers’ Stadium Plan
Formal opposition to the Chargers’ plan to put a convadium downtown is finally coalescing behind one catchy name: “No Downtown Stadium – Jobs and Streets First.” Alright, the name of the committee...
View ArticleMorning Report: How to Combat Homelessness Sooner Than Later
We got a bunch of community leaders together on Thursday to talk about solutions to homelessness, not in the structural long-term sense, but in the urgent and immediate sense that homeless people...
View ArticleMorning Report: Balboa Park Overhaul Is Back, Big Time
Mayor Faulconer announced on Thursday the revival of a plan to remove cars from the Central Mesa of Balboa Park, with many of the plan’s former supporters getting the band back together for a second...
View ArticleMorning Report: The Role of Money in McKinley’s Turnaround
As public schools go, McKinley Elementary has some nice stuff going on. The school has an International Baccalaureate program, and with it comes more art instruction, additional language teaching and...
View ArticleMorning Report: Museums (Heart) Plaza de Panama Plan
A plan to overhaul the way vehicle traffic flows through Balboa Park and to add a parking garage has a lot of support, but one group pushing the hardest to get the project done are the many...
View ArticleMorning Report: New Report Studies Big Lilac Hills Changes
As an Aug. 2 deadline looms for county supervisors to decide whether to approve the contentious Lilac Hills project outright or send it on to voters, a critical report is due to be released Friday that...
View ArticleMorning Report: Padres Quibble with Chargers’ Stadium Plan
On the surface, the San Diego Padres put on a happy face when they are talking about their relationship with the Chargers. “There’s no anti-Chargers feeling at all,” said Ron Fowler, chairman of the...
View ArticleMorning Report: Audit Confirms Gang Database Fears
An audit of a California database of people suspected of being gang members has confirmed some of its critics’ worst fears. It’s full of erroneous information, unjustified listings, messy practices and...
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Morning Report: Stark Contrast for Friendship Park at 45
Forty-five years ago, a public park straddling the U.S.-Mexico border was inaugurated by First Lady Pat Nixon. The fence separating the two borders at the time was merely a few strings of barbed wire,...
View ArticleMorning Report: The New Preschool Public Option
This week, San Diego Unified announced it will open up preschool enrollment to the public. Previously, the district offered preschool for free, but only to those who met certain low-income...
View ArticleMorning Report: Barrio Logan Residents Wary of a Downtown Stadium
If the Chargers were allowed to build a stadium in the East Village neighborhood of downtown, a lot would change in the neighboring communities. Nearby residents of Barrio Logan look at what happened...
View ArticleMorning Report: San Diego Police Defend Untested Rape Kits
Politifest is going to be something. Besides our keynote speakers for the day, the panels and debates are now coming together. Yesterday, we confirmed what could be one of the fiercest debates of the...
View ArticleMorning Report: The Water Authority’s Battery Gamble
The San Diego County Water Authority primarily provides water to the community, but recently it’s been thinking a lot about power too. The biggest project in the works is one that would create a giant...
View ArticleMorning Report: SDG&E’s Pushing a New Gas Pipeline
San Diego Gas and Electric wants you to know the existing natural gas line that carries gas into San Diego is safe, with nothing to be worried about. But they also want to build a new, larger gas line...
View ArticleMorning Report: Spanos Empire Built on Bologna
To build wealth from nothing, start by selling bologna sandwiches. That’s what Spanos family patriarch Alex Spanos did 70 years ago, and he continued to build the business into a family fortune that is...
View ArticleMorning Report: County Climate Pains Coming
Much like the city of San Diego, the County of San Diego is working to fight climate change by crafting its own Climate Action Plan. The county’s plan has already been rejected by a judge, and county...
View ArticleMorning Report: City Attorney Candidates Tackle Victim-Blaming
In 2013 the city of San Diego was defending police officer Anthony Arevalos against a lawsuit filed by a woman he had sexually victimized while on duty. Court documents revealed how part of the city’s...
View ArticleMorning Report: Homeless and Business Tension in East Village
Fault Line Park in East Village is that neighborhood’s first public park since the area began an explosion of development in recent years. Planners lauded the park’s clever and pleasing design, but...
View ArticleMorning Report: Chula Vista Tax Hike Requires Voter Trust
Chula Vista voters will decide in November on the fundamental issue of whether they trust their city government to spend money on what it says it will. Measure P proposes to raise the sales tax in...
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