With Nowhere Else to Turn, Asylum Seekers Found Refuge at a Barrio Logan Park. Now They Have to Leave.
Early Wednesday morning, several asylum-seeking families living in tents in a Barrio Logan park received a warning from police that they had to move.
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Morning Report: Asylum Seekers Found Refuge at a Park. Now They Have to Leave.
The Port of San Diego is preparing to take action to force out several migrant families who settled in a Barrio Logan park in the absence of other options. Voice of San Diego contributor Kate Morrissey reports that police warned…
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San Diego’s Boundary Refs Could Be Headed Into a New Fight, This Time with a Public Healthcare District
A Palomar Health attorney’s recent remarks to LAFCO, the agency that oversees healthcare districts and their boundaries, may have set off a power dispute.
Complaints About Santee Gym Came and Went — SafeSport Took No Official Action
Since 2021, at least five people have filed complaints to SafeSport about inappropriate touching at Champion Gymnastics and Cheer.
‘Students and Staff Feared for Their Lives’: Lessons from a Traumatic Active-Shooter Drill
In January of last year, an administrator at a local K-8 charter school played the sounds of screaming and gunfire over staff’s walkie-talkies during an active shooter drill. The event…
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The Unseen Homeless: How One Family’s World Turned Upside Down
A family from Oceanside fell into homelessness after an unexpected setback left them scrambling to stay off the streets. Service providers say this is becoming all too common in North County.
The Learning Curve: Local Assemblymember Seeks to Rein in Active-Shooter Drills
While most schools perform active-shooter drills with their students, California doesn’t have any guardrails around how to perform them. Assemblymember Chris Ward wants to change that.
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Sacramento Report: How a New Law to Protect Trans Student Privacy Works
Here’s what you need to know about California’s new school gender identity law. And why the governor is turning up the heat on counties to enforce a new behavioral health…
What the New School Gender Identity Law Does – and What it Doesn’t
The SAFETY Act authored by Assemblymember Chris Ward bars school districts from requiring teachers to disclose students’ sexual orientation or gender identity to their families, but leaves the door open…
The Progress Report: How a County Program Evens the Playing Field for Migrant Students
The life of a migratory worker isn’t easy. But one LBJ-era program tries to ease the burden.
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ENVIRONMENT
Border Canyon Sewage Collector Blamed for South Bay Odors
A press release Wednesday from the Air Pollution Control District says the county’s received about 150 odor complaints since July 21.
We’re About to Drink Toilet Water. Why That’s a Good and Safe Thing to Do.
The science behind the city of San Diego’s multibillion dollar effort to recycle wastewater into drinking water.
Border Report: Rosarito Desal Plant Could Finally Get off the Ground
State officials say the plant’s first phase would secure the water supply in Tijuana and the surrounding region for the next two decades.
NORTH COUNTY
North County Report: No Permit? No Dancing in Encinitas Restaurants
In 1986, Encinitas passed a law requiring bars and restaurants that sell alcohol to obtain a special permit to allow customers to dance.
An LA Court Sided with Developers on an Untested Housing Law. What That Could Mean for Del Mar.
A developer went up against the city of La Cañada Flintridge in a Builder’s Remedy case and won. The ruling could be a foreshadowing of how a similar dispute in…
North County Report: Escondido Leaders Say a Proposed State Housing Bill Misses the Mark
Plus, San Marcos has a new homeless camping ban, and the Del Mar Fairgrounds doesn’t like a train tunnel route option.
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Imperial Beach Students: Everybody Deserves Clean Air and Water
We are a group of students, most of whom attend Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach. During our spring semester, we worked together with scientists at UC San Diego’s…
The County Was Right to Reverse Course on VMT Mitigation
San Diego County adopted a General Plan in 2011 that incorporates exhaustive studies on land use, circulation, housing, conservation, open space, noise, safety, environmental justice and air quality. Together, these…
Why Proposition 47 is a Success
In his January State of the City address, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said we “should be locking up criminals, not laundry detergent,” an unduly callous statement meant to discredit…
POLITICS
Sacramento Report: Newsom’s Encampment Order Is on Everyone’s Mind
The governor’s order requires state agencies to clear encampments on state property and encourages local governments to do the same. It took center stage at a homelessness summit the same…
City Attorney Torches Proposed Mega-Shelter Lease
City Attorney Mara Elliott’s Office issued a scathing review of the proposed mega-shelter lease Friday afternoon. Among the laundry list of issues Assistant City Attorney Jean Jordan flagged in her…
Sacramento Report: How to Have Our Coast and Develop It Too
Some of the most exclusive real estate in the country is under debate, as state officials consider ways to spur construction of affordable housing in the coastal zone.
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