San Diego Convention Center Archives

San Diego Comic-Con 2022: Proof of Vaccine, Mandatory Masks Required

May 6, 2022 5:32 pm

One of California’s largest and most well-known international events, the San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con), announced on Thursday that it would be bucking the trend of recent California events and return to both mask requirements and needing to be vaccinated...

San Diego Convention Center Closes Migrant Shelter After 3+ Months; Loses Big Conventions

July 3, 2021 2:33 amJuly 5, 2021 10:41 am

The temporary San Diego Convention Center migrant shelter closed on Friday after less than 4 months in operation. The migrant shelter opened up in late March to help combat the large surge of Central American migrant children being sent across...

Migrant Children at San Diego Convention Center to Receive In-Person Teaching

March 30, 2021 5:59 pmMarch 30, 2021 7:11 pm

The San Diego County Board of Education announced Tuesday they would be sending California public school teachers to the temporary migrant center at the San Diego Convention Center, to teach the hundreds of migrant children who crossed into the country...

San Diego Convention Center To Be Used As Emergency Facility To House Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

March 24, 2021 3:09 amMarch 26, 2021 6:47 am

On Monday, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and San Diego County Board of Supervisors Chairman Nathan Fletcher announced that the San Diego Convention Center will be used as a facility to house unaccompanied immigrant children in this country illegally. According...

Only Half of All Hotel Rooms for Homeless Filled in California

May 19, 2020 8:16 pmMay 19, 2020 8:19 pm

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom’s office released Project Roomkey data showing that just over 7,000 of the nearly 17,000 state and FEMA-leased hotel rooms and trailers set aside for homeless use during the coronavirus pandemic have been filled. Lower than...