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La Mesa Councilwoman Akilah Weber leads 79th Assembly District special election with 52% of the Vote

April 8, 2021 2:17 amApril 7, 2021 9:18 pm

Democratic La Mesa City Councilwoman Dr. Akilah Weber garnered 52% of the vote in the 79th Assembly District special election Tuesday night, receiving above the 50% needed to avoid a runoff with a small but unknown number of ballots remaining...

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...

AG Becerra Intervenes In San Diego County Housing Development Case Over Wildfire Concerns

March 18, 2021 7:43 pm

On Wednesday, outgoing California Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed motions in the lawsuits over San Diego County’s approval over the 36 square mile Otay Ranch development site. The Otay Ranch development, which would add over 3,000 single family residential units,...

Indoor Youth Sports To Resume Following Settlement By Newsom Administration

March 4, 2021 5:47 pm

On Thursday, California agreed to a settlement with Let Them Play CA and two San Diego-area high school coaches, allowing both indoor and outdoor youth sports to resume in the state. Under the terms of the settlement, indoor youth sports...

San Diego County Announces $100 Million Rental, Utility Grant Program

February 24, 2021 3:04 pm

San Diego County officials announced Tuesday the creation of a $100 million rental and utility grant program. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is primarily targeted at assisting low-income renters in the County who have been affected by the COVID-19...

San Diego County Restaurants Reopen After Court Ruling

December 18, 2020 9:40 pmDecember 18, 2020 9:40 pm

On Friday, restaurants across San Diego County reopened their doors following a preliminary injunction granted Wednesday by San Diego County Superior Court Judge Joel R. Wohlfeil. Judge Wohlfeil had ordered that two San Diegan strip clubs, as well as as...

Sacramento Sets the Rules, Now They Own the Outcome

December 1, 2020 6:40 amDecember 1, 2020 6:49 am

Has shuttering businesses and crushing livelihoods worked to control the virus, in California? Obviously not. If businesses aren’t spreading the virus, what is? Dr. Ghaly, the head of the California’s Health and Human Service Agency, response to where people are...