The trend continues: More falling into homelessness than becoming housed in San Diego County

In its latest report, the task force found 994 people in San Diego County reported becoming homeless for the first time while 759 homeless people found some type of housing. As with most months, the number of people who were housed found homes on their own. There were 26,948 active clients in homeless programs throughout […]

Creating a cultural hub: UC San Diego opens Park & Market downtown

On Saturday, doors opened to the general public, with an estimated crowd of about 300 sauntering through. Park & Market cost about $65 million — $40 million to construct and roughly $25 million for interior work — with no money from state funding. “We gravitate toward films that won’t get screened in other multiplexes,” said […]

National City will depend on state to do background checks on cannabis opertions

“DOJ’s timeframe does not align with the city’s desired schedule in approving commercial cannabis businesses. “One way to look at it is that just to get approval to run the live scans is going to take a year. Now, if applicants pass the initial local background check, they must submit a live scan directly to […]

Review: Lamb’s Players’ ‘Christmas Carol’ musical celebrates words and tight harmonies

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is, by far, the most popular holiday story ever adapted for San Diego stages. Lamb’s Players Theatre is also taking a fresh crack at the redemptive ghost story of miserly moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge. Like the plays of William Shakespeare, “A Christmas Carol” remains an evergreen subject for adaptation because its […]

Kid vaccinations spike in San Diego, mirroring national trend

That’s more than three times last week’s total of 7,320, which represented the first six days of vaccination in an age group that started rolling up its sleeves on Nov. The pace mirrors the message of a morning White House statement that 2.6 million children from kindergarten through sixth grade have received their first shots […]

National City finalizes application process for cannabis businesses – The San Diego Union-Tribune

“I think today was a very robust, very good conversation. The ordinance allows for six permits to be issued for retail sales, cultivation, distribution, manufacturing and transportation of cannabis and cannabis products in industrial zones and tourist commercial areas west of Interstate 5. Based on a point system, applicants would have to score 90 percent […]

Is Zillow Offers’ failure a sign there is something wrong with the real estate market? – The …

While I believe San Diego is a fantastic long-term investment, I would not be surprised to see a short-term adjustment in the next couple of years. That could explain why Zillow has never made a profit in their homebuying business; Zillow sold 66 percent of their homes at a loss that averaged 4.5 percent. They […]

Padres Daily: Darvish not only worth investment, he’s a savior; how to win at home or on the road

If you have been paying attention, you have noticed he has said after several of his starts that he didn’t feel all that good. “When you think about it,” Darvish said through interpreter Shingo Horie, “I think every pitcher in the league, they’re not feeling their best when they take the mound. “You go into […]

Deputies raid Valley Center cannabis grow, seize nearly $8 million worth of product

at the site on Cole Grade Road near Fruitvale Road, said sheriff’s Sgt. There are several churches, parks and schools located near that area of Cole Grade Road. Detectives from the Valley Center substation’s crime suppression team conducted the raid with help from the San Diego County sheriff’s SWAT unit — also known as the […]

Vista approves recreational cannabis, bans single-use plastic unless requested

The new rule is intended to cut down on waste and litter, and Vista is the sixth city in the county to take action to cut back on single-use plastic items. Encinitas, Del Mar, Imperial Beach, San Diego and Solana Beach have similar ordinances. As originally written, the ordinance did not mention whether eateries could […]

Opinion: With our new cannabis ordinance, National City is planning for the future

With our council’s vote, we are taking a step toward more local control of cannabis in National City and doing it in a way that keeps our youth safe, reduces illicit markets and addresses social equity. Prohibition of regulated cannabis operations is counterintuitive to addressing these problems as it allows these illicit markets to thrive, […]

‘We fell short’: Lin-Manuel Miranda is sorry for ‘In the Heights’ Afro-Latinx erasure

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who conceived and wrote the music and lyrics for the stage hit “In the Heights,” apologized Monday for the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in the film adaptation, directed by John M. “I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback,” Miranda wrote on social media, saying […]

San Diego may loosen cannabis rules to help minorities gain a piece of lucrative industry

Only 23 of a maximum 36 dispensaries have been approved, more than seven years after the city legalized them, and only 21 of the 23 have opened. Fitzgerald and industry leaders say more dispensaries haven’t opened primarily because potential sites are nearly impossible to find. The city is also more restrictive than state law and […]