WEEKEND STORIES
As 20-year war in Afghanistan winds down, Camp Pendleton’s influence on coastal city’s economy has tapered off
This year will be the final season for Aquatica, which will be transformed into a new Sesame Place theme park that will still have water attractions
An opinion piece spurred students at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts to mount a campaign, urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to ‘let us perform’
Depressed and distressed kids need to return to school.
Padres’ first two runs in four-run fourth inning score on bases-loaded walks; Dinelson Lamet makes first relief appearance
Leaders say campaign should cite the facts and accept individual decisions among reluctant residents
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Politics have finally caught up to the longtime crusader for transit and urban density over rural development
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Legendary choreographer Jean Isaacs has retired as the artistic director of San Diego Dance Theater, but she’s by no means done
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Allied Universal, a giant in the security industry, has been paid $50 million under a contract to provide guards for MTS.
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Veteran Republican lawmaker says House Republicans is as ‘united as any time I can remember’
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Three home runs in first three innings — by Tommy Pham, Ha-seong Kim and Austin Nola — get Padres on way to rout
University officials say incidents handled case-by-case based on totality of circumstances
Conditions will briefly turn warmer and clear on Tuesday
An estimated 700 people marched to support Palestinians on Saturday, while as many as 300 rallied for Israel on Thursday
Judge says state law invalidates Oceanside voters’ referendum
With the two new venues approved by the Port of San Diego, the reinvigorated Seaport Village is now 90 percent leased as it awaits a major redevelopment still several years off
The Navy made headlines when it moved to decommission the first four San Diego-based ships after less than half their service lives
Records obtained by the Union-Tribune show subpoena being issued, witness summoned to testify in secret proceeding
The school offers classes to children at the shelter where hundreds of asylum-seeking families expelled from the United States are living
Inovio Pharmaceuticals is trying to avoid playing catch-up with viral variants. But its pan-coronavirus vaccine still has a long way to go before it’s ready for primetime
Encampments have cropped up across county, but it’s unclear if population is increasing
Three agents opened fire in gas station parking lot
Gaza conflict
Israeli warplanes have staged another series of heavy airstrikes in Gaza City hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza’s Hamas rulers would rage on
State and national politics
Newsom’s latest budget plan boasts more than $100 billion in unexpected revenue that can be used to tackle some of California’s most vexing problems
The House is expected to vote soon on legislation aimed at preventing more attacks on the U.S. Capitol
A Marine Corps officer was arrested Thursday for alleged crimes at the U.S.
Demonstrating their allegiance to Donald Trump, Republicans have elected Rep. Elise Stefanik to a House leadership post
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Investigators searched for a man they wanted to question but were unable to locate him
Early Sunday morning, guests at the San Diego Mission Bay Resort heard a fight followed by a gunshot
Detectives arrested a suspect on Saturday after finding the artifacts in his home
The robber pointed a gun at a T-Mobile employee and got away with cash
Police were searching for the gunman
Assailant stole victim’s Ford Fusion
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Firefighters fought to control blazes in Flinn Springs, National City and Otay Mesa Saturday
Saturday morning blaze causes $500,000 in damage to building, contents
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It happened around 9 Friday night at the Shell gas station at 902 Broadway on the corner of L Street
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Despite missing five regulars, team proves its not the Padres of old
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Ryan Weathers has allowed two runs this season; Padres have settled in at top of lineup
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Encampments have cropped up across county, but it’s unclear if population is increasing
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Records obtained by the Union-Tribune show subpoena being issued, witness summoned to testify in secret proceeding
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An estimated 700 people marched to support Palestinians on Saturday, while as many as 300 rallied for Israel on Thursday
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We are dancers, singers and performers. Directors, painters and poets. Actors, photographers and musicians. We are social activists, pleading for our voices and our instruments to be heard.
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The Navy made headlines when it moved to decommission the first four San Diego-based ships after less than half their service lives
Monday, May 17
San Diego News Fix
Today we’re talking about working from home. At the height of the pandemic, it seemed like this new way of life might be here to stay for certain jobs. But a new report shows most San Diego employers want their workers back in the office.
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Here are the latest statistics on COVID-19 cases in the county
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In a bid to vaccinate 1.9 million San Diegans against COVID-19 by July, the county and local health systems have launched immunization sites throughout the region. Check out this map to find the location nearest you and schedule an appointment.
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Interactive maps of COVID-19 cases in San Diego County
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Here are the latest demographic data on COVID-19 vaccinations
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Bob Dylan was 29 when he finished recording the songs featured on his new box set “1970.” He turns 80 on May 24
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Jessica J. Williams is a Black feminist, artist and educator at UC San Diego, and contributing essayist to the New York Times best-seller, “You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience,” edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown
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Zsuzsanna Dianovics dropped out of college at 21 to raise kids. Now 49, she’s earned her bachelor’s degree at Cal State San Marcos
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State revenue is unlikely to remain at this high a level, so lawmakers should be cautious about new programs.
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NIMBYs are likely to go to war. But the need for much more shelter is plain.
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Inequality is bad for economic growth
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Private equity giant has history of investments based on assumption rent will just keep going up
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We asked: Is Facebook right to continue its ban on former President Donald Trump and under what circumstances should a world leader be removed from a social media platform?
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Women shouldn’t choose between work and family after the pandemic.
See more editorial cartoons from Steve Breen here.
Racial Justice Commentary
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I lost my brother, Alfred Olango, to police brutality in 2016. In 2020, the wound and pain of losing my brother was reopened as I watched the way George Floyd was mistreated.
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month. It’s a time to honor and celebrate the contributions of AAPI people to our world.
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When I was growing up, my mother juggled City College classes, her job at 7-Eleven, and three rambunctious toddlers.
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Tatis tests positive for COVID, goes on IL with Profar, Mateo; Tingler on health, vaccination & more
Tatis tests positive for COVID, goes on IL with Profar, Mateo; Tingler on health, vaccination & more
Tatis tests positive for COVID, goes on IL with Profar, Mateo; Tingler on health, vaccination & more
MIGRANT VOICES TODAY FILM COMPETITION
The Migrant Voices Today Film Challenge showcases diverse short-form films exploring loss, separation, current political realities and COVID-19’s effects on migrants, refugees and asylum seekers on a worldwide scale.
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Director Miguel Angel Duran
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Director Ana Falcon
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He uses mediation to resolves disputes and has hope for better race relations
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Dan Vaccaro is a sales and marketing manager for a senior living and senior care placement agency, and the author of “The Last Few Innings with My Dad,” a father-son memoir he wrote about the final days he spent in conversation with his father before his father passed away
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Some districts are not permitting celebrations due to safety restrictions; others are forging ahead
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Conservation, coupled with Pure Water recycling system, boosting city’s water independence in new forecast
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Taunted and harassed for being a gay Catholic, he resigned his post at a local church when his life was threatened. Now, he’s still a devout Catholic and ‘life is good’
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The six-string innovator, who died at his Vista home in 2017, redefined the musical range of his instrument
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The Bishop’s School senior Delilah Delgado, 18, grew up attending the Bard’s plays at The Old Globe in Balboa Park
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Rick Rossovich, the actor who played Slider, shares memories of shooting ‘Top Gun’ in San Diego
Andrea Meza of Mexico has been crowned Miss Universe
Cleotilde Dimas has sold ice cream in Logan Heights for 20 years. Business took a hit during the coronavirus pandemic, and as she slowly rebuilds, she — and hundreds of other pushcart vendors — anxiously wait for street-vending regulations in the city.
A new survey shows that unvaccinated Hispanics are almost twice as likely as unvaccinated Blacks or whites to want a covid vaccination. But many still face a variety of access problems, ranging from fear to time squeeze.
She wants to help students pursue higher education as she did
Nearly half of Californians disapprove of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s job performance, according to a Berkeley IGS Poll released on Thursday. Sen. Alex Padilla has higher approval ratings, but fewer have an opinion on the state’s junior senator.
Hotel, parking garage, shops, new traffic flow coming to facility that served 3 million in 2019
Effort is by missionary group with help of U.N. agency
WASHINGTON — The AFL-CIO and other groups filed a complaint with the Biden administration Monday over claims of labor violations at a group of auto parts factories in Mexico, a move that will pose an early test of the new North American trade deal and its labor protections.
A deadly wreck of a boat off Point Loma shows how decades of heightened border enforcement and recent pandemic policies have driven migrants to riskier crossings
The narco tunnel has ventilation, lighting and rails, but does not have an exit in the United States
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In environmental analysis, the federal agency identifies a 19.6 million square-foot development plan that would add 14,364 residents and 70,000 daily car trips as its first — but not final — choice for the 70-acre site
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California’s Vandenberg Air Force Basehas been renamed as a U.S. Space Force Base
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‘The Invisible Project,’ a documentary about female veterans, will be the virtual event’s opening film
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The fin whales, an adult and calf, were probably struck unknowingly during exercises at sea
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On May 15, 1941 Navy Lt. W. W. Lowrey and John R.
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On May 13, 1995, Challenger Russell Coutts skippered Team New Zealand’s Black Magic sloop to a 1-minute, 50-second victory over Dennis Conner’s borrowed Young America boat off Point Loma to complete a five-race sweep in the best-of-nine America’s Cup series.
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The pandemic strikes again — historic home of two San Diego pioneers may lose its museum caretakers
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Demolition teams started tearing down the Tower Bowl building on Broadway at Kettner Boulevard 35 years ago this week.
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More changes may be ahead when state reopens on June 15
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I often think back to January 2020, when I started a series about getting real with caregiving.
Top events for the week of May 13-19
New collaboration between the long-time San Diego restaurant and the celebrity chef introduces three new tacos to the Rubio’s menu.
San Diego rock band celebrates the 20th anniversary of “Satellite” with a three-day livestream event
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San Diego State falls to fourth place in Mountain West with two weeks remaining in regular season
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Rounding up the action at the Padres’ minor league affiliates
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Longtime San Diego State head coach accumulated more than 800 victories, seven Mountain West titles, 11 NCAA appearances
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Padres shortstop Ha-seong Kim will see a familiar face on the mound Sunday in the Cardinals’ Kwang Hyung Kim
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The previous column discussed considerations regarding property insurance, but that is only one of many insurance types that most HOAs should have in place.
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Mayor touts more revenue from SDG&E; tentative deal still needs OK from City Council
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About 100 protesters gathered outside Sempra headquarters in downtown San Diego during the company’s shareholder meeting
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Paige Finn Doherty has launched a startup fund called Behind Genius Ventures
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The orchestra, which has exceeded 75 percent of its $125 million fundraising goal through philanthropic generosity, will now open its capital campaign to the public
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This week, New York City Ballet, Point Loma Playhouse, Audrey Hepburn and more
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Filmed production played for just one weekend earlier this month
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The coronavirus pandemic shuttered last year’s Ohana, but the three-day music marathon is set for September return
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San Diego gets ready to host the 2022 Transplant Games of America
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Southwest for the first time will be flying nonstop to Maui, Kauai and The Big Island from San Diego, with introductory one-way fares as low as $129
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Watching viral videos of dalgona coffee — and creating my own version of the whipped beverage — broke me out of a coronavirus-induced slump.
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Heavy and habitual drinking became a coping mechanism for many sheltering at home; here are resources to turn to
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City waiting to see if it can with governor’s recall election
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Johnson Elementary School kids travel to Santee to help tidy up Mast Park
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Businesses could provide needed revenue
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State funds are part of $21 million also awarded other San Diego County cities
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The Golden Gate Bridge is making a racket and engineers are trying to figure out how to shut it up
Police on Sunday were getting help from the FBI in investigating the latest round of shootings in Portland, Oregon, amid a “cycle of violence” that the city’s police chief says is gang-related
Authorities say two people survived the crash of a single-engine plane in mountains east of Los Angeles
The Southern California city of Fullerton has agreed to pay $350,000 and take back its accusations of criminal computer hacking to settle a lawsuit against two local bloggers
China is renewing calls for the U.S. to play a constructive role in ending the conflict in Gaza and stop blocking efforts at the United Nations to demand an end to the bloodshed
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Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Denmark for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grow for the Biden administration to take a tougher and more active stance on spiraling Israeli-Palestinian violence
Indonesian ride hailing company Gojek and e-commerce firm Tokopedia said Monday that they are merging, in the largest ever deal in the country’s history
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Un poderoso ciclón que pasa sobre el Mar Arábigo avanza hacia la costa occidental de India, mientras las autoridades intentan evacuar a cientos de miles de personas y suspenden las vacunaciones contra el COVID-19 en un estado
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El Ejército israelí hace una ronda de fuertes ataques aéreos sobre la Franja de Gaza el lunes por la mañana, en los que dice haber destruido 15 kilómetros de túneles milicianos y las viviendas de nueve supuestos comandantes de Hamas
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LeBron James y Steph Curry se enfrentarán en el torneo de repesca para playoffs, que prepará el ambiente para la postemporada
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La candidata a vacuna contra el COVID-19 de Sanofi y GlaxoSmithKline obtiene buenos resultados en sus ensayos de segunda fase tras un revés inicial en su desarrollo
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