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| Jun 19, 2026 | Is it worth it economically for US cities to host the World Cup? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
FIFA drove a hard bargain for U.S. cities that get to host the World Cup and now some leaders and residents are wondering if it was worth the cost.
Under the agreement, FIFA gets to keep the vast m... |
| May 11, 2026 | Is federal legislation needed to regulate prediction markets? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Online prediction markets, like Kalshi and Polymarket, have captured the nation’s attention with high-profile claims of wrongdoing.
The markets allow users to vote on everything from sports to news... |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Is a weaker U.S. dollar a good thing? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The U.S. dollar’s value has fallen 8% over the past year, as the price of gold has skyrocketed, said the WSJ Dollar Index. Some think it is a good thing.
President Donald Trump said recently a weak... |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Are Americans’ household debt levels a major concern for the economy? | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Holiday spending was expected to be tempered this year but the latest data shows Americans aren’t slowing down, even with growing debt.
The National Retail Federation said nearly 203 million U.S. s... |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Will food delivery robots be a success in the U.S.? | YES: If you build them, they will deliver. When Uber launched the first U.S. ride-hailing app in 2009, people asked who would get in the personal car of a stranger? Uber’s market cap is now nearly $200 billion. Americans love food delivery.... |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Should the U.S. ban drug advertising to consumers? | YES: Advertising is supposed to give consumers more information about products, but are consumers really in a position to make an informed decision about pharmaceuticals? Those decisions are best left to physicians, who probably have more k... |
| May 20, 2025 | Is the Trump administration’s plan to tax all Chinese-built ships a good idea? | NO: It will act as yet another tax on the U.S. consumer without spurring investment in shipbuilding. Shipbuilding is a huge, complex endeavor and expanding capacity would take many years. Trump’s record of on-again, off-again tariffs means ... |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Business | Is it a good move for companies to roll back DEI programs? | Economists
Caroline Freund, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
NO: DEI programs should be considered in the interest of the company’s own needs and goals. For many companies, they have been effective at increasing the bottom ... |
| Dec 27, 2024 | National Politics | Should the U.S. increase immigration levels for highly skilled workers? | Economists
Caroline Freund, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
YES: Innovation is our superpower and it relies on people. Sourcing talent from 8 billion people in the world instead of 330 million here makes sense. Nearly half... |
| Aug 22, 2024 | National Politics | Could a Harris administration spur construction of 3 million new homes? | NO: But campaign promises are often excessive and prioritizing construction will support a much-needed increase in the supply of housing. In recent years, there have been about 1.4 million privately owned housing starts annually, according ... |
| Aug 15, 2024 | If there’s a U.S. economic slowdown, will it be a hard or soft landing? | Soft: The recent slowing of the economy evidenced by layoffs, reduction in consumer spending and the correction in the stock market all point to a looming economic correction. The real question is how willing and how quickly the Fed will us... |
| May 6, 2022 | Over the next few years, will San Diego County’s population continue to decline? | San Diego County’s population fell by 11,183 residents from July 2020 to July 2021 — a rare occurrence in the region’s history.
Analysts, and people who left for other states interviewed by The San Diego Union-Tribune, say high housing cost... |
| Apr 29, 2022 | San Diego: Is there anything lawmakers can do to lower the price of housing? | Home prices surged from February to March with the San Diego County median home price now at $805,000.
The price for a resale single-family house was at a median of $925,000, looking increasingly likely that it could be $1 million in the ne... |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Should California shorten the workweek to 32 hours? | Prompted by the Great Resignation, state lawmakers are proposing to redefine the workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours for companies with more than 500 employees.
Under the bill, AB 2932, employees would be entitled to the same total weekly co... |
| Apr 15, 2022 | Did Biden make the right call extending the student loan payment moratorium? | The Biden administration has extended a moratorium on student loan payments through August but some economists have criticized the move because it seemingly goes against other measures to cool the economy.
The idea is the policy helps house... |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Does San Diego need even looser rules for ADUs? | San Diego officials are proposing to make it easier for developers and homeowners to take advantage of the city’s bonus program for accessory dwelling units.
The program now allows the construction of one bonus ADU by any property owner wil... |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Is Newsom’s $400 gas rebate plan a good one? | Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan recently to help offset high gas prices with $400 sent to Californians for each registered vehicle.
The plan, not approved yet, also includes $750 million in grants for free or substantially reduced public ... |
| Mar 25, 2022 | Is CA legislation aimed at heavily taxing house flippers and short-term owners a good idea? | A new bill introduced in California seeks to heavily tax home investors, or flippers, in an attempt to open up housing to more residents.
The California Speculation Act, from Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego), would impose a 25 percent t... |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Could inflation stay high for decades? | An influential economist thinks high inflation could last for decades.
Former U.K. central banker Charles Goodhart reasons that inexpensive labor had kept prices and wages down since the 1990s and will end because of persistent era of worke... |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Are the city and the Padres on the right track with downtown redevelopment? | A development team led by the Padres has come up with a plan to remake Tailgate Park into an 1,800 apartment complex and community park. The City Council is expected to hear the proposal in April.
Original plans for the 5.25-acre space incl... |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Can workers be persuaded to return to the office? | Many companies trying to entice workers to come back to the office are finding it very difficult, even as COVID-19 cases sharply drop.
A Wall Street Journal article told the story of a sports marketing firm that built out its office with a ... |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Would a four-day workweek be successful in the U.S.? | Belgium is giving workers the right to a four-day work week without a loss of salary
The nation’s prime minister, Alexander De Croo, argues the shorter workweek will increase productivity and makes sense with flexible working conditions ado... |
| Feb 18, 2022 | What should San Diego put surplus money toward? | San Diego finance officials say the city is projected to have $26.7 million in cash left over when the fiscal year ends June 30, primarily because sales tax and hotel tax revenues have come in at rates higher than projected.
City councilmem... |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Let us know: Supply chain woes putting a damper on your holiday shopping, business operations? | With the holiday season now upon us, concerns have arisen about supply shortages that could impact everything from gift-giving to dining out.
Whether you’re a retailer, restaurant owner or consumer, we’d like to hear from you. Are you havin... |
| Mar 21, 2019 | Gasoline prices are rising following refinery fire, oil price increase | With drivers already spending a little more for gasoline because of gradual increases in the price of oil, a recent refinery fire in the Los Angeles area will likely lead to even more pain at the pump.
Fuel experts anticipate prices moving ... |
| Mar 19, 2019 | Edison vows no repeat of nuclear canister incident at San Onofre | Southern California Edison has unveiled safety improvements at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station concerning the movement of heavy canisters filled with spent nuclear fuel from one area of the plant to another, about seven months aft... |
| Mar 4, 2019 | Eli Lilly offers half-price insulin as politicians pressure it over drug costs | Eli Lilly is offering a half-price version of a top-selling insulin to ease the financial strain for some patients, but an advocacy group says much bigger changes are needed.
The drugmaker said Monday it will introduce a version of the diab... |
| Feb 5, 2019 | SeaWorld chooses Carnival Cruise executive to lead the theme park company | A year after its chief executive resigned, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. on Tuesday named Gustavo Antorcha, a top executive with Carnival Cruise Line, as the Orlando, Fla., company’s new CEO.
Interim CEO John Reilly, a former president of the... |
| Dec 19, 2018 | Sempra signs deal with Poland, bolstering its plan to build LNG plant in Texas | Reporting from San Diego —
Sempra Energy finalized a 20-year deal with Poland’s national oil and natural gas company Wednesday — a deal that the San Diego company hopes will help it become a major world player and that bolsters Sempra’s pla... |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Apple says no settlement talks with Qualcomm; San Diego federal judge sets trial date | A jury trial in Qualcomm Inc.’s wide-ranging legal war with Apple Inc. has been set to begin April 15 in San Diego federal court, with a settlement looking unlikely.
U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel scheduled the trial at hearing Friday. ... |
| Nov 27, 2018 | If Trump closes the border, regional economy could suffer ‘catastrophic losses’ | The migrant caravan crisis that led to a five-hour closure in both directions of the busy San Ysidro Port of Entry on Sunday highlighted the far-reaching economic impact such disruptions can have on the San Diego region — from potential lab... |
| Nov 23, 2018 | San Diego shoppers open their wallets as retailers count on a record-setting holiday season | Megan Riiff of Chula Vista loves Black Friday. The 29-year-old came through the doors of the Target store in Mission Valley when it opened at 7 a.m. with her mother, sister and aunt.
“I love being in the crowds, with the hustle and bustle a... |
| Nov 11, 2018 | Leadership winner, medium company — Kevin Gorman of Neurocrine Biosciences | Neurocrine Biosciences has experienced a dramatic turnaround in recent years. The Carmel Valley-based biotech company has seen its stock price grow from $10 a share five years ago to about $115 a share, thanks in large part to the developme... |
| Nov 11, 2018 | Top-ranked small company: With plenty of perks, Smashtech finds workers who fit its culture | The new offices of Smashtech more closely resemble a luxury club more than a workplace. The place is outfitted in swanky leather, gold fixtures and sweeping downtown views. Music is blaring while dozens of employees mingle in the kitchen — ... |
| Nov 11, 2018 | Leadership winner, large company — Jamie Lemon of the Rancho Bernardo Inn | Born in Northern Ireland, Jamie Lemon has seen his career in the hospitality business — and his passion for customer service and employee relations — take him across continents and oceans.
Since taking over as general manager of the Rancho ... |
| Nov 11, 2018 | Leadership winner, small company — Samer Khouli of TargetCW | By his own admission, Samer (rhymes with “hammer”) Khouli (rhymes with “holy”) is not the stereotypical CEO. And the company he runs has not delivered typical results.
Established in 2009, TargetCW taps into the growing “contingent workforc... |
| Nov 6, 2018 | Bottlenose dolphin born at SeaWorld | It wasn’t “Day of the Dolphin” on Monday afternoon but “Day of the Baby Dolphin” at SeaWorld as a 700-pound bottlenose dolphin gave birth to a calf weighing about 40 pounds.
After a 12-month gestation period, the calf was born at 4:37 p.m. ... |
| Nov 5, 2018 | After years of false starts, California Pacific Airlines takes flight | After years of trying to get off the ground, a start-up airline in northern San Diego County can celebrate the start of flight service.
California Pacific Airlines was founded eight years ago by entrepreneur Ted Vallas, now 97, but was dela... |
| Oct 19, 2018 | UTC Aerospace to end aircraft systems manufacturing in Chula Vista, cutting 300 jobs | Reporting from San Diego —
UTC Aerospace Systems plans to wind down manufacturing at its Chula Vista aircraft plant beginning early next year, eliminating around 300 jobs.
The company — a division of Farmington, Conn.-based conglomerate Uni... |
| Oct 11, 2018 | California regulators boost fees charged when customers leave traditional utilities | The California Public Utilities Commission has approved an increase in exit fees charged to customers who buy electricity from government-run community choice programs rather than traditional utilities such as Southern California Edison and... |
| Oct 3, 2018 | New California law mandates more women on corporate boards. What does it mean for San Diego companies? | Just over a quarter of San Diego’s largest publicly traded companies have all-male boards of directors. But that may change soon under a new law signed Sunday by California Gov. Jerry Brown.
The law requires publicly traded corporations hea... |
| Oct 2, 2018 | SEC alleges $61-million Ponzi scheme by San Diego duo that lured investors with iPhone angle | Reporting from San Diego —
A San Diego man has settled SEC allegations that he and another man ran a $61.5-million Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 350 investors across multiple states.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Diego ... |
| Sep 25, 2018 | Qualcomm claims Apple stole trade secrets and gave them to rival chipmaker Intel | Qualcomm has fired another salvo in its legal war with Apple, this time accusing the iPhone maker of stealing proprietary software and providing it to archrival Intel so it could develop competitive cellular modem chips for smartphones.
Qua... |
| Sep 10, 2018 | Two San Diego massage parlors to pay $61K in back wages after violating labor laws | Two Thai massage parlors in San Diego are being asked to pay tens of thousands of dollars in back wages to 17 employees after violating federal wage laws, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday.
In total, the two businesses — Yuanjun... |
| Sep 3, 2018 | Bail agents face death sentence in California | Clustered near county jail and the courthouse, San Diego bail bond agencies sit at the intersection of crime and punishment, ready to play their part in the criminal justice system by helping people avoid incarceration while they await tria... |
| Aug 16, 2018 | Best Buy is acquiring San Diego’s GreatCall for $800 million, boosting its technology lineup for seniors | San Diego’s GreatCall, which provides mobile phone and connected health services to seniors, is being sold to Best Buy for $800 million in cash — the second time that GreatCall has changed ownership in the last 14 months.
The deal furthers ... |
| Aug 14, 2018 | General Dynamics-NASSCO plans to lay off 300 to 350 workers in San Diego | General Dynamics-NASSCO, the last major shipbuilder on the West Coast, said it plans to lay off 300 to 350 workers in San Diego over the next several months.
A fixture in city’s industrial corridor for nearly 60 years, the company said the ... |
| Aug 4, 2018 | Forgotten photos brought to light will feature in San Diego history book | Records of life in old San Diego lay forgotten for decades in the house of photographer Randy Dible. But when the Point Loma native cleaned out his home after it was sold, family members rediscovered those mementos of his grandfather’s work... |
| Aug 3, 2018 | General Atomics receives $6.9M in funding awards for nuclear fusion research | Four researchers from San Diego-based General Atomics have received awards totaling $6.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue their work on harnessing the vast potential of nuclear fusion as a source of energy.
In addition... |
| Jul 26, 2018 | State regulators approve San Onofre nuclear settlement, trimming $750 million from original deal | Four years after approving a plan that charged ratepayers billions of dollars for the premature closing of the San Onofre nuclear plant, state utility regulators adopted a new deal Thursday that trims about $750 million from consumers’ elec... |
| Jul 26, 2018 | California’s hotel construction sets a blistering pace | Coming off a record-setting 2017, hotel development throughout California so far this year shows no signs of slowing, even as construction costs continue to climb.
There are 182 hotels accounting for nearly 25,000 rooms under construction u... |
| Jul 18, 2018 | Petco launches PetCoach, a higher-end store centered on pet services | Leaving behind its big-box roots, Petco is opening a new kind of retail store where animal-friendly amenities such as dog baths, play yards and treats fit for humans are meant to win over picky pet owners who would otherwise snub the mainst... |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Southern California’s heat wave puts the power grid under pressure | Summer’s first heat wave has Southern California utility officials and managers of the state’s electric grid working to make sure the power system doesn’t wilt.
A high-pressure system sent temperatures soaring Friday, and heat records were ... |
| Jul 3, 2018 | Salt & Straw to open second San Diego scoop shop at One Paseo | Salt & Straw, the Portland-based purveyor of much sought-after ice cream, will be slinging scoops to Carmel Valley crowds early next year at One Paseo, its second local abode.
The elevated ice cream-maker, which made its local debut in ... |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Why coal is a big part of the debate over California moving into a regional power grid | A bill that calls for expanding California’s power grid to include other states in the West is sparking concerns that a regionalized grid would benefit the coal industry, especially in other states in the West where coal makes up a much lar... |
| Jun 27, 2018 | Hotel workers march for better pay | San Diego —
Hundreds of hotel workers and supporters marched in downtown San Diego over a contract dispute and briefly blocked the driveway entrance of the Marriott Marquis on Harbor Drive late Wednesday afternoon.
There were no arrests, an... |
| Jun 26, 2018 | PUC judge approves proposed San Onofre settlement | Five months after owners of the failed San Onofre nuclear plant agreed to slice hundreds of millions of dollars from the cost to ratepayers of the 2012 breakdown, a California Public Utilities Commission judge has endorsed the proposed sett... |
| May 8, 2018 | SeaWorld attendance and revenue leap | Reporting from San diego —
SeaWorld attendance and revenue jumped last quarter, a sharp reversal of the prolonged slide that has dogged the company in recent years.
More than 3.2 million people visited SeaWorld parks during the first three ... |
| May 7, 2018 | Nestle is paying $7 billion to sell Starbucks coffee to the world | SEATTLE (AP) — Nestle is paying more than $7 billion to buy the rights to sell Starbucks coffee and tea in supermarkets and other stores outside its coffee shops.
The deal comes with a huge price tag for Nestle, but it could pay off big for... |
| May 4, 2018 | Regulators sue Albertsons, saying it violated Latino workers’ rights by banning Spanish | Albertsons grocery stores violated the rights of Latino employees with a policy forbidding workers to speak Spanish around non-Spanish speakers — even when conversing with one another during breaks or helping Spanish-speaking customers, acc... |
| May 1, 2018 | General Atomics receives $3.2 million in federal funding for advanced nuclear energy work | General Atomics has received two awards from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling more than $3.26 million to continue the San Diego-based company’s work on developing new types of fuel for advanced nuclear reactors.
The awards will go to ... |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Physician turned entrepreneur begins work with new patients: Union-Tribune and L.A. Times | Growing up in apartheid South Africa, the son of Chinese immigrants, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong got his information and entertainment from daily newspapers. Television was banned in that country until he was 23.
When he started saving money fo... |
| Apr 11, 2018 | Why restaurants are jumping on the food delivery bandwagon | As restaurant operators struggle to entice more people to eat out, they are increasingly turning to food delivery as a way to overcome stagnating traffic.
Fueled by the explosion of mobile ordering apps such as DoorDash and UberEats, food d... |
| Apr 3, 2018 | Green Flash, awash in debt, is sold to investment firm | San Diego’s financially troubled Green Flash brewery has been sold to a group of investors following a foreclosure by the company’s principal lender, Comerica Bank.
As a result of the sale, which closed Friday, a new ownership group calling... |
| Apr 2, 2018 | Feds settle case with I.T. contractor over wages at Camp Pendleton and elsewhere | After hashing out a settlement with federal investigators, an Atlanta-based company will repay 14 workers $354,978 in back wages for Navy information technology projects involving Camp Pendleton and other locations.
A probe by the U.S. Depa... |
| Mar 27, 2018 | Feds extend funding for nuclear fusion project, General Atomics breathes sigh of relief | After months of doubt, the federal government has agreed to boost 2018 funding for the U.S. share of the world’s largest and most ambitious nuclear fusion project.
That means what may be the endeavor’s most important piece — a massive magne... |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Plan to expand California electricity grid powers up for third time in as many years | For the third time in three years, California energy officials are working to expand governance of the electric power grid to become a regional function covering as many as 14 states.
Opponents of the plan, which would fundamentally rewrite... |
| Feb 22, 2018 | Electric vehicles’ future relies on cobalt. It’s often mined by children and is soaring in price | The road to an imminent electric vehicle future has hit a speed bump — one made of cobalt.
An essential ingredient in lithium-ion batteries that power millions of smartphones as well as plug-in electric cars, cobalt is in heavy demand.
But ... |
| Feb 20, 2018 | More companies invest in training to prevent sexual harassment — but it might not be doing much good | The recent high-profile reports of sexual harassment in the workplace have prompted a surge in training courses, which experts are updating to reflect the latest examples making front-page news.
Inquiries about sexual harassment training pr... |
| Feb 15, 2018 | Sold bitcoin last year? Here’s how to do your taxes | If you invested in bitcoin last year, as many people did, the start of 2018 has been rough as the digital currency’s price dropped and wobbled. But that’s not the only headache.
It is now tax time, and federal rules for reporting earnings o... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Stone Brewing sues MillerCoors for calling Keystone beer ‘Stone’ | Stone Brewing is suing MillerCoors, alleging that the beer giant’s recent rebrand of its Keystone line is too close to the San Diego brewery’s name.
MillerCoors’ Keystone line of light beers was rebranded to emphasize the “Stone” in the Key... |
| Feb 12, 2018 | Craft beer pioneer Stone Brewing sues MillerCoors over ‘deceptive’ new Keystone packaging | Stone Brewing company is suing MillerCoors, claiming its recent Keystone rebrand is too close to their company name.
The Keystone line of light beers was rebranded to emphasize the “Stone” in their name, putting it in a large font on the si... |
| Feb 10, 2018 | Problems in the pipeline for Sempra’s subsidiary in Mexico | Reporting from San Diego —
Sempra Energy, San Diego’s Fortune 500 energy giant, has made sizable investments across Mexico, looking to take advantage of the Mexican government’s decision more than four years ago to dramatically reform its e... |
| Feb 8, 2018 | Number of solar jobs drops 14% in California and nearly 4% nationwide | After several years of growth, the number of jobs in the solar energy sector took a hit in 2017, with California absorbing the biggest blow.
Solar employment dropped 14% in California last year, which was largely responsible for a 3.8% decl... |
| Feb 6, 2018 | New Union-Tribune owner ambitious, controversial | Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire medical entrepreneur who this morning has agreed to buy the Los Angeles Times and the Union-Tribune, made his fortune fighting cancer and his name pursuing ambitious projects.
“Push yourself!” he said in... |
| Feb 2, 2018 | Nuclear fusion’s clean energy dream meets budget reality — and San Diego’s General Atomics sweats it out | Using nuclear fusion as a virtually unlimited source of energy has been a thrilling yet distant dream for more than six decades.
An expensive and incredibly complicated international project to determine if the fantasy can become reality is... |
| Jan 31, 2018 | Utility customers win $775 million back from San Onofre deal criticized as lopsided against them | Plant owners and consumer attorneys have struck a bargain in the long-running dispute over who pays for the failure of the San Onofre nuclear plant.
Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric agreed to shave $775 million fr... |
| Jan 29, 2018 | Constellation Brands in battle over a brewery in Mexico | Mexicali, Mexico —
A major U.S. beer manufacturer’s decision to build a giant production plant in Baja California’s desert capital has been cause for much celebration in Gov. Francisco Vega de Lamadrid’s administration. But not everybody is... |
| Jan 23, 2018 | The tax cut should mean you get a break in your utility bill. How much? | The federal tax law that has resulted in big savings for corporations across the country is also leading to a windfall for utility companies — and that should lead to ratepayers getting a break on their power bills.
In California, the size ... |
| Jan 22, 2018 | Natural gas is energy’s new king — but how long will it reign? California may offer some clues | King Coal has been kicked off the throne.
Natural gas is now the nation’s leading source of electricity. It is abundant and cheap, which has not only crippled the coal industry but has also affected virtually every other source of power tha... |
| Jan 11, 2018 | New San Onofre deal reached between utilities, consumer groups | More than three years after state regulators permitted Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric to start charging consumers billions of dollars for the failure of the San Onofre nuclear plant, utility executives and consu... |
| Jan 11, 2018 | Regulators vote to shut down Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant | The last remaining nuclear power plant in California will begin shutting down operations in six years as part of a plan approved Thursday by state regulators.
“We chart a new energy future by phasing out nuclear power here in California,” M... |
| Jan 3, 2018 | Expect to pay more for gasoline in 2018 | You’ll have to dig a little bit deeper into your pocket at the gas station this year.
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline is expected to go up about 8 cents in 2018, according to the annual Fuel Price Outlook put out by GasBud... |
| 2018 | What can Qualcomm do to fend off Broadcom? | When Broadcom proposed ousting Qualcomm’s board of directors on Dec. 4, it set in motion a high-stakes chess match for control of San Diego’s most iconic technology company.
The outcome could reverberate not only locally, but throughout the... |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 18 San Diego business stories you won’t want to miss in 2018 | Key issues and people to watch in San Diego business in 2018.
1. Qualcomm’s legal, takeover wars
The San Diego wireless technology pioneer is not only fending off a hostile takeover bid by rival Broadcom, it also is mired in a nasty legal f... |
| Dec 25, 2017 | A time saver: Joint U.S.-Mexico cargo inspections launch at a San Diego border crossing | Reporting from Otay Mesa —
In a move expected to dramatically reduce wait times for hundreds of trucks that each day move goods from Tijuana to San Diego, Mexican customs officials for the first time are working side by side with their U.S.... |
| Dec 18, 2017 | San Diego’s KFMB TV and radio stations being sold to Tegna for $325M | The longtime owner of San Diego’s CBS 8 television and 760-AM talk radio stations said Monday it is selling its holdings to publicly traded Tegna Inc. for $325 million in cash.
Family-owned Midwest Television, founded in 1952, has entered a... |
| Nov 27, 2017 | Why accounting is great training for leading a company | Since its founding out of a single office in San Diego, Guild Mortgage has become almost synonymous with growth, expanding to include 250 branch and satellite offices in 25 states.
And Mary Ann McGarry has overseen a big portion of the comp... |
| Nov 25, 2017 | Hydrogen fuel stations are clustered in L.A. and O.C., but that may be changing soon | It was love at first drive for Chris Schneider and his Honda Clarity.
“This is the most rewarding automotive experience I’ve ever had, and I’ve driven lots of different vehicles with all kinds of technologies,” the 61-year-old said on a rec... |
| Nov 12, 2017 | Employees of Coyne, an early childhood intervention agency, grow with the company | Serving some 300 families of young children with development disorders or autism across Southern California, Coyne & Associates takes great care in picking its in-home professionals, who in turn have voted the agency a top San Diego wor... |
| Nov 12, 2017 | U.S. Bank goes big on live-work balance | U.S. Bank traces its roots back to 1863 with First National Bank of Cincinnati, the institution whose charter it still holds.
Now based in Minneapolis, the company weathered the recent deep recession and emerged as the nation’s seventh-larg... |
| Nov 12, 2017 | For healthcare IT start-up Doctible, culture is king | Since the beginning of the year, San Diego’s Doctible has grown from 22 workers to 55 employees.
For Co-founder and Chief Executive Ajit Viswanathan, the growth has Doctible’s management working hard to retain the start-up’s energetic cultu... |
| Nov 12, 2017 | Employee ownership a point of pride for Swinerton Builders | When the company that became Swinerton Builders started, Grover Cleveland was president and Henry Ford was still more than a decade away from popularizing the assembly line.
It was a much different world in 1888 when the company began as a ... |
| Nov 12, 2017 | Leadership small company — Ajit Viswanathan of Doctible | Small companies: Ajit Viswanathan, Doctible
The founders of Doctible are passionate about the rising costs of health care and came up with the name of their company by combining the word “doctor” with “deductible.” Launched in 2014, the sof... |
| Nov 12, 2017 | Leadership: Large companies — Mary Ann McGarry, Guild Mortgage | The Union-Tribune asked the winners of this year’s Top Workplace Leadership awards, which were based on employee surveys, what qualities their respective companies emphasize when it comes to leadership. Here are their answers, edited for sp... |
| Nov 8, 2017 | SoCalGas and California government bicker over Aliso Canyon as winter nears | The Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field in Los Angeles County may be back up and running — albeit on a limited basis — but that has not dispelled concerns about reliable supplies.
And with winter fast approaching, two state commissions a... |
| Nov 7, 2017 | SeaWorld attendance keeps dropping, with a sharp decline in the key summer months | SeaWorld attendance and revenue fell sharply during the key summer months, with the San Diego and Orlando, Fla., marine parks seeing the biggest drop-offs, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. reported Tuesday.
Although the third-quarter results for... |
| Nov 7, 2017 | Q&A: Broadcom CEO Hock Tan calls his Qualcomm takeover bid compelling for shareholders | |
| Nov 6, 2017 | Broadcom’s offer to buy Qualcomm for $105 billion is tech’s largest attempted takeover | Qualcomm Inc. said it has received a buyout offer from Broadcom Ltd. of $70 a share in cash and stock. The proposed deal, valued at about $105 billion, would be the largest in semiconductor industry and is sure to draw regulatory scrutiny.
... |
