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| Jul 2, 2026 | Arrests of immigrant parents create mental health crisis for children | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News
LOS ANGELES — Damian Zermeño, 15, sensed something was wrong the moment he got home from school.
His aunt sat at the dining table, sobbing. His father, who’... |
| Jan 15, 2026 | In a warming world, freshwater production is moving deep beneath the sea | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology d... |
| Jul 11, 2024 | San Diego's new safe parking lot for homeless gets OK | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
A new safe parking site for people experiencing homelessness is set to open in Point Loma after months of controversy.
Why it matters: The H Barracks site is a key pa... |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Mayor Gloria takes backseat as Prop 47 reform heats up | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
The fight is heating up at the state Capitol to roll back Proposition 47, a decade-old criminal justice reform measure, and Mayor Todd Gloria is taking a wait-and-see... |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Thousands of San Diego students left local public schools | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
San Diego and other large U.S. cities are grappling with too many underpopulated schools.
Why it matters: Public-school funding is tied to student populations and att... |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Celebrated Barrio Logan taco spot ¡Salud! closes its doors | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
The owner of ¡Salud! announced Friday on Instagram that he is closing the popular street-taco spot and its neighboring vinyl bar, La Bamba Room.
Why it matters: The r... |
| May 28, 2024 | Basketball legend and civic icon Bill Walton dies at 71 | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton, a San Diego sports legend, civic activist and music lover died Monday following a prolonged battle with cancer, the NBA announced.
He was 71 years old.
What they'... |
| May 15, 2024 | Mayor Gloria finds $13 million to reverse some proposed budget cuts | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Mayor Todd Gloria announced Tuesday he was reversing cuts to housing and homelessness programs proposed in his budget last month, based on the city's slightly improved financial situation.
Why it matt... |
| May 13, 2024 | California's high teacher pay still isn't enough | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Data: National Education Association; Map: Alice Feng/Axios
California teachers have the highest salaries in the country, yet many still struggle financially.
Why it matters: Teachers and their unions... |
| May 4, 2024 | San Diego reps again request federal funds to fix beach-polluting San Ysidro sewage plant | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Congress in March allocated $100 million to start fixing a decrepit San Ysidro wastewater plant that dumps sewage into the Pacific Ocean. Now, a group of representatives are asking to finish the job.
... |
| May 3, 2024 | Meet Douglas Hamm, the man behind Mayor Gloria's mega-shelter proposal | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
San Diego's city hall is getting a crash course on Douglas Hamm on the heels of Mayor Todd Gloria's proposal to turn his property into the city's largest homeless shelter.
Why it matters: The former p... |
| May 3, 2024 | California bill would generate funds for freeway lid projects | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Attempts to stitch back together communities of color that were torn apart by freeways could get a serious boost if a new bill by San Diego assemblyman David Alvarez becomes law.
Why it matters: Commu... |
| May 1, 2024 | Urban development trendsetter Woodbury School of Architecture is closing | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The San Diego outpost of the Woodbury School of Architecture will close permanently at the end of this semester.
Why it matters: Faculty and alumni built notable projects and influenced development ac... |
| Apr 27, 2024 | Mario Orso takes over as CEO at embattled transportation agency SANDAG | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The San Diego Association of Governments has a new leader: Mario Orso, a chief deputy at the state highway administration for the San Diego region.
Why it matters: SANDAG oversees a $1.2 billion annua... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | CA lawmakers working to improve abortion access for out-of-state patients | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Data: Guttmacher Institute; Note: Data unavailable for D.C.; Map: Simran Parwani/Axios Visuals
State lawmakers are working on a bill that would allow doctors from Arizona to legally come to California... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | San Diego’s cannabis revenue isn’t even that high, man | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Data: City of San Diego; Chart: Axios Visuals
San Diego's declining cannabis tax revenue just isn't as fruitful as city officials projected.
Why it matters: City voters approved a range of taxes on ca... |
| Apr 16, 2024 | San Diego hits a snag in opening its 1,000-bed shelter | City Hall is pumping the brakes on Mayor Todd Gloria's expensive plan to open the city's largest homeless shelter — a new 1,000-bed facility near downtown.
Why it matters: A City Council committee was poised to review the lease Thursday, bu... |
| Apr 10, 2024 | Petco Park is MLB's most walkable stadium | Data: Walk Score; Table: Axios Visuals
Petco Park is the most walkable baseball stadium in America, according to Walk Score.
Why it matters: Even in historically car-centric San Diego, the East Village area around the ballpark has developed... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Mayor Gloria inks expensive lease for San Diego's largest homeless shelter | Mayor Todd Gloria announced Thursday the city of San Diego plans to open its largest long-term homeless shelter, after acquiring a warehouse north of downtown.
Why it matters: If the City Council approves the long-term lease, the facility w... |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mayor Gloria picks 20-year SDPD veteran as new police chief | Mayor Todd Gloria announced Assistant Chief Scott Wahl as the city's next police chief Thursday, setting up the SDPD veteran for a City Council confirmation vote in the coming weeks.
Why it matters: Appointing the city's top cop is one of t... |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Two major SD redevelopments are eyeing the same subsidy | Two of San Diego's biggest redevelopment projects are considering the same type of public subsidy to make the projects viable.
Why it matters: Regional leaders seem increasingly willing to cover infrastructure costs as part of private devel... |
| Mar 15, 2024 | San Diego issues most housing permits in decades, mayor says | San Diego issued more permits for homes last year than it has in decades, nearly doubling its total from a year earlier, per figures that Mayor Todd Gloria is set to release today.
Why it matters: The surge may indicate that years of city a... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Parents: A tool for navigating the school enrollment process | Each year, the Voice of San Diego publishes a guide to help parents and guardians make informed decisions on where to send their kids to school, providing data, explainers, timelines and other resources.
Why it matters: Kids can attend scho... |
| Mar 8, 2024 | San Diego delegates highlight local issues via State of the Union guests | A director at a local school for kids experiencing homelessness and a U.S. Navy veteran impacted by the Tijuana River sewage crisis are two of the guests joining San Diego's U.S. Representatives in Congress at President Biden's State of the... |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Broker directed Housing Commission’s controversial hotel appraisal, audit finds | The San Diego Housing Commission likely overpaid by millions when it purchased a Mission Valley hotel in the middle of the pandemic, relying on an appraisal that valued the property from before COVID-19 devastated the tourism industry, a ne... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Audit: SDPD overtime risks public safety | The San Diego Police Department should require officers to take eight-hour breaks between shifts and consider an overtime limit, per a new city audit.
Why it matters: Excessive overtime causes fatigue that increases officers' risk of death,... |
| Feb 26, 2024 | San Diego students are tackling city's biggest issues | San Diego students are working to solve the city's biggest problems.
Why it matters: In other cities, Aspen Challenge teen participants have developed tangible solutions for major issues.
In San Diego, students will address chronic absentee... |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Montgomery Steppe endorses Jones-Wright for mayor | In the closing days of the primary election, County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe has endorsed Geneviéve Jones-Wright's bid against Mayor Todd Gloria.
Why it matters: Registered Democrats more than double Republicans in number in San ... |
| Feb 21, 2024 | San Diego airport transit system: Update | San Diego's yearslong pursuit of a new transit connection to the airport is taking another turn.
State of play: The San Diego Association of Governments is set to discuss on Friday its plan to spend two more years studying how to connect th... |
| Feb 15, 2024 | City, enviros settle lawsuit over San Diego climate plan | Environmental activists who sued the city of San Diego in 2022, arguing its climate action plan lacked funding and a timeline for meeting its goals, have agreed to a settlement.
Why it matters: San Diego committed to reducing 40% of its emi... |
| Feb 8, 2024 | San Diego school math scores rebounding after pandemic | Elementary and middle-school students in San Diego made greater gains in math scores than many of their peers in the state, but the area is still behind, according to a recent analysis by The New York Times.
Why it matters: Students are sti... |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Indicted Chula Vista City Council member seeks re-election | Despite being indicted, City Council member Andrea Cardenas is seeking re-election in Chula Vista's fourth district.
Why it matters: Voters relying only on information on the March 5 primary ballot might not know Cardenas has been indicted.... |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Elo-Rivera promises stormwater tax measure | A ballot measure to fund stormwater repairs and flood recovery will be put before voters in November if City Council president Sean Elo-Rivera gets his way.
Why it matters: Hundreds of southeastern San Diego residents have been displaced or... |
| Jan 26, 2024 | What we're watching in the wake of San Diego's historic storm | The city has requested FEMA assistance to deal with the fallout of Monday's catastrophic storm and help prevent more damage from heavy rain expected next week.
Driving the news: Mayor Todd Gloria and his staff announced Thursday they are wo... |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Investigation: Ex-county supervisor "not involved" in transit system staffer firing | Former county supervisor Nathan Fletcher "was not involved" in firing a former Metropolitan Transit System staffer who accused him of sexual assault and harassment during a series of encounters in 2021 and 2022, according to an ou... |
| Jan 23, 2024 | Historic rain overwhelms San Diego, causing severe flooding | Historic rainfall Monday closed roads, damaged property and threatened lives from Pacific Beach to the city's southeastern neighborhoods.
State of play: San Diego had one of its five wettest days in recorded history, the National Weather Se... |
| Jan 19, 2024 | Volunteers needed for county's homelessness count as crisis worsens | San Diego County's Regional Task Force on Homelessness is looking for about 300 volunteers to collect data from people experiencing homelessness.
Why it matters: The annual Point in Time count, required by the U.S. Department of Housing and... |
| Jan 12, 2024 | No talk of tax measures in Mayor Gloria's State of the City | Mayor Todd Gloria had a lot to say on housing, crime, infrastructure and homelessness in his annual State of the City speech, but he was mum on one big election-year topic: Taxes.
State of play: Three tax measures are angling for the Novemb... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Gloria joins Prop. 47 fight in State of the City speech | In his fourth State of the City speech, Mayor Todd Gloria promised to to roll back a decade-old criminal justice reform, increase homeless shelter beds and fast-track building permits.
Why it matters: Gloria, up for re-election this year, o... |
| Dec 20, 2023 | How San Diego schools performed in California's annual review | Chronic absenteeism declined in the San Diego Unified School District last year, while high school graduation rates and test scores stayed stagnant.
Driving the news: The state released its annual performance ratings of school districts and... |
| Nov 6, 2023 | I bought a Tesla Model 3 to drive long distances. It's easier and more affordable than I expected, but there's one downside. | Transportation I bought a Tesla Model 3 to drive long distances. It's easier and more affordable than I expected, but there's one downside.
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| Oct 3, 2023 | At Rosemead High, generations of students were harassed or groomed for sex as they tried to get an education | Redeem now
Clara didn't think much of it when the social science teacher gave her his phone number.
She'd met Alex Rai in her fifth-period journalism class. He was friends with the journalism teacher, Eric Burgess, and often stopped by Room... |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Montgomery Steppe and Reichert head to San Diego special election runoff | Republican Amy Reichert, a ReOpen San Diego leader, will meet Democratic San Diego Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe in November's runoff District 4 county supervisor special election.
Driving the news: Democrat Janessa Goldbeck conced... |
| Aug 15, 2023 | Cost of child care forces some California parents to leave jobs | Data: Annie E. Casey Foundation; Map: Tory Lysik/Axios Visuals
Child care has gotten so expensive in California that some parents have been forced to quit their jobs, turn down opportunities or stop working to stay home with their kids.
Dri... |
| Aug 15, 2023 | Not back to school: When aftercare isn't an option | Our son's first year in a San Diego Unified school couldn't have gone better.
Yes, but: We're headed to a charter school instead for year two.
Why it matters: The charter school near our home guarantees after-school care for every student.
... |
| Aug 11, 2023 | City takes aim at industry's hold on Barrio | City planners are taking another run at untangling harmful industrial businesses and homes in Barrio Logan.
Driving the news: A proposal to undo single-family zoning in a swath of the city got most of the attention before it was shot down l... |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Inside law enforcement attacks in the San Diego supe race | The special election for San Diego County Supervisor has been dominated by law enforcement attack ads against Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe.
Yes, but: The union for the Sheriff's Department, the law enforcement group with the large... |
| Aug 4, 2023 | San Diego pauses plan to nix single-family zoning near transit | San Diego is pulling back on its recent attempt to revoke single-family zoning across a swath of the city.
Driving the news: The city's planning commission on Thursday rejected Mayor Todd Gloria's bid to make San Diego California's first ci... |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Scoop: San Diego doesn't expect full City Hall redevelopment bid | San Diego officials expect to pivot from their original plan to redevelop five downtown blocks as part of a new City Hall project, Jay Goldstone, Mayor Todd Gloria's special adviser, told Axios.
Driving the news: The deadline for bids is Fr... |
| Aug 1, 2023 | Officials eye Santa Fe Depot for airport transit connection | Regional planners are getting closer to deciding how to extend transit service to the San Diego International Airport.
Driving the news: The San Diego Association of Governments is zeroing in on a plan to build an automated people mover — a... |
| Jul 27, 2023 | Climate activists tell San Diego to speed up progress | Data: Brookings; Note: Includes all biking, walking, transit and vehicle miles; Map: Alice Feng/Axios Visuals
San Diego is behind schedule to meet some big climate goals, and activists are trying to instill urgency as the city prepares its ... |
| Jul 26, 2023 | San Diego seeks $100 million to turn hotels into homeless housing | The city of San Diego is hoping to again use state funds to transform hotels into housing for its homeless population.
Driving the news: The San Diego Housing Commission voted Tuesday to ask the state for up to $105.8 million to buy two hot... |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Q&A: San Diego District 4 candidate Amy Reichert | A special election to determine control of the County Board of Supervisors is underway, so we've put together a series of Q&As to help introduce the four candidates vying for the seat.
Say hello to Amy Reichert.
The candidate: Reichert ... |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Q&A: San Diego District 4 candidate Paul McQuigg | A special election to determine control of the County Board of Supervisors is underway, so we’ve put together a series of Q&As to help you meet the four candidates vying for the seat. Say hello to Paul McQuigg.
The candidate: McQuigg is... |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Q&A: San Diego District 4 candidate Janessa Goldbeck | A special election to determine control of the county Board of Supervisors is underway, so we've put together Q&As to help you meet the four candidates vying for the seat. Say hello to Janessa Goldbeck.
The candidate: Goldbeck is CEO of... |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 2-minute voter guide: District 4 county supervisor special election | Voters in San Diego County's fourth district should have received ballots last week for the special election to fill the seat left vacant when Supervisor Nathan Fletcher resigned in scandal this spring.
Why it matters: Though only fourth-di... |
| Jul 24, 2023 | San Diego Union-Tribune staffers bid farewell | When word came earlier this month of the Union-Tribune's sale to Alden Global Capital, attention quickly turned to major staffing reductions at the region's paper of record.
Within days, those expectations became reality, as high-profile re... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Port of San Diego names acting CEO amid turmoil | The Port of San Diego named an acting CEO Friday, three days after the agency abruptly placed chief Joe Stuyvesant on administrative leave.
The latest: The board selected former Port CEO Randa Coniglio as acting CEO.
Coniglio already served... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | San Diego county supervisor bid spotlights ex-mayor's homeless record | When former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced his county supervisor bid last week, he suggested the region was better off with his approach to homelessness.
What he's saying: "As mayor of San Diego I delivered real results on s... |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Legislators step in as trust erodes between community colleges, California State University | In summary
More than a year of mudslinging between the higher education systems has led to delays and anger over the issue of awarding bachelor’s degrees at community colleges. Legislators, frustrated by the lack of progress, are getting in... |
| Apr 21, 2023 | California Legislature weeds through key bills | The state Legislature’s policy committees are buzzing with activity this week, hearing bills on topics including election reform, missing persons and chemicals in candy. Bills that require money will advance to their respective appropriatio... |
| Apr 18, 2023 | DEMAND FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADUs) IS GOLDEN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; VILLA HOMES LAUNCHING IN SAN DIEGO | Villa Homes “California desperately needs to build millions of units of housing this decade, especially at lower price points that average people can afford to buy or rent,” said Roberts.
SAN DIEGO (PRWEB) April 18, 2023
Villa Homes, Americ... |
| Mar 7, 2023 | Newsom vs Walgreens on abortion: Where California goes from here | Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Gov. Gavin Newsom has sought to make California a sanctuary state for those seeking abortions. He just threw yet another pebble in that pond – but it’s unclear how long and far it’ll ripple.
Newsom twee... |
| Feb 25, 2023 | New California pay-to-play law taken to court | For a bill described by its author as “the most significant political reform of the last 50 years,” Senate Bill 1439 sure didn’t get much attention when it was working its way through the Legislature last year.
The law, authored by Sen. Ste... |
| Feb 18, 2023 | California’s persistently shrinking population — and the reasons why | Programming note: We’ll be recognizing Presidents’ Day, so WhatMatters will return to your inboxes on Tuesday.
In 2021, it was big news — the “California exodus.” Now, it just looks like the new trend: California’s population is still shrin... |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Another police shooting, another haunting video | Last Friday, the Memphis Police Department released its videos of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, prompting an outpouring of protest, grief and commemoration across the country, including in California where Nichols spent much of his lif... |
| Oct 26, 2022 | California sends contradictory economic signals | When it comes to California’s economy, the numbers tell wildly different and seemingly incompatible stories — leading to competing narratives ahead of the Nov. 8 election as residents identify jobs, the economy and inflation as the top issu... |
| Oct 13, 2022 | What would Rob Bonta do next as California attorney general? | In summary
In an hour-long interview with CalMatters, Attorney General Rob Bonta talks about rising crime, affordable housing, concealed guns and other priorities if he wins a full term.
California’s attorney general is often described as t... |
| Oct 10, 2022 | What San Diego says about California | “It’s hard for any legislator to admit that a policy they championed, and put a lot of money behind, is going to make things worse.”
That comment, from San Diego City Councilmember Raul Campillo, came during a Saturday panel on child care a... |
| Oct 10, 2022 | CalMatters editors offer unique, nonpartisan insights on California’s 2022 election propositions | In summary
CalMatters journalists continue to offer the best statewide perspective on propositions up for voters in the 2022 election.
Our team was live at Politifest in San Diego, with Editor & Co-Founder David Lesher and Newsletter Ed... |
| Sep 22, 2022 | The Bontas get their office | In an alley south of San Francisco’s Market Street, surrounded by the scraps of disassembled weapons and flanked by the mothers of young men killed by gunfire — including the one memorialized on the mural behind him — Attorney General Rob B... |
| Sep 16, 2022 | California aims to put dirty trucks in rear-view mirror | California’s environmental regulators have been on a tear lately. Late last month, the California Air Resources Board introduced a new rule banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in California, starting in 2035.
This week, the board ... |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Groups: Designate Nov. 13 National Warrior Call Day, advocate for suicide prevention among active-duty military, veterans | (The Center Square) – Multiple groups are calling on Congress to pass a resolution commemorating a National Warrior Call Day to raise awareness and prevention of suicide among active-duty service members and veterans.
They’re doing so as a ... |
| Mar 28, 2022 | San Diego Community Power names a permanent CEO | San Diego Community Power, the new energy provider in the region that is in the midst of enrolling more than 700,000 residential customers, has hired a permanent CEO.
Karin Burns will take over April 18 after the board of San Diego Communit... |
| Dec 4, 2021 | 22 of the best places you should travel to in the US in 2022 | California is filled with beautiful sights, a likely reason why four destinations from the Golden State made this list. Tj LeClair/Shutterstock As COVID continues, domestic getaways remain one of the best travel options for US travelers. If... |
| Oct 10, 2021 | New Trends Emerge In U.S. Schooling Amidst Pandemic’s Second School Year | Students and parents arrive masked for the first day of the school year at Grant Elementary School ... [+] in Los Angeles, California, August 16, 2021. - To stem the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus teachers in Los Angeles are required to be ... |
| Oct 10, 2021 | Some Tijuana locals say they’re hopeful about a new Amazon warehouse that social media users called dystopian | Visiting the community of Nueva Esperanza in Tijuana, Mexico next to Amazon’s new fulfillment center. Thomas Pallini/Insider
Amazon’s new warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico borders homes made of wood, tarps, and cardboard.
Some residents of the h... |
| Aug 17, 2021 | Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, a leading GOP candidate in the California gubernatorial recall election, wants to bring ‘common sense’ to Sacramento | Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Kevin Faulconer is one of the leading GOP candidates in the California gubernatorial recall election.
In an interview with Insider, Faulconer called the recall “a referend... |
| Aug 3, 2021 | More Cities Are Moving to Drop Automated Gunshot-Detection Tech | Community organizers in San Diego and Chicago are calling on their city leaders to end contracts with the surveillance company ShotSpotter, which installs hidden microphone arrays and uses a combination of algorithms and human reviewers to ... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | Drought, Heat And Nuclear – Gavin Newsom’s Elephant In The Room | Governor Newsom issued an Emergency Proclamation Regarding California Electricity, that does little ... [+] to address the real issues and does not mention nuclear power anywhere. Gage Skidmore |
| Apr 19, 2021 | 3 San Diego City Council members want changes to potential franchise agreement with SDG&E | Three members of the San Diego City Council say they want to see changes to a potential franchise agreement between the city and San Diego Gas & Electric. Council members Sean Elo-Rivera, Monica Montgomery Steppe and Joe LaCava each spo... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Again, SDG&E turns in only bids for San Diego electric and gas franchise agreement | A second round of bids for the right to deliver gas and electric services within the city limits of San Diego were unsealed Friday and the result was the same as the first round, with San Diego Gas & Electric turning in the only offer —... |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Kevin Faulconer is running for California governor against Gavin Newsom. Democrats should pay attention. | Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Kevin Faulconer has launched a campaign for governor against Gavin Newsom in California.
Faulconer, a moderate Republican, was the mayor of San Diego from 2014 to 2020.
Democrats ... |
| Nov 18, 2020 | Streetlight Spy Cameras Have Led to a Massive Privacy Backlash in San Diego | In 2017, the city of San Diego began installing around 3,000 sensors and hidden cameras into streetlights. The so-called "smart streetlights" were originally approved as an initiative to monitor and mitigate traffic, but quietly b... |
| Oct 19, 2020 | San Diego Cops Who Abused Old 'Seditious Language' Law To Ticket Residents Also Engaged In Other Misconduct | A few months ago, Voice of San Diego reported cops in the city were ticketing people for the strangest crime: sedition. An old law no one had bothered to take off the books allowed officers to literally police speech. Despite several ruling... |
| Aug 27, 2020 | The utopian promise and dystopian potential of real-time detection of police, fire, and medical emergencies | In 2014, John Garofolo went to Baltimore to visit Lt. Samuel Hood of the Baltimore Police Department. Garofolo was previously head of Aladdin, a program in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to automate analysis of a massiv... |
| Aug 27, 2020 | The utopian promise and dystopian potential of real-time detection of police, fire, and medical emergencies | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In 2014, John Garofolo went to Baltimore to visit Lt. Samuel Hood of the Baltimore Police Department. Garofolo was previously head of A... |
| Aug 10, 2020 | San Diego Police Officers Are Using An Old Sedition Law To Punish People For Swearing Around Cops | It's pretty well established that offensive hand gestures are covered by the First Amendment, even when it's a cop receiving the finger. This free speech has resulted in "contempt of cop" arrests and citations, but there hasn't be... |
| Aug 10, 2020 | San Diego Police Officers Are Using An Old Sedition Law To Punish People For Swearing Around Cops | It’s pretty well established that offensive hand gestures are covered by the First Amendment, even when it’s a cop receiving the finger. This free speech has resulted in “contempt of cop” arrests and citations, but there hasn’t been a feder... |
| Jul 2, 2020 | Secret General Atomics Drone Flights Over San Diego Raise Surveillance Concerns | A new version of the Predator drone will take off over San Diego sometime in the next few weeks, one designed to operate in civilian airspace. It might be in the air right now; authorities are not saying when the test flights will take plac... |
| Jun 12, 2020 | Drone companies abdicate responsibility in selling to law enforcement | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
It’s an open secret that law enforcement is deploying drones to surveil the nationwide protests against racial injustice. Indeed, in an... |
| Jun 12, 2020 | Drone companies abdicate responsibility in selling to law enforcement | It’s an open secret that law enforcement is deploying drones to surveil the nationwide protests against racial injustice. Indeed, in an open letter, Democrats in Congress questioned why agencies including U.S. Customs and Border Protection ... |
| Nov 5, 2019 | The Trump Administration Dumped Thousands of Migrants — Including Kids — on the Streets with No Support | Hundreds of thousands of migrants — including families with very young children — were released into cities across the Southwest with little to no resources after the Trump administration ended a longstanding policy last fall, according to ... |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Why San Antonio Had to Turn a Former Quiznos into a Hub for Migrants | Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.
SAN ANTONIO — The tile floor near the entrance to San Antonio’s migrant resource center still has the Quiznos logo on it. The center, which the city opened in the former sandw... |
| Feb 16, 2018 | County Gov't Tries To Dodge Liability In Jailhouse Deaths By Intimidating The Journalist Who Exposed Them | To keep itself from being held liable for inmate deaths, San Diego County (CA) has decided to target the journalist who exposed them. Kelly Davis, along with the EFF’s Dave Maass, used public records requests and investigative journalism to... |
| Sep 3, 2017 | Column: In San Diego, inaction becomes deadly | In an April column, I wondered which politician, judge or police chief thought it was OK to allow a surging population of disabled homeless people to defecate, use drugs and even die in broad daylight on the sidewalks of San Diego.
Based on... |
| May 29, 2017 | Fixing cities | E
xciting news for people who live, well, everywhere: Incremental changes happening across tech, local news and local government are finally making the world around you transparent.
This isn’t some “smart cities” concept fantasy, like those... |
| Jan 29, 2017 | Column: Homeless crisis is solvable, but won’t yield to political timidity | In government as in business, it’s easy to tell leaders from mere politicians: Leaders tend to produce results, while politicians settle for “addressing” problems, usually by spending more of somebody else’s money.
Early this month, Mayor K... |
| Jan 18, 2017 | LA Chargers Already Face Trademark Opposition To Their Name Over The Term 'L.A.' | There may be nothing more frustrating than trademarks being granted for terms that serve as simple geographic identifiers. With a couple of recent stories revolving around names of cities, or acronyms of them, it’s probably time to consider... |
