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VOSD Podcast: Covid's Deadly Political Divide
This week the hosts have a new Covid death record story, juicy City Council sound bites and your new favorite newsletter.

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This week the hosts have a new Covid death record story, juicy City Council sound bites and your new favorite newsletter.

Barrio Logan has long had some of the most polluted air in the region, and residents have fought to reduce pollution.
Plus: San Diego Community College District Schools could soon host a trifecta of Bachelor’s Degrees.
Plus: The grim reality of school shootings in America and controversial cement warehouse planned for the Barrio Logan area is off – for now.
Guns are the leading cause of death of children under 18, and the possibility of a school shooting is carried into the classroom each day.
Significant tensions between city officials erupted during Monday’s City Council meeting.
Binational collaboration can be a difficult, slow-moving process, but both sides of the border are determined to push past hurdles.
The inequitable way the San Diego County Water Authority cost structure impacts our agencies, is why we want to part ways with SDCWA.
Plus: Suit accuses retired City Clerk of Discrimination and the new Councilman on the block.
County Supervisor Jim Desmond tweeted at Elon Musk Friday asking for the billionaire’s input on San Diego’s transportation system.
With a lawsuit and a lot of patience, our reporters managed to match more than 6,000 death certificates to voter registration records.
Plus: Voice of San Diego contributor Sandra Dibble is back with a roundup of U.S.-Mexico border projects she’s keeping an eye on this year.
America's partisan divide isn't only bitter. It's deadly.
Plus: The mayor hopes new, temporary workers can help the city reduce the delays holding back projects during a housing crisis.
With this re-brand of What We Learned This Week, I hope to bring my family’s tradition to your inbox every week.
About 1,600 volunteers fanned throughout the region early Thursday to tally the county’s unsheltered residents.
The mayor, with the employee union’s support, hopes new, temporary workers can help the city reduce the delays holding back projects.
Vista’s City Council is changing the process for choosing its SANDAG representative and will now allow a majority of council members.
The city’s long-vacant old Central Library is now sheltering unhoused women.
After losing that battle in Sacramento, the industry is now asking California voters to weigh in.