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The Learning Curve: And We're Back (Again)
The Learning Curve is back baby. Meet Voice of San Diego’s new education reporter Jakob McWhinney.

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The Learning Curve is back baby. Meet Voice of San Diego’s new education reporter Jakob McWhinney.

Plus: The learning curve is back (again) and University agrees to stay quiet about sexual harassment claims.
The city now has committed to take on one of the most difficult infrastructure and land-use projects it has ever undertaken.
SANDAG is supporting a study that looks at extending San Diego’s Blue Line Trolley over the border into Tijuana.
Plus: The city is set to spend $132 million to buy out its 101 Ash St. and Civic Center Plaza leases.
It’s time to check in with our favorite immunologist Shane Crotty to see how much more he’s learned about COVID-19 as the science progresses
Plus: Big day in the 101 Ash saga, no-fee trash guarantee on the ballot and building a trolley over the border.
Some advocacy organizations and parents worry it may limit student’s access to books affirming gender diverse identities.
Under Mayor Todd Gloria's proposal regarding 101 Ash, the City of San Diego will incur hundreds of millions of dollars of debt.
Plus: What’s up with the National City mayoral race and how much poo is too much poo?
The word poop is funny, obviously, but this is deadly serious for local beach cities.
For young women in the armed forces to consider suicide – and act on it – is far more common than their civilian peers.
The DA’s office asked a judge to review documents it says that the city’s landlord and the adviser it paid millions are deeming privileged.
The relationship between public transit and workforce development is rather bleak. Stats suggest that most jobs are inaccessible to riders.
Plus: How public transit access affects San Diego’s workforce.
There is no ‘ideal outcome,’ but a settlement provides certainty.
Plus: Issue of Escondido’s pension debt takes center stage at council meeting and hotel workers strike ends.
In 1967, Republicans and Democrats weren’t divided by abortion, and violence wasn’t a tactic. Then everything began to change.
A heated discussion about the Escondido City’s unfunded pension liability took center stage at a recent city council meeting.
Plus: With COVID cases and hospitalizations on the rise, San Diego Unified is enforcing a new mask mandate.