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Plus: Can San Diego’s coastal height limit ban tall projects?

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Plus: Can San Diego’s coastal height limit ban tall projects?

The search didn’t receive bids from local providers. Some claim the city failed to identify sufficient funding and an adequate location.
After thousands of dollars spent, thousands of signatures gathered and tossed, where does SANDAG and its executive director go from here?
San Marcos and North County are losing young people, which is bad news for families, businesses and for our schools.
Plus: East vs West wastewater wars move closer to resolution.
More than a dozen people got arrested last week to raise awareness of their cause.
Plus: Teachers and other district employees of San Diego Unified will be getting a one-time 4.5 percent pay bump next year.
Plus: As more votes are counted, it’s clearer who is moving on to the general.
Plus: Homeland Security is pursuing a project that would close a gap across the Tijuana River and restaurants face new outdoor dining rules.
The ringleaders and others behind a scam that raided millions of dollars from the state will not spend a single day behind bars.
This week your favorite podcast hosts took their banter, politics chisme and love for mini schnauzers to a LIVE audience.
U.S. Homeland Security wants to close a gap in the border wall across the Tijuana River, but that could set back some pressing projects.
Plus: Boom goes the transit tax.
North County cities continue to grapple with how to best address homelessness in their communities.
Plus: San Diego’s cities adopt stricter water use rules and Council President pushing pilot to help renters keep their homes.
Councilwoman Jen Campbell will face Republican Linda Lukacs in a November runoff to continue representing District 2.
Former Councilman Alvarez has won the 80th Assembly District special election, setting up a rematch against former Councilwoman Gómez.
Vehicle traffic often sits idle for hours making the slow creep crossing from Tijuana into San Diego.
Undersheriff Kelly Martinez, a Democrat, advanced easily to the runoff. She had 38 percent of the vote as of Wednesday.
Plus: What a debate about a homeless shelter in Carlsbad tells us and residents and former staff report problems at Veterans Village.