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What We Learned This Year: 7 Observations About Who COVID Killed
Our series Year One: COVID-19's Death Toll has unearthed new – and disturbing – information about the communities hit hardest by COVID.

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Our series Year One: COVID-19's Death Toll has unearthed new – and disturbing – information about the communities hit hardest by COVID.

Plus: Politics report, Faulconer speaks on 101 Ash St. and the city has paused intakes at two city-funded homeless shelters.
Voice of San Diego Editor-in-Chief sat down with the La Jolla Institute of Immunology to discuss all things Omicron.
Removing the coastal height limit for a small part of University City may be on a future ballot. The mayor readies a redo on Midway ballot.
A Voice of San Diego analysis reveals that COVID ripped through some working-class professions.
Building classroom communities is a complex process that requires careful planning, support, and evaluation to have any long-term benefit.
Plus: Living in this “Fine City” ain’t easy, renewed discussions on the airport-transit connection and photo of the week.
Private operators’ struggle to keep two East Village restrooms accessible accentuates the challenges that come with meeting that goal.
Shane Crotty, a lead researcher at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology, has helped us out here on the VOSD Podcast throughout the pandemic.
Former mayor Kevin Faulconer maintained he did not know that onetime ‘volunteer’ city real estate adviser Jason Hughes was paid millions.
Plus: San Diego Unified approved a new electoral map and the number of COVID infections over the past week far exceeded the previous one.
In the first of a new column, Jesse Marx tells the story of three San Diegans who earn far below what they need to make ends meet.
Plus: Eighteen wheelers keep driving through Barrio Logan and the city is hiring more lawyers for 101 Ash St. debacle.
A proposal to split Tijuana into two separate municipalities has been generating some fierce debate in recent days.
These commissioners simply do not reflect the diversity of San Diego, nor the experiences of most residents.
San Diego's Climate Equity Index was developed with the good intention of identifying and supporting communities in need.
The vacancy of one of the most influential positions in city government comes at a time of great challenge and even greater opportunity.
Plus: The mask mandate is back, splitting Tijuana into two separate municipalities and controversial boundaries.
Plenty of San Diegans are dealing with food insecurity, but servicemembers face additional barriers that the general population does not.
Plus, a secret unit within U.S. Customs and Border Protection used surveillance tools to target journalists and their families.