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County Joins Region's Largest Government-Run Power Purchasing Agency
The county chose San Diego Community Power to transition to 100 percent renewable electricity.

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The county chose San Diego Community Power to transition to 100 percent renewable electricity.

Developments could make military-grade drone patrols in civilian airspace a more common occurrence in Southern California.
Military grade drones over Southern California, the county joined forces with San Diego Community Power and VOSD is taking questions.
The Encinitas City Council is considering a requirement that new buildings be equipped to power everything with electricity.
Encinitas is cracking down on natural gas, school is back in session, this week’s Border Report and Mayor Gloria joined us on the podcast.
Cross-border travel restrictions got extended, some Baja residents are taking jets to do their shopping and more in our biweekly roundup.
Out of 14 non-classroom-based charter schools, five scored among the 20 lowest-performing schools.
We’re back after taking a breather from daily publishing last week to reset and work on long-term projects.
VOSD environment reporter MacKenzie Elmer explains the history, geography and politics at play in this binational environmental crisis.
VOSD’s Jesse Marx explains how police oversight is currently structured and what happens when cops get convicted.
Mayor Todd Gloria discusses the idea of San Diego Specials and compares his list of our region's most intractable and weird problems.
No San Diego Special has changed the identity of the region like this one has. And it offers a lesson for other San Diego Specials.
The saga over what to do about the Mission Valley stadium site is on its way to the cleanest resolution.
Boosters still see a chance to expand the Convention Center – possibly a clearer path than ever. But that's not saying much.
The effort to regulate vacation rentals has so paralyzed City Hall. Now an end could – maybe, possibly – be in sight.
San Diego’s city government tried and failed to regulate vacation rentals for years – and now there could be an end in sight.
The long and winding drama that has been the effort to expand the Convention Center.
Barrio Logan has been trying for decades to update this blueprint for future growth, and it's faced delays once again this year.
Barrio Logan is one of San Diego’s most diverse and polluted neighborhoods.
For three years San Diegans tried to figure out how to capture the elusive dream of riding a train to the airport.