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What We Learned This Week
We’re talking about vacation rentals and marijuana shops are challenging unlicensed dispensaries.
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After Long Push For In-Person School, Some Parents Are Getting Cold Feet
School districts are scrambling to offer enough flexibility to accommodate families whose desires are changing along with the pandemic.
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Politics Report: BIA Talks New Tax
The building industry group is exploring a real estate transfer fee. What to do on Question 2 in the recall. And Dems aim for Desmond.
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Sacramento Report: SB 9 Still Alive, But Its Impact Might Be Limited
Recent amendments and a closer look at SB 9 are raising questions about how significant an effect it could have in the first place.
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VOSD Podcast: Police And Public Health Falsehoods
This week the hosts recap the years-long case of Fridoon Nehad, and discuss the state of public health in the region.
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Civic Center Plaza Lenders Argue What They Didn't Know Can't Hurt Them
Lenders behind the city's Civic Center Plaza lease argue they can't be punished for an alleged conflict of interest they didn’t know about.
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Morning Report: Civic Center Plaza Lenders Push Back
Lawyers for both parties will debate the eviction case next week and transitional kindergarten to all students doesn’t have enough space.
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The Learning Curve: Universal TK Is Not So Universal On The Ground
Some parents in San Diego Unified are finding out that some so-called universal TK programs are already full.
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Campa-Najjar Parachutes Into Chula Vista Mayor's Race
Ammar Campa-Najjar was quick to dismiss criticism about shifting his political sights south.
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North County Report: Oceanside Moves Ahead On Groins Without Mayor's Support
The latest schools guidance is complicated, a new Amazon distribution center gets denied and more in our biweekly roundup.
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Legal Marijuana Shops Are Taking On The Black Market
The strength of the illicit market has been a significant thorn in the side of legal operators, who pay high licensing fees and taxes.
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Morning Report: Lawsuit Pits Legal Dispensaries Against The Black Market
Cannabis dispensary chain March & Ash is suing a long list of people and Ammar Campa-Najjar set his sights on a run for Chula Vista mayor.
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What We Learned This Week Is That Sara Libby Got A New Gig
After nine years as Voice of San Diego's managing editor, Sara Libby has a new job at the San Francisco Chronicle.
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San Diego's Vietnamese Community Is Booming – And Wants Redistricting To Show It
The Vietnamese community has grown significantly over the past decade, but it's been split between four different City Council districts.
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Morning Report: Vietnamese Community Wants To Flex Political Muscle
San Diego’s growing Vietnamese community and a call for an end to “tyranny” and oppression.”
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Environment Report: EPA Narrows Border Pollution Projects To Three
Scientists identify link between wildfire smoke and COVID-19 infections and deaths, which community choice energy program to join and more
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Secrecy, Misinformation Defined Every Turn In Police Shooting Case
Details about the 2015 shooting of Fridoon Nehad by SDPD officer Neal Browder have trickled out over the last six years.
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Morning Report: Secrecy, Falsehoods Defined Police Shooting Case
The family of a man killed by a San Diego police officer will settle a lawsuit and the EPA has three border sewage options.
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Schools' Quarantine Protocols Are A Lot More Confusing Than Last Year
Last school year, schools closed entire classrooms when one student tested positive, but the latest guidance is a lot more complicated.
