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San Diego’s rail transit system does not go to the airport, and try as we might, we’ve never quite figured out how to make it so.

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San Diego’s rail transit system does not go to the airport, and try as we might, we’ve never quite figured out how to make it so.

We’re talking about vacation rentals and marijuana shops are challenging unlicensed dispensaries.
School districts are scrambling to offer enough flexibility to accommodate families whose desires are changing along with the pandemic.
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.
Recent amendments and a closer look at SB 9 are raising questions about how significant an effect it could have in the first place.
This week the hosts recap the years-long case of Fridoon Nehad, and discuss the state of public health in the region.
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.
Lawyers for both parties will debate the eviction case next week and transitional kindergarten to all students doesn’t have enough space.
Some parents in San Diego Unified are finding out that some so-called universal TK programs are already full.
Ammar Campa-Najjar was quick to dismiss criticism about shifting his political sights south.
The latest schools guidance is complicated, a new Amazon distribution center gets denied and more in our biweekly roundup.
The strength of the illicit market has been a significant thorn in the side of legal operators, who pay high licensing fees and taxes.
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.
After nine years as Voice of San Diego's managing editor, Sara Libby has a new job at the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Vietnamese community has grown significantly over the past decade, but it's been split between four different City Council districts.
San Diego’s growing Vietnamese community and a call for an end to “tyranny” and oppression.”
Scientists identify link between wildfire smoke and COVID-19 infections and deaths, which community choice energy program to join and more
Details about the 2015 shooting of Fridoon Nehad by SDPD officer Neal Browder have trickled out over the last six years.
The family of a man killed by a San Diego police officer will settle a lawsuit and the EPA has three border sewage options.
Last school year, schools closed entire classrooms when one student tested positive, but the latest guidance is a lot more complicated.