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A new spotlight onto San Diego’s commercial real estate industry and Balboa Park Conservancy and Friends of Balboa Park has a new name.

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A new spotlight onto San Diego’s commercial real estate industry and Balboa Park Conservancy and Friends of Balboa Park has a new name.

A window into the unique dynamics of the commercial real estate industry.
The city recently stopped paying rent on the property as it looks to exit the Civic Center Plaza and 101 Ash St. deals.
Lenders who fronted cash to facilitate the city’s Civic Center Plaza lease are done sitting on the sidelines.
Unpermitted outdoor dining structures were supposed to be coming down, but the city said restaurants would have until Aug. 2 to comply.
Several standoffs happened on school boards over reopening during the pandemic – but now that energy is spilling over into new conflicts.
School boards in turmoil, outdoor dining structures need to be removed by August 2 and family separation is still a thing.
Community support for Coronado High, outdoor dining structures stay up for now and Gompers Teachers Union has a deal.
Mexico has made a big push to vaccinate people in Baja California in an effort to reopen the border crossing.
Several recent controversies involving Coronado High coaches underscore the school's record of maintaining decorated athletics and programs.
San Diego is on the verge of getting a new electoral map and Carlsbad City Councilwoman Cori Schumacher resigned Friday.
The demographics of the city have been changing – and the nine City Council districts will change along with them.
This week on the VOSD Podcast, an interview with the new chancellor of the San Diego Community College District.
Embattled Carlsbad councilwoman abruptly quits. San Diego released an outline of what a clean water tax may look like.
From mural restoration in Chicano Park to funding for bluff collapse research, here's what San Diego is set to get out of the budget.
The Housing Commission paid $67 million for a Mission Valley hotel based on an appraisal just one month before the pandemic.
The price that the San Diego Housing Commission paid for the hotel is the subject of ongoing scrutiny, and Newsom asks to cut back on water.
The San Dieguito Faculty Association is trying to oust school board member and a high school basketball team is stripped of its title.
Relaxed graduation standards was a move that fits into a broader push across the state to treat students with grace during the pandemic.
Relaxed graduation standards help students, YMCA names new chief and chaos in San Dieguito.