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Morning Report: Union Helped Fired CSUM Professor Keep His Job
The professor sexually harassed his former aide and acted unprofessionally with three other students over the course of a single semester.
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CEO And Board Are Out At Volunteers Of America Southwest
Major fallout continues at one of San Diego's largest charitable organizations, following revelations of alleged fraud and mismanagement.
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Environment Report: Some San Diegans Might Be Buried Before Power Lines Are
San Diego resolves one of its undergrounding disputes, a supervisor testified in Congress over offshore drilling and more in our roundup.
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Morning Report: Decision Day For The Franchise Fee
The city and SDG&E appear poised to ink the franchise deal.
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CSU San Marcos Tried To Fire A Professor For Misconduct – Then His Union Intervened
California State University San Marcos officials determined a professor's interactions with female students violated school policies.
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VA Pulls Funding From Volunteers Of America Southwest In Wake Of Fraud Allegations
The VA is suspending at least $1.8 million worth of grants and has identified nearly $100,000 in fraudulent spending by the nonprofit.
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Morning Report: VA Pulls Funds From Volunteers Of America Southwest
Fraud allegations were reported earlier this month by Voice of San Diego.
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City, SDG&E Ready To Ink One Deal While Fighting Over Another
The city isn't happy that SDG&E stalled new projects to bury power lines underground since the expiration of the franchise fee agreement.
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What We Learned This Week
Police have another job they take very seriously, as a number of news stories laid out this week: public relations.
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VOSD Podcast: On Records And Retweets
The hosts discuss a public records failure, a high-profile callout of Lincoln High and some local agency Twitter drama.
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Housing Commissioners Disavow Agency Response To Conflict Revelations
Members of the Housing Commission board appear to be at odds.
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Politics Report: The Housing Commission Mess
The broker hired to negotiate a $67 million hotel purchase had first purchased 40,000 shares of stock in the company selling the hotel.
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The Learning Curve: More Cash For Schools Means More Transparency Concerns
Several education advocacy organizations are calling for more transparency and accountability in how school districts spend coronavirus aid.
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Officials Scramble To Address Skyrocketing Fentanyl Deaths
Drug overdoses have surged during the pandemic, and 82 homeless San Diegans died of overdoses involving fentanyl last year.
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Morning Report: Fentanyl Deaths Are Skyrocketing
Accidental deaths involving fentanyl are soaring countywide – and San Diego’s homeless population has been hit particularly hard.
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Housing Commission Broker Invested In Company Before $67M Hotel Purchase
A real estate broker bought 40,000 shares of a real estate investment trust that through a subsidiary owned the Residence Inn Mission Valley
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Sacramento Report: Decision Day For Hundreds Of Bills
Thursday marked one of the biggest days on the legislative calendar: the emptying of the suspense files in both houses of the Legislature.
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New Mask Guidelines Make Sense In A Vacuum, But We Live In The Real World
Lifting the mask mandate too soon will risk increasing virus spread among people in their 20s and 30s, as well as children.
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Wage Theft Is Common For Low-Level Workers, And Officials Are Starting To Take Notice
Workplace abuses has typically fallen on advocacy groups and unions, but elected officials are taking workplace violations more seriously.
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Morning Report: Officials Are Starting To Take Wage Theft Seriously
Construction workers outlined exploitation they’ve experienced and abuses that disproportionately impact immigrant workers.
