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voiceofsandiego.org — 13+ hour, 44+ min ago
VOSD Podcast: SANDAG Killed the Driving Fee
voiceofsandiego.org...Not coincidentally, Hasan Ikhrata is leaving SANDAG as executive director soon.... ...The San Diego Association of Governments board voted to remove the driving fee from the 2025 regional plan — and all future plans.... ...This week, VOSD Podcast hosts Scott Lewis, Andrea Lopez-Villafaña and Jakob McWhinney discuss how the fee was snuffed out, the political implications... ...The new issue shows the rankings of San Diego State University and UC San Diego rose by a lot....
voiceofsandiego.org — 22+ hour, 12+ min ago
Morning Report: Drug Treatment While Poor Is a Lottery
voiceofsandiego.org...As our Lisa Halverstadt reports, a limited number of detox beds, a lack of programs that can treat detox patients experiencing other medical issues... ...For low-income and homeless San Diegans who want to stop using drugs and yet fear painful withdrawal symptoms, quickly getting a substance-use treatment... ...(NBC 7) - UC San Diego has its biggest student body yet.... ...El Niño Cometh, But What Does It Bringeth “El Niño, once feared and nearly revered, has lost cachet,” writes Voice contributor Rober Krier....
voiceofsandiego.org — 22+ hour, 27+ min ago
It's Hard to Predict What the Coming El Niño Will Bring
voiceofsandiego.org...Many coastal roads, restaurants and businesses in San Diego County suffered damages in 1982-83.... ...This winter, a big emerging El Niño might bring Southern California deluges, perhaps destruction, as it did in the winters of 1982-83 and 1997-98... ...Jan Null, a former National Weather Service forecaster who now runs his own private consulting agency called Golden Gate Weather Services, has kept... ...That puts this El Niño in what the Climate Prediction Center considers the “strong” category....
voiceofsandiego.org — 22+ hour, 27+ min ago
It's Hard to Predict What the Coming El Niño Will Bring
voiceofsandiego.org...Many coastal roads, restaurants and businesses in San Diego County suffered damages in 1982-83.... ...This winter, a big emerging El Niño might bring Southern California deluges, perhaps destruction, as it did in the winters of 1982-83 and 1997-98... ...Jan Null, a former National Weather Service forecaster who now runs his own private consulting agency called Golden Gate Weather Services, has kept... ...That puts this El Niño in what the Climate Prediction Center considers the “strong” category....
voiceofsandiego.org — 1+ day ago
San Diegans Struggling with Addiction Also Struggle to Get Treatment Beds
voiceofsandiego.org...Voice of San Diego is part of the Mental Health Parity Collaborative, a group of newsrooms that are covering stories on mental health care access... ...On a recent day earlier this month, Jerry Shirey’s team at San Diego Freedom Ranch had a list of more than 30 people seeking a detox bed to start... ...The outcry for detox beds in San Diego County escalated a couple years ago when a 120-bed Volunteers of America facility in National City that supplied... ...Only two of these detox beds for Medi-Cal patients are in the city of San Diego, which until recently had no beds for these patients....
voiceofsandiego.org — 1+ day ago
Morning Report: All Eyes on Behavioral Health Bed Shortage
voiceofsandiego.org...In response, San Diego City Councilman Raul Campillo called a special committee meeting Wednesday to hear from hospital officials, first responders... ...San Diego’s behavioral health system has long been plagued by bottlenecks and a lack of places for patients to stabilize after they land in local... ...by Interfaith Community Services in Escondido and La Posada de Guadalupe in Carlsbad operated by Catholic Charities.... ...On the street: Aaron Meyer, a UC San Diego psychiatrist who is the city’s first behavioral health officer, reported that San Diego Fire Rescue received...
voiceofsandiego.org — 2+ day ago
San Diego Needs to Reinvest in Balboa Park
voiceofsandiego.org...Jack McGrory is the former San Diego city manager and current member of the Board of Trustees of the California State University.... ...Balboa Park is the crown jewel of our great city. It is the heart and soul of San Diego.... ...The $85 million Rady Shell and the $55 million renovation of the Mingei International Museum were both done without any support from the city.... ...The San Diego Municipal Code is crystal clear that the purpose of the hotel room tax is to promote tourism....
voiceofsandiego.org — 2+ day ago
The Learning Curve: What's Up with College Rankings?
voiceofsandiego.org...For those of you who don’t know, I’m currently in school trying to finish a bachelor’s degree at San Diego State University. So, when the U.S.... ...In fact, both UC San Diego and SDSU’s national rankings increased.... ...Meanwhile, SDSU President Adela de la Torre, whose university benefited from the change, wrote “It is encouraging to see a shift toward criteria... ...And Education Secretary Miguel Cardona last year got in on the pillorying of ranking systems, calling them a joke. ...
voiceofsandiego.org — 2+ day ago
Morning Report: School District Staff Bemoan Return-to-Office Policy
voiceofsandiego.org...San Diego Unified’s workforce has largely returned to in-person instruction since the pandemic forced the district to go remote, with the exception... ...Our Jakob McWhinney reports that district leaders informed staff members last month that they need to return to the office.... ...The Morning Report was written by Jakob McWhinney and Andrea Lopez-Villafaña. ... ...Customs and Border Protection, the agency that oversees Border Patrol, has refused to say why officers were chasing Saldaña Rocha in the first place...
voiceofsandiego.org — 2+ day ago
District Staff Decry San Diego Unified’s Return-to-Office Demand
voiceofsandiego.org...That was especially true at San Diego Unified.... ...While the district’s teachers returned to in-person instruction nearly two years ago after a grueling negotiation process, many San Diego Unified... ...Jakob McWhinney’s biweekly education roundup.... ...“The Central Office Staff is writing to remind you of a commitment....