4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1150+ words) In the laundry list of things contributing to the affordability crisis, housing undoubtedly remains at the top for California. Lawmakers have had to come up with creative ways to cut what seem to be a neverending litany of things that…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1336+ words) When San Diegans caught wind of proposed budget cuts to arts programs and libraries this spring, they fought back with a fervor, filling courtyards and bombarding social media comment sections. But a line item to defund the Neil Good Day…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1097+ words) A few months ago, South San Diego County's largest elementary school district faced a bleak budgetary future." Amid projections of multimillion-dollar deficits and declining reserves, Chula Vista Elementary School District trustees eyed painful cuts and administrators sent layoff notices to…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (641+ words) Over the past decade, schools across the country have grappled with a striking decrease in enrollment. Tens of thousands of students have left San Diego County schools in the last decade. Why, then, have the numbers of kids with disabilities…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1747+ words) Over the past decade, the number of students with disabilities in American schools has exploded. In San Diego County, the trend has been particularly acute. " In 2015, La Mesa Spring Valley Schools, for example, served 1, 424 students with disabilities. By 2025, that number…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (482+ words) When we first broke the story on a criminal misappropriation case involving a former executive of a county contractor, we wanted to know: Did county officials know about her past embezzlement conviction when they awarded a second contract to the…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (928+ words) Olga Castillo's daughter disappeared in Tijuana in February 2020. A group of men took her and her boyfriend, who she lived with at the time. Selena Guadalupe Garc'a Castillo is among more than 128, 000 people currently missing in Mexico, according to a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (833+ words) This story first appeared in the Politics Report, our weekly newsletter on politics. Jack Mc Grory, the city's former city manager among many other things, did a podcast interview recently with Discover La Jolla. He discussed La Jolla's effort to…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (984+ words) In Chula Vista, everyone seems to have a theory about the unexplained departure of the city's veteran police chief. No one seems to know what really happened. Our South County reporter, Jim Hinch, dug into the story and discovered a…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (564+ words) As a serial seller on clothing resale apps like Depop and Poshmark, I probably spend more time at my local post office than the average person. I'm at the Southeastern Station at least once a week shipping off a shirt…...