San Diego – California Globe

Super Bowl Sunday: Avocados Grow, Where Water Flows

February 8, 2026 6:00 amFebruary 8, 2026 8:38 am

President Donald Trump’s immigration and tariff policies were met with speculation and fearmongering that both would increase the price of avocados and all agriculture. Meanwhile, others countered with their opposition to Mexican imports and cartel “blood avocados.” Here’s the gospel truth about...

California Will Lose at Least Two Seats in Congress After 2030

January 29, 2026 6:00 amJanuary 29, 2026 6:01 am

Despite a return to positive population growth, California will lose at least two (-2), and is at high risk of losing three (-3) seats in Congress, going from 52 to 49 after the census in 2030, and fourth overall since...

Greenberg: San Francisco’s Insanely High Per Capita Spending

September 10, 2025 2:55 amSeptember 10, 2025 2:56 am

It’s hard to believe but our new mayor, Daniel Lurie, who campaigned on accountability as a main talking point, is now proposing a tax, a parcel tax, to be put to the voters next year, to close the gap in...

Decades Long Tijuana Sewage Crisis: Real Progress In just 100 days

September 1, 2025 2:52 amDecember 16, 2025 11:41 am

For many years, untreated raw sewage has flowed into Southern California from Mexico and polluted the Tijuana River Valley, causing beaches to close, rendering them unusable. Even with beaches closed, and dangerous pollution issues, the federal government never managed to...

Fighting White Supremacy Once Again, Ku Klux Klan Act is Challenging Race-based Scholarship at UCSD

August 4, 2025 10:10 amAugust 4, 2025 10:10 am

In 1871, over five years after the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), Ohio Republican Congressman Samuel Shellabarger introduced the KKK Act as “An Act to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment.” The KKK Act was intended to...

Tijuana Sewage Crisis: EPA and Mexican Government Sign Agreement to End

July 28, 2025 8:00 amJuly 28, 2025 8:01 am

For many years, untreated raw sewage has flowed into Southern California from Mexico and polluted the Tijuana River Valley, causing beaches to close, rendering them unusable. Even with beaches closed, and dangerous pollution issues, the federal government never managed to...

San Diego City Council Committee Proposes $25 Per Hour Hospitality Minimum Wage

June 27, 2025 4:54 pmJune 27, 2025 4:54 pm

The San Diego City Council’s Select Committee on Addressing Cost of Living unanimously passed a proposal to set the minimum wage for all hospitality workers in the city to $25 an hour earlier this week, bringing the ordinance forward to...