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Data Forecasts Drastic Job Losses from San Diego $25 Wage

September 19, 2025 12:00 pmSeptember 19, 2025 12:10 pm

Earlier this week, the San Diego City Council voted to raise the minimum wage for hospitality workers to $25 an hour. “What was initially intended as an immediate infusion of higher wages for all workers in San Diego’s tourism industry last...

San Diego’s Students Sacrificed in the Charter Lawsuit

September 3, 2025 4:51 pmSeptember 3, 2025 4:51 pm

In 2015, San Diego Unified and Grossmont Union High School District decided the best use of their time and taxpayer dollars was not more books, more student resources, or higher teacher pay — but a lawsuit. Their target was charter...

‘Paint It Black’ — Exactly How Hot is the Border Wall Going to Get?

September 2, 2025 12:36 pmSeptember 2, 2025 1:09 pm

In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made headlines with the announcement, complete with video footage of Noem wielding a paint roller, that the full length of the steel bollard border wall between the U.S....

Governor Newsom Announces Surge in Law Enforcement To Fight Crime

August 28, 2025 2:54 pmAugust 29, 2025 2:05 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom, flanked by law enforcement, announced in today’s press conference that he will be introducing new and expanded crime-fighting efforts by increasing law enforcement teams and operations throughout the state to fight crime in cooperating cities, counties, and...

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...

Political Motives Suspected in Firebombing of Oceanside Home/Cars

July 16, 2025 12:30 pmJuly 16, 2025 12:30 pm

An Oceanside family and their neighbors had their early morning sleep shattered by fire and chaos on Sunday, July 13. At approximately 2:30 a.m., longtime resident Rick Felkins and his family awoke to find two of their vehicles engulfed in...

San Diego Historian, Playwright and Actor Sues County Library for Race Discrimination

June 30, 2025 12:05 pmJuly 1, 2025 3:35 pm

Men are encouraged to call themselves women these days. But it seems a different set of rules on transitions applies when a white person tries to assume the role of a black person even for artistic purposes. San Diego native...