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A member of the San Ysidro School Board who has her eyes on the San Diego City Council has a warrant out for her arrest ...
12/04/2025

A member of the San Ysidro School Board who has her eyes on the San Diego City Council has a warrant out for her arrest connected to a 2021 DUI conviction.

Kenia Peraza said she hadn’t known about the three-year-old bench warrant for her arrest until this week. Peraza, who is also running for San Diego City Council, said she was making arrangements to clear up her legal difficulties.

BEEF ALERT: Does San Diegans’ historic animosity toward tourists from Arizona say more about them, or us?
12/03/2025

BEEF ALERT: Does San Diegans’ historic animosity toward tourists from Arizona say more about them, or us?

San Diegans’ disdain for tourists from Arizona is nothing new. But has the root of that resentment changed?

For immigrants on the other end of ICE’s mass deportation effort, even harms that are corrected by the courts can be dif...
12/02/2025

For immigrants on the other end of ICE’s mass deportation effort, even harms that are corrected by the courts can be difficult to undo.

A woman who spoke with Voice of San Diego in January faced retaliation when ICE detailed her in October.

BEEF ALERT: As Mayor Todd Gloria spent much of 2025 pointing fingers at the county on homelessness issues, supervisors m...
12/02/2025

BEEF ALERT: As Mayor Todd Gloria spent much of 2025 pointing fingers at the county on homelessness issues, supervisors mostly tried to keep their heads down.

Throughout 2025, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria publicly criticized San Diego County – and county officials sought to avoid a battle.

At one South County middle school, engaging projects and high expectations provide an educational playground for student...
12/02/2025

At one South County middle school, engaging projects and high expectations provide an educational playground for students who may otherwise fall through the cracks.

At Southwest Middle School in San Ysidro, test scores are up and chronic absenteeism is down. An unusual mix of science, arts and ambitious schoolwide projects keeps even struggling kids engaged.

Encinitas is ramping up enforcement as part of the city’s response to homelessness.Here’s what the mayor had to say abou...
12/01/2025

Encinitas is ramping up enforcement as part of the city’s response to homelessness.

Here’s what the mayor had to say about it:

A conversation with Encinitas Mayor Bruce Ehlers on the city’s new response to the homelessness crisis.

A coalition of labor and advocacy groups is trudging forth with a proposed countywide half-cent sales tax measure for ne...
11/26/2025

A coalition of labor and advocacy groups is trudging forth with a proposed countywide half-cent sales tax measure for next year.

A coalition of labor and advocacy groups announced Friday they will try to get a proposed countywide half-cent sales tax hike on the November 2026 ballot.

A loophole to a state-mandated policy intended to mitigate sprawl may have revived housing development in San Diego Coun...
11/26/2025

A loophole to a state-mandated policy intended to mitigate sprawl may have revived housing development in San Diego County’s backcountry.

Some county officials say allowing projects that comply with the county’s general plan to avoid the vehicle miles traveled policy has been a game changer.

North County Transit District is trucking in fuel from nearly 100 miles away to run its hydrogen bus fleet — and it’s no...
11/26/2025

North County Transit District is trucking in fuel from nearly 100 miles away to run its hydrogen bus fleet — and it’s not cheap.

The district, trying to meet a state regulation, can’t operate all its hydrogen buses due to the expensive cost of fuel.

Opinion: San Diego’s military families aren't being adequately served by our local safety net.Here’s how we can fix that...
11/25/2025

Opinion: San Diego’s military families aren't being adequately served by our local safety net.

Here’s how we can fix that.

San Diego must prove its support for military families by treating the organizations that hold up them up as part of the safety net.

State budget constraints led to some homelessness policies getting sidelined this year, and it could happen again.
11/25/2025

State budget constraints led to some homelessness policies getting sidelined this year, and it could happen again.

Why an attempt to make it easier to clear homeless encampments lost momentum at the state Capitol despite the governor’s crackdown on cities.

Rohr Industries has a deep history in Chula Vista. Now some of the company’s old properties will be the site of big chan...
11/25/2025

Rohr Industries has a deep history in Chula Vista. Now some of the company’s old properties will be the site of big changes across the city.

An entire generation of Chula Vista residents owed their families’ livelihoods to jobs at Rohr’s sprawling bayfront manufacturing complex.

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Launched in 2005, Voice of San Diego was the first digital, nonprofit news organization in the country to serve a local community. Its founders, longtime columnist and editor Neil Morgan and entrepreneur Buzz Woolley, felt the region desperately needed more reporting, analysis and journalistic competition.

VOSD made a name for itself by producing hard-hitting investigative reports along with civic engagement opportunities that gave San Diego residents a new platform to discuss and debate the issues that impact their quality of life.

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