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Here’s an (incomprehensive) list of the biggest budget cuts did and didn’t make it into San Diego’s final spending plan ...
07/03/2025

Here’s an (incomprehensive) list of the biggest budget cuts did and didn’t make it into San Diego’s final spending plan 💸

San Diego's $350 million budget deficit forced officials to make big cuts, and the outlook for fiscal year 2026 is still uncertain.

Get enveloped in the ethereal world of San Diego dream pop group moondaddy with their latest single, “Bystander" ✨ ☁️
07/03/2025

Get enveloped in the ethereal world of San Diego dream pop group moondaddy with their latest single, “Bystander" ✨ ☁️

There have been very few San Diego bands that have excited me quite as much as moondaddy. The group, led by songwriter Cara Potiker, specializes in uber-ethereal dream pop. The […]

Our reporters talked to South Bay voters at the polls Tuesday to check the temperature heading into the final hours of t...
07/02/2025

Our reporters talked to South Bay voters at the polls Tuesday to check the temperature heading into the final hours of the special election.

Here’s what they had to say 👇

A small but steady stream of voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in the race to fill a vacant South County seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. We visited polling places across the region – and heard a lot of opinions.

Imperial Beach Democrat Paloma Aguirre won the race to represent South Bay on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.
07/02/2025

Imperial Beach Democrat Paloma Aguirre won the race to represent South Bay on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

The latest count of votes Tuesday night had Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre with an insurmountable lead Tuesday evening in the race to fill a vacant South County seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

Just as San Diego Unified hones in its restorative justice practices, funding to make those plans pencil out dried up.
07/02/2025

Just as San Diego Unified hones in its restorative justice practices, funding to make those plans pencil out dried up.

San Diego Unified’s board recently passed a new restorative justice policy they hope will help improve implementation. But they also lost funding for some of the key positions that support that work.

Local environmentalists favor a statewide attempt to reduce utilities costs, but are weary of a proposal to freeze housi...
07/02/2025

Local environmentalists favor a statewide attempt to reduce utilities costs, but are weary of a proposal to freeze housing development standards.

The San Diego City Council narrowly voted Monday to override some but not all of Mayor Todd Gloria’s moves to reverse changes to the city’s budget that the Council approved […]

Proposition 36, voters’ solution to drug and theft crimes, has resulted in Black San Diegans being charged at disproport...
07/02/2025

Proposition 36, voters’ solution to drug and theft crimes, has resulted in Black San Diegans being charged at disproportionately high rates.

San Diego police data reveals that a third of people arrested for Proposition 36 drug and theft violations in the law’s initial months were Black.

A new public art piece in Tijuana was built to celebrate collaboration in the cross-border region, but the artists behin...
07/01/2025

A new public art piece in Tijuana was built to celebrate collaboration in the cross-border region, but the artists behind it faced funding struggles and weren’t credited for their work.

Esperanto Park’s newest public art piece does not credit the designers who built it and the binational group that commissioned it in the first place.

Catch our homelessness reporter Lisa Halverstadt on the latest episode of KCRW’s “Question Everything,” where a panel of...
07/01/2025

Catch our homelessness reporter Lisa Halverstadt on the latest episode of KCRW’s “Question Everything,” where a panel of journalists discuss how their local coverage has changed communities 📝🎙️

Reporter Brian Reed re-examines everything about journalism, the profession he thought he knew. In the middle of making his second hit podcast, Brian got sued. Accused. Told the biggest story of his career — the Peabody Award-winning series S-Town — wasn’t journalism. Which meant he had to spe...

Homelessness is a top issue for South County voters, but not a main campaign focus of either of the region’s supervisori...
07/01/2025

Homelessness is a top issue for South County voters, but not a main campaign focus of either of the region’s supervisorial candidates.

Here’s where they stand:

Both candidates for a vacant seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors say they’ll improve the county’s often-maligned response to homelessness. What do their records say?

As enforcement of camping bans ramped up across California over the last year, data shows many unhoused people were tick...
07/01/2025

As enforcement of camping bans ramped up across California over the last year, data shows many unhoused people were ticketed repeatedly but not connected with housing or shelter.

In Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego, homeless Californians describe their experiences over the past year as camping ban enforcement has increased.

Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the South Bay special election!Here are all the local stories we’re following headin...
06/30/2025

Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the South Bay special election!

Here are all the local stories we’re following heading into this week:

It’s nearly here amigos. Tuesday is the last day to vote in the election that will determine which political party will control the county. The San Diego County Board of […]

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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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