Voice of San Diego

08/09/2026

School may be around the corner, but summer is far from over!

Keep the sunny vibes going with Voice of San Diego’s inaugural local’s summer playlist ☀️ 🎧️

We’ve compiled 38 local songs to help keep you humming on these long, warm nights.

08/08/2026

National City is just a few years away from being unable to pay it bills, and recent employee raises are a big reason why.

The city manager says the working-class city is just a few years away from being unable to pay its bills. Recent raises for city employees are a primary reason.

08/07/2026

The Trump administration plans to overhaul Head Start, an early education program for poor children with a massive footprint in San Diego.

In San Diego County, Head Start serves more than 140 locations and 250,000 preschool kids.

08/07/2026

In a surprise meeting, the Del Mar City Council requested a misconduct investigation into the state attorney general and a fairgrounds official.

Here’s what we know 👇️

This is the latest in a long series of dustups between the city, a housing developer and the state.

08/07/2026

Grossmont’s teachers union is mobilizing to oust three school board members who voted to lay off 50 staff members, including all of the full-time librarians.

For years, Grossmont’s teachers union supported the board’s conservative incumbents. Now, teachers are putting their muscle behind new candidates.

08/06/2026

The San Diego City Council approved plans to renovate a downtown gas station despite safety threats posed by the project’s seven driveways.

The Brikho family hired lobbying firms run by Jim Madaffer and his wife Robin Madaffer to reach every council office and the mayor before the vote.

08/06/2026

San Diego is seeing more unhoused people between the ages of 60 and 65.

Service providers say this comes from a hole in the social security safety net.

Seniors 60 and older face increasing health and economic challenges compared to younger, homeless people. 

08/05/2026

For residents of Mount Hope, an ongoing, years-long battle to get a recreation center built shows how long they’ve been overlooked by the city.

Some residents are working to change that.

Residents of the southeastern San Diego neighborhood say they’ve been overlooked by the city for decades. Elena Franco, chair of the Mount Hope Neighborhood Group, and other long-time residents want to change that.

08/05/2026

More than half of House Democrats supported a failed effort to halt U.S. spending for Israel’s war.

Just one of San Diego’s representatives joined them.

Earlier this month, an insurgent effort in the House of Representatives tried to stop $3.3 billion from flowing to Israel’s war operations.

08/04/2026

Is the moon’s motion endangered by the height of buildings in the Midway Rising development plan?

Well, no. But its light might be.

For years, plans to redevelop the Sports Arena site have been tangled in litigation over potential environmental impacts. Now, a state effort hopes to make it easier for some projects, including this one, to build higher without running up against the California Environmental Quality Act.

Which is to say, if this bill passes, NIMBYs will no longer be able to cite impacts on moonlight (as well as airflow and other potential height-related aspects) to kill housing projects.

Tap the link in bio to read the latest on Midway Rising, or to listen to the full podcast episode.

🎥: Paris Giles & Bella Ross