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As the region moves deeper into the colder months, holiday get-togethers are in full swing — and so are contagious virus...
11/25/2025

As the region moves deeper into the colder months, holiday get-togethers are in full swing — and so are contagious viruses. Last year in San Diego County reported 220 flu-related deaths, including seven children.

“We are already seeing impacts on the most vulnerable in our community and cases are only going to rise,” said Dr. Sayane Thihalolipavan, a San Diego County public health officer.

According to county data, only around 7% of residents have received COVID-19 boosters this season. The numbers are better for flu vaccinations, but not by much. Just 22% of San Diegans have received flu vaccines this season.

Residents who don’t have insurance can get a free flu shot by visiting any of the county flu vaccine locations, myturn.ca.gov, or by calling 2-1-1 San Diego.

📝: Esmeralda Hernandez
📸: Chris Stone
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/health/2025/11/24/san-diego-county-urges-vaccinations-flu-covid-19-rsv/

In mid-October a hit and run driver took out National City Police Department’s mobile Skywatchers tower, which the City ...
11/24/2025

In mid-October a hit and run driver took out National City Police Department’s mobile Skywatchers tower, which the City had said was combatting the area’s problem of human trafficking.

National City Mayor Ron Morrison said prostitution fell “like a rock off a cliff” after the city installed the tower.

He has not responded to follow up questions on how the city is combatting the problem now that the tower is out of commission.

National City Police Chief Alejandro Hernandez also did not respond to questions on whether the department has implemented any other actions in the Roosevelt area to deter prostitution in the weeks since the tower was removed.

📝: JW August
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2025/11/23/national-city-surveillance-tower-prostitution-sex-trafficking/

Point Loma’s Pointers most successful football season in the last 20 years came to an end on a stormy Friday night. The ...
11/24/2025

Point Loma’s Pointers most successful football season in the last 20 years came to an end on a stormy Friday night.

The season began with a convincing 42-24 win over Del Norte in August, and the team, led by 25 dedicated and determined seniors, continued to put up wins week after week. Soon, there were few county teams without at least one loss.

The Pointers were one of only three teams in the San Diego Section of CIF with undefeated records. The others (Mission Bay and Santa Fe Christian) faced lesser opponents and were ranked below Point Loma.

Sadly, it ended on the campus of San Marcos High, where the Knights’ second-half surge erased a Pointer halftime lead as they went on to win 24-14 and erase Point Loma’s Div. I playoff hopes.

📝 & 📸: Scott Hopkins
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2025/11/22/first-loss-season-point-loma-playoffs-future/

Three representatives from San Diego County joined members of Congress in a letter sent to Homeland Security officials F...
11/24/2025

Three representatives from San Diego County joined members of Congress in a letter sent to Homeland Security officials Friday demanding information on how the agency has provided care for immigrants in custody, including an Orange County man who died last month.

San Diego Democrats Sara Jacobs, Juan Vargas and Mike Levin signed the letter, spearheaded by Reps. Dave Min, D-Irvine, and Judy Chu, D-Pasadena.

The representatives argue in the letter that for the past decade the agency has “delayed or provided substandard medical care, neglected to provide proper medication, and falsified medical records … ICE’s failure to adhere to basic standards of care for individuals in its custody is inexcusable.”

📝: City News Service
📸: Adrian Childress
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2025/11/21/congress-ice-gross-negligence-immigrants/

130 years ago, a group of people came together in an old packing plant, with the intention of building a better world. E...
11/22/2025

130 years ago, a group of people came together in an old packing plant, with the intention of building a better world. Early La Mesa residents gathered there because the nearest church was a two-hour buggy ride away. They became the La Mesa First United Methodist Church.

“This church has always sought to not be just a building in the community, but an actual example of what that world could look like,” said Reverend Christian DeMent, who has led the congregation since 2020.

Longtime member Mary Earnest, 73, was drawn to the church’s long-standing advocacy for social justice, especially its full inclusion of LGBTQ members.

“I had always believed very strongly that one needs to love one’s neighbors and not just tolerate them, but truly be open and welcoming to them,” she said.

📝: Sophia Sleap
Read more about the church https://timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/11/20/a-church-beyond-walls-la-mesa-congregation-celebrates-130-years/

“A Decade of Pop Prints and Multiples, 1962–1972: The Frank Mitzel Collection” marks the public debut of a San Diego-bas...
11/22/2025

“A Decade of Pop Prints and Multiples, 1962–1972: The Frank Mitzel Collection” marks the public debut of a San Diego-based collector’s gift of more than sixty Pop Art prints to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

On view at the museum are vibrant works by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, longtime San Diego resident Niki de Saint Phalle, and others from the period.

“Pop artists were among the first to embrace printmaking specifically as a democratic medium, one that enabled them to reach broad audiences — and thus was truly popular — while courting associations with the commercial culture that inspired the work,” explained Senior Curator Jill Dawsey.

📝: Chris Jennewein
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2025/11/20/pop-art-from-1960s-is-focus-major-exhibition-mcasd/

Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise that the San Diego Zoo called “a quiet and constant presence” for nearly a century at the Z...
11/22/2025

Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise that the San Diego Zoo called “a quiet and constant presence” for nearly a century at the Zoo, has died.

Though her exact birth date remains unknown, experts estimate Gramma may have lived for up to 141 years, making her the oldest inhabitant of the zoo. She arrived in San Diego between 1928–1931 as part of the first group of Galápagos tortoises to come to the zoo soon after its formal opening in 1923.

The zoo did the math, calling Gramma “a witness to history” whose lifetime included the tenures of 20 U.S. presidents, two World Wars and two pandemics.

📝: Jennifer Vigil
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/11/21/queen-gramma-tortoise-dies-san-diego-zoo/

How much rain can you expect through Saturday? According to the National Weather Service, up to an inch and a half in pa...
11/22/2025

How much rain can you expect through Saturday? According to the National Weather Service, up to an inch and a half in parts of North, East and South County, including Oceanside and San Ysidro. Most of the rest of the region should see up to an inch.

Look for a sunny day by Sunday afternoon with a warming trend beginning in San Diego. High temperatures are expected to hit the mid-60s, before rising to the low-70s by Wednesday.

We’ve already easily overtaken November’s rainfall averages in the first week alone, which is unusual in and of itself, but more so as it was widely thought that southern California would see a La Niña winter in 2025-2026: warmer, milder and drier.

Dave Munyan, a meteorologist with the NWS in San Diego, said officially speaking, we’re experiencing a “weak La Niña” pattern this year. So, this past week’s rain doesn’t automatically mean we are not experiencing — or won’t experience — a La Niña winter.

📝: Times of San Diego staff
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/life/2025/11/20/la-nina-weather-outlook/

Amtrak recently announced that it set all-time records for both ridership and revenue last fiscal year, breaking a recor...
11/21/2025

Amtrak recently announced that it set all-time records for both ridership and revenue last fiscal year, breaking a record set only a year earlier. But, ridership in California hasn’t reached its pre-pandemic level.

The Pacific Surfliner carried 2,776,654 riders in 2019. Despite record-setting numbers nationwide in 2025, total ridership on the Surfliner this year was just 2,043,059.

Those national numbers are mostly carried by riders in the northeastern United States. Meanwhile, California’s routes are still recovering from the damage done by both COVID-19 and service disruptions from increasing coastal erosion.

📝: Brooke Binkowski
Read it here: https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2025/11/18/amtrak-hit-record-ridership-last-year-but-the-surfliner-still-trails-its-pre-pandemic-level/

Reality may be biting into San Diego FC‘s dream-like inaugural season, as health concerns have cropped up for three of S...
11/21/2025

Reality may be biting into San Diego FC‘s dream-like inaugural season, as health concerns have cropped up for three of SDFC’s top players while the club sits two victories away from a trip to Major League Soccer’s championship match.

Starting goalkeeper CJ dos Santos continues to recover from the fractured cheekbone he suffered Nov. 1 versus Portland. Anders Dreyer is dealing with an undisclosed health issue and Hirving Lozano has a hamstring injury that has come up previously, although not during this season.

Dreyer and Lozano, though he missed one of the three Portland games (but not due to injury), have accounted for seven goals so far this post-season with two coming courtesy of penalty kicks.

SDFC will play a semifinal match against Minnesota United at Snapdragon Stadium on Monday.

📝: Hector Trujillo
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/sports/2025/11/19/injuries-sdfc-dream-season-semifinal-minnesota/

Pump the brakes, Waymo.Two weeks after the driverless rideshare service announced that they plan to bring their cars to ...
11/20/2025

Pump the brakes, Waymo.

Two weeks after the driverless rideshare service announced that they plan to bring their cars to San Diego, a transit panel voted to oppose the company’s expansion.

The Metropolitan Transit System’s Taxi Advisory Committee voted Wednesday to recommend that the full MTS board challenge Waymo before the state Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Voting members of the Taxi Advisory Committee include representatives of the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego Tourism Authority, San Diego Regional Airport Authority and United Taxi Workers of San Diego. In addition, several cab company permit holders and lease drivers hold votes.

📝: Jennifer Vigil
Read more at https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2025/11/19/transit-panel-slams-brakes-waymo-local-input/

Planning on taking a hike through Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve? You might have to wait.Most of the Natural Reserve...
11/20/2025

Planning on taking a hike through Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve? You might have to wait.

Most of the Natural Reserve in La Jolla’s trails are closed through February because of a multi-phase construction project. These projects are to upgrade utilities, upgrade the comfort station and improve accessibility through new parking stalls and paved pedestrian paths.

“The reserve’s South Beach and North Beach parking lots will remain open, as well as Torrey Pines State Beach. The park road, upper lots and most trails within the reserve will be closed,” Jorge Moreno, the southern communication manager for California State Parks, said.

Full access to the reserve is expected prior to March 1, 2026. Phase II of the project is then scheduled to follow in August or September 2026.

📝: Dave Schwab
📸: Thomas Melville

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