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Sentencing recommendation reveals new details in Duncan Hunter's criminal case | Morgan Cook Mar 11, 2020

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UCSD to switch to online learning amid coronavirus update | Gary Robbins Mar 10, 2020

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In an unprecedented move, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla announced Monday night that he will shift all of the school’s courses online and largely close the campus to the public to fight the coronavirus.

There also is a possibility that fans will not be permitted to attend a Division II basketball tournament that is scheduled to be held on campus late this week.

How this homeless advocate helped "defeat" Measure C | Gary Warth Mar 09, 2020

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Michael McConnell, who led the only campaign against Measure C, isn’t gloating over the election results that as of Sunday showed the initiative failing to reach its required two-thirds threshold as outstanding ballots were being counted.

“If it fails, it’s not a victory for me,” said McConnell, one of the city’s most vocal and visible homeless advocates."I’ve moved on.”

Coronavirus update: What we know so far | Gary Robbins Mar 06, 2020

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Science reporter Gary Robbins discusses how San Diego is responding to the coronavirus outbreak.

SDPD releases body cam footage of an officer involved shooting | Teri Figueroa Mar 06, 2020

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San Diego police on Wednesday released body-worn camera video of an officer fatally shooting a man after he’d reportedly grabbed the gun of another officer during a struggle in Oak Park earlier this year.

The graphic footage shows the Jan. 24 afternoon encounter that left 31-year-old Toby Diller dead after two officers tried to stop him while he walked around on the corner of 54th Street and College Grove Drive with an open container of beer.

After a struggle, according to police, Diller pulled at one officer’s still-holstered gun. The holster broke from the officer’s belt.

During the video, one officer yells “He’s got my gun! Shoot him!” Frames later, a gun — presumably held by the other officer — enters the screen near Diller’s head.

Special Episode: U-T reporters recap Super Tuesday's key races Mar 05, 2020

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J Harry Jones, Lori Weisberg, Charles Clark, Sam Hodgson and Micheal Smolens discuss the most important election results after California's primary.

J Harry Jones on Measures A and B https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/story/2020-03-03/measures-ab-election-sotry

Lori Weisberg on Measure C https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2020-03-03/hotel-tax-hike-measure-showing-strong-support-in-early-returns

Charles Clark on CA-53: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2020-03-03/congressional-races-shaping-up-as-early-primary-results-roll-in

Sam Hodgson on CA-50 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2020-03-03/campa-najjar-leads-in-early-vote-count-for-50th-congressional-district-issa-and-demaio-are-neck-and-neck

Micheal Smolens on the state of the Democrats: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2020-03-03/unity-may-be-a-pipe

Looking back on how Super Tuesday has changed in the Trump era | Micheal Smolens Mar 04, 2020

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The San Diego Union-Tribune's political columnist, Michael Smolens, discusses the state of play as the first results of Super Tuesday come in.

What you need to know before voting in California's primary | Charles Clark Mar 02, 2020

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Nearly 300,000 voters had returned their mail ballots to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters as of Friday morning.

Yet Michael Vu, the county’s Registrar of Voters, is encouraging more voters to get a jump on Election Day by casting ballots over the weekend and Monday, at the registrar’s office or at four new satellite registrar locations.

“If you are not registered to vote and want to participate, put it on your to-do list to get to the registrar’s office or the satellite offices this weekend,” Vu said by phone Friday. “If you can’t do that, get to your assigned polling location on Election Day.”

Tuesday’s election will be one of the most complex elections in San Diego history. Here’s what voters need to know to make voting easier.

Story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2020-02-28/what-san-diegans-need-to-know-to-vote-on-or-before-tuesdays-primary-election

Voting guide: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/votingguide

Endorsements: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2020endorsements

These smart streetlights — That are watching you — might have solved a crime | Lyndsay Winkley, Teri Figueroa Feb 29, 2020

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A few years back, San Diego gave the OK to a plan to install energy-saving, and money-saving, LED street lights.

Those street lights had the tech world a buzz. San Diego was deploying the world’s largest smart-city platform, installing high-tech, data-gathering sensors on the street lights. The plan was to track movements of cars and people, particularly in urban and busy areas. Deeper understanding of mobility could follow. Apps could be developed.

Turned out that all that data-gathering required installing cameras on 3,000 street lights. For the public, that revelation last year was a surprise. And not only did all those cameras exist — covering about 5 percent of the city’s public right-of-way — but police were accessing footage.

Among critics, fears of mass surveillance, over-targeting of communities of color, and potential civil-rights abuses followed. Mistrust surfaced, too.

Barrio Logan's zoning has been a mess. This "Transition Zone" could change that. | Andrea Lopez-Villafaña Feb 28, 2020

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Following years of loggerheads, industry leaders, environmentalists and community leaders came together to develop a new “Transition Zone" in Barrio Logan. That neighborhood has always been plagued with toxic air, due to the shipyards and industry located along the San Diego Bay, and it's often invoked as an example of environmental racism. The zone would hopefully improve environmental conditions in the area. This idea was attempted back in 2013, but San Diego voters revoked the plan. With a renewed focus, stakeholders are more confident this new transition zone would prove successful.

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