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Mission Valley Might Be A Live-Work Paradise If This Plan Works | Jennifer Van Grove Sep 12, 2019

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City leaders have set in motion a 30-year plan for Mission Valley that flips the region’s focus from its roads to the San Diego River and the trolley system. It simultaneously creates room for 50,000 additional residents and 7 million more square feet of commercial development. Tuesday, the City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Mission Valley Community Plan Update and certify the associated environmental impact report. The approval is the last needed in a process that dates to 2015, when city planners first teamed with community members to come up with a new framework for Mission Valley. The land-use and policy document also cleared without a hiccup the city’s Land Use & Housing Committee and the Planning Commission earlier in the summer.

Rep. Susan Davis' Retirement Leaves Big Shoes To Fill Michael Smolens, Charles Clark Sep 11, 2019

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Rep. Susan Davis' retirement in the 53rd District came as a surprise last week, but her friends and political foes agree-- she was a beacon of civility who got things done for San Diego. Story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/story/2019-09-07/susan-davis-retiring-career-retrospective

Grocery Worker Strike Averted As Union Members Vote On Contract | Phillip Molnar Brittany Meiling Sep 10, 2019

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The looming threat of a grocery store strike throughout Southern California was dissolving Monday as workers began voting on a new employment contract that appears to appease all parties. Clerks and other grocery staff from Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons are casting votes Monday through Wednesday on the new deal brokered over the weekend between the stores and the workers’ union, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Roughly 47,000 members of seven union chapters across Southern California and parts of Central California are eligible to vote on the new three-year contract. Worker sentiment appears strongly positive on the deal, which secured a bump in wages, healthcare benefits and pension contributions.

Poll: Todd Gloria Leading In Mayor's Race, Many Undecided | David Garrick Sep 07, 2019

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Assemblyman Todd Gloria leads Councilwoman Barbara Bry by more than a two-to-one margin among likely voters in the race to become San Diego’s next mayor, according to a Union-Tribune/10 News poll released Friday. Gloria leads Bry by a margin of 31 percent to 15 percent, with community activist Tasha Williamson receiving 8 percent support. The three candidates – all Democrats – are seeking to replace Republican Mayor Kevin Faulconer next year. With six months until the March 2020 primary, 46 percent of likely voters are undecided. That’s partly because 39 percent of those polled say they have no opinion yet of Bry, and 23 percent don’t yet have an opinion of Gloria.

San Diego Wants To Hire 200 Firefighters In 5 Years | John Wilkens, Karen Kucher, Sam Hodgson Sep 06, 2019

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The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department has a chronic understaffing problem. Now it has a plan of attack: It aims to add more than 200 firefighters over the next five years. The idea is to offset employees retiring or otherwise leaving the department and to create a relief pool of workers who can fill in for firefighters who call in sick or go on vacation, in an effort to trim skyrocketing overtime costs. But will the hiring spree solve the staffing shortage?

Union Jack Raises Questions On How Far HOA Regulations Can Go | John Wilkens Sep 05, 2019

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Shannon Glover came from England to San Diego almost 30 years ago for a uniquely American reason: She fell in love with Tom Cruise and “Top Gun.” Now she’s in a dispute that pits the country of her birth against the one she calls home. Her homeowner’s association in Carmel Valley has ordered her to stop flying the British flag, the Union Jack, outside her house. “Only the American flag is permitted,” the Notice of Violation says.

Gang Crimes Spike In San Diego | Greg Moran, Lyndsay Winkley Sep 04, 2019

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After a year of declines, gang-related crime in San Diego has spiked in recent months with the city logging twice as many homicides as the same time last year and 20 percent more gang-related crimes overall. A spate of shootings, retaliation attacks and other crimes has put the raw number of gang-related crimes this year far ahead of the number through July 2018. Police statistics show there were 463 gang-related crimes committed through June, up from 385 during the same period last year. That increase of 78 crimes is reflected in nearly all categories. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2019-09-02/gang-crimes-spike-in-san-diego

Is Your Paycheck Keeping Up With San Diego's Inflation? | Phillip Molnar, Brittany Meiling Aug 31, 2019

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If you have been working in San Diego County for the last decade and feel like you are in worse financial shape now, there might be a reason for that. Sluggish wage growth, exacerbated by rising housing costs, have eroded workers' buying power.Taking into account yearly inflation — which considers the cost of such things as housing, gasoline and food — overall wages in the county have increased just 2 percent from 2008 to 2018. That's according to an analysis by the San Diego Union-Tribune of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com//business/economy/story/2019-08-30/san-diego-restaurant-workers-see-wages-climb

Warner Bros Is Opening A New Carlsbad Mobile Game Studio | Brittany Meiling Aug 30, 2019

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has opened a new gaming studio in Carlsbad, joining a bubbling hub of developers in the region working on mobile titles. WB Games is best known for its DC and Harry Potter games, including the recent augmented reality title Wizards Unite. Game of Thrones: Conquest is one of the studio’s bigger hits, grossing $214 million in revenue as of May. The new studio, which is making free-to-play mobile games, is hiring new workers across “all disciplines,” from art and design to business and engineering, said Tom Casey, the vice president and studio head at WB Games in Boston. Casey will also be leading the San Diego team. The studio has 15 job openings listed on its website. Read the story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/technology/story/2019-08-27/warner-bros-opens-ncarlsbad-game-studio

State Insurance Commissioner Took Political Donations From Companies He Regulates | Jeff McDonald Aug 29, 2019

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A new Union-Tribune analysis of public disclosures related to Ricardo Lara’s successful campaign for state insurance commissioner shows that he accepted more donations from interested parties than was previously known. Lara collected at least $270,000 from 56 different people and companies with ties to the department he now oversees, according to a recent, more thorough examination of contributions reported to the Secretary of State. In some cases, the money came directly from insurers like Aflac or Blue Shield of California. In others, donations came from bail agents regulated by the department.

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