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Navy Base Eyed For New Airport Transit Center Jan 12, 2019

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Doubling down on a mission to connect public transportation to the airport, San Diego’s mayor and the county’s transit chief have landed on a 71-acre, airport- and freeway-adjacent site that they see as the region’s utopian transit hub of tomorrow. Friday, Hasan Ikhrata, the newly installed executive director of the San Diego Association of Governments, will tell his board at their regular monthly meeting that he wants to move swiftly to try and secure the Naval Base Point Loma, Old Town Complex — more commonly recognized as the SPAWAR property — as part of an ambitious plan to create a Grand Central Station that also includes housing and commercial space.

Stealing Home? Tony Gwynn's Former Poway Home Occupied by Someone Squatting in Style Jan 11, 2019

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Members of an upscale Poway neighborhood have been keeping a close eye on the former home of the late San Diego Padres great, Tony Gwynn. For several months, a man has been living the 6-bedroom home, even though the house is owned by an out-of-state bank. This mysterious squatter has apparently left town, but raises the question: How does this happen? Subscribe to our new daily news briefing: Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0PvlIjQBrJd…w3RhaWB_z8ubdi2Q iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-s…d1448514626?mt=2 Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp Alexa Skill: alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#s…1&qid=1546887131

Border Dispatch: The Politics of the Wall, the Border and the Shutdown Jan 10, 2019

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President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a primetime address Tuesday night, calling for immediate construction of a border wall. The speech came amid an ongoing government shutdown, with Congressional Democrats opposing any funding that includes appropriations for the border wall. ----- Subscribe to our new daily news briefing: Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0PvlIjQBrJd…w3RhaWB_z8ubdi2Q iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-s…d1448514626?mt=2 Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp Alexa Skill: alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#s…1&qid=1546887131

Border Dispatch: Can Trump make the military build the wall? The answer is maybe. Jan 09, 2019

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As the government shutdown enters its third week, President Donald Trump has changed his strategy for getting funding for the border wall. The administration has been arguing that the crisis at the border is a national emergency and he could use military funding to start construction on the wall. On a number of grounds, advocacy groups opposed to a wall say they would sue almost immediately to stop that approach. ----- Subscribe to our new daily news briefing: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0PvlIjQBrJdiGyIkDgYZwU?si=S1S2Nww3RhaWB_z8ubdi2Q iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-san-diego-union-tribune/id1448514626?mt=2 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp Alexa Skill: https://alexa.amazon.com/spa/index.html#skills/dp/B07MFDDPMM/?ref=skill_dsk_skb_sr_1&qid=1546887131

More Problems At The San Onofre Nuclear Plant Jan 08, 2019

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will question representatives of Holtec International on Jan. 9 about canisters the New Jersey-based company manfactured to store spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The conference — which will take place at NRC headquarters in Maryland and will be open to the public — centers on a change Holtec made in the design of aluminum shims that help center the waste in a “fuel basket” inside the canisters and whether the company should have notified the NRC before making the alterations.

Border Dispatch: New Mexican President, New "Free Zone" at Border Jan 07, 2019

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Mexico’s new, left-wing populist president is ringing in the new year with a dramatic economic plan for border communities aimed at attracting new investments and creating jobs that could potentially curb the influx of migrants into the United States. Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced last Saturday what is called the Tax Incentive Decree for the Northern Border Region that will create a “free zone” along the border with the U.S that is 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) wide. It encompasses nearly 2,000 miles, all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific coast. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/economy/sd-fi-mexico-freezone-20181231-story.html

Law Requires Police To Record People's Demographics Without Asking Jan 04, 2019

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For months, San Diego Police Department and other large law enforcement agencies have been making assumptions about sexual orientation, gender and other characteristics of the people they stop as part of a state-wide, legally-mandated data collection effort to combat racial and identity profiling. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-sexual-orientation-profiling-20181228-story.html

Trump's Trade War Contributes To Commercial Boom For Tijuana Jan 03, 2019

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Trump's trade war contributes to commercial boom for Tijuana, as companies seek to leave China and its rising tariffs. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/south-county/sd-me-tijuana-business-20181026-story.html

Here's What To Look Forward To In The Arts This Year Jan 02, 2019

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Anew year is a time for new beginnings, and this year, there’s a whole lot of “new” headed our way. Our hometown orchestra, the San Diego Symphony, is welcoming its new music director, Rafael Payare. Best-selling author Don Winslow has a new book, “The Border.” And the long-awaited Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, the La Jolla Music Society’s new home, is expected to open this year, too. Here’s to the new year and to all things new in 2019 — 19 things we are looking forward to this year. Cheers!

19 Things To Look Out For In 2019 Dec 28, 2018

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Every new year is an unfolding drama, and like most plays, sometimes what happens we see coming, and sometimes we don’t. The issues, events and people that seem destined for center stage during the next 12 months will shape how San Diego County looks, how it’s governed, and what it feels like — and what it costs — to live and work here. Some are perennially thorny dilemmas, such as homelessness and immigration. Others speak to the time we’re in: climate change, scooters, short-term vacation rentals and more: rentals.http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-2019-yearahead-20181230-story.html

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