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Looking Back At The San Diego Union - Tribune's 150th Year Dec 27, 2018

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2018 has been a special year for the San Diego Union-Tribune -- On October eighteenth 1868, the San Diego Union published its first edition. Since then, the Union, and the Evening Tribune, chronicled the history of San Diego. In celebration of the paper’s one hundred and fiftieth year , Merrie Monteagudo, the U-T’s librarian, has been reprinting one front page of the paper per day in the local section, showing the history of San Diego as it happened. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/150-years/

Longtime Hotel del Coronado elevator operator likes taking guests for a ride Dec 26, 2018

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Everyone has ups and downs at work. Andrew Lounsbury’s are intentional. For 39 years, he’s been an elevator operator at the Hotel del Coronado, a throwback job in a throwback place. The hotel dates to 1888, and so does the elevator. The technology was so new that the hotel included it among the advertised amenities, boasting that the elevator was “rendering the climbing of stairs unnecessary.” Back then, a human was required to open the metal gates and operate the handle that told the elevator where to go and when to stop. Over time, the technology improved, and now almost all of the 900,000 elevators in the United States are automated. Human operators have gone the way of buggy whips and horse carriages, seen mostly in period TV shows and movies. The average American living or working in a multi-story building rides an elevator four times a day and hardly pays the conveyance any mind, unless it breaks down. Such is modern life. The Hotel Del, though, is modern in moderation. It sits proudly in earlier times, and the gilded, caged elevator in the lobby is considered part of the ambiance. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sd-me-elevator-operator-20181218-story.html

Border Dispatch: Life Inside El Barretal Dec 24, 2018

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It's been nearly a month since the migrant caravan landed in Tijuana, and now migrants have forged their own community in the second shelter, El Barretal.

Border Dispatch: Chef José Andrés Leads Effort To Feed Central American Migrants In Tijuana Dec 21, 2018

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Chef José Andrés and his team of volunteers from World Central Kitchen are in Tijuana feeding members of the Central American caravan. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/migrant-caravan/sd-me-caravan-world-central-kitchen-20181217-story.html

Border Dispatch: What The Central American Migrants Want Dec 20, 2018

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Today, about 170 families make up the nearly 2,500 migrants who occupy the El Barretal shelter. A dozen parents living there shared their stories of traveling north and what they hope their journey will mean for their children’s future. https://go.sandiegouniontribune.com/p/1

Sweetwater Union High School District to be audited over potential fraud Dec 19, 2018

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The San Diego County Office of Education will order an audit of the Sweetwater Union High School District to find out whether the district committed financial fraud or misappropriation of funds. The county office announced the action less than an hour after state officials gave a scathing report on the district’s financial management at a special board meeting Monday night. The officials said the district has for years misrepresented its finances and spent more money than it has. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-sweetwater-financial-crisis-20181217-story.html

Border Dispatch: This San Diegan Found Two Deaf Women In The Caravan, Now She's Their Advocate Dec 18, 2018

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Amy Tillman wanted to help members of the migrant caravan, but happenstance brought her to two deaf Hondurans —Paola Martinez and Iris Hernandez. While American Sign Language isn't the same as Honduran Sign Language, there's enough crossover that Tillman has been able to become their advocates. Hear from Tillman and immigration reporter Kate Morrissey about their lucky meeting.

Border Disptach: The Politics of the Caravan and the Wall Dec 17, 2018

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As the migrant caravan has gained national attention, President Donald Trump has claimed that terrorists are crossing the border — aiming to bolster support for a border wall. The Union-Tribune's Daniel Wheaton interviews political columnist Micheal Smolens about the politics of the wall, and the possibility of a government shut down next week.

Border Dispatch: Meet Alfonso Guerrero Ulloa, Who Wants The U.S. To Pay For Hondurans To Return Home Dec 14, 2018

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Alfonso Guerrero Ulloa, the unofficial spokesperson of a group of Honduran migrants who caused an uproar by suggesting the U.S. pay $50,000 to each person who returns home, hasn’t set foot in Honduras in more than three decades. He left his birthplace in 1987, after being accused of planting a bomb in a Chinese restaurant that injured six U.S. soldiers in Honduras. Guerrero claimed the charges were false and, despite protests from the U.S. government, Mexico offered him political asylum. Guerrero, 54, has spent the last 31 years living a quiet life in Mexico City. Until recently, he earned a living selling bracelets, earrings and necklaces. But it hasn’t amounted to much. Guerrero says he has $10 to his name and does not have a bank account. His quiet life changed on Nov. 4, when he joined a caravan of Central Americans migrants heading north to the United States. He caught up with the group in Córdoba, about 180 miles southeast of Mexico City. “It’s a joy to be able to serve my country again,” Guerrero said from the El Barretal migrant shelter in Tijuana. “Sleeping here in the cold, eating what everyone else is eating, brings me joy.” https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-ulloa-profile-12132018-story.html

Border Dispatch: For Americans Commuting from Tijuana, it Takes Patience, Ingenuity Dec 13, 2018

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Thousands of Americans live cross-border lives, where they live in Mexico but work in the United States. Reporter Phil Molnar discusses the trends, as well as how current events have affected the lives of these binational Americans.

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