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How a controversial land swap -- of protected lands -- almost occurred in East County | Joshua Emerson Smith Dec 09, 2020

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A controversial and unprecedented land deal that would have allowed a housing development on 219 acres of ecologically prized land in San Diego County was defeated Tuesday.

The California Wildlife Conservation Board voted five to one, with its chairman Chuck Bonham abstaining, to deny a proposed land exchange between the state and developer group GDCI Proctor Valley, L.P.

How teachers continue to solider on during the pandemic | Kristen Taketa Dec 08, 2020

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Distance learning is a constant fight to find all their students and just have them come to class. They’re trying anything from jokes to poetry to being more forgiving in grading.

COVID-19 exposure app set to launch this week | Lyndsay Winkley Dec 07, 2020

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The smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system that was piloted by UC San Diego and other state universities will be made available to all Californians this week.

State officials hope the blue-tooth based technology will help slow the transmission of the novel coronavirus by quickly notifying people when they’ve been exposed to someone who later tested positive for the disease.

Read more: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/story/2020-12-07/smartphone-based-covid-notification-system-coming-to-all-californians-governor-says

SDG&E power shutoffs may soon return as wildfire conditions persist | Rob Nikolewski Dec 04, 2020

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Tens of thousand of SDG&E customers lost power late Wednesday evening and Thursday morning as Santa Ana winds combined with dry weather conditions led to high wildfire risk. By Friday, the number of customers without power had dropped, but the utility has warned that outages may return soon.

Fire danger expected to continue this weekend | Alex Riggins Dec 04, 2020

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Santa Ana wind conditions may spark fires countywide in the next few days.

How the Convention Center homeless shelter became an unlikely success story | Gary Warth Dec 02, 2020

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About half of the 900 homeless people sheltered at the San Diego Convention Center are scheduled to move out of the venue and into permanent homes next week with the remainder expected to leave the following week, a city official said Tuesday.

San Diego Housing Commission President and CEO Rick Gentry said the city finalized the purchase of two extended-stay hotels last Wednesday, and 400 people now at the Convention Center’s Shelter to Home program will begin moving in next week.

San Diego County surpasses 1,000 COVID deaths | Gary Warth Dec 02, 2020

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On Tuesday, San Diego County reached a grim milestone, reporting on the first day of a new month that COVID-19 deaths have now passed 1,000.

It is impossible, at the moment, to say exactly who was the 1,000th person to succumb to the disease because it often takes days, or even weeks, for COVID-related deaths to make it into the county health departments daily updates.

Another COVID-19 side-effect: a rise in D and F grades | Kristen Taketa Nov 30, 2020

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Schools nationwide and across San Diego County are seeing a surge in poor grades fueled by the pandemic. The trend is in line with school officials’ and national experts’ predictions that school closures, along with obstacles to online education, will cause massive learning loss this year.

Read the story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-11-28/surge-in-ds-and-fs-in-san-diego-county-schools-raises-questions-how-to-grade-during-pandemic

Will COVID-19 hamper holiday shopping? | Jennifer Van Grove Nov 25, 2020

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Already a holiday season like no other, experts are looking into their crystal balls of shopping predictions and coming up with more questions than answers. Still, the consensus seems to be that, despite the pandemic’s unwelcome and unavoidable presence, there’s more reason for end-of-year retail cheer than fear

Read the story: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/retail/story/2020-11-25/holiday-shopping

Here's why housing prices are still high despite the pandemic | Phillip Molnar Nov 24, 2020

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San Diego home prices went up the third fastest in the nation in September and appreciated at a pace not seen in more than six years.

Prices in the San Diego metropolitan area were up 9.5 percent annually, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices reported Tuesday. The acceleration is still not near housing boom levels when, in July 2004, prices were up 33.37 percent in a year.

Only Phoenix, up 11.4 percent, and Seattle, up 10.1 percent, saw prices go up faster in September. But all markets covered in the 19-city index were up, even places like New York and San Francisco, that saw price gains slow considerably since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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