Yet another radical change may soon be in sight for one of San Diego's biggest news sources, depending on the outcome of a titanic battle in Washington, D.C. between a controversial hedge fund owner and …
August 22, 2022
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San Diego ranked last on state funding for cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism care
San Diego has come up significantly short against the San Francisco Bay Area regarding state funding for so-called respite family services, an August 30 report by acting California State auditor Michael Tilden says. "In fiscal …
September 12, 2022
Newsom signs DUI driver Ben Hueso's SDSU booze promotion bill
Championed by state Senate Democrat and drunk driver Ben Hueso, a legislative waiver signed September 13 by Governor Gavin Newsom will let alcoholic beverage makers pay to promote their wares to crowds at San Diego …
September 16, 2022
Southwest Border Patrol agents trashed migrant records, audit finds
A performance audit covering the period from August 2021, through last month has found that the U.S. Border Patrol, besieged by growing waves of immigration, has encountered big problems keeping track of more than a …
September 26, 2022
San Diego council seeks real estate expert
After getting badly burned by the 101 Street building scandal, San Diego's city council is looking to hire a real estate consultant to assist the city council's independent budget analyst to avoid such embarrassing financial …
September 30, 2022
Soon-Shiong's medical empire faces layoffs
More unsettling news regarding hiring at Union-Tribune owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's array of business ventures, this time on the medical side. The Buffalo News is reporting that Soon-Shiong's ImmunityBio, Inc. will lay off 38 workers on …
October 7, 2022
North County colleges halt newspaper runs
The fate of traditional newspapers in San Diego appears to be on the line in more ways than one, as two North County colleges shutter their print editions and a chain of weekly county papers …
October 13, 2022
Will Egyptian billionaire soccer mogul get San Diego favors?
News that East County's Sycuan gambling tribe and an Egyptian billionaire are on the verge of bankrolling a major league soccer team in San Diego has set off a big round of huzzahs on the …
October 28, 2022
Union-Tribune's printless future heaves into view
Confirming years of speculation and widespread dread over the fate of the Olympic Boulevard plant that prints the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune in L.A., the struggling California newspaper empire of billionaire Patrick …
November 7, 2022
Times and a digital ad man from Carlsbad ad help Nika Soon-Shiong deliver L.A. parting gift
Though the future of the L.A. Times and its sister San Diego Union-Tribune remains clouded by the announced closing of its longtime printing plant, the Times and owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, along with his daughter Nika, …
November 14, 2022