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Sports Arena developer Brad Termini pays Gloria dues

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UCSD’s prep school Covid testing doesn't pay the bills

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Lyft joins Atkins abortion bandwagon

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L.A.Times reporters knock Patrick Soon-Shiong's daughter

Festival unseating The Journalism and Media Studies school at San Diego State University, widely criticized for stonewalling reporters’ questions about an alleged gang rape involving its football team, is cohosting ...

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Sports Arena developer Brad Termini pays Gloria dues

Influence greased On September 13, the same day the San Diego City Council rubber-stamped Democratic mayor Todd Gloria’s pick to redevelop the city-owned sports arena and environs, the chosen developer ...

La Jolla News Under the Radar UCSD

UCSD’s prep school Covid testing doesn't pay the bills

UCSD’s costly EXCITE tests It was supposed to be a genius move: take advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic by offering virus testing to well-heeled private schools by the region’s biggest ...

Imperial Valley News Under the Radar SDSU

Lyft joins Atkins abortion bandwagon

SDSU bars student fee vote A hefty hike of a “student success” fee by San Diego State University at its Imperial Valley campus has drawn scrutiny from California State University ...

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Sacramento lobbyists' Bash tainted, but spokesmen unashamed

Too Short’s Bash cut What used to be known as the Back to Session Bash changed its name to simply Bash this year, but the extravagant blowout, funded by special interests, still draws a big ...

August 24, 2022

News Under the Radar Torrey Pines

Toni Atkins plays the NFL

Toni Atkins plays the NFL A political committee run by state Senate Democrat Toni Atkins has been spending lavishly on what is named by its semi-annual state disclosure report as fundraising. The fund, formerly known ...

August 17, 2022

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August 10, 2022

San Diego delays ranked-choice voting

Fat cats’ voting scheme Proponents of an “instant runoff” voting scheme that once appeared destined for San Diego’s November ballot ultimately failed to convince the city council of its merits — despite the influence of ...

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August 3, 2022

How long will the Union-Tribune stay daily?

Weeklies masquerading as dailies When is a daily newspaper no longer a true daily? That’s the too-close-to-home question that’s been raised by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Chicago. “Across the country, ...

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July 27, 2022

San Diego marijuana experience under London's scrutiny

Does San Diego scromit? London’s tabloid The Daily Mail, which spends considerable time and ink on Britain’s royals, has a new target: San Diego pot users. “How California’s legal cannabis dream became a public health ...

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July 20, 2022

San Diego schools spent Covid money on inscrutable source

San Diego Unified’s wall of stone The San Diego Unified School District’s board of trustees has been playing fast and loose with Covid-19 testing money handed out by the federal government. But despite its best ...

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July 13, 2022

Priority mail bumps First-class at Margaret Sellers

Late mail call As Christmas approached last fall, an upbeat account of mail handling at the U.S. Postal Service’s huge Margaret L. Sellers Processing and Distribution Center on Rancho Carmel Drive appeared on TV station ...

Barrio Logan News Under the Radar

July 6, 2022

Gloria to toss money at art awareness

Todd Gloria’s $350K public culture vulture Seeking to culture up his political future, San Diego mayor Todd Gloria is out looking for a “qualified consultant or team of consultants” to run a “comprehensive cultural planning ...

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San Diego 5th in immigrants who walk away

ICE’s absconders Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending $2.2 billion on a contract to make sure undocumented migrants waiting for immigration court don’t “abscond” before their legal fate is decided. But flight risk is growing, ...

June 29, 2022

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Deloitte runs Get It Done –and Mayor Gloria's transition team

Getting audit done Facing a possible torrent of negative ink over a pending audit of the city’s so-called Get It Done app, the administration of Mayor Todd Gloria has turned to the Union-Tribune to paint ...

June 22, 2022

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June 15, 2022

Sarah Jacobs and her friend Ammar Campa-Najjar get Jacobs money

Billionaires served One of San Diego’s most politically influential couples has had a notable run of late, thanks to a campaign contribution of nearly $100,000 from billionaire Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan, ...

News Under the Radar San Marcos

June 8, 2022

L.A. Times ventures onto Instagram and TikTok

CSU San Marcos’ wayward sabbaticals California State University San Marcos has allowed its professors to take off on inadequately reviewed sabbaticals, says a March 18 audit report from California State University vice chancellor and chief ...

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L.A.Times reporters knock Patrick Soon-Shiong's daughter

Sports Arena developer Brad Termini pays Gloria dues

UCSD’s prep school Covid testing doesn't pay the bills

Lyft joins Atkins abortion bandwagon

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