La Jolla Parents Are Opting Out of San Diego Unified
Ali Murphy drops her two daughters off at Day Prep, a private school in La Jolla. / Photo by Brittany Cruz-Fejeran Back in June, San Diego Unified leaders said they would fully reopen their schools in...
View ArticleVOSD Overheard: Inside San Diego’s Republican Party Mindmeld
It’s not often we get fly-on-the-wall access to the meetings and conversations that determine our city’s political future. On Tuesday, Scott Lewis gave us just that in a piece detailing the Aug. 31...
View ArticleMeet Four Non-Surfer SNAP Recipients
Sergio M. underwent emergency surgery two years ago when his large intestine unexpectedly burst. For the nine months that followed, the San Ysidro resident was attached to a colonoscopy bag, unable to...
View ArticleFive Chronic Problems With San Diego Streets, Pipes and Sidewalks
The city of San Diego’s streets, storm drains, buildings and pipes break faster than can be fixed. Some of them break again, again and again. Here are five chronic infrastructure problems that...
View ArticleMost Popular: Jan. 4-10
These were the most-read stories for the week of Jan. 4-10. 1. If San Diego Schools Are the Best in the U.S., the U.S. Is Screwed 2. San Diego Has Fallen Behind on Combating Police Racial Profiling 3....
View ArticleSchool Equity Is About More Than Money – But Money Helps
The system has existed for years. School foundations, or parent-fundraising groups, funnel millions of dollars into San Diego Unified schools to pay for teachers and extra programs – like art or...
View ArticleNew La Jolla Agreement Highlights the Best — and Worst — of SD Unified’s...
In many ways, the La Jolla cluster of schools’ new agreement with San Diego Unified represents exactly what the school board has said it wants to see more of: a community taking ownership of its...
View ArticleReducing Red Tape – at the Expense of Residents
Picture your neighborhood shopping center. Now picture it replaced by a gated residential community. What if you didn’t have any say in the matter, or any prior warning? This is happening more and...
View ArticleOne Company That’s Moving Back to San Diego
At least some companies that flee California come back. The latest example is formerly La Jolla-based Kashi, which moved to Kellogg’s Battle Creek, Mich. hub last March. Kellogg’s, which owns the...
View ArticleCulture Report: New Opera in Town
The San Diego Opera just announced the lineup for its 51st season. The schedule offers a lot of what you might expect from any opera: a couple Puccinis and a world premiere boasting what the U-T calls...
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