16+ hour, 45+ min ago   (102+ words) Border pollution — is it a never-ending environmental crisis? Will the slow and non-responsive governments ever solve this? Seems rather unlikely any time soon. Well, how about a new approach? Let’s ask Congress to authorize crossing fees on commercial trucks and…...

20+ hour, 24+ min ago   (190+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune The San Diego Union-Tribune wants to hear from San Diegans about their housing situations. More specifically, we are interested in people who are long-term renters. More than half of San Diego County households are owner-occupied. Renters live…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago   (606+ words) Lemon Grove Mayor Alysson Snow has been chosen to lead San Diego County’s newly created Consumer Fairness and Public Protection Unit, a specialized team that will litigate against scammers and predatory businesses across the region. “My own family’s experience helped…...

20+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1692+ words) The San Diego City Auditor’s recent investigation into the Barnes Tennis Center pulled back the curtain on a 35-year deal that awarded control of more than a dozen acres of public property to a tax-exempt company for just $50 a month....

20+ hour, 54+ min ago   (155+ words) Re “For Midway Rising, the road has been long and bumpy” (Sept. 6): Michael Smolens makes many good points in his piece on the status of Midway Rising. San Diego has made giant missteps in past real estate endeavors. The Midway…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (454+ words) We learned about the heartbreaking story of Brenda Gillett, the manager of a Chula Vista rental property, from media reports in May. A tenant had been causing issues that resulted in police being called to the property. Gillett apparently visited…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (844+ words) The San Diego Association of Governments has shielded two North County cities from the strictest parts of a new law allowing for high-rise housing near transit stops. SANDAG admits it declined to follow state guidance when it made the decision....

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (617+ words) On Thursday, the final night of Republicans’ unusual midterm convention, Trump said he would speak for just a few minutes. Instead he held court for a half hour, repeating many of the points he made in a nearly two-hour speech…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (373+ words) Thirty-four years after the Chula Vista City Council on which I served identified and set aside the land for a South Bay university, we are finally closer to making it a reality but still have a slog ahead of us....

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (451+ words) The father of a former U.S. Marine and longtime Oceanside resident reunited with his family in the U.S. on Thursday — two days after a San Diego federal judge ordered his immediate return, nearly a year after he was deported to Mexico. Esteban…...