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Montgomery Steppe declares victory in San Diego County District 4 supervisor race
Democrat Monica Montgomery Steppe declared victory after election night returns showed her leading with 61% of the vote in the San Diego County Board of Supervisors District 4 race. inewsource news partner KPBS also called the race for Montgomery Steppe. Montgomery Steppe thanked voters and donors for their support. “Words...
‘White gold’ could revolutionize Imperial Valley. Will locals be included?
Before Raul Flores held “white gold” in his fingertips, he’d tried his hand at other Imperial Valley jobs. He worked as a correction officer in the state prison, he grew medjool dates on ten acres of land and he eventually landed a job at the geothermal plants around the Salton Sea.
More Mexican families cross the border into San Diego, fleeing violence, insecurity
Jose was standing outside the convenience store he owned when suddenly the familiar thunder of bullets rang out. His family inside ran for cover, but Jose was shot in the back, just below his right shoulder. It was just the latest instance of cartel violence in their hometown in southwestern...
Cartoonist Steve Breen joins inewsource
Journalism is about many things. Solid, trustworthy information. Holding powerful people to account. It’s about exposing systemic injustices and elevating everyday voices. At its most powerful, though, journalism is about telling stories. Today, I am thrilled to tell you that inewsource is bringing aboard one of the region’s great...
Majority of San Diegans consider moving, citing housing crisis, living costs, survey says
Nearly two in three San Diegans are considering moving out of the county, with most saying it’s too expensive to live here. Those findings are part of a new survey that also found San Diegans have grown increasingly concerned about affordable housing, climate change, mental health and racial justice. The results came out just as the city of San Diego was ranked the most expensive place to live in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Co-CEOs? SANDAG board floats idea for new leadership
Leaders of the San Diego Association of Governments say they hope to hire a new chief executive by May to succeed outgoing CEO Hasan Ikhrata – and early talks about how to move forward included a discussion of decentralizing the position’s power altogether. One board member...
San Diego neo-Nazi gets prison time for antisemitic incident at Anne Frank House
On Thursday, former Chula Vista resident Robert Wilson was found guilty of projecting antisemitic text onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and sentenced to two months in prison. Wilson already spent three months in jail while awaiting trial and won’t have to serve any additional time. A Netherlands...
San Diego, Imperial community colleges to offer reduced tuition to low-income Mexico residents
A new California law aims to make college more affordable for students living on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border — a move supporters say will fuel enrollment and the San Diego region’s future workforce needs. Starting as soon as next year, low-income residents of Mexico who live...
inewsource honored for reporting on housing insecurity, immigration and police misconduct
Journalism about issues top of mind for San Diegans drove inewsource to nine first-place and 16 total awards in this year’s San Diego Press Club contest. Cody Dulaney and Zoë Meyer’s coverage of homelessness in San Diego won the sole honor in the contest’s housing insecurity category.
San Diego receives $21M to build homes for unhoused residents. Here’s where
California awarded $20.8 million to San Diego to expand housing for people experiencing homelessness. Officials will use the money to create 75 rental units for currently unhoused San Diegans — a step toward addressing the worsening homelessness crisis where 3,300 people are unsheltered citywide. It’s part of a statewide...
San Diego neo-Nazi in Amsterdam court for antisemitic incident at Anne Frank House
Former Chula Vista resident Robert Wilson sat in front of a judge in Amsterdam last week to face hate speech charges after being accused of projecting an antisemitic message on the Anne Frank House — an incident that received international attention in February. In a hearing on Oct. 5,...
‘We can’t maintain this.’ Volunteers call for help aiding migrants in San Diego County desert
The migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into the southeast San Diego desert have now totaled thousands – stressing the resources of aid workers who are asking when help is on the way. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, has accelerated efforts to process the migrants and overcome the...
Housing, wages, criminal justice: Here’s Monica Montgomery Steppe’s plan for San Diego County if elected
To learn more about the opposing candidate in the special election for San Diego County Supervisor, read about Amy Reichert’s background and policy positions here. Now a leader on San Diego’s city council, Monica Montgomery Steppe says she’s ready to lead the county with experience. Montgomery Steppe...
From healthcare to housing, Amy Reichert shares plans for San Diego County if elected to supervisor seat
To learn more about the opposing candidate in the special election for San Diego County Supervisor, read about Monica Montgomery Steppe’s background and policy positions here. Small business owner Amy Reichert says she plans to take San Diego in a different direction. Reichert is running a second time for...
Pauma Valley’s teen soccer star died in a chase with Border Patrol. His impact lives on
Lea este artículo en Español. A shaky hand filmed the moment when Jesús Manuel Saldaña Rocha scored a goal with a free kick – his trademark move – delivering a 2-1 win to his team, the Valley Center High School Jaguars. It was the last home game of his senior year.
Border Patrol car chases in San Diego have deadly consequences. Will a new policy change that?
Lea este artículo en Español. The 911 calls started flooding in just after 3 p.m. “They’re in the trees. I think it hit– I meant it didn’t look good at all,” one caller reported. On a Saturday afternoon in April 2022, a white sedan...
18 months after US teen died in chase with Border Patrol, his family is still asking why
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Pushing 100 miles per hour on Interstate 8 westbound, Jesús Manuel Saldaña Rocha dialed his girlfriend in a panic – it was the last call he ever made. “I’m shaking so much. I’m scared,” he told Amairani Rodriguez...
San Diego rejects grand jury’s advice for fixing city’s ‘deplorable’ roads
San Diego city leaders don’t want to force themselves to dedicate money every year to fund crumbling roads, but they will look into hiring city workers instead of private contractors to catch up on the city’s road maintenance backlog. Those decisions are part of the city’s response to...
Hundreds of migrants stranded again, await processing in San Diego County desert
Hundreds of migrants were stranded Sunday in the southeast San Diego County desert with few resources as they waited to be processed by federal immigration authorities. The migrants crossed into the U.S. through a gap in the border barrier near Jacumba. An increase in migrant arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border has caused backlogs in U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, processing, agency officials have said.
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