About a week ago, the San Diego online news platform, inewsource, announced that former San Diego U-T cartoonist Steve Breen was joining its staff. In its announcement, inewsource stated: Steve worked for the San Diego Union-Tribune for more than 20 years, practicing an art form that explained, questioned and poked fun at newsworthy occurrences, from…
There is some anguish in the office towers of the city today, the day after the election, about what is happening in the Midway District. Indeed, San Diego's establishment must be in shock at how poorly Measure C is doing. At the most recent vote tabulation, there's only a 623 vote difference between the "Yes's"…
By Emily Alvarenga / San Diego U-T / Sept. 21, 2023 After months of outcry from neighbors weary of pollution and wary of a growing industrial presence, a Barrio Logan biofuel company has withdrawn its plans for a pipeline connecting its warehouses. Although New Leaf Biofuel said the project would cut down on truck traffic…
By Lyndsay Winkley / San Diego U-T / Sept. 17, 2023 A hard-won ordinance that brought oversight to San Diego’s many surveillance technologies needs critical fixes, officials say, or day-to-day operations the city relies on could come to a standstill. The new law, unanimously approved by City Council last September, stemmed from public outcry over…