SUBSCRIBER ONLY Politics | The lawyer and the lawmaker: Candidates for San Diego city attorney lay out competing visions By David Garrick October 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Assemblymember Brian Maienschein and Deputy City Attorney Heather Ferbert are promising very different approaches to...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY What are all those other races on the ballot? What to know about water districts, planning groups and more By Maura Fox October 12, 2024 at 5:02 a.m. Many San Diego County residents will elect the leaders of fairly obscure bodies whose decisions...
Politics | Former county official says supervisors illegally tried to block him from top job By Emily Alvarenga October 12, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Michael Vu says he was passed over for chief administrative officer as a result of...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY News | SANDAG writes off $67M in uncollectible fees, pushes toll fixes back months By Jeff McDonald October 12, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. The announcements came as the agency's board publicly vented that they had been misled, again,...
Politics | After mixed results for reparations in the legislature, local Black leaders say they’ll keep pushing By Emily Alvarenga October 12, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. A slew of bills in the nation’s first statewide reparations package were signed last month,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Kerry Vinci, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 9:55 a.m. Business owner Kerry Vinci is running for the Rancho Santa Fe School District board of...
Business | Are digital-only grocery coupons fair to seniors? By David Garrick October 11, 2024 at 10:40 a.m. San Diego may soon require grocery stores to extend digital-only discounts to all customers to...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | San Diego wants millions to build smaller-scale housing in neighborhoods. Here’s why density critics still don’t like it. By David Garrick October 11, 2024 at 2:33 p.m. One group representing single-family homeowners worries that for the plan to work, the city would...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | ‘Loophole’ in state law opens door to 22-story high-rise in Pacific Beach By Jennifer Van Grove October 9, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. A developer is invoking a recently amended state law to erect a hotel and apartment...
Local Politics | Budget, homelessness concerns features of Escondido City Council race By Paul Sisson October 11, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. A one-cent increase in local sales tax is also on the ballot
Local Politics | Lemon Grove mayor faces two challengers By Gary Warth October 8, 2024 at 2:57 p.m. Councilmembers LeBaron, Snow seek mayor's seat
Local Politics | Tax extension, City Council seat on El Cajon ballot By Gary Warth October 10, 2024 at 9:51 p.m. El Cajon voters will consider extending a sales tax increase another 20 years and will...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Annette Ross, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:57 p.m. Annette Ross, incumbent, is running for the Rancho Santa Fe School District board of trustees.
Politics | San Diego mayoral candidate frustrated ballots don’t mention his military career By David Garrick October 8, 2024 at 9:28 a.m. Larry Turner said his military service could help him win, but city clerk said election...
Local Politics | Spending measure, two council seats and city treasurer on Carlsbad ballot this November By Phil Diehl October 8, 2024 at 9:31 a.m. Proposition would exempt public safety buildings from requirement for public vote
Local Politics | New opponent challenges 49th Congressional District incumbent this year By Phil Diehl October 7, 2024 at 8:48 a.m. Matt Gunderson hopes to upset Mike Levin's effort to win third term
Local News | Erosion threatens more campsites at San Elijo State Beach in Encinitas By Phil Diehl October 7, 2024 at 6:13 a.m. Parks officials ask Coastal Commission for approval of expanded rock revetment
Local Politics | Santee voters consider tax hike, council seats By Gary Warth October 7, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Voters in Santee will consider a tax to pay for fire services and decide who...
Politics | Will San Diego County voters pass another transportation sales tax increase? By Emily Alvarenga October 7, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. If passed, the measure would help pay for rail, bus and road improvements and expand...
Politics | Walz stops in La Jolla as part of California fundraising blitz for Harris By Alex Riggins October 6, 2024 at 8:10 p.m. Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate, implored donors to do all they...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Q&A with Scott Peters, candidate for California’s 50th Congressional District By Sam Schulz October 12, 2024 at 10:31 a.m. Rep. Scott Peters, a Democrat and incumbent, is running for re-election to Congress.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Politics | Q&A with Stephen Houlahan, candidate for California’s 48th Congressional District By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 3:55 p.m. Stephen Houlahan, a Democrat, registered nurse and former Santee council member, is running for Congress...
Politics | Who’s running for state Assembly and Senate? Meet the candidates with our Q&As By Sam Schulz October 7, 2024 at 4:43 p.m. We asked everybody running for state legislative office representing San Diego County about their priorities,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Politics | Q&A with Larry Turner, candidate for San Diego mayor By Sam Schulz October 10, 2024 at 6:44 p.m. Larry Turner, a San Diego police officer and former Marine, is running for San Diego...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Politics | Q&A with Todd Gloria, candidate for San Diego mayor By Sam Schulz October 8, 2024 at 2:45 p.m. San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, a Democrat, is running for re-election. To help inform voters,...
Education | Who’s running for community college board? Meet the candidates in every district around San Diego County By Kristen Taketa October 7, 2024 at 4:45 p.m. The San Diego Union-Tribune asked every candidate a series of questions about everything from budgets...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Alexander Thomas Wells III, candidate for MiraCosta Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:13 a.m. Alexander Thomas Wells III, a real estate agent, is running for the Area 5 seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Ann Crosbie, candidate for MiraCosta Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:12 a.m. Ann Crosbie, a retired school trustee, is running for the Area 5 seat on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Lee Quinn, candidate for Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 10, 2024 at 6:26 p.m. Lee Quinn, a homemaker and former high school teacher, is running for the Area 4...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Nicholas Segura, candidate for Southwestern Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:10 a.m. Nicholas Segura, a retired electrician, is running for the Area 3 seat on the Southwestern...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Kristine “Kris” Galicia Brown, candidate for Southwestern Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:09 a.m. Kristine “Kris” Galicia Brown, who owns a small home-goods business and is an appointed board...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Erika Lowery, candidate for Southwestern Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:09 a.m. Erika Lowery, a parent and pastor, is running for the Area 2 seat on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Michelle Rains, candidate for Palomar Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:08 a.m. Michelle Rains, a parent, chef and current trustee, is running for the Area 4 seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, candidate for Palomar Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:09 a.m. Holly Hamilton-Bleakley, an adjunct professor of philosophy at the University of San Diego, is running...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Yvette Marie Acosta, candidate for Palomar Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:07 a.m. Yvette Marie Acosta, a high school teacher in Escondido, is running for the Area 2...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Edward Pohlert, candidate for Palomar Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:14 a.m. Edward Pohlert, a MiraCosta College counseling faculty member, is running for the Area 2 seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Mariah Jameson, candidate for San Diego Community College District board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 10:06 a.m. Mariah Jameson, a policy staffer for the county board of supervisors, is running for the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Maria Miranda, candidate for National school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:39 a.m. Maria Miranda, the longtime owner of a home-based local child care provider in National City,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Constance Fish, candidate for Fallbrook Union Elementary school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:37 a.m. Constance Fish, the appointed incumbent and a retired educator, is running for the short-term Area...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Joshua Tiller, candidate for Fallbrook Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. Joshua Tiller, who owns a Fallbrook pizzeria franchise, is running for the Area 4 seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Chris Fite, candidate for Grossmont Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 8, 2024 at 9:22 a.m. Chris Fite, a retired teacher, is running for re-election to the Area 1 seat on...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Jay Steiger, candidate for Grossmont Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:29 a.m. Jay Steiger, a public school teacher in Poway Unified School District, is running for the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Jim Stieringer, candidate for Grossmont Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:29 a.m. Jim Stieringer, a retired La Mesa city treasurer, is running for the Area 2 seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Ryan Williams, candidate for Escondido Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:29 a.m. Ryan Williams, an irrigation-company marketing manager and the appointed incumbent, is running for the Area...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Aimee Sproul, candidate for Encinitas Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:05 p.m. Aimee Sproul, a parent and PTA officer, is running for a short-term seat on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Tom Morton, candidate for Encinitas Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:15 p.m. Tom Morton, who works as a farrier shoeing horses, is running for a short-term seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Jillian Cocayne, candidate for Encinitas Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:17 p.m. Jillian Cocayne, who works for Qualcomm, is running for a seat on the Encinitas Union...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Monica Lee, candidate for Encinitas Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:20 p.m. Monica Lee, a parent and former teacher, is running for a seat on the Encinitas...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Marlon Taylor, candidate for Encinitas Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:23 p.m. Marlon Taylor, who works for SDG&E, is running for re-election to a seat on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Juan Manuel Vargas, candidate for Escondido Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 10, 2024 at 6:28 p.m. Juan Manuel Vargas, a classified school employee in the local high school district, is running...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Mark Olson, candidate for Escondido Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 10, 2024 at 6:27 p.m. Mark Olson, the parks and recreation director for the city of San Marcos, is running...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Dara Czerwonka, candidate for Escondido Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 9:56 a.m. Dara Czerwonka, an executive coach and business owner, is running for the Area 4 seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Genevieve Okada Goldstone, candidate for Del Mar Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 10, 2024 at 10:45 a.m. Genevieve Okada Goldstone, a parent and anthropology Ph.D candidate, is running for a short-term seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Alan Scott Kholos, candidate for Del Mar Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 4:12 p.m. Alan Scott Kholos, a biotech executive, is running for a short-term seat on the Del...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Danielle Roybal, candidate for Del Mar Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 4:18 p.m. Danielle Roybal, a children’s advocate, is running for a seat on the Del Mar Union...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Bill Porter, candidate for Del Mar Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 4:20 p.m. Bill Porter, a retired public school teacher and administrator, is running for a seat on...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Gee Wah Mok, candidate for Del Mar Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:59 p.m. Gee Wah Mok, a lawyer, is running for re-election to the Del Mar Union School...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Helen Doyle, candidate for Del Mar Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 10, 2024 at 6:27 p.m. Helen Doyle, a stay-at-home parent, is running for a seat on the Del Mar Union...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Sharmane Estolano, candidate for Chula Vista Elementary school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:27 a.m. Sharmane Estolano, a real estate broker, is running for the Area 2 seat on Chula...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Kate Bishop, candidate for Chula Vista Elementary school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:27 a.m. Kate Bishop, a former costume designer, is running for re-election to Seat 4 on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Francisco Tamayo, candidate for Chula Vista Elementary school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:26 a.m. Francisco Tamayo, the senior cybersecurity director for the county office of education, is running for...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Tanya Williams, candidate for Chula Vista Elementary school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:26 a.m. Tanya Williams, an educator, is running for Seat 4 on the Chula Vista Elementary School...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Renee Cavanaugh, candidate for Coronado Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:26 a.m. Renee Cavanaugh, a retired teacher, is running for re-election to the Coronado Unified School District...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Fitzhugh Lee, candidate for Coronado Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:26 a.m. Fitzhugh “Fitz” Lee, a commercial airline pilot and retired Navy captain, is running for the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Shawnee Barton Merriman, candidate for Coronado Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:25 a.m. Shawnee Barton Merriman, a parent and part-time art faculty member at CSU Long Beach, is...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Bill Sandke, candidate for Coronado Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:25 a.m. Bill Sandke, a photographer, is running for the Coronado Unified School District board of trustees.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Sarah Song, candidate for county Board of Education By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:25 a.m. Sarah Song, a former elementary school teacher, is running for the District 4 seat on...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Nancy Orr, candidate for Cardiff school board By Kristen Taketa October 10, 2024 at 10:48 a.m. Nancy Orr, a retired educator, is running for re-election to the Cardiff School District board...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Rhea Stewart, candidate for Cardiff school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:46 p.m. Rhea Stewart, who works in educational publishing, is running for re-election to the Cardiff School...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Jen Belnap, candidate for Carlsbad Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:25 a.m. Jen Belnap, a parent and PTA board member, is running for the Area 2 seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Alison Emery, candidate for Carlsbad Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:24 a.m. Alison Emery, a teacher and parent, is running for the Area 2 seat on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Ejehan Turker, candidate for Carlsbad Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:24 a.m. Ejehan Turker, an ethics and compliance director for businesses, is running for the Area 3...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Laura Siaosi, candidate for Carlsbad Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:24 a.m. Laura Siaosi, who works in an Encinitas dental office, is running for the Area 3...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Erika Simmons, candidate for Alpine Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 7, 2024 at 1:35 p.m. Erika Simmons, a principal in San Diego Unified School District, is running for a seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Martha Deichler, candidate for Borrego Springs Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 7, 2024 at 1:35 p.m. Martha Deichler, executive director of the Borrego Springs Community Resource Center and a retired educator,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Peter Kellner, candidate for Borrego Springs Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:24 a.m. Peter Kellner, a technical training content developer, is running for a seat on the Borrego...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Emily Schworm, candidate for Cajon Valley Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:24 a.m. Emily “Lily” Schworm is running for the short-term Area 3 seat on the Cajon Valley...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Dina Polus, candidate for Cajon Valley Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. Dina Polus, a bookkeeper, is running for the short-term Area 3 seat on the Cajon...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Jim Miller, candidate for Cajon Valley Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. Jim Miller, a family law attorney and sports agent, is running for re-election to the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Alex Welling, candidate for Cajon Valley Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. Alex Welling, a wildfire and emergency communications manager at SDG&E, is running for the Area...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Oday Yousif, candidate for Cajon Valley Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. Oday Yousif, a small business owner and attorney, is running for the Area 5 seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Rocina Lizarraga, candidate for National school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 10:57 a.m. Rocina Lizarraga, an incumbent board member, garden support specialist and community project coordinator on transportation,...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Cindy Lopez, candidate for National school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 10:59 a.m. Cindy Lopez, a substitute teacher in the district and an executive assistant at the National...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Autumn Ellenson, candidate for Lakeside Union School District By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:22 a.m. Autumn Ellenson, a school administrator, is running for the Area 2 seat on the Lakeside...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Twila Godley, candidate for Lakeside Union School District By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:22 a.m. Twila Godley, a retiree, community volunteer and former school board member, is running for the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Britni Mushet, candidate for Julian Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 10:47 a.m. Britni Mushet, the executive director of the Warner Springs Community Resource Center, is running for...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Emily Ortiz Wichmann, candidate for Oceanside Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:21 a.m. Emily Ortiz Wichmann, an education consultant and former school board member, is running for the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Eleanor Evans, candidate for Oceanside Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:21 a.m. Eleanor Evans, an educator, is running for re-election to the Area 2 seat on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Rosie Higuera, candidate for Oceanside Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:20 a.m. Rosie Higuera, a private school teacher, is running for the Area 5 seat on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Mike Blessing, candidate for Oceanside Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:20 a.m. Mike Blessing, a retired Oceanside city planning director and incumbent school board member, is running...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with David Cheng, candidate for Poway Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 7, 2024 at 8:15 a.m. David Cheng, a consumer advocate attorney, is running for the Area E seat on the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Cindy Sytsma, candidate for Poway Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:20 a.m. Cindy Sytsma, an educator and incumbent, is running for re-election to the Area E seat...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Tim Dougherty, candidate for Poway Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:20 a.m. Tim Dougherty, a supply-chain executive at a home-goods store, is running for the Area A...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Dr. Devesh Vashishtha, candidate for Poway Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:19 a.m. Devesh Vashishtha, a family physician and medical director of a City Heights clinic, is running...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Stephanie Cooter, candidate for Ramona Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:19 a.m. Stephanie Cooter, a marketing manager, is running for the Area 3 seat on the Ramona...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Daryn Drum, candidate for Ramona Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:19 a.m. Daryn Drum, a firefighter and incumbent board member, is running for re-election to the Area...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Maria Luoni, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:28 p.m. Maria Luoni, a healthcare staffing executive, is running for a seat on the Rancho Santa...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Janice Lee Holowka, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. Janice Lee Holowka, an educational consultant and special-education advocate, is running for a seat on...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Victoria Gamble, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:34 p.m. Victoria Gamble, a legal recruiter, is running for a seat on the Rancho Santa Fe...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Education | Q&A with Karen Eschrich, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:36 p.m. Karen Eschrich, a real estate investor, is running for a seat on the Rancho Santa...