Commentary | Proposition 36 won’t make us safer, but it will put funding for trauma recovery centers at risk By Elizabeth Munoz October 13, 2024 at 10:53 p.m. We must recommit to investing in the strategies we know work to prevent crime and...
Opinion: Climate dread and wonder in paradise and other lost places By Jim Miller October 13, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. This summer and fall, fires consumed California and much of the west. Extreme heat brought...
Opinion: Is there gender discrimination in science and medicine? Ask the females. By David A. Brenner October 12, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. If you visit a doctor’s office or venture into a lab these days, you won’t...
Opinion: No on G. SANDAG should be ashamed to ask taxpayers for money By Steve Vaus October 11, 2024 at 12:19 p.m. Measure G is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad attempt to raise your taxes....
Opinion: Yes on G. Residents deserve better transportation options By Lani Lutar October 11, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. As residents of San Diego County, we face ongoing challenges due to our aging transportation...
Commentary | Newsom’s anti-satire law tries to kill the joke — and the First Amendment By Kristen Waggoner October 10, 2024 at 11:21 a.m. California’s meme-policing is just the latest in a growing global trend where terms like “misinformation,”...
Opinion: Americans are living longer. We need to reimagine aging in our society. By Edward L. Abeyta October 10, 2024 at 11:01 a.m. Society’s modern seniors are challenging outdated perceptions of aging. As those older than 65 are...
Opinion: Children of undocumented parents live in fear of deportation By Susan Demersseman October 10, 2024 at 6:06 a.m. The Republican candidate for president is making the promise of mass deportations. He vows to...
Opinion: This neighborhood house changed lives in San Diego By Irma Castro October 10, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. It had not been a very interesting day, and out of boredom, I decided to...
Opinion: How High Tech High helped transform education in U.S. and beyond By Gary E Jacobs October 9, 2024 at 11:41 a.m. As I look back on 25 years since High Tech High (HTH) first opened its...
Commentary | Hurricanes and other natural disasters aren’t going away. We must double down on what makes them more survivable. By Connor Okeeffe October 9, 2024 at 10:55 a.m. Fortunately, humans are very good at adapting to bad weather.
Opinion: A star was born in Chula Vista. Mario Lopez is proudly one of our own. By William A. Virchis October 9, 2024 at 6:05 a.m. A meteor hit the Earth on Oct. 10, 1973. Figuratively speaking, that is. The name...
Opinion: Trust-based philanthropy is paying off big for MANA By Inez Gonzalez Perezchica October 9, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. Bank of America’s Neighborhood Builders is celebrating 20 years of community investment. It is the...
Opinion: The Canyon Crest Academy Foundation probe is a teachable moment By Dave Oei October 8, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. One month ago, Kevin Wang and Litong Tian, seniors at Canyon Crest Academy High School,...
Commentary | State planning for the housing market is failing Southern California By Marc Joffe October 8, 2024 at 7:56 a.m. California’s existing state-led housing needs process is too heavy-handed, arbitrary and ineffective. It is time...
Opinion: Celebrating 20 years of Latinx services at The Center, a lifeline for San Diego’s LGBTQ+ community By Gus Hernandez October 8, 2024 at 6:05 a.m. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Latin@x Services, a program for Latino/a/x community members...
Opinion: Failure to provide insulin to inmate was reckless and deadly By Jennifer Sherman October 8, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. When a person is arrested, they are denied their liberty, but they should not also...
Commentary | Gavin Newsom’s harebrained special session risks higher gas prices across California By Don Wagner October 7, 2024 at 6:47 p.m. Newsom’s special legislative session has no hope of reducing high gas prices and shortages if...
Q&A with San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria By U T Editorial Board October 7, 2024 at 4:21 p.m. The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board interviewed incumbent Todd Gloria on Oct. 2 ahead of...
Q&A with San Diego candidate for mayor Larry Turner By U T Editorial Board October 7, 2024 at 4:21 p.m. The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board interviewed challenger Larry Turner on Oct. 1 ahead of...
Apprenticeships can help alleviate state’s teacher shortage By Randi Wolfe Vince Stewart October 7, 2024 at 10:15 a.m. California is in the midst of a decade-long and ever-present teacher shortage crisis. Since 2016,...
After Oct. 7, Israel deserved more empathy than it got By Ruben Navarrette October 7, 2024 at 5:16 a.m. And so we arrive at the first anniversary of the hideous Oct. 7, 2023, attacks...
New laws are wise attempts to address kids’ social media addiction By Samuel Chapman October 6, 2024 at 10:15 a.m. At last, California families who have lost a child or had one hurt by social...
Rigid zoning rules thwart humane decisions on housing By Paul Avelar And Daryl James October 6, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Affordable housing can be hard to find in California, so vineyard owners Michael and Kellie Ballard got...
Opinion: Bullying against Palestinian Americans in San Diego must stop By Doris Bittar October 7, 2024 at 12:18 p.m. As the one year anniversary of Oct. 7 looms, Palestinian San Diegans have been counting...
Opinion: We are standing firm together against antisemitism By Fabienne Perlov October 5, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. As we mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, which led...
Opinion: We must help San Diego’s world-class nature thrive By Judy Gradwohl October 7, 2024 at 4:18 p.m. As a relatively recent transplant, I am delighted to live in a city that is...
Opinion: We must look from the tide pools to the stars and back again By Exequiel Ezcurra October 4, 2024 at 6:05 a.m. Great museums challenge our way of thinking by pulling us out of our everyday existence...
Opinion: Nature and good health is in our DNA By Mary Walshok October 7, 2024 at 4:17 p.m. In San Diego, our love for good health, nature, and beautiful surroundings is longstanding and...
Will Sheinbaum really represent a break from AMLO? By Ruben Navarrette October 4, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. Is what’s happening in Mexico a miracle? Or a mirage? Now and then, I like...
Opinion: A new chapter for the Foundation for the Children of the Californias By Kathia Bustillos October 3, 2024 at 11:05 a.m. Editor’s note: The Foundation for the Children of the Californias will celebrate 30 years of...
Opinion: Offering children’s health care without borders is our speciality By Leonard Kornreich October 3, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Editor’s note: The Foundation for the Children of the Californias will celebrate 30 years of...
Opinion: My journey with the Foundation for the Children of the Californias By Maria Fernanda Diaz Deleon October 3, 2024 at 6:05 a.m. Editor’s note: The Foundation for the Children of the Californias will celebrate 30 years of...
Opinion: Carefully applied generative AI can elevate education for everyone By Ej Sobo October 3, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. The emergence of generative artificial intelligence, including chatbots like ChatGPT, raises the stakes of education’s...
Opinion: Will U.S. follow Mexico’s lead in electing a woman president? By Antonieta Mercado October 2, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. On Tuesday, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo took charge as the president of Mexico, making her the...
Opinion: Proposition 35 could take funding from valuable health programs By Mayra E Alvarez October 2, 2024 at 6:06 a.m. In a huge win for California children and families, this year Sacramento elected leaders decided...
Opinion: Proposition 35 helps protect and expand health care access for Californians By Rakesh Patel October 2, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. As a practicing family physician and CEO of Neighborhood Healthcare, a community health clinic here in...
Opinion: At Cal State San Marcos, we create paths to valuable degrees By Ellen J. Neufeldt October 1, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Is a college degree worth it? The findings from two recent studies couldn’t be more...
Opinion: Proposition 33 will undo recent progress in adding housing By Toni Atkins October 1, 2024 at 2:15 p.m. If special interests get their way this November, it could become even harder and more...
Opinion: Proposition 33 will reduce the suffering of California families By Cody Petterson October 1, 2024 at 5:55 a.m. Proposition 33 is as straightforward as they come. It repeals the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act....
Commentary | New California ‘deep-fake’ laws threaten political speech By Chris Mcisaac September 30, 2024 at 12:28 p.m. Protecting voters from deception may be well intentioned, but a better approach to dealing with...
Trump changes mind, agrees with Pelosi on state tax break By Dan Walters September 30, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. More often than not, the two major political parties directly oppose each other on major...
Commentary | Southern California’s road changes aren’t delivering on promises to improve safety By Jay Derr October 1, 2024 at 5:26 a.m. As the region's work and commute patterns evolve, road safety interventions should be measured annually...
Opinion: Monitoring your teen on social media is healthy By Kelsey Bradshaw September 30, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. Social media isn’t innately bad for children — but monitoring is essential. Smartphones are ubiquitous...
Commentary | Campaigning against ‘gouging’ makes for good politics, but lousy policy By Joel Fox September 29, 2024 at 6:13 p.m. The California anti-gouging strategy may resonate in the political chamber, but economic reality is another...
Commentary | As inflation spikes, San Diego politicians put 35 new tax hikes on countywide ballot By Carl Demaio September 29, 2024 at 9:09 a.m. Our analysis shows the average San Diego household will be impacted by 2-3 of these...
Here’s how my knitting helped me become a cell biologist By Megan Chong September 29, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. When I was about 8 years old, my grandmother took me to a local fabric...
Lack of UC-CSU-CCC cooperation takes toll on state college students By Dan Walters September 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. California’s Master Plan for Higher Education, adopted 64 years ago, envisioned that three systems — the...
Opinion: Proposition 32 will raise prices on everything — so vote no By Kim Phan September 28, 2024 at 6:11 a.m. At a time when we are all feeling the pinch of high costs, this isn’t...
Opinion: Yes on Proposition 32. Everyone who works full-time should be able to afford life’s basic needs. By Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher September 28, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. Everyone who works full time should be able to afford life’s basic needs. That’s not...
Defender of Prop. 47 leaves out inconvenient evidence By Dan Walters September 27, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. The Los Angeles Times, California’s largest newspaper, has editorialized against Proposition 36, the Nov. 5 ballot...
Opinion: Proposition 36 wants to return to a failed past. Vote no. By Rashida Hameed September 27, 2024 at 6:10 a.m. We are dealing with real problems in our communities — problems that include the prevalence...
Opinion: Passing Proposition 36 is far less costly than the alternative By Todd Gloria September 27, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. California’s trio of public safety crises — homelessness, drug abuse and retail theft — represent...
Will Gov. Newsom act to limit preventable traffic deaths? By Colin Campbell September 26, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. In the last moments of my 17-year-old daughter’s life, I sat beside her on Highway...
California’s war on camping keeps gaining speed By Joe Mathews September 26, 2024 at 10:16 a.m. Lock up your tents, California! Toss out your old camping gear! Hide your pillows and...
Opinion: Yes on Proposition 5. Protect California’s future and empower local solutions. By Darrell Roberts September 26, 2024 at 6:11 a.m. As a firefighter, my priority is the safety and well-being of the Californians I enlisted...
Commentary | Newsom signs dozens of new housing bills with no new ideas By Christopher Calton September 26, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. If California’s politicians want to get serious about solving the housing crisis, they need to...
Opinion: No on Proposition 5. Property tax hikes make affordability worse, not better. By Robert Gutierrez September 26, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. The biggest problem facing Californians right now is that everything costs too much — and...
Newsom keeps cruel solitary confinement policies in place By Jack Morris September 25, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. There is an ancient saying in politics that “the strong do what they can and...
Commentary | Bonta’s legal war on energy companies will punish ordinary Californians By Kerry Jackson September 25, 2024 at 12:27 p.m. Bonta recognizes that the lawsuits will only “disincentivize” fossil fuel use by imposing a significant...
Opinion: This is the reason why some young voters are not interested in elections By Julie Roland September 25, 2024 at 6:15 a.m. Young people don’t vote. At least not reliably. Perhaps they are disillusioned because their elders...
Opinion: Yes on Proposition 4 now or pay more later By Laura Engeman September 25, 2024 at 6:10 a.m. Changing climate conditions are affecting our health, lives and economy. Just consider what San Diegans...
Opinion: No on Proposition 4. Too much debt and not enough accountability. By Brian Jones September 25, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. What’s worse than reckless spending of your tax dollars? Reckless spending of your tax dollars...
Trump comments on Jews unnerve this Mexican-American By Ruben Navarrette September 24, 2024 at 3:45 p.m. Twelve years ago, I returned from a life-changing trip to Israel with a priceless souvenir:...
Opinion: Proposition 2 provides urgent repairs needed for schools By Ben Churchill September 24, 2024 at 6:05 a.m. For too long, California’s local public schools have gone without essential repairs and upgrades and...
Opinion: No on Proposition 2. More debt won’t fix California’s schools. By Carl Demaio September 24, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. California’s politicians know that voters want the best education possible for our children. That’s why...
Opinion: In honor of San Diego United Against Hate, let’s all do our part By Summer Stephan September 23, 2024 at 2:01 p.m. As communities come together to spread the message about zero tolerance for hate in honor...
Commentary | Foster kids’ benefits belong to kids, not the counties By Amy Harfeld September 23, 2024 at 1:09 p.m. Do we really have to say out loud that stealing from them is wrong?
Latest federal stats show California still has highest poverty rate By Dan Walters September 23, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom is fond of comparing California’s economy to those of other states, particularly...
Political family feuds fill California’s competitive vacuum By Dan Walters September 22, 2024 at 10:01 a.m. Aristotle is said to have coined the phrase “nature abhors a vacuum” — or “horror...
Don’t absolve Harris for the missing 320,000 migrant kids By Ruben Navarrette September 22, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. The Biden-Harris administration has united conservatives and liberals. Both are disgusted by how the Democrats...
Commentary | Gov. Newsom’s emergency hemp rules could block life-saving therapies By Michelle Minton September 21, 2024 at 9:46 a.m. California can protect patients, consumers and marijuana businesses without restricting access to life-changing cannabis therapies.
Opinion: Hormone replacement was the answer for women, until it wasn’t By Kathryn Macaulay September 21, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. Women will spend approximately one-third of their lives after the menopause transition and approximately 6,000...
Opinion: I was ashamed of being in premenopause. I’ve come a long way. By Ellen Dolgen September 21, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. I consider myself the proud leader of the menopause revolution. If you had told me...
California must allow tribes to minimize fire risk with traditional tools By Russell Attebery September 20, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. In recent years, California has seen the devastating consequences of ignoring the wisdom that Indigenous...
Opinion: Advice to partners coping with menopause: Be patient! By Laura Castañeda September 20, 2024 at 6:20 a.m. “Patience is a virtue” is thought to have originated from a poem written by an...
Opinion: Menopause is a time of great physical and emotional change By Lisa Lipschitz September 20, 2024 at 6:10 a.m. Due to patient confidentiality, real names generally can’t be used when doctors write about their...
Opinion: If your doctor refuses to address your menopause, get another doctor By Jacqueline Carr September 20, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. American actress Halle Berry, recently joined a group of senators on Capitol Hill demanding research...
I couldn’t vote for decades. This year, I finally get to participate in democracy. By Richard Richardson September 19, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. I was sent to juvenile hall at 10 years old, and never once did I...
Opinion: Community violence prevention works. We must get involved. By Andrew Blum September 19, 2024 at 6:20 a.m. Four. That’s the number of homicides that Boston, a city with 650,000 people, experienced during...
Opinion: I got to know one homeless woman’s story. They are not all the same. By J Malcolm Garcia September 19, 2024 at 6:10 a.m. On a recent morning, Robin, a homeless woman, woke up in her van parked on...
Opinion: Community colleges make becoming a nurse affordable. By Lynn Ceresino Neault September 19, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. It’s a matter of public health. Which is why community colleges throughout California — including...
Opinion: Gov. Newsom must protect independent physicians. Here’s how. By Ed Cohen September 18, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Just minutes before the end of its session last month, the California Legislature green-lit a...
Opinion: 60 years ago, the San Diego Community Concourse saved downtown By Cristhian Barajas September 18, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. This week marks the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the San Diego Community Concourse....
Opinion: One of San Diego’s oldest Latino theater companies shines on By Douglas Friedman September 18, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Typical of his selfless, altruistic nature, San Diego’s iconic theater director William “Bill” Virchis decided...
I learned to value voting from my immigrant parents By Namrata Venkatesan September 20, 2024 at 1:02 p.m. Ask most people why they’re voting, and you may hear this response: “I really believe...
Newsom’s posturing on gasoline prices is empty and unconvincing By Dan Walters September 17, 2024 at 1:16 p.m. It’s time to blow the whistle on the farcical efforts of California’s politicians — especially...
Prop. 3 would bring end to fight over same-sex marriage in California By Kate Mcquarrie September 17, 2024 at 7:16 a.m. California has long been lauded — and criticized — for its progressivism, but when it...
Opinion: I spent a year at the border wall. Here’s what I wish JD Vance learned. By Adriana Jasso September 17, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. This month, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance said to reporters he wants to stop...
Opinion: Scripps Health celebrating 100 years of caring for San Diegans By Chris Van Gorder September 16, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. On Sept. 17, 1924, Scripps Memorial Hospital opened its doors. The 57-bed facility on Prospect...
California schools face crisis over absenteeism, declining enrollment By Dan Walters September 16, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score...
Commentary | Prop. 47-funded programs are working to break cycles of crime. Prop. 36 will undermine those efforts. By David Barclay September 15, 2024 at 7:22 p.m. Proposition 36 must be rejected this November because eliminating the savings from Prop. 47 would...
This year, presidential voters seem less down on flip-flopping By Ruben Navarrette September 15, 2024 at 8:16 a.m. As if the 2024 presidential election didn’t have enough surprises, it now delivers something completely...
My dad’s killer was never caught. Did the LAPD even care? By Mike Gatto September 15, 2024 at 6:15 a.m. It was the first and only murder in Silver Lake that year. I picked up...
Kamala Harris and the tale of two Oaklands By Joe Mathews September 14, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. If Dickens were to rise from the grave tomorrow, I bet he’d head straight to...
Can GOP benefit from Californians’ increasing crime worries? By Dan Walters September 14, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Over the last dozen years, Democrats have gained, lost and finally nailed down supermajorities in...
Opinion: I want to reduce my odds of getting dementia. Is there such a thing? By Lynn DeWoskin Covarrubias September 14, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. I admit that I have been worried about getting dementia for a long time. Observing...
Opinion: My family’s journey through the heart of independence By Susana Franco September 13, 2024 at 6:11 a.m. “¡Viva México! ¡Viva la Independencia!” These powerful words echo across the streets of Mexico every...
Commentary | Opinion: Mexican is not a nationality, it’s a state of mind By Tania Navarro September 16, 2024 at 9:19 a.m. When Costa Rican-born ranchera singer Chavela Vargas rose to international fame in the past century,...
Commentary | Opinion: Mexican Americans celebrate el grito, too By Laura Castañeda September 16, 2024 at 9:20 a.m. I remember the first time I was interviewed by a Mexican newspaper. I had recently...