2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (789+ words) At Del Mar City Hall on Sept. 8 a few longtime residents still had their weathered and bound copies of the original Del Mar Community Plan, “an expression in words and maps” about how the community will develop in the future....

2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (138+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune Re “San Diego’s bike lane network marred by traffic-clogged streets, connection gaps, SDSU report finds” (Aug. 5): I have commuted by bicycle in San Diego for over 30 years. Some of the bike lane improvements have been great. Others…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1104+ words) Accountability is a lost virtue in the public education system. Too many times public school employees have been reassigned to other schools or districts – or placed on indefinite paid leave – after being officially reprimanded or dismissed for violating school district…...

4+ hour, 42+ 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…...

8+ hour, 51+ 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....

2+ day, 19+ min 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…...

1+ day, 21+ 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, 19+ min 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....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (145+ words) Re “The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion” (Aug. 19): Thank you for the article on our quickly increasing national debt. If we divide that debt by the number of people in the U.S., we find that every man,…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1121+ words) One year ago this week, Cygnet Theatre opened the doors of its new home, the $43.5 million Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center in Point Loma. Owned by Arts District Liberty Station with Cygnet as its permanent tenant, the 42,166-square-foot,…...