Council es San Diego budget that restores library hours, fire rings and more — but at a cost to some city workers By David Garrick June 11, 2025 at 12:33 p.m. Mayor Todd Gloria said all the new spending makes him unsure if he'll sign it...
Would Aguirre repeal sanctuary rule? What’s McCann’s stance on ICE? What a supervisor race could mean for immigrants By Lucas Robinson June 10, 2025 at 5:45 p.m. Here's what the District 1 candidates say — and won't say — about protests, ICE...
Divided San Diego City Council OKs $44-a-month trash pickup fee, city’s first ever By David Garrick June 10, 2025 at 11:54 a.m. To one council member, the fee is a way to avoid painful budget cuts elsewhere...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 specialist and community project coordinator on transportation,...
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...
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 , is running for the Area 2 seat on the Lakeside...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Q&A with Karen “Kate” Butler, candidate for Rancho Santa Fe school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 3:40 p.m. Karen “Kate” Butler, a private art advisor and curator, is running for a seat on...
Q&A with Crystal Trull, candidate for San Diego Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:18 a.m. Crystal Trull, a college lecturer and nonprofit consultant, is running for the District A seat...
Q&A with Sabrina Bazzo, candidate for San Diego Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 11:21 a.m. Sabrina Bazzo, the executive director of a nonprofit medical society and an incumbent school board...
Q&A with Jodie Williams, candidate for San Dieguito school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 4:03 p.m. Jodie Williams, an attorney and a current Encinitas Union School District board member, is running...
Q&A with Kelly Friis, candidate for San Dieguito school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 4:05 p.m. Kelly Friis, an investment management firm executive, is running for the Area 2 seat on...
Q&A with Kevin Sabellico, candidate for San Dieguito school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 4:07 p.m. Kevin Sabellico, a political campaign consultant, is running for the Area 4 seat on the...
Q&A with Michael Allman, candidate for San Dieguito school board By Kristen Taketa October 9, 2024 at 4:09 p.m. Michael Allman, an energy industry executive and incumbent school board member, is running for re-election...
Q&A with Carlos Ulloa, candidate for San Marcos Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:16 a.m. Carlos Ulloa, an Escondido public school teacher and incumbent San Marcos board member, is running...
Q&A with Heidi Herrick, candidate for San Marcos Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:16 a.m. Heidi Herrick, a medical technology recruiting executive, is running for the Area A seat on...
Q&A with Brittany Bower, candidate for San Marcos Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:16 a.m. Brittany Bower, who helps run her family’s property-damage restoration business, is running for the Area...
Q&A with Sarah Ahmad, candidate for San Marcos Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 12:04 p.m. Sarah Ahmad, a software company director and incumbent board member, is running for re-election to...
Q&A with Lena Lauer Meum, candidate for San Marcos Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. Lena Lauer Meum, a property-management and wellness business owner, is running for the Area D...
Q&A with Jaime Chamberlin, candidate for San Marcos Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. Jaime Chamberlin, a substitute teacher and current board member, is running for re-election to the...
Q&A with Kenia Peraza, candidate for San Ysidro school board By Kristen Taketa October 11, 2024 at 12:12 p.m. Kenia Peraza, a parent and community advocate, is running for a seat on the San...
Q&A with Antonio Martinez, candidate for San Ysidro school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. Antonio Martinez, a congressional staffer for Rep. Juan Vargas and incumbent school board member, is...
Q&A with Jose Manuel Dircio, candidate for San Ysidro school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:14 a.m. Jose Manuel Dircio, a mechanical engineer for the U.S. Defense Department, is running for a...
Q&A with Martin Arias, candidate for San Ysidro school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:14 a.m. Martin Arias, a taxpayer advocate for the county assessor, is running for a seat on...
Q&A with Monique Silver, candidate for Santee school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:14 a.m. Monique Silver, a retired educator, is running for the Area 4 seat on the Santee...
Q&A with Manuel “Manny” Esparza, candidate for South Bay Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:14 a.m. Manuel “Manny” Esparza, a veteran, retired construction business owner and incumbent board member, is running...
Q&A with Lizbeth Becerra, candidate for South Bay Union school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:14 a.m. Lizbeth Becerra, a businesswoman and office assistant, is running for the short-term Area 4 seat...
Q&A with Adrian Arancibia, candidate for Sweetwater Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:13 a.m. Adrian Arancibia, an English professor at Miramar College, is running for re-election to the Area...
Q&A with Angelica Martinez, candidate for Sweetwater Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:13 a.m. Angelica Martinez, an educator in San Diego Unified School District, is running for the Area...
Q&A with Rodolfo “Rudy” Lopez, candidate for Sweetwater Union High school board By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 9:13 a.m. Rodolfo “Rudy” Lopez, a small business owner and San Ysidro school board member, is running...
Q&A with Olga Espinoza, candidate for Sweetwater Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:13 a.m. Olga Espinoza, a community leader and advocate, is running for the Area 4 seat on...
Q&A with Amanda Remmen, candidate for Vista Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:13 a.m. Amanda “Mandy” Remmen, who owns a jewelry and accessories small business, is running for the...
Q&A with Mike Markov, candidate for Vista Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:12 a.m. Mike Markov, a commercial pilot, is running for the Area 1 seat on the Vista...
Q&A with Frank Nunez, candidate for Vista Unified school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:12 a.m. Frank Nunez is a small business owner and parent running for the Area 4 seat...
Q&A with Coleen Cusack, candidate for San Diego City Council By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:05 a.m. Coleen Cusack, an attorney and homeless advocate, is challenging San Diego City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn...
Q&A with Sean Elo-Rivera, candidate for San Diego City Council By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. Sean Elo-Rivera, the incumbent and president of the San Diego City Council, is seeking a...
San Diego rejects local businessman’s $10M offer to buy 101 Ash, convert it to homeless housing By Jeff McDonald October 7, 2024 at 3:02 p.m. After months of negotiations with the mayor's office, the ive housing project was ed over...
Q&A with Tasha Boerner, 77th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:05 a.m. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner, a Democrat, is running for re-election to her seat representing the 77th...
Q&A with LaShae Sharp-Collins, 79th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:05 a.m. LaShae Sharp Collins, a community engagement professional with the county’s office of education, is running...
Who’s running for school board? Meet the candidates in every district around San Diego County By Kristen Taketa October 14, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. The San Diego Union-Tribune asked every candidate a series of questions about everything from budgets...
Q&A with Darshana Patel, 76th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. Darshana Patel, a Democrat, scientist and Poway Unified school board member, is running for the...
Q&A with Michael Williams, 80th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:04 a.m. Michael Williams, a Republican and a former naval officer and FBI analyst, is challenging Democratic...
Q&A with Terry Hoskins, candidate for San Diego City Council By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. Terry Hoskins, a retired Marine officer and retired San Diego police officer, is running for...
Q&A with Colin Parent, 79th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. Colin Parent, a La Mesa council member and head of the mobility nonprofit Circulate San...
Q&A with Akilah Weber, 39th Senate District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Dr. Akilah Weber, an OB-GYN and Democratic member of the state Assembly, is running for...
Q&A with Carl DeMaio, 75th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. Carl DeMaio, a Republican and former San Diego City Council member, is running for the...
Q&A with Chris Duncan, 74th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 10, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. Chris Duncan, a Democrat and a San Clemente city council member, is challenging Republican incumbent...
We asked nearly 200 school board candidates about their campaigns. Here’s what we found. By Kristen Taketa October 7, 2024 at 4:37 p.m. Out of more than 180 candidates running for a K-12 or community college school board...
Q&A with Andrew Hayes, 75th Assembly District candidate By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:03 a.m. Andrew Hayes, a Republican and Lakeside school board member, is running for the open 75th...
Q&A with Stephen Whitburn, candidate for San Diego City Council By Sam Schulz October 6, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. San Diego City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn is seeking a second term representing downtown and the...
An estimated crowd of 1,000 marches in pro-Palestine rally in downtown San Diego By Rob Nikolewski October 5, 2024 at 9:03 p.m. At a peaceful demonstration, protestors call for a cease-fire, an arms embargo and cutting US...
Four vie for two City Council seats in La Mesa election By Gary Warth October 5, 2024 at 5:18 p.m. Voters also will consider extending a sales tax for 20 years
Oceanside treasurer candidate arrested, subject of emergency gun order By Jeff McDonald October 5, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. The case against Jack Fernandes, one of two people challenging incumbent Treasurer Victor Roy, remains...
Businesses, museums and environmentalists: An unlikely coalition is confident San Diegans will raise sales tax By David Garrick October 8, 2024 at 9:31 a.m. ers of Measure E, San Diego’s proposed one-cent sales tax hike, say there are strong...
Your guide to Proposition 33, which would allow local expansions of rent control By Cameron Fozi October 6, 2024 at 12:40 p.m. Propositions 33 and 34 are dueling ballot measures over rent control, and then some. Here's...
Your guide to Measure C, to skip primaries in some less competitive school board races By David Garrick October 25, 2024 at 5:58 p.m. If approved, Measure C would amend the San Diego city charter to eliminate primaries for...
2 Democrats running to represent San Diego in the state Assembly have very different resumes By Blake Nelson October 4, 2024 at 4:02 p.m. Colin Parent and LaShae Sharp-Collins are keeping things positive in the race for the 79th...
Q&A with Adryenn Cantor, candidate for Julian Union High school board By Kristen Taketa October 6, 2024 at 9:22 a.m. Adryenn Cantor, a retired family law attorney, is running for a seat on the Julian...
Gloria and Turner clash on ADUs, trolleys and shelter beds in 2nd mayoral debate By David Garrick October 4, 2024 at 10:55 a.m. The candidates debated the mayor's efforts to reduce homelessness, which Turner has harshly criticized throughout...
San Diego approves deal linked to Bird bankruptcy that settles scooter injury suits By Alex Riggins October 3, 2024 at 5:39 p.m. City Council approved contributing $750,000 to a tort claim trust rather than risking exposure to...
Housing, homelessness and district budgets top issues in National City elections By Tammy Murga October 3, 2024 at 2:11 p.m. Voters will select representatives for Districts 2 and 4 and decide whether to establish a...
Homelessness and public safety are top issues in Oceanside election By Phil Diehl October 1, 2024 at 5:24 p.m. Two council districts, mayor, city treasurer and tax measure on the ballot
Tackling crossborder sewage crisis top of mind in Imperial Beach elections By Tammy Murga October 1, 2024 at 4:58 p.m. Parking, housing and rent costs also top issues for five candidates running in two district...
Mission Valley bridge over San Diego River, now a $53M project, secures approval By Jennifer Van Grove September 30, 2024 at 10:26 p.m. The Fenton Parkway Bridge, which SDSU must build as a condition of its purchase of...
How fundraising is faring in San Diego County’s toughest — and most expensive — supervisor race By Emily Alvarenga October 1, 2024 at 9:08 a.m. Both Terra Lawson-Remer and Kevin Faulconer have spent a majority of their campaigns attacking one...
The candidates running for City Council in Chula Vista By Tammy Murga September 30, 2024 at 6:28 a.m. Candidates in Districts 3 and 4 say homelessness, housing, police response and park space are...
2 Republicans running to represent East County in Sacramento differ on how to reach similar goals By Blake Nelson October 1, 2024 at 6:48 a.m. There's a sharp personality divide between Carl DeMaio and Andrew Hayes in the campaign for...
Your guide to San Diego’s Measure D, an effort to bolster the Ethics Commission By David Garrick October 8, 2024 at 9:28 a.m. Voters in the city of San Diego will decide this fall whether to boost the...
Your guide to San Diego’s Measure E — and other local sales tax measures around San Diego County By David Garrick October 14, 2024 at 11:01 a.m. Voters in the city of San Diego and nine other local cities will decide this...
San Diego city attorney candidates debate qualifications, and whether public confrontation is part of the job By David Garrick September 30, 2024 at 7:36 a.m. The two people battling to become San Diego’s next city attorney clashed Saturday over their...
San Dieguito school trustee subject of state political investigation By Jeff McDonald September 28, 2024 at 12:53 p.m. That means FPPC enforcement officials completed a first-look review of the complaints and determined there...
Weeks before the election, here’s how much San Diego campaigns are raising and spending By David Garrick September 27, 2024 at 4:09 p.m. A proposed local sales-tax hike, Measure E, has garnered more campaign cash than any other...
Elo-Rivera, challenger Hoskins spar over housing, homelessness and ADUs in council debate By David Garrick September 27, 2024 at 8:21 p.m. The San Diego City Council District 9 candidates disagreed on how to incentivize new development,...