Incumbent mayors in Escondido and Encinitas face Dem-backed challengers as debates heat up over housing, homelessness and local control.

National City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Jose Rodriguez today plans to announce a third attempt to place a business tax hike before city voters. Rodriguez said he, along with members […] ...

South San Diego County politics are different. Rougher. More personal. And far less predictable than elsewhere.  That’s especially true in two key mayoral races this year. In Chula Vista, long-serving ...

The Vista Detention Facility is slated for a massive rebuild, and according to the Sheriff’s Office, it’s overdue. Built in 1972 and never modernized since, the facility is aging, too […] ...

There’s good news in the works for a San Diego Unified teacher reporter Jakob McWhinney profiled last week. For nearly two ...

A coalition of labor and advocacy groups are pitching a half-cent sales tax increase to combat Trump administration cuts, address the Tijuana sewage crisis and more.   SEIU Local 221 President Crystal ...

Deteriorating infrastructure and cramped quarters at the Vista jail has the Sheriff’s Office insisting a $950 million ...

Progress is always a battle, but over the years, we have slowly and surely created a public waterfront that finally belongs ...

Proposition 40 would force Californians with a net worth of more than $1 billion to pay a one-time 5 percent tax on their ...

In a zeitgeisty race, a socialist outsider is challenging the conservative mayor of El Cajon. The pair will face off in a ...

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