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After years in limbo, San Diego’s sweeping plan to remake much of Mission Bay gets state signoff — with some changes
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (810+ words) San Diego has secured long-awaited Coastal Commission approval for its ambitious plan to transform much of the northeastern corner of Mission Bay into climate-friendly marshland and new recreation space. The Friday approval — which forced the city to change the plan…...
Michael Smolens: Powerlink déjà vu on environment, energy and politics
14+ hour, 33+ min ago (984+ words) A proposal for a high-voltage transmission line from Imperial Valley through the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. A promise to deliver electricity from clean, alternative energy sources. A fierce debate over energy needs versus protecting pristine landscape and wildlife habitat. A…...
Lederer on Language: Literature lives at the KPBS San Diego Book Festival
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (248+ words) Literature lives. Literature endures. Literature prevails. That’s because readers bestow a special kind of life upon people who have existed only in books. Figments though they may be, literary characters can assume a vitality and longevity that pulse more powerfully…...
Mamdani editorial misses fact that extreme wealth gap demands fix
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (161+ words) sandiegouniontribune.com Re “Thank you, Mayor Mamdani” (Aug. 7): Your editorial offered some valid criticism of “socialist” initiatives in New York City, and then suggested that simply “smoothing the rough edges … of capitalism” will fix things. The wealth gap between rich…...
Ham on Wry: Do husbands and wives ever speak the same language?
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (538+ words) My wife argues that my columns often require a great deal of editing, suggesting my East Coast dialect is often apparent. She points, in particular, to what she considers my appalling spelling and inexcusable articulation. We’ve spent over half our…...
Mayor, City Council enablers share blame for Mission Bay bathroom fiasco – San Diego Union-Tribune
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (333+ words) The announcement Wednesday by Mayor Todd Gloria, City Council President Joe LaCava and Councilmember Jennifer Campbell that the city would reopen 13 public bathrooms it closed last month in Mission Bay Park was a welcome if long overdue acknowledgment of the…...
Opinion: City Hall is still failing Balboa Park. It’s time for change.
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (638+ words) The city’s decision to restore free parking in Balboa Park has silenced public demands for a change in park governance. The sense of urgency has abated. But the reality of park mismanagement hasn’t. City Hall still has total control over…...
Opinion: We need affordable housing. Turquoise Tower is mostly a hotel.
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (407+ words) San Diegans are struggling to afford housing. This is the crisis that we should be trying to solve. The proposed 23-story Turquoise Tower in Pacific Beach includes 213 units. Of those, 139 are visitor accommodations and only 74 are residences. Just 10 of the…...
Comment in story about bike lanes reflected both sexism and ageism
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (110+ words) Re “Report: Bike lanes marred by S.D. traffic, lane gaps” (Aug. 6): This article quoted a well-meaning concern: “It’s more like, can an average child or a 70-year-old woman actually ride there?” I know women riders who are 70 years or older who…...
Opinion: Can Gloria break San Diego’s mayoral curse?
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (237+ words) After decades of witnessing disarray in America’s Finest City, locals might wonder if there is an ancient curse that warns, “May you wake up in the morning to discover you are mayor of San Diego.” In his sixth year in…...