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Six members of Congress demand ‘answers and investigation’ after Otay Mesa detainee’s death
Guillermo Pascual Verganza died at Otay Mesa Detention Center Oct. 24, the 30th person to die in immigration detention this year.
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Lopez leads by just 13 votes in National City council race
Cindy Lopez widened her lead over Luz Molina for National City’s District 1 City Council race in the latest election results released Friday evening — by 10 more votes. She’s now up 13 with 1,765 counted. Lopez is a National School District board member. Molina is an incumbent councilmember. “I'm a very calm person, so I'm not really… Read more
Latest Encinitas election results: mayor, City Council
The three Democrats running for Encinitas City Council maintained their leads in new election results released Friday night by the San Diego County Registrar of Voters Office that didn't much change the percentages of the vote totals in any of the races. The mayoral race between Rimga Viskanta and independent incumbent Mayor Bruce Ehlers is… Read more
'No' on Oceanside sales tax maintaining razor-thin margin
Friday's results still left the Oceanside sales tax measure too close to call, but the trend with votes added since the Election Day tally has been incrementally moving toward rejection. The new results show "no" on Measure S ahead by 458 votes after it had a 440-vote edge Thursday night. More than 47,000 ballots have been tallied so far…. Read more
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