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San Diego sheriff and supervisors in standoff over local response to immigration crackdown
Sheriff Kelly Martinez lets Customs and Border Protection use a firing range in Otay Mesa despite a Board of Supervisors’ vote against it.
The Group Chat
Welcome to the Group Chat
Ask the kids. A group chat is a great way for people to stay in touch in real time, sharing interests, information and more memes than Leonardo DiCaprio can point a finger at. Community connection is at the core of what makes us inewsource. So we wanted to bring some old-school Twitter energy to our platform and create a space where you, too,… Read more
Best coffee in North County?
I had a great time meeting with Oceanside residents, including someone running for City Council, at Vigilante Coffee on Wednesday. We talked about the upcoming sales tax on the cityโs ballot, politics, parks and other secrets that youโll see in a story soon. In case you havenโt heard, I go to a different coffee shop in North County on the… Read more
An interesting point on California's tribes
I sat in on a hearing about a housing development encroaching on Kumeyaay burial grounds, an issue my colleague Katie Futterman covered some weeks ago.ย Did you know that under AB 52, California law deems tribal historic preservation officers as experts in the field of identifying cultural resources for the stateโs environmental review… Read more
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Fentanyl is driving overdose deaths in San Diego and beyond. Steve Breen explores the problem and the human toll through illustrated storytelling.


