Category: Featured

  • Where the Affordable Housing Fee Is Headed Now

    By Andrew Keatts So much for increasing the development fee San Diego charges to help pay for subsidized housing. The City Council increased the fee last fall. Business groups led by the Chamber of Commerce gathered enough signatures to challenge it with a public vote. Facing that prospect, the Council sidestepped a costly public vote…

  • San Diego Exceeds Covered California Enrollment Goals

    By Dwane Brown More people in San Diego have signed up for the state healthcare exchange than was projected for the county. Covered California is in the final stretch of the enrollment period, with a goal to sign up 2 million people statewide before March 31, the deadline to guarantee coverage this year. It’s estimated…

  • San Diego Welcomes First Muslim Fraternity

    By Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Click here to listen to the full Midday Edition interview The days of the Animal House fraternity miught be over, in most cases. But Greek life on campus can still get rowdy. Especially if a young man is trying to be true to his culture and his…

  • New Top Cop’s Big Choice: Crime Response or Crime Prevention

    By Liam Dillon The city of San Diego received international acclaim in the 1990s for its approach to policing, thanks to a method that focused on preventing crime and building community trust rather than just responding to incidents. Shelley Zimmerman, who is expected to be approved as the city’s new chief Tuesday, knows about that…

  • Faulconer Seizes the Neighborhoods Baton

    Kevin Faulconer was sworn in as San Diego’s mayor on Monday, March 3, 2014, at the Jacobs Center For Neighborhood Innovation. This is the full video of Faulconer taking the oath of office and giving his inauguration speech. | Video Credit: Katie Schoolov, KPBS By Lisa Halverstadt Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s new-found neighborhood obsession dominated his…