California FocusOpinionElias: Can Prop 1 really fix homelessness?Thomas D. EliasMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024065 Possible passage raises a basic question: Could Prop. 1 help solve homelessness or merely be another financial boondoggle?...
Community CommentaryOpinionCommentary: Change and resultsTerra Lawson-RemerMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024167 As the Supervisor for District 3, my office has worked to create a more healthy, sustainable, equitable, inclusive and livable San Diego County....
LettersOpinionLetter: Dropping the dam ballcommentaryMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024068 Dear Editor, The city of San Diego’s recent release of more than 600 million gallons of water from Lake Hodges into the ocean was avoidable...
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024025 This week's Coast News cartoon....
ColumnsFrom the Cheap SeatsOpinionOpinionsFrom the Cheap Seats: Hiding the BallGarvin WalshMarch 6, 2024March 8, 2024 March 6, 2024March 8, 20243 2172 The San Dieguito Union High School District has been a dramatic scene in recent years. Things have been quiet recently, as the board and the...
California FocusOpinionElias: State gun control working, for nowThomas D. EliasMarch 6, 2024 March 6, 2024062 State-by-state standings on deaths from gunfire form a striking contrast between Republican- and Democratic-led states....
Community CommentaryOpinionCommentary: Time to spend money improving educationTodd MaddisonMarch 6, 2024 March 6, 20240134 If education is going to improve, our school districts are going to have to make it a priority....
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 6, 2024 March 6, 2024026 This week's Coast News cartoon....
Community CommentaryLettersOpinionOpinionsLetters: A rebuttal to Duncan Brown’s commentarycommentaryMarch 1, 2024 March 1, 20241573 By Marci Strange I write in response to the execrable Feb. 7 commentary, “A tale of two board discussions,” by Duncan Brown, the now-retired former...
California FocusOpinionElias: Is California exodus ending?Thomas D. EliasFebruary 28, 2024 February 28, 20240107 Strong signs abound that this year will mark the end of the over-publicized California exodus....
Community CommentaryOpinionCommentary: This is how to bring down California rentscommentaryFebruary 28, 2024 February 28, 20240115 Without rent control, developers are only incentivized to build for the maximum profit that luxury buildings provide....
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersFebruary 28, 2024 February 28, 2024013 This week's Coast News cartoon....
California FocusOpinionProposition 47 changes look certain for voteThomas D. EliasFebruary 22, 2024 February 22, 20240432 It's increasingly clear that voters blundered in passing California’s Proposition 47 in 2014....
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersFebruary 21, 2024 February 21, 2024050 This week's Coast News cartoon....
ColumnsFrom the Cheap SeatsOpinionOpinionsFrom the Cheap Seats: Them vs UsGarvin WalshFebruary 19, 2024 February 19, 20241471 At its best, politics in California, as elsewhere, is a civilized way to address and resolve conflicts in society. Settling differences via politics demands compromise,...