Rachael Borrelli, assistant director at the county Department of Animal Services, sent the voice message in a text exchange late last year. The euthanasia rate has spiked at county-run shelters in recent years.
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San Diego's hotel tax will increase Thursday, years after it was approved by voters and as the city faces an ongoing budget crunch. -
Dixon Trail is the first purpose-built “wildfire resilient neighborhood” in the United States. Making that a reality for the millions of Californians who already live in harm’s way is a daunting and costly challenge that lawmakers are only just beginning to grapple with. -
Construction was underway Tuesday to turn the former site of the county's Family Court into 125 affordable housing units for seniors and families with low income. -
From 2015 to 2022, there were 46 accidents involving cyclists in Imperial Beach, according to data from SANDAG. Imperial Beach says the aim of the new project is to make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists, however critics have questioned how frequently the lanes are used. -
The Street Stewards have now grown to clean up communities across the county. -
According to the San Diego History Center, at the turn of the century, the corner of 5th Avenue and E Street in downtown San Diego was known as “Soapbox Corner." -
Home dwellers in San Diego are about to have a new monthly subscription — but this one they can’t cancel. Very soon, they will be paying for trash pickup. -
One reason for the seemingly endless upward trajectory of rents is how expensive it is to build new apartments in California. Those costs are a major contributor to “break-even rents,” or what must be charged for a project to be financially feasible. -
Zoo employees say they’re struggling to earn a living wage. Meanwhile, the former CEO’s compensation more than doubled to nearly $2 million in recent years. -
A new Senate bill would make it easier for disabled veterans to access housing vouchers by excluding disability benefits from income eligibility.
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