U.S. Signal Corps via Ricardo Trota Jose
Eighty years after the Treaty of Manila, San Diego is home to one of the largest Filipino communities in the nation.
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The city of San Diego and the county dodged a bullet Thursday in the leadup to the deadline to put statewide initiatives on the ballot. -
On Thursday, San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to adopt a transparency measure in an attempt to end the practice of creating ad hoc subcommittees with little public insight or knowledge. -
Newsom opposes a California measure taxing billionaires, arguing the issue should be addressed federally to prevent billionaires from leaving the state. -
California voters will decide on 14 statewide policy proposals come November, including the high-stakes billionaire tax, an $11 billion affordable housing bond and voter ID requirements. -
Amid immigrant detainee health concerns, Congress and San Diego County want more access and oversight at an ICE facility in Otay Mesa. -
Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” last summer. It cut roughly 20% from the federal SNAP program, called CalFresh in California. -
Water will soon cost more across the region. The San Diego County Water Authority has approved a 3% rate increase for 2027. -
San Diego authorities are reminding the public that buying a gun for someone not legally able to buy for themself is a federal felony. -
According to SAN leadership, the increase from the current four-times- weekly schedule comes as demand for travel between San Diego and Asia continues to grow. Passenger traffic on San Diego-Asia routes rose 42% from 2023 to 2025. -
A plan to set a $28 minimum wage for certain California homebuilders died when the influential trades union protested that it could undermine prevailing wage pay rates.
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