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Roundtable: San Diego's First Few Days Of Reopening
- June 18
- By Bennett Lacy
Most COVID-19 restrictions come to an end in San Diego County, an Oceanside city council member faces a recall effort after just a few months on the job and a new effort to track and boost racial representation in California's life sciences industry.
Roundtable: Big Events Make A Return To San Diego
- June 11
- By Bennett Lacy
Large events like the San Diego County Fair and the U.S. Open golf tournament come to San Diego as California ends its COVID-19 tier system, a federal judge in San Diego rules the state's assault weapons ban and a new public media podcast reveals how police departments police themselves.
Roundtable: Reflecting On One Year Since The La Mesa Riot
- June 4
- By Bennett Lacy
The changes to policing in La Mesa one year after a destructive riot, local governments spend millions of dollars on public relations campaigns and Scripps Health recovers from a cyber attack.
Roundtable: Family Of COVID-19 Victim Files Wrongful Death Claim
- May 28
- By Bennett Lacy
A Southern California family files a wrongful death claim after an inmate at San Diego County's Donovan State Prison died from COVID-19, conflict of interest investigations shake up operations for Volunteers of America and the San Diego Housing Commission, and a conversation on the role of statues and public building names in the ongoing social justice movement.
Roundtable: Workers Call Out An Abusive Culture In Craft Beer
- May 21
- By Bennett Lacy
The leader of a local microbrew steps down after a social media post alleging an abusive culture in the craft beer industry goes viral, local marijuana retail workers unionize, and graduating seniors at SDSU prepare for commencement during a pandemic.
Roundtable: California Recall Comes To San Diego
- May 14
- By Bennett Lacy
Gov. Gavin Newsom and one of his republican recall opponents make stops in San Diego this week, local restaurant operators say they're having a hard time filling open positions, and a culinary tour through City Heights.
Roundtable: Women Become Marines In San Diego
- May 7
- By Bennett Lacy
The U.S. Marine Corps graduates its first class of female recruits trained in San Diego, the challenge of fighting COVID-19 misinformation in Spanish-language social media, and the Port of Entry podcast dives into the world of cross-border medical tourism.
Roundtable: Avoiding Eviction During COVID-19
- April 30
- By Bennett Lacy
Struggles in accessing and using rent relief programs in California, a San Diego lawmaker wants to give fast-food workers more of a voice in the industry, and how San Diego's largest newspaper plans to cover the upcoming recall election.
Roundtable: Accountability And Justice In Policing
- April 23
- By Bennett Lacy
Local reaction to the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, how George Floyd's death led to a national conversation on race and equity, and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria outlines his spending plan for the upcoming city budget.
Roundtable: San Diego Public Schools Reopen
- April 16
- By Bennett Lacy
The San Diego Unified School District begins its return to in-person instruction, police reform is part of Mayor Todd Gloria's Black empowerment plan, and pushback to an inewsource investigation into complaints about a local COVID-19 shelter.
Roundtable: San Diego Enters The Orange Tier
- April 9
- By Bennett Lacy
San Diego's reopening expands as progress is made on COVID-19 cases and vaccinations, an encampment for cross-border farmworkers is dismantled by police in Calexico and a look at the revolving door in Chula Vista between the city's police department and the surveillance drone industry.
Roundtable: Migrant Girls Sheltering In Convention Center, Anti-Asian Hate
- April 2
- By Maya Trabulsi, Pat Finn
A conversation about anti-Asian hate with former San Diego news anchor Lee Ann Kim and an update on the more than 700 unaccompanied young migrant girls now sheltered in the San Diego Convention Center.
Roundtable: Misinformation At The Border
- March 26
- By Bennett Lacy
Supporters of former President Donald Trump use social media to spread misinformation about asylum seekers, immigrants and refugees from Middle Eastern and North African backgrounds are underrepresented in the census, and reflections on the demolition of San Diego Stadium in Mission Valley.
Roundtable: Protecting San Diego's Unsheltered
- March 19
- By Bennett Lacy
The renewed focus on San Diego's homelessness crisis after a deadly crash downtown, the enormous toll on local small businesses after one year of pandemic closures, and Governor Gavin Newsom's political strategy as a recall effort gains momentum.
Roundtable: What The American Rescue Plan Means For San Diego
- March 12
- By Bennett Lacy
City finances get a major boost from the latest COVID-19 relief package, a look back on one year since the pandemic shutdowns began, and the superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District prepares for the scrutiny of a senate confirmation hearing.
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