Republican Councilman Might Jump Into Race For San Diego Mayor And More Local News
Speaker 1: 00:00 It's Monday, December 9th I'm Deb Welsh and you're listening to San Diego news matters from KPBS coming up. More than a half dozen people have submitted paperwork to run for San Diego mayor, including one well no Republican and to San Diego. Born craft beer company has been sold for the second time in four years. That and more San Diego news stories coming up right after the break. Speaker 2: 00:29 [inaudible] Speaker 1: 00:33 eight people has submitted paperwork to run for San Diego mayor next year. KPBS Mitchell reporter Andrew Boyd says one well known Republican is among them city Councilman Scott Sherman has made it official. He's running for mayor on his campaign website. Sherman rails against unions, bike lanes, and overregulation of the housing market. Prior to his entry, all the major candidates in the race were Democrats, assembly men. Todd Gloria is the favorite leading in fundraising and endorsements. Also in the mix, our city council woman, Barbara breed and community activist, Tasha Williamson, all the candidates still have to have their nominating papers verified to get on the March 3rd primary ballot. Andrew Bowen. KPBS news bell, his point brewing company's been sold for the second time in four years. San Diego born craft beer company was bought by a small Chicago firm called Kings and convicts. Mural COPEC is the cofounder of bottom line marketing and a lecturer at San Diego state university. He told KPBS that the new firms headquarters won't be in Chicago for long. Speaker 3: 01:36 Good news for ballast point is they keep all the employees. They're actually gonna hire more employees to help sales. One of the areas that these guys are focusing on is the company is based out of Chicago. They're going to, they're going to relocate to San Diego. So all the, uh, the ballast point operation in San Diego is relatively safe. Speaker 1: 01:52 In 2015, ballast point was bought by constellation brands for $1 billion. Shoppers will be spending a lot of money online this holiday season. With that in mind, financial experts gathered in mission Valley last week to discuss cyber security issues. KPBS has, Sarah [inaudible] tells us more about how consumers can combat against threats. Looking to steal personal information. The amount of online shopping has exploded in the last decade, and with that comes those who want to take advantage of consumers. Cyber experts from federal agencies like the IRS and the FBI. We're here in San Diego for national tax security awareness week. They gave ways in which consumers can protect their personal information, coven or bottom line marketing, and a lecturer at San Diego state university. Miro Kopech shares several of those tips. Speaker 3: 02:41 Create a separate online email account for your shopping account. That means all your advertising, all the spam will go there and your personal email account is going to be protected. He Speaker 1: 02:49 also reminds consumers to access financial information either at home or on a secure wifi network and not at a place like Starbucks. Sarah gets Yannis KPBS news. California health officials, they identify childhood trauma could be key to preventing chronic disease later on. The state is now giving doctors training tools to do that as Capitol public radio. Sammy kaolin explains, everyone has an ACE score. It stands for adverse childhood experience. It's sort of a tally of all the bad things that can happen early in life. Think abuse, neglect, or exposure to drugs and alcohol. The more ACEs you have, the higher your risk for depression, addiction, obesity, and other diseases. But state surgeon general Nadine Burke Harris says, doctors often forget to ask about trauma, and that means that that biological process, particularly that overactive stress response may be ongoing in a way that can be harming health. So in January, medical will start paying providers to test patients for ACEs. Speaker 1: 03:52 The state just released an online training for health professionals who want to perform the screenings, and a Martin is a San Diego nurse who took the course. She says it taught her a little more about when and how to suggest things like therapy, meditation, or exercise. It just means that we're going to keep our eyes open for, you know, certain other chronic health conditions that could come up in the future. Governor Gavin Newsome allocated more than $40 million in this year's budget to pay for these screenings in Sacramento. I'm Sammy Kayla. That's it for San Diego news matters today. Consider supporting this podcast by becoming a KPBS member today. Just go to kpbs.org/membership.
