Jacob Aere
General Assignment ReporterAs a general assignment reporter, Jacob Aere covers a wide range of different issues that affect the diverse neighborhoods of San Diego County including business, health, arts & culture and politics. Jacob grew up in San Diego and is bilingual in English and Spanish. He is a graduate from the University of British Columbia and has received multiple San Diego Press Club awards.
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Darrell Issa toured the care site at Palomar Medical Center for overflow COVID-19 patients. The congressman said he was impressed. But the hospital still wonders who will pick up the cost. -
A North County non-profit is working with local parents to have them fill in as classroom supervisors when the transition back to in-person class takes place. -
Strong winds forced the outdoor Petco Park vaccination super station to shut down operations for all of Monday and into Tuesday. -
The Chula Vista COVID-19 vaccination superstation joins one at Petco Park. Each is expected to be able to administer 5,000 vaccines a day, seven days a week. -
Supervisor Joel Anderson said the new COVID-19 enforcement policy should relieve restaurants and businesses of arbitrary enforcement, by backing action with evidence. -
A series of rallies across California took place Friday, asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to end coronavirus-related restrictions on competitive youth sports.
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These new rules would let water agencies sanitize the water and put it directly back into the drinking water supply. -
The city has created its first new community parking districts in 18 years. -
The state detected the tree-killing bacterial disease during routine inspections. It is a major threat to San Diego County's $138 million annual citrus crop.
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