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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After months of construction, city leaders unveiled the Palisades Plaza in Balboa Park Wednesday, opening the former dilapidated parking lot as a public gathering place the way it was designed when it first opened in 1935. -
Hospitals are filling up around the country with higher numbers of COVID-19 patients, including here in San Diego. -
Local health officials are expecting a surge in COVID-19 testing after Thanksgiving as travelers return from holiday gatherings. -
Millions of Americans are taking to the skies and hitting the road ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire. They are disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their own household. -
Traffic volume in the San Diego region was at its lowest point this year in April, and volume remains relatively low and speeds higher compared to 2019. -
The social service agency will serve more than 1,000 Thanksgiving meals Wednesday to people experiencing homelessness in San Diego.
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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria is scheduled to speak Wednesday at the United States Conference of Mayors 91st Winter Meeting on hate and extremism in cities and what mayors can do to combat them and the federal strategic plan to reduce homelessness. -
The city says the stairway to access the beach has become "structurally unsafe." -
The end of Title 42 is expected bring more migrants across U.S. borders.
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