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Retailers are ushering in the traditional kickoff of the U.S. holiday shopping season on Friday with expanded hours, deep discounts and online deals to draw bargain-hungry shoppers. -
San Diego City Council has voted to put extra conditions on retailers that want to develop supercenters in the city. Supercenters are bigger than ordinary Big Box stores - they are the size of football fields. -
The San Diego Airport Authority is looking at how local airports around the county could help Lindbergh Field meet the aviation needs of the future. -
University of San Diego economist Alan Gin joins us to discuss the latest trends in the local economy. We discuss the impact high unemployment and reduced consumer spending are having on the slow economic growth our region is experiencing. -
The San Diego Food Bank’s annual status report shows the demand for their services continues to soar. Their food distribution has tripled in San Diego County since the recession began, and quadrupled in certain cities. -
Unemployment is still high, consumer spending is slow to return. How will we know when this recession is over? -
How are small amusement parks like Belmont Park doing during the current recession? KPBS metro reporter Katie Orr has that story. -
The University of San Diego hosted a panel of San Diego economists yesterday to assess the outlook for the year ahead. Most of the experts said they believe the worst of the recession is past, but they warned the recovery is not going to be rapid, and some said things may never be the same again -
A little noticed change in the law will affect landscaping in new housing developments in the coming year. -
The dream of a new main library for San Diego is still alive, but the city council’s day of reckoning is coming closer.
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