San Diego News Fix

This week, Congress held a hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena for the first time in 50 years. A House subcommittee has been studying UAPs, or UFOs, as they're more commonly known. 

In two years, San Diego Gas & Electric customers may see another increase in their monthly bills. SDG&E has filed its general rate case — essentially what the utility believes it will cost to maintain and upgrade the power system from 2024 through 2027.

Freeway the sea lion is back at it again. Since late last year, the land-loving sea lion has made his way inland three times. Jeni Smith is the rescue supervisor at Sea World San Diego.

Gifted and talented education, often known as GATE, is shrinking in San Diego. Some schools are dropping the programs by choice, but other schools say they don't have enough students who qualify. Kristen Taketa covers public education at the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Union-Tribune public safety reporter David Hernandez, public safety editor Dana Littlefield, political columnist Michael Smolens, managing editor Lora Cicalo, and editor and publisher Jeff Light discuss the ongoing debate over how the city of San Diego should handle public safety amid rising crime and a string of homicides at municipal parks. The San Diego Police Officers Association and Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe disagree over how the city should address the violence.

Aida comes from a long line of community builders and activists, and she, too, has followed the same path. As a political consultant, she's involved in banning flavored tobaccos statewide and locally, in repealing National City's ban on lowrider cruising, and so much more.

The Department of Justice has reported that Indigenous women in some counties are 10 times more likely to be victims of ​​murder, sexual assault and disappearance.

Alan Bersin is a former Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection who served under the Obama administration. Bersin was in San Diego Tuesday for a naturalization ceremony at Balboa Park, and joined The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board on Zoom to discuss immigration.

UC San Diego Park & Market is now open. The four-story campus takes up a full city block in downtown San Diego, just steps from the blue trolley line, and it aims to be a hub for civic engagement, learning and collaboration.

The election is June 7 and ballots will be delivered starting May 9th. The editorial board's 2022 primary election coverage includes Q&As with all candidates as well as in-person forums. You can find all our 2022 primary election guides at sandiegouniontribune.com/2022primaryguide.

​May is National Foster Care Month, a time to recognize foster children and parents across the nation, and to bring awareness to the cause. Teresa Stivers is the CEO of Walden Family Services, a foster care, adoption, and youth services agency based in San Diego County.

​After a two-year lull during the pandemic, scooters are back. With increasing ridership, the city is also proposing new rules for scooters and e-bikes. David Garrick covers the city of San Diego.

​A new United Nations report says removing carbon from the atmosphere is essential to combating climate change. But making a global air conditioning system won't be easy. Michael Smolens is a political columnist at the U-T.

Two Mexican journalists were killed in Tijuana in January. Photographer Margarito Martinez was shot on Jan. 17 as he was leaving his home. Six days later, reporter Lourdes Maldonado was shot outside of her home. Now the Mexican government says it has solved the murders. But local journalists aren't convinced.

Union-Tribune topics editor Tarcy Connors, managing editor Lora Cicalo, and editor and publisher Jeff Light discuss an upcoming Union-Tribune multimedia project exploring the status of mental health in San Diego County. Mental health intersects with so many issues: homelessness, policing, criminal justice, the workplace, schooling and health care. A lot of people know on a basic level that we need to be doing more to assist those who are struggling with mental health, but to have that conversation, we all need to understand where our system is now.

Roosevelt Williams III is the president and CEO of Black & N Business, a business networking group here in San Diego that seeks to elevate the "overlooked and underserved."

Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day across the nation, and to celebrate, 11 local booksellers have organized the 2022 San Diego Book Crawl. The crawl begins on Saturday, April 30. Kris Nelson is the owner of Bluestocking Books in Hillcrest.

Patrick Henry High School has been quietly cutting honors courses. The principal said she did it to boost equity, but after backlash from students and parents, the school is partially reversing course.

San Diego home prices are rising at a rate not seem since the housing boom of 2004. Prices rose 29.1 percent year over year in February. Union-Tribune real estate reporter Phillip Molnar has more.

The San Diego City Council voted 7-2 Monday to ban flavored tobacco within city limits. Locally, bans have been passed by Imperial Beach, Encinitas, Solana Beach and San Diego County.