San Diego News Fix

​The city of San Diego is considering changing the way we choose elected officials. A proposed November ballot measure would change city elections to a system called "instant runoff" or "ranked choice" voting. David Garrick covers the city for the U-T.

Union-Tribune growth and development reporter Jennifer Van Grove, lead Watchdog reporter Jeff McDonald, managing editor Lora Cicalo, and editor and publisher Jeff Light discuss the sale of Tailgate Park by the City of San Diego to a development team led by the San Diego Padres. The decision by City Council members to sell the city-owned lot a block away from Petco Park for $35.1 million is provoking a debate over what kinds of developments San Diego should prioritize and how the city can best deploy public assets to confront persistent crises in housing and homelessness.

Jeeyoon Kim is a San Diego-based concert pianist who is known for connecting with audiences with her emotional performance style. She's played renown stages such as Carnegie Hall in New York City and the Stradivari Society in Chicago.  She has two albums, and is coming out with a third, called "Si-um," this weekend. The project combines piano, poetry and black and white photography.

​The San Diego Asian Film Festival's Spring Showcase is underway. The festival features 15 films across many genres, and it's taking place at Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley through April 18. Brian Hu is the artistic director at Pacific Arts Movement, which puts on the festival.

Chicano Park is celebrating its 52nd anniversary this year. The park is a National Historic Landmark and is home to the highest concentration of chicano murals in the world.

After two years off due to the pandemic, EarthFair will return to Balboa Park on Sunday, April 24th. The 31st annual festival will feature exhibitors, food courts and beer gardens, a parade, live entertainment and more. Carolyn Chase is the founder of the fest.

Rides and games will be at the San Diego County Fair this year after all. The status of the midway had been in jeopardy since April 5th when a judge issued an injunction blocking a contract that would have allowed a single company to run the midway.

As a highly contagious avian flu spreads across the country, officials at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park are taking steps to try to prevent any of the 3,700 birds in their care from getting infected.

Union-Tribune public safety reporters Lyndsay Winkley and David Hernandez, public safety editor Dana Littlefield, managing editor Lora Cicalo, and editor and publisher Jeff Light discuss the fatal shooting of a Yale-educated scientist by law enforcement... after they were trying to serve her with an eviction notice at her home in Little Italy. Advocacy organizations are continuing to seek answers from this incident.

​John Highkin is the executive director of Fern Street Community Arts, which is best known for its namesake event, the Fern Street Circus. John founded the organization with his wife, Cindy Zimmerman 30 years ago out of Big Kitchen in South Park. Since then, it has grown into a dynamic nonprofit that offers free circus performances and education t​o San Diego communities. ​

​Much like Little Italy or the Convoy District, a Black Arts and Culture District in San Diego is in the works. Eight blocks on Imperial Avenue in Encanto would be designated to celebrate Black arts, food, music and more.

Three years after laying out a plan to link public transit to the San Diego International Airport, regional planners are changing course with a new idea for a so-called people mover that would run above and below ground.

San Diego County jails have the highest number of inmate deaths among California’s largest systems, according to a new study commissioned by the civilian review board that oversees the Sheriff's Department. It also found that while Black and Latino people are more likely to be locked up locally, White men and women are more likely to die behind bars.

The California Coastal Commission apporved the city of San Diego’s request for a permit to close Point La Jolla to the public during sea lion pupping season. Reporter Ashley Mackin-Solomon has the details.

Patrick Henry Highschool in San Carlos has been quietly cutting advanced, honors and gifted education courses, and some parents are upset. Kristen Taketa is the Union-Tribune's education reporter.

Union-Tribune director of photo and video Samuel Hodgson, deputy editorial and opinion editor Laura Castañeda, managing editor Lora Cicalo and editor and publisher Jeff Light talk about the photos of atrocities in Ukraine. The panel also discusses why some conflicts around the world receive more media coverage than others.

Carmela Prudencio is one of those people with a lot of talents and a passion for giving back to the community. She's an artist, activist, an arts curator, as well as a marketing director for Pacific Arts Movement, which puts on the San Diego Asian Film Festival. In this interview, Carmela discusses San Diego's art scene and AAPI community, what to expect from the Asian Film Fest's Spring Showcase, which starts later this month, as well as what she's watching on TikTok.

After a serious and seriously stunning renovation, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's flagship location in La Jolla is now open. Karla Centeno is the director of education and engagement with the museum.

Who is watching San Diego? A new privacy advisory board at the city of San Diego will weigh in on all future surveillance decisions, making sure they're legal, equitable and transparent.

Border City is a different kind of story about the U.S.-Mexico border, told by a reporter who has spent more than 25 years trying to understand the dynamics of Tijuana, Mexico, and its relationship to the United States.