San Diego News Fix

San Diegans saw their income grow faster than ever in 2020, despite the pandemic and challenges related to it.

Bike lanes are always a hot topic in San Diego. On one side, biking reduces pollution and lanes can keep cyclists safe. On the other hand, they’ve proven costly to build and take away parking spaces. Union-Tribune columnist Michael Smolens wrote about bike lines this week.

Masks haven't been required in San Diego County for some time now. As California's statewide mask mandate begins on Wednesday, that will change.

The San Diego Association of Governments has approved a new transit plan. Here's what it entails.

Two cases of coronavirus caused by the Omicron variant have been detected in San Diego County. Reporter Jonathan Wosen discusses the cases and what we know of the variant so far.

Five proposals vie to rebuild the sports arena site in the Midway District with a new arena and a mix of affordable and market-rate housing. Here's what the area might look like.

San Diego's new Barrio Logan growth plan protects against pollution and gentrification. The legislation could be used as a template for other communties to do the same. Plus, the San Diego City Council got a new council president in a surprise vote.

The SDSU stadium in Mission Valley now has a name. The $45 million deal is among the largest in the country for collegiate stadiums.

A lack of public restrooms can become a public health problem. San Diego saw this in 2017 and 2018, when Hepatitis A sickened 600 people and killed 20. And the problem has come up again this year, when 38 people were infected with shigella. Journalist Bella Ross has more.

The holidays are here. Catch the best in lights, libations and more with advice from Pacific Magazine Editor Nina Garin.

Alpine superintendent said regardless of parents’ views on the COVID vaccine, students shouldn’t lose the chance to attend school in person.

San Diego typically has the No. 2 or 3 biggest gains in the nation. Its rank hasn’t been this low since summer 2020.

Despite protests from the local police union, the San Diego City Council voted Monday to keep COVID-19 vaccination mandates in place for employees.

Twenty-seven years years after stealing the San Diego Union-Tribune, Carolyn Alden decided to apologize. Her remarkable story is about the decisions we make to survive, and the concept of amends, and how the smallest actions can affect us years later.

Today's episode is about a fifth grader in San Diego who wrote a letter to President Joe Biden about climate change — and got a response.

Members of the San Diego branch of the NAACP stopped in their tracks Tuesday morning as a segment called “Famous Baby Daddies” aired on local TV station KUSI. In it, two famous men were shown on a screen, and the show’s hosts were asked to guess which one of the men had more children. Of the 18 famous men shown, 9 of them were Black.

When it comes to scientists, San Diego has a lot of them. UC San Diego has the ninth-largest group of highly cited researchers in the world, and it’s close to passing UC Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that could bring big changes to San Diego. But local officials say additional local funding is needed to maximize the benefits.

A new MTS trolley line will begin service this Sunday. It’s called the La Jolla line, and it’s being hailed not just as a way to get around, but a way to encourage more housing development.