Jakob McWhinney

In a strip mall in the sleepy San Diego neighborhood of Tierrasanta is one of the newest additions to San Diego’s education system.

There’s a new school construction bond in town, pardner. Looks a lot like the, uh, last four bonds.

Over the past few months, San Diego Unified officials have been ironing out the details of a new construction bond measure, set to go before voters in November. Construction bonds, if passed, raise property taxes to fund school construction and renovation.

At one of San Diego’s wealthiest districts, the number of kids with disabilities has dropped more than any other comparable district in California. Local activists and families see it as validation of the claim that Del Mar Union plays hardball with parents seeking special education services.

Del Mar Union Elementary School District’s special education program has long been the subject of controversy.

For years, Grossmont’s teachers union supported the board’s conservative incumbents. Now, teachers are putting their muscle behind new candidates.

Summer may be nearing its end for the tourists, but real San Diegans know we’re just getting started. With the help of our lovely and discerning readers, we’ve compiled 38 local songs to help keep you humming on these long, warm nights.

At 21 San Diego Unified schools, students with disabilities spent more than half of 2025 with substitute teachers. Most of the time, those subs didn’t have full teaching credentials. For parents, the experience was distressing.

City leaders proposed a joint powers authority to manage the Civic Center redevelopment. But one key player just doesn’t “see it.”

Just two years after the final civil case against former Sheriff's Deputy Ricky Fischer was settled, the disgraced officer who pleaded guilty to crimes stemming from sexual assault of citizens has a new gig at a San Diego-based Christian fellowship that counsels police officers.