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GUEST COMMENTARY: Helping Water Ratepayers Stay Afloat During COVID

The pandemic has brought into even more compelling focus an important societal issue in San Diego County and California: How to ensure that everyone has access to safe and reliable water supplies....

GUEST COMMENTARY: The History Behind the Debate Over ‘Chicano’ and Other Labels Goes as Far Back as 1848

By Herman Baca: Historically, the question of identification for Mexicans left in the U.S. after the U.S.-Mexico War ended in 1848 as to who we are and how we identify ourselves remains a generational “problem” or “issue,” to date....

GUEST COMMENTARY: Chula Vista Now Paying Significantly More for an Ambulance Trip to the Hospital

By Pablo Quilantan: On Oct. 1, 2020 the City of Chula Vista slammed its residents with an astoundingly high ambulance transport rate of $3,881.56....

GUEST COMMENTARY: Strong Women Lead

By Barbara Chávez Ybarra: I am thrilled and excited to see a woman, Barbara Bry, become our next Mayor of San Diego. There are so many reasons for my supporting Barbara Bry who is a more than qualified woman for the job....

GUEST COMMENTARY: Barbara Bry for Mayor…A Few of My Reasons

By Richard Ybarra: I believe that Barbara Bry will win and make Black Lives Matter, and all the rest of our lives better, to the everlasting benefit of our residents and our San Diego....

ENDORSEMENT: Cory Briggs for San Diego City Attorney

We believe Cory Briggs will fight for the public, defend taxpayers, and provide clear-eyed advice to the members of the City Council BEFORE they make decisions that could end up costing even more in the long run....

ENDORSEMENT: Barbara Bry for Mayor of San Diego

Honest, Experienced, & Focused. In this election, we believe Barbara Bry will better lead our city into a brighter and more prosperous future for all San Diegans....

50 Years Ago –Lest We Forget

By Herman Baca: Fifty years later, I can still vividly remember what happened to me personally and politically in Los Angeles on August 29, 1970. At the time, I was 27 years old, today I’m 77....

COMENTARIO INVITADO: El Derecho Constitucional que No Podemos Desperdiciar

Por la Senadora Toni Atkins: El Censo es la única forma en que podemos determinar la verdadera definición de Estados Unidos, ya sea que viva en las ciudades metropolitanas más grandes o millas a lo largo de rutas rurales....

GUEST COMMENTARY: The Constitutional Right We Cannot Afford to Waste

By Senator Toni G. Atkins: The Census is the only way for us to determine the true definition of America – whether you live in the largest metropolitan cities or miles down rural routes....

GUEST COMMENTARY: CV’s Decision on Ambulances Questioned

The Chula Vista City Council moved to transition ambulance services to the city’s fire department without significant public input, which could be costly for the city’s more than 270,000 residents....

PERSPECTIVE: Trump’s Autograph on Coronavirus Checks is Only His Latest Socialist Move

Never before has a check from the IRS to taxpayers carried the name of the President of the United States. But then again, never before has the country had a showman television reality star serving as the Commander-in-Chief....
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