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em> Help Out Artist and Point Loma Native Jim Welch Complete His Mural on Nimitz Off Ramp By Geoff Page In the midst of all the bad news inundating us these days, it is nice to have something positive to report on once in a while. This brief account is intended to bring some attention, and hopefully some help, to the on-going work of art along the ...

Help Make Sure Gloria's "Homes for All of Us" Includes "All of Us" By Paul Krueger The Mayor's Planning Department is hosting a June 9 "community input" meeting on his "Homes for All of Us" initiative&nb...

With the clarity of the morning after, the California Primary results of 2026 show that Xavier Becerra -- the top Democrat in the slugfest that was the gubernatorial race -- will be the first Mexican-American to be elected governor of the state. This will be the first time since 1846 when the last Mexican governor, Pio Pico, fled to Baja as American military forces swarmed into ...

Election day and night are over and it's now clear who will advance to the General Election in District 2: Nicole Crosby with 31.3% and Richard Bailey with 38.8%. The two other top vote-getters were Josh Coyne with 11.3% and Mandy Havlik with 10.5%. Here's the latest numbers from the Registrar of Voters -- with nearly 25% of the ballots counted:

by Katheryn Rhodes On June 10th of this year, the California Coastal Commission will hear the case of Coastal Development Permit (CDP) 6-26-0202 (Item w17c-6-2026) to revise vehicle parking restrictions at 35 Coastal Public Parking Lots and pub...