The women's stories underscore the findings of a recent poll showing significantly more female officeholders in San Diego County face threats than their male counterparts.
Today is the first day of school for students in the Chula Vista Elementary and Sweetwater Union High School districts. Plus, a local festival is set to celebrate the history and heritage of Filipino Americans in San Diego.
The VA is receiving a surge of claims ahead of a major deadline for the Pact Act. In other news, the Port of San Diego is celebrating the arrival of two massive electric powered cranes that’ll move cargo at the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal. Plus, the San Diego Unified School District will soon have more community schools, in hopes that the schools will improve absences and enrollment.
It’s hot over much of San Diego County, but at and near the coast the wet winter has kept it relatively cool this summer. In other news, a political fight is brewing over the typically bipartisan annual defense spending bill. Plus, how pop culture will be used to teach people about law at Comic-Con.
Any new policy must first take into account more than 11,000 homeless students in San Diego. This includes the proposed encampment ban that would impact students and families who are struggling and have no place to go.