The repetition can dull the senses.
Mass shootings have become so regular it seems the public has built up emotional tolerance, perhaps as a defense so as not to become overwhelmed by the carnage.
We shake our heads and move on to the next shooting. It’s hard to catch your breath because there is so little respite.
Shootings in Atlanta; Boulder, Colo.; Indianapolis, and Kenosha, Wis., come to mind because they are among the latest. Currently, mass shootings are averaging more than one a day. They have been part of the American experience for so long that the national soul-searching has become exhausting and, frankly, brief.
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In a year when the fear of COVID-19 and the accompanying lockdowns kept most people at home, reports of robberies and rapes fell, but homicides in the region spiked 35 percent in 2020, according to a newly released report.
Property crime hit a 41-year low last year, with residential burglaries plummeting particularly at the start of statewide stay-at-home orders, according to the report from San Diego Association of Governments, or SANDAG, which tracks local crime data.
The agency releases an annual report comparing crime numbers year over year, and has been tracking the data since 1980. This year’s report includes something more: a deeper look at comparing crime numbers month to month in 2019 and 2020, to get a snapshot of crime during a pandemic.
Solana Beach submits housing element for state certification
Solana Beach City Hall
April 15, 2021 4:52 PM PT
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Solana Beach council members voted unanimously April 14 to send the city’s new housing element, which accounts for 875 new units, to the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development for certification.
“I’m going to think positively that we’re going to end up with an approved housing element and we’ll be done and ready to roll for the next eight years,” Solana Beach City Councilman David Zito said during the meeting.
The council’s signoff of the housing element concludes a combative process between the city and San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) over the state’s sixth cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation, which runs from 2021 to 2029. Of the 875 new housing units Solana Beach has to provide, nearly half have to be affordable housing units, defined in relation to the county’s median income. Construction of the un
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The Mid-Coast Trolley Project one of the largest infrastructure projects in San Diego s history will extend UC San Diego Blue Line Trolley service from Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego north to the University community, serving major stops along the way
Construction on the 11-mile project began 5+ years ago, and service is expected to begin in late 2021
The final stretch of construction starts on April 16, bringing some road closures for the next few weeks
A years-long, large-scale transportation project that extends one of the trolley lines in San Diego is gearing up for its final stretch of construction and this part will come with some road closures. Here’s what you need to know.