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Good morning, San Diego ☀️
Here’s what we have for you today:
- Unless you’re planning on attending the NASCAR event, consider avoiding Coronado. Officials have warned of the heavy traffic this weekend.
- Our last installment of “Lost restaurants of San Diego” chronicles the rise of chains.
- San Diego’s unemployment rate is going down and is lower than the state and national rate.
Tessa Balc
Audience engagement producer
Top story
Riding a sea of Stars and Stripes, Mission Beach rallies behind Team USA for World Cup
World Cup fever is sweeping across San Diego.
Nearly 25,000 Mexico fans flooded Chula Vista’s Third Avenue Thursday, claiming it as “Mexican territory” in the match against South Korea.
Yesterday, fans showed out in droves to Mission Beach’s FIT Social to cheer on Team USA as they faced Australia. One fan, in his early twenties said the team looked the best it had in his lifetime — albeit that’s probably only six World Cup tournaments. But, still, that doesn’t detract from the fact our contributor Kristos Zafiropoulos, reports the atmosphere was electric.
Lucky for both legions of fans, both Mexico and the United States emerged victorious from their respective matches. It won’t be the end for either team, and it’s almost certain aficionados won’t stop showing up. Next week, Mexico plays Czechia on Wednesday and the U.S. plays Turkey on Thursday.
One thing is clear between both of the celebrations: this is bigger than a game.
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Stories you should know about
⛳️ Phil Mickelson’s lawyer says he resigned from country club after misconduct allegations: The golfer hired a defamation lawyer who said, in response to Golf Digest’s reporting, that Mickelson resigned from the club.
⛰️ Lawsuit says charity hike ignored heat risk, permits in the death of a San Diego woman: Nearly two years after a woman was found dead on a popular hiking trail in Rancho Peñasquitos, her family is suing the nonprofit that hosted the event.
🚗 Paid parking comes to San Ysidro to ‘increase parking turnover’: The city of San Diego announced Thursday it’s beginning to install 286 meters, which will activate on July 1.
🥎 Point Loma High athletes collect spring honors: A freshman softball pitching phenom leads a large group of Point Loma High School athletes on recently announced spring All-League sports teams.
💰 Opinion: Will a California billionaire tax actually go to voters?
What else we’re reading
🚧 As San Diego is failing to maintain the city’s roads faster than they crumble, the current $8 million infrastructure funding gap will likely grow, according to Transportation Department projections. (KPBS)
🏁 The Department of Defense announced Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to San Diego to be an honorary starter at this weekend’s NASCAR event at Naval Base Coronado. (Union-Tribune)
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What to do this weekend
Need weekend plans? We’ve got you. ⭐ = free
🕶️ Kinfolk Fest, Waterfront Park (Today, 1 p.m.–9 p.m.)
🎶 A Day at the Park, Chula Vista Bayfront Park (Today, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.) ⭐️
🧡 Monarch Butterfly Festival, El Cajon (Today, 1o a.m.–1 p.m.) ⭐️
🏄🏿♀️ Juneteenth at the Beach, La Jolla Shores (Today, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.) ⭐️
🏎️ Race Day Social, downtown San Diego (Today & Sunday, 1 p.m.–7 p.m.)
☕️ Summer Solstice Market, Hillcrest (Sunday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.)