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Good morning, San Diego ☀️
Here’s what we have for you today:
- Gas prices around town have finally stopped going up. But they’re still above $6 a gallon.
- Here’s a list of libraries and rec centers where people can take refuge from the weather.
- A local man was sentenced to two years in prison for his part in a scheme that ripped off EBT users around the state for $4 million.
Arturo Garcia
Weekend editor
Top story
Everything that could go wrong did in Padres’ 3-2 Game 1 loss
As a heat wave enveloped San Diego County, the Padres faced a heat check of their own on Saturday night — and were arguably a rail away from clearing it against the National League’s best team.
Specifically, a railing running across the ceiling of American Family Field in Milwaukee, which stopped what could’ve been a go-ahead home run by San Diego’s Ty France and helped the Brewers preserve a 3-2 win in Game 1 of their Division Series matchup.
It was a bizarre and confusing play capping a night where it seemed like everything that could go wrong for the Padres did, as our contributor Barry Bloom wrote for us covering the game. Padres legend Tony Gwynn used to have a catchphrase about how often that seemed to happen for this club, as Bloom writes.
The Padres, who entered the series after capping a 20-3 run with a sweep of Chicago in the Wild Card round, don’t have much time to gather themselves.
Game 2 in the series is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start time today, where they’ll look to avoid falling to the brink of elimination before they come back to the friendly confines of Petco Park.
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Stories you should know about
👷 High plans for High Street Village to replace aging Costa Verde in University City: Located across from the Westfield UTC mall and near a trolley line, the strip mall, built in 1989, stood vacant and abandoned for years.
🌊Incoming El Niño is so extreme it doesn’t have a scientific name: Climate scientist Daniel Swain breaks down why this year’s iteration of the weather system will deliver “record-breaking global temperatures” going into 2027.
🖥️Opinion: Prop. 45 will gut public review for data centers and other big projects.
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In case you missed it…
Weekdays get busy—we know. And with so much from Times of San Diego, good stories can slip by. Here are a few worth your time:
📜 Court orders extension of deadline for immigration program shut down by Trump. Read it here.
🏗️ Governor signs Midway Rising bill, clears path for final approval of embattled housing, retail project. Read it here.
✍️ Families of Islamic Center victims sue San Diego Unified for refusing to turn over records on teen shooter. Read it here.
🚗 ACLU asks court to compel San Diego to do away with Flock cameras, stored data. Read it here.
🗳️ In race to become La Mesa’s next mayor, candidates draw lines on homelessness and affordability. Read it here.
🗳️ Candidates Bailey, Crosby spar over city budget, homelessness and ALPRs. Read it here.