Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource, Author at Times of San Diego

People indoors holding signs advocating for fair contracts.

South Bay Union teachers vote to authorize strike

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource Jan. 22, 2026, 4:52 p.m.Jan. 23, 2026, 12:06 p.m.

South Bay Union serves about 3,500 students in preschool through eighth grade from communities in Imperial Beach, San Ysidro and southern San Diego.

A group of people holding protest signs advocating for schools, walking beside a building.

South Bay Union will close 2 more schools

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource Dec. 18, 2025, 7:57 a.m.Dec. 18, 2025, 7:57 a.m.

Social distancing dividers are seen in a classroom at a school near Los Angeles. (REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson)

South Bay teachers fight for contract changes

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource May 7, 2025, 2:37 p.m.

Alex Welling

Across San Diego County, School Board Candidates Make ‘Parental Rights’ Part of Their Platform

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource Sept. 19, 2024, 10:40 p.m.Sept. 20, 2024, 7:12 a.m.

A Sparrow Academy student

La Mesa Charter Sparrow Academy Hits Enrollment Troubles Days Before School Year Begins

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource Aug. 11, 2023, 12:23 p.m.Aug. 11, 2023, 12:23 p.m.

Hoover High students

More San Diego Unified Campuses Will Transform into ‘Community Schools’

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource July 23, 2023, 11:45 p.m.July 23, 2023, 11:59 p.m.

Absenteeism rates at San Diego Unified

San Diego Unified Students Are Missing School at Alarming Rates This Year

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource Jan. 28, 2023, 11:43 p.m.Jan. 29, 2023, 7:03 a.m.

Richard Barrera

San Diego Unified Seeks Voter Approval for $3.2 Billion in Bonds for School Safety

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource July 28, 2022, 10:30 p.m.July 29, 2022, 7:27 a.m.

Exterior view of the Board of Education building with a tree in the foreground.

COVID Rules Divide San Diego Unified Parents, Doctors as Summer School Starts

by Andrea Figueroa Briseño • inewsource July 1, 2022, 10:30 p.m.July 2, 2022, 7:29 a.m.