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Good morning, San Diego ☀️
Here’s what we have for you today:
- The kids are all right – and discovering Latin jazz.
- Budget cuts are threatening a food program intended for Californians in need.
Brooke Binkowski
News editor
Top story
‘Grief will not be the end of this story’: San Diego’s Muslims mourn community members following the deadly Islamic Center attack
The memorial service for three men killed in Monday’s mass shooting — Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha, and Nader Awad — took place Thursday.
The three men were killed in the process of stopping two gunmen trying to enter the Islamic Center of San Diego. The two fled the scene as law enforcement appeared and later died by suicide.
San Diego’s Muslim community continues to grieve their beloved community members and remember them as the heroes who kept the children safe.
They also have not lost sight of the role that poisoned rhetoric played in the attack. You can find much more in our lead story today by Roberto Camacho about how much of a sense of security has been lost — but how much there remains to protect.
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Stories you should know about
🍓 San Diego Weekend Guide, Memorial Day edition: San Diego Lebanese Festival, World Goth Day, Culturafest and the Vista Strawberry Festival.
⚾️ Manny Machado is enduring a slump of epic proportions: When asked about what is going on, he doesn’t have something to offer. “I’m a baseball player, I’m not a theorist,” he said. “You got something for me?”
⚽️ USL W’s SoCal Dutch Lions open season with sea of familiar faces from college, club squads: The team finished last season third in its division, but have added several key pieces to an already potent roster.
🚁 Miramar Marines are testing helicopters as ‘motherships’ for launching deadly drones: The new practice is a lesson learned from Ukraine in its defense from Russia’s invasion.
💐Opinion: When hate targets a house of worship, San Diego must answer with community
What else we’re reading
🚙 If you’ve been down Adams Avenue this week, you might notice something new: you have to pay for street parking through Kensington and Normal Heights. (NBC 7)
⛰️ Border wall construction is threatening a sacred mountain and destroying Kumeyaay cultural heritage. (KPBS)
🤖 Intuit is eliminating nearly 300 jobs in San Diego, and nearly 3,000 companywide, in a shift to focus on AI. (Union-Tribune)
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