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Good morning, San Diego ☀️
Here’s what we have for you today:
- Who’s tired of election news? Not us! And not you either, right? Great!
- Okay, fine, here’s some economic news as a palate cleanser.
- Shoutout to reader Lisa Robertson, who correctly guessed the answer to yesterday’s news quiz. SDPD deployed pepper spray 178 times in the Gaslamp in 2024. Find the story here.
- And a big shoutout to Mark Davis, the beloved branch manager at my chosen volunteer haunt, the Oak Park Library, who is retiring after 38 years (!) in the business. If you stop in before the end of the month, find the guy with the great mustache and tell him how much libraries mean to you. There’s a chance it might not be Mark, but I’m sure he’ll appreciate it regardless.
Brooke Binkowski
News editor
Top story
‘Red flags all over the place’ — How one nonprofit never gave up effort to save neglected animals at troubled Julian sanctuary
A national nonprofit has been going through San Diego County’s records around Villa Chardonnay Horses With Wings and finding disturbing details. As our Drew Sitton reports, San Diego County Department of Animal Services officers had visited Villa Chardonnay Horses with Wings multiple times without taking action — even though the population of the sanctuary had more than doubled.
The investigation happened entirely through public records, showing the power of investigation — and the importance of keeping records. You can read about this and many more details about this sad story in our featured article.
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Stories you should know about
🌊 Agencies in three states sign memorandum of understanding around Colorado River water: The agreement is intended to explore ways to exchange supplies across the drought-challenged Colorado River Basin.
🎶 Thousands expected for North Park Music Fest for creativity, culture and community: Mark your calendars — it’s this Saturday.
🦡 Project Wildlife successfully rehabs and releases a long-tailed weasel kitten: In a first, an orphaned baby weasel was nursed back to health and successfully released into the wild. With photos!
⛳️ Say goodbye to the Farmers Insurance Open and hello to The Sentry: The nonprofit that organizes the annual tournament announced the new sponsor Monday.
🧹 The city is increasing street sweeping throughout Mission Beach alleyways to account for the influx in trash from summer crowds: But this will also mean few parking spaces for residents on street sweeping days. Make sure to move your car on Wednesday’s to avoid a ticket!
🐻 Opinion: Unemployment insurance morass looms for next Calif. governor
What else we’re reading
🚙 La Jolla Playhouse is hitting the road with a new mobile program that brings technical theater training to the community. (Union-Tribune)
🚬 Chula Vista may put more restrictions on tobacco retailers in an attempt to crack down on illegal sales. (inewsource)
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