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Good morning, San Diego ☀️
Here’s what we have for you today:
- The November Fire has charred hundreds of acres at Camp Pendleton.
- Incumbent Henry Foster is now pulling ahead in the City Council District 4 race.
- And shoutout to reader Bernie Miles, who was the first to correctly answer yesterday’s new quiz. The band from San Diego co-headlining a festival at Petco Park this weekend is Slightly Stoopid (Sublime is from Long Beach).
Brooke Binkowski
News editor
Top story
Misclassifying police misconduct records – Lawsuit says San Diego police are sidestepping review of potential misconduct
When is police misconduct not police misconduct?
When it’s been reclassified as something minor in order to sidestep oversight, of course. That’s what one social advocacy group is claiming is happening in an overwhelming majority of such cases in order to keep citizen complaints from reaching the independent oversight body created to monitor law enforcement in 2020. “This case is about more than any single complaint. It is about preserving a system of civilian oversight that community members fought for over decades,” said attorney Geneviéve Jones-Wright, who filed the complaint along with Pillars of the Community.
The petition argues the practice is a violation of Measure B, which nearly three-quarters of San Diego voters passed in 2020. Read our top story from Dorian Hargrove and Andrew Keatts for details.
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Stories you should know about
🚨 Serial killer in San Diego? Murder suspect pleads not guilty to 3 additional killings: A 74-year-old man already in custody on suspicion of committing a 2023 South Bay murder has a new murder charge stems from human remains discovered last December in Southcrest.
💵 Arts, parks, libraries spared as council passes FY27 budget, but analyst warns they must ‘right size’ city spending: Restorations to arts funding rests on a private-public partnership, and a shift in where funds from the transient occupancy tax are flowing.
🎸 Crowd surfing or dancing on sidewalks, fans create bonds at North Park Music Fest: 13 venues popped up last Saturday for a music festival throughout the heart of North Park.
⚽ World Cup 2026: Mexico is on a tear heading into its opener against South Africa. And talk about home field advantage. The match is in Mexico City.
🚌 Opinion: The transit projects that MTS must prioritize for better service
What else we’re reading
🚔 Black San Diegans nine times likelier to be charged with ‘resisting an officer’ — and nothing else. (KPBS)
🔥 Wildfires in Sorrento Valley, Oceanside reminders there is no ‘fire season’ (NBC San Diego)
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