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Good morning, San Diego ☀️
Here’s what we have for you today:
- Try to stay cool, everybody; an extreme heat warning for the county is in effect until Thursday at the earliest.
- InnoVision, a San Diego marketing agency, has launched two TV ads made entirely with AI.
- If you use Metrolink trains, heads up: starting today, the price of a day pass has gone up to $19 on weekdays.
Tessa Balc
Audience engagement producer
Top story
Orchids & Onions: This year’s fragrant or smelly architecture
What do the Granger Hotel, the Leparc building and Café Cometa all have in common?
Well, they were all named in this year’s Orchids and Onions awards.
For the last 50 years, San Diego has had its very own annual architecture awards, bestowed by the San Diego Architectural Foundation. The Orchids are awarded to the architectural wonders of our community, and the Onions are, as you can probably guess, attempted projects that might burn a little on the eyes.
This year, the jury was quite generous with its Orchids and more direct with the single Onion it handed out. The Gaslamp Quarter was the recipient of the less-than-favorable title for poor management and preservation of its historic elements.
Winners of Orchids span as far as Jacumba and cross the border into Tijuana, taking note of historic preservation to innovative, modern architecture. Check out the entire list in our featured story of the day.
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Stories you should know about
⚾ Stammen bet on Miller for a six-out save. It didn’t work: Barry Bloom breaks down the breakdown that left the Padres one loss away from being swept out of the National League playoffs.
⚓ USS Abraham Lincoln carrier will return to San Diego area Thursday: The aircraft carrier was at sea without a port call for 286 days, the second-longest deployment since the Vietnam War.
🩺 Doctors, insurers sue Newsom over health insurance premium increases: The lawsuit claims the recently passed tax on health plans circumvents a 2024 initiative that limits healthcare taxes and directs revenue toward specific purposes.
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Step back in time…
Can you guess what the name of this settlement, located in what is now Mission Bay, was called? Reply first to get a shoutout in tomorrow’s newsletter!
