SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Following its abrupt closures in El Dorado Hills and Folsom, 13 additional Rubio’s Coastal Grill locations in San Diego are closing by the end of the day on Friday.

“…The closings were brought about by the rising cost of doing business in California. While painful, the store closures are a necessary step in our strategic long-term plan to position Rubio’s for success for years to come,” a spokesperson with Rubio’s said in an email.

A spokesperson with Rubio’s confirmed the following locations were closing:

• Chula Vista Eastlake- 1480 Eastlake Pkwy Suite 901, Chula Vista, CA 91915
• El Cajon- 419 Parkway Plaza, El Cajon, CA 92020
• Escondido- 1485 E Valley Pkwy Suite A-6, Escondido, CA 92027
• Kearny Mesa- 9187 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Suite 7, San Diego, CA 92123
• La Jolla UCSD campus- 9500 Gillman Drive, Food Ct, La Jolla, CA 92093
• La Jolla- 8935 Towne Centre Dr., Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92122
• Sorrento Mesa- 9254 Scranton Rd, Ste 105, San Diego, CA 92121
• San Marcos- 1158 W San Marcos Blvd suite a, San Marcos, CA 92078
• Solana Beach- 437 Hwy 101 #117, Solana Beach, CA 92075
• Torrey Highlands- 7835 Highlands Village Pl Suite D101, San Diego, CA 92129
• Vista- 1711 University Drive, Suite 110. Vista, CA 92083
• Naval Base San Diego – 2260 Callagan Hwy Bldg. 3187, San Diego, CA 92136
• Pacific Beach- 910 Grand Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109

The spokesperson said the chain restaurant decided to close 48 underperforming locations in California as of May 31 while keeping 86 locations open throughout California, Arizona and Nevada.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A rolling strike by unionized academic workers upset about the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests at various campuses will spread to three more campuses next week, including UC San Diego, union officials said Friday.

According to United Auto Workers Local 4811, workers will hit the picket lines Monday morning at UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara, with UC Irvine workers joining the lines Wednesday.

The wave of strikes began at UC Santa Cruz, then spread this week to UCLA and UC Davis.

According to the union, UAW represents 8,000 at UC San Diego and 5,000 workers at UC Irvine along with 3,000 at UC Santa Barbara. The union has a total of 31,500 members at all six of the universities now targeted by the strikes.

“For the last month, UC has used and condoned violence against workers and students peacefully protesting on campus for peace and freedom in Palestine,” Rafael Jaime, president of UAW Local 4811, said in a statement. “Rather than put their energies into resolution, UC is attempting to halt the strike through legal procedures. They have not been successful, and this strike will roll on. We are united in our demand that UC address these serious ULPs, beginning with dropping all criminal and conduct charges that have been thrown at our members because they spoke out against injustice.”

UAW Local 4811 is asking the UC schools to give amnesty to all academic employees and students who faced arrest or disciplinary actions for protesting at campuses. The union also wants the students to have guarantees of freedom of speech and political expression on campus and is asking for researchers to be able to opt out of funding sources tied to the Israeli Defense Force.

Students at UCSD established a “Gaza Solidarity” encampment on the campus’ Library Walk on May 1.

The UCSDivest Coalition, organizers of the encampment campaign, called on UCSD to “end their silence and publicly condemn the destruction of over 80% of schools and all 12 universities in Gaza in a systematic dismantling of infrastructure that UN experts have termed scholasticide,” a statement from the organization read.

On May 6, the California Highway Patrol encircled a group of protesters at the encampment, taking down tents and arresting 65 protesters, along with one injury.

Morgen Chalmiers, a UCSD student and one of the protest organizers, described the arrests as a violent action against peaceful students.

“Today, we saw UCSD administration willfully endanger communities of color, undocumented individuals, and other marginalized groups, whom we know are at a disproportionate risk of state violence,” Chalmiers said. “Today, we also witness the invasion of Rafah by the Israeli Occupation Forces, who train San Diego police, and we recognize the ties between militarism, police violence, and repression on our campus and the ongoing genocide in Palestine.”

Authorities declared the encampment an unlawful assembly at about 5:45 a.m. Monday. Officers ordered the protesters to leave.

Chancellor Pradeep Khosla released a statement Sunday calling the protest an “illegal encampment,” and that the tents on Library Walk pose “an unacceptable safety and security hazard on campus.”

On May 8, more than 1,000 protesters marched at UCSD as a continuation of the ongoing demonstrations in support of the people of Gaza, as well as condemnations of school administration following the arrests.

Again, on May 10, UCSD students and faculty staged a walkout which saw more than 100 members of the UCSD community chant and march to Chancellor Pradeep Khosla’s home off campus. Many wore keffiyehs or academic dress and carried signs calling on the university to sever financial ties with Israel.

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The UC system has blasted the union’s allegations and filed unfair labor practice complaints of its own, saying the union’s labor contract has a no-strike provision and that the union’s demands are outside the scope of union labor issues. The university has also rejected calls for amnesty.

“We are disheartened that UAW continues publicly escalating its unlawful strike in violation of its contracts’ no-strike clause and encouraging its members to disrupt and harm the ability of our students to navigate finals and other critical year-end activities successfully,” UC officials said in a statement Friday. “UAW’s goal to `maximize chaos and confusion’ has come to fruition, creating substantial and irreparable impacts on campuses and impacting our students at a crucial time of their education. We are hopeful PERB (Public Employment Relations Board) will intervene and ask the court to end this precedent-setting, unlawful action.”

The state’s Public Employment Relations Board previously declined the university’s request for an injunction that would have blocked the strike, but UC officials said the board issued a complaint against the union saying the walkout is “contrary to the no-strike clauses in their collective bargaining agreements.” Union officials said PERB has also called for both sides to meet and discuss the issues, forcing the university to the table rather than just seeking an injunction.

The union represents teaching assistants, readers, tutors, student researchers and academic researchers.

Oregon baseball will compete in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season and will begin play Friday in the Santa Barbara Regional.

The Ducks (37-18, 19-11 Pac-12) earned an at-large berth into the tournament after a strong regular season, but are coming off an 0-2 record and a pool play exit in the Pac-12 Tournament last week in Scottsdale.

Last season, the Ducks ran all the way to the Super Regional round before falling just a win shy of the College World Series.

“The stuff that they experienced last year should naturally rub off on others that didn’t experience that last year or even the previous year or two years,” Oregon coach Mark Wasikowski said. “It’s not really something you can plan out. It’s something that those kids gather, something unique each one of them and then they bring to the team and locker room with what they learned and experienced.”

Oregon will open the regional round as the No. 3 seed in their pod against No. 2 seed San Diego, the winners of the West Coast Conference. Depending on how the games go on Friday, the Ducks will either play host Santa Barbara – the No. 14 overall seed in the entire tournament – or fourth seed Fresno State on Saturday.

The double elimination regional round means the Ducks have to lose twice to be knocked out, and they are very familiar with both the host Gauchos and nearby Toreros.

Oregon lost a three-game series with the Gauchos back in March, dropping the first two games before firing back to take the finale. Santa Barbara’s coach, Andrew Checketts, is a former Oregon assistant and pitching coach from 2008-10 and graduated from West Linn High School in 1994.

“You look back and run through scouting reports on what they pitched to you in the past and what their pitchers did,” Oregon outfielder Bryce Boettcher said of a potential rematch with the Gauchos. “But it’s later in the season and it’s obviously a new series, so you definitely learn from it, but we’ve got to come out hot this weekend.”

Before any potential matchup with Santa Barbara the Ducks will have to get through San Diego, who they played last year and the year before.

After two disappointing losses in the Pac-12 Tournament last week, Oregon is focused on attacking each day rather than what could be down the line.

“We’ve got to stay on it and go for it,” Oregon pitcher Kevin Seitter said. “We know that this team’s success runs through us, and we take a lot of pride in that. We’re sweating the details every single day, and today is the most important day so we’re going to crush it.”

What channel is Oregon baseball’s Santa Barbara Regional game against San Diego?

Who are the announcers for Oregon baseball’s Santa Barbara Regional game against San Diego?

• Broadcast team: Mark Neely and Greg Swindell

What time is Oregon baseball’s Santa Barbara Regional game against San Diego?

• Date: Friday, May 31
• Start time: Noon

Alec Dietz covers University of Oregon football, volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. You may reach him at adietz@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @AlecDietz.