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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria reacts to 22% year-to-year increase in homelessness

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12 months ago

June 8, 2023

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria reacts to 22% year-to-year increase in homelessness

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The latest point in time count of San Diego’s homeless population showed a significant increase.

During a news conference at City Hall Thursday morning, Mayor Todd Gloria offered his reaction to that count. The data looks at the number of people living on the streets and those who are in shelters.

There was a 22% increase in homelessness in the San Diego region compared to the homeless count from June 2022. This year, the total was 10,264, while last year the total was 8,427.

Mayor Gloria says a perfect storm of the lack of affordable housing combined with the mental health and addiction crisis has created the environment for this problem to exasperate.

Gloria also pointed to other cities, saying they need to do more to help.

“The City of San Diego stands alone when it comes to taking on these issues seriously, and we need other cities to step up and help and house their own individuals from becoming unsheltered, rather than passing them on to our tax payers to provide for,” he says.

Follow this linkto see the San Diego Regional Task Force on Homelessness’ data.

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SD Padres Reportedly Calling Up Adam Mazur, Set For MLB Debut Tuesday

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2 hours ago

June 3, 2024

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SD Padres Reportedly Calling Up Adam Mazur, Set For MLB Debut Tuesday

The San Diego Padres are calling up right-handed pitcher Adam Mazur to the big leagues, FanSided’s Robert Murray reported Monday morning.

Mazur is expected to draw the start against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, per Murray. Should he take the mound for that contest, it will mark Mazur’s MLB debut.

The 23-year-old righty from Woodbury, Minnesota, is ranked as the No. 5 prospect and No. 3 pitcher in the Padres’ farm system by MLB Pipeline. San Diego selected him in the second round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Iowa, where he went 7-3 with a 3.07 ERA, 0.961 WHIP and 9.4 strikeouts per nine innings and won Big Ten Pitcher of the Year as a junior.

Mazur started 2023 with High-A Fort Wayne, then rose to Double-A San Antonio. On the whole, Mazur finished the season 6-4 with a 2.81 ERA, 1.188 WHIP and 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.

The Padres welcomed Mazur to Spring Training as a non-roster invitee to open 2024, and he made two appearances in the Cactus League. After tossing 1.0 scoreless inning in his first outing, Mazur blew a save and allowed two earned runs across 1.0 inning in his second.

Mazur dominated with Double-A San Antonio to start the regular season, going 3-1 with a 1.95 ERA, 0.866 WHIP and 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings. He then got promoted to Triple-A El Paso, where he didn’t fare quite as well, posting a 1-2 record, 7.11 ERA, 1.316 WHIP and 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings in four starts.

Regardless of his Triple-A struggles, the Padres’ front office is showing faith in Mazur.

San Diego starts its road series against Los Angeles on Monday, with the club likely to hold onto an extra roster spot before officially calling up Mazur. Once the transaction is finalized, Mazur will be lined up to make his MLB debut at 9:38 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

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Man Severely Injured In 2-Vehicle Collision In San Diego

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June 3, 2024

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Man Severely Injured In 2-Vehicle Collision In San Diego

SAN DIEGO, CA — An 87-year-old man was hospitalized Saturday with serious injuries after he was involved in a two-vehicle collision in the Morena neighborhood of San Diego.

Officers from the San Diego Police Department responded at approximately 5:14 p.m. Friday to the 6000 block of Friars Road where they learned the victim, who was driving a 2017 Infinity, attempted to make a left turn onto Friars Road from Gaines Street and struck a 2008 Toyota 4Runner being driven by a 27-year-old man traveling west on Friars, said Officer J. Perales.

The 87-year-old man suffered fractures to his back, facial injuries and internal bleeding. The 27-year-old man complained of pain to his lower back and nose and a passenger in the Infinity complained of pain to the chest, shoulder and hip, Perales said.

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Alcohol was not a factor in the collision, police said.

The department’s Traffic Division is investigating the collision and anyone with information was asked to call 858-495-7800 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.