San Diego, CA
The race for San Diego’s Sheriff
Good Morning, I’m Annica Colbert….it’s Wednesday, Might 18th
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Who’s working for San Diego County sheriff
Extra on that subsequent. However first… let’s do the headlines….
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San Diego’s ambulance supplier, Falck, might be going through greater than 400-thousand {dollars} in fines for not assembly its contract phrases. That’s in response to San Diego metropolis council paperwork. Falck received San Diego’s 911 contract final yr and took over in November. However by early March the corporate’s first contract replace discovered that it was understaffing ambulances and never offering the extent of service promised. Falck says covid-19 outbreaks amongst workers and hiring challenges difficult their operations. The corporate is ready for an additional contract replace in the present day at a metropolis council committee assembly.
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The sale of flavored tobacco merchandise in San Diego is formally banned come January. In April, the San Diego metropolis council handed the primary studying of the ordinance that places the ban in place. Yesterday they accredited the second studying, making it official
The transfer follows comparable actions taken by imperial seashore, encinitas, solana seashore, and for san diego county’s unincorporated areas.
A statewide referendum may also deal with the problem in november.
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San Diego’s Homebrewing Firm has introduced its closing down. The information comes a few week after it was awarded high brewery within the state of California by Yelp-dot-com. Proprietor George Thornton says the shop formally closes this Sunday. Homebrewing firm has been supplying and instructing homebrewers in San Diego for a decade.
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San Diego hasn’t had a brand new Sheriff in over a decade—however that’s altering now, as voters select the alternative for retired Sheriff Invoice Gore. KPBS reporter Claire Trageser introduces us to the candidates.
There are seven individuals working for Sheriff. KPBS reached out to all of them, and heard again from three. We caught up with these three on the marketing campaign path.
John Hemmerling
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“John Hemmerling, I’m the candidate for Sheriff right here in 2022. I’m endorsed by the Republican Get together. I’ve 30 yr plus public service between my time within the Marine Corps, my time on the Police Division, and my time because the chief prison prosecutor.”
Kelly Martinez
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“I am Kelly Martinez. I have been with the Sheriff’s Division for 37 years. I’ve labored my approach up by the ranks, and I am at present the beneath Sheriff. I run the each day operations of the Division.”
Dave Myers
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“My identify is Dave Myers, and I’m working for San Diego County Sheriff. Born and raised right here in San Diego, I spent 35 years in regulation enforcement. I’ve labored my approach up by the Sheriff’s Division to commander.”
We requested the candidates what they thought was the largest difficulty going through the Sheriff’s Division. John Hemmerling says it’s the excessive variety of deaths in San Diego jails. A state audit says the division ought to require psychological well being screenings at consumption and extra interplay between nurses and inmates, amongst different adjustments.
John Hemmerling
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“The very first thing is to verify the entire issues that have been advisable from the state audit have been carried out. I believe there’s many different issues that they discuss in there. Among the greatest practices from the state board as nicely that may be checked out. Some greatest practices from the nationwide boards as nicely that we’re going to try.”
Kelly Martinez says it’s hiring extra workers, which results in higher care in jails.
Kelly Martinez
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“We misplaced lots of people within the final couple of years, so we have to rent about 400 individuals, each nurses and deputies. After which as soon as the hiring is so key as a result of the entire different issues hinge on having sufficient workers.”
Dave Myers says the largest difficulty is restoring belief within the division.
Dave Myers
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“Sheriff’s management has created an setting wherein distrust is the established order within the Sheriff’s workplace, that the present establishment shouldn’t be going to cease jail deaths, that the established order in Sheriff’s management now shouldn’t be going to deal with racial bias in policing.”
Hemmerling is an assistant metropolis legal professional in San Diego. He says his management expertise makes him most certified for the job.
John Hemmerling
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“I spent nearly a decade as a police officer, working most of that point was in Metropolis Heights, the place I labored and beat there in Metropolis Heights. I left there as a area coaching officer. I then went to regulation college whereas I used to be working on the Sango Police Division, working my beat to turn out to be a greater individual for the neighborhood, a greater individual for myself.”
Martinez, at present the undersheriff for the division, says she has direct expertise main the division.
Kelly Martinez
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“No one is aware of the Sheriff’s Division or our county higher than I do. And I’ve already been working in the direction of all of those adjustments and initiatives that we have to make our neighborhood protected.”
In the meantime Myers, who’s a retired Sheriff’s commander, says he will help diversify the division.
Dave Myers
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“Create an setting wherein the division of 4,700 positions displays the neighborhood we’re policing, that the neighborhood members who need to be in regulation enforcement reside within the communities we’re policing.”
The Sheriff is a nonpartisan workplace, however occasion politics are nonetheless taking part in a job within the race. Hemmerling was an unbiased voter, however in 2020 modified to the Republican Get together and has their backing. He says regardless of the county’s majority of Democrat voters, he might be elected.
John Hemmerling
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“Regardless of the place you fall on the political spectrum, you need to be protected in your neighborhood. It is the primary job of presidency is to be to offer security and safety and public security.”
In the meantime Martinez was a Republican, however modified her occasion to Democrat in November 2020 and has the backing of many well-known Democrats, together with San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria. She says her choice to vary events was private.
Kelly Martinez
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“It was accomplished earlier than I made a decision to run for Sheriff. However the Sheriff’s not partisan. The job of public security actually would not fall in a single occasion or one other.
Myers additionally modified his occasion from Republican to Democrat in 2016, and has the endorsement of the native Democratic Get together. He ran for sheriff in 2018 and misplaced, however says it’ll be totally different this time.
Dave Myers
San Diego Sheriff Candidate
“I used to be a full time commander on the time. What’s totally different this time as I am retired? I am not a full time commander. I am not getting picked on. I am not getting marginalized. I am not getting discriminated in opposition to for my message in 2018.”
The highest two vote-getters within the major June 7 will advance to the November normal election.
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Voters are deciding on the sheriff’s race and extra within the major. Kim Alexander is with the non-partisan California Voter Basis.
“There’s a lot for voters to learn about this election. Probably the most vital issues voters must know is that they are in new political districts.”
Tons of of hundreds of voters within the state have been shifted to these new legislative and congressional districts based mostly on the 2020 Census.
Alexander says meaning your representatives could have modified.
And she or he says you need to’ve acquired your election supplies by now.
“When you have not gotten something within the mail out of your county, like your poll or your Secretary of State Voter Information, you are most likely not registered at your present tackle. So now could be a very nice time to examine your standing and be sure to’re registered.”
You possibly can examine your standing on the Secretary of State’s web site.
San Diegans also can go to SD-VOTE-DOT-COM.
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San Diego Fuel and electrical officers have began the formal course of to vary the charges they cost for gasoline and electrical energy. KPBS Atmosphere Reporter Erik Anderson has particulars.
The utility has formally submitted a finances to California regulators, asking to lift charges by round 9 {dollars} a month for gasoline and an identical quantity for electrical charges in 2024. The utility’s Scott Crider says the corporate must improve the grid to deal with anticipated will increase in electrical energy consumption, incorporate inexperienced fuels, and harden transmission strains within the backcountry.
“In some instances we’re strategically undergrounding extra strains particularly within the again nation. And we’re additionally persevering with to place up stronger poles and wires to make it possible for we don’t have one in every of our services trigger a hearth.”
SDGE officers say they anticipate electrical energy consumption to double by 2045. The preliminary spending blueprint begins an 18-month course of by regulators to regulate energy charges within the area.
Erik Anderson KPBS Information
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The San Diego Metropolis Council on TUESDAY accredited amendments to its rules for short-term dwelling leases.
KPBS metro reporter Andrew Bowen has extra.
AB: The council accredited the rules final yr, however wanted approval from the California Coastal Fee earlier than implementing them. The variety of licenses for whole-home leases might be capped at 1% of the town’s housing inventory. Councilmember Jen Campbell proposed the system, breaking a years-long stalemate on the problem. However the deal upset many constituents, who wished nothing wanting a complete ban. They argue short-term leases for guests do not belong in residential neighborhoods. Town hopes to begin imposing the brand new guidelines within the spring or summer time of subsequent yr. Andrew Bowen, KPBS information.
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Arising…. Stopping COVID infections continues to be a problem… particularly inside buildings.
“We spend 91 p.c of our time indoors. And the air that we breathe indoors is commonly far worse.”
We’ll have extra on that subsequent, simply after the break.
The COVID-19 Pandemic could change the way in which giant buildings are designed in California and elsewhere.
KPBS setting Reporter Erik Anderson says most giant buildings have been designed to save lots of energy, not clear up air that could be carrying viruses.
There’s a large metallic grate, simply exterior the UCSD Laptop Science and Engineering constructing. It’s as lengthy and huge as a greyhound bus – actually a bus would most likely match within the concrete room beneath the grate.
“That’s the air from exterior.”
Rajesh Gupta a pc science and engineering professor on the college.
“So just about, each giant constructing may have an consumption like this.”
Outdoors air is drawn into the basement and pulled by a wall of filters. These filters are adequate to verify the air pumped into the constructing is comparatively clear.
“That is the availability aspect.”
“This would be the fan guiding air into the entire constructing”
Gupta’s colleague Charlies Johnson is in control of the varsity’s heating and A-C methods. He says the followers are the center of this constructing’s air supply system. They’re highly effective sufficient to push huge quantities of air by the four-story construction.
Charlie: “And so they’re blowing 45,000 cubic ft a minute. So, it’s 100 80 thousand cubic ft a minute of air coming in right here.”
And retaining this technique working is essential as a result of as Gupta factors out… the constructing’s home windows don’t open.
“In order that they’re designed to recirculate air as a result of that’s the one approach, that’s the principle approach you save power.”
However there’s a catch to saving power. Recirculating that air also can push virus tainted aerosols across the within a constructing. And that would enhance an infection charges. It’s one thing researchers in New York Metropolis seen of their tall buildings early within the pandemic. So Gupta and his UCSD colleagues started taking a look at learn how to change air circulation patterns in buildings and even rooms.
Xiaohan Fu
“I can truly management each single room on this constructing.”
With a easy command on a laptop computer, Xiaohan Fu can change all the constructing’s airflow, or simply the airflow in a person classroom. Followers might be powered as much as flow into extra air when persons are detected. And fewer air when rooms are empty.
“They’ll ship a quite simple request to our server.”
The constructing’s laptop mind makes use of carbon dioxide sensors to detect when persons are in a room, so constructing managers don’t need to consistently examine them. The entire system is designed to attenuate publicity to a virus like COVID.
“We spend 91 p.c of our time indoors. And the air that we breathe indoors is commonly far worse.”
Kim Prather is an atmospheric chemist on the Scripps Establishment of Oceanography. She says the contaminated airborne particles can construct up in an enclosed area like invisible and odorless second-hand smoke. However making difficult or pricey adjustments to a constructing’s present heating and cooling system won’t be sufficient.
“It does do some. It filters some, however if you’ve received a virus that’s this infectious you don’t need to breathe very a lot of it. And so it’s not sufficient by itself.”
Prather says masking stays a vital technique to struggle the unfold of COVID. She says one other technique includes a do it your self instrument. It’s known as a Corsi-Rosenthal field. That’s an extraordinary field fan on high of 4 extremely rated furnace filters — it may well clear 90 p.c of the air in a room in simply quarter-hour. And it doesn’t value lots of of {dollars} like some business HEPA filters.
“They really outperform the hepas which is one thing I recognize in the course of the pandemic. They’re quicker. They pump far more air, a lot extra rapidly.”
The do-it-yourself containers additionally flow into a room’s air, eliminating pockets of contaminated aerosols. The gadgets have caught the attention of Rajesh Gupta. He places his hand on a Corsi-Rosenthal field sitting within the frequent space of a UCSD laptop lab.
Field. “It cleans up the air, far more inexpensively. As a result of all you must do is locate or purchase the 4 filters and put a 40 greenback fan on it.”
The pop-up filters are extra value environment friendly than spending lots of of hundreds of {dollars} upgrading a constructing’s air filtration system. However they’re a cease hole answer. Ultimately Gupta says constructing design should adapt to raised defend individuals from airborne viruses like COVID.
Erik Anderson KPBS Information
The GI Movie Competition kicked off yesterday and runs by Saturday.
KPBS Army Reporter Steve Walsh says it’s the primary in-person occasion in two years for the competition devoted to the veteran neighborhood.
This yr the GI Movie Competition options 26 movies by veterans and in regards to the US navy. For filmmakers it’s an opportunity to succeed in a particular viewers, says Jack Youngelson, Director of “HERE. IS. BETTER” which addresses PTSD
“The vital factor for us is to do precisely what the competition is doing to succeed in veterans. To achieve members of the navy on to type of present a protected area wherein individuals can watch this movie and start a dialog, hopefully nationwide dialog, as a result of I believe it is so critically vital.”
Right here.Is.Higher will present Thursday. It follows a bunch of veterans as they attempt to put their lives again collectively after being recognized with Put up Traumatic Stress Dysfunction. After the screening, there might be a panel dialogue with one of many vets within the movie. The GI Movie Competition is exhibiting on the Museum of Photographic arts from now by Saturday. Steve Walsh KPBS Information
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Come From Away originated at La Jolla Playhouse in 2015. It tells the true story of a small Newfoundland city that welcomed vacationers stranded after 9/11. Broadway San Diego presents Come From Away on the Civic Theatre this week.
KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando appears to be like on the present’s origins.
For fifteen years La Jolla Playhouse inventive director Christopher Ashley has been looking for out new works to provide.
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY There’s actual delight in being a spot the place new tales get made.
When Come From Away crossed his desk seven years in the past, Ashley was instantly interested in the true story of how the small city of Gander, Newfoundland took in 7000 stranded vacationers within the week after 9/11.
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY The very first time I learn it, I believed, wow, I do not know that I’ve ever learn a narrative in regards to the significance of taking good care of one another and kindness and generosity. And that appeared to me like such an important factor to place on the market on the planet.
CLIP Tonight we honor what was misplaced… however we additionally commemorate what was discovered.
It’s a narrative that feels proper for welcoming audiences again to reside theater.
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY I simply assume persons are again within the theater with a lot enthusiasm and it is wonderful to look at individuals bond collectively round, yeah, it is doable to essentially behave nicely and be wonderful hosts and take the most effective type of care of one another.
Broadway San Diego presents Come From Away by Sunday on the Civic Theatre.
Beth Accomando KPBS Information.
That’s it for the podcast in the present day. As at all times you’ll find extra San Diego information on-line at KPBS dot org. I’m Annica Colbert. Thanks for listening and have an important day.
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First all-electric tugboat in U.S. christened on San Diego Bay
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — History was made today in San Diego. The first of its kind, all-electric tugboat, the eWolf, was officially christened on San Diego Bay Tuesday.
The eWolf will begin commercial service this week.
Instead of burning diesel fuel like other tugboats, the eWolf is the first all-electric powered harbor tugboat in the United States.
Operating with zero emissions and other sustainable technology, the eTug delivers high-power capability, safety and efficiency, the announcement said.
Maritime, energy and logistics solutions company, Crowley, christened the eWolf on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
Built by Master Boat Builders in Coden, Ala., the 82-foot vessel delivers 70 tons of bollard pull, which is stronger than the traditional tugboat.
Unlike tugboats that burn diesel fuel, the eTug uses a more environmentally friendly and sustainable power source, which will be charged at a station on the shore.
The eWolf is not only a game changer in sustainability, it’s also the most advanced technologically. It features next generation radar, sonar, and more.
The goal — to reduce pollution and improve the air quality for San Diego.
In the first 10 years of its use, the eWolf will reduce 2.5 tons of diesel fuel pollution and 3,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution compared to a conventional tugboat, according to Crowley.
Crowley was joined at the vessel christening by project partners including the Port of San Diego, San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Maritime Administration.
“The eWolf is a historic milestone in the maritime industry and Crowley’s legacy, and underscores our company’s commitment to serve as global sustainability leaders and innovators. The all-electric tugboat is the most technologically advanced vessel of its kind, and eWolf will help our customers and communities reach their decarbonization goals while delivering capabilities that strengthen our vital supply chain,” said Tom Crowley, Chairman and CEO. “We congratulate the people whose tireless dedication brought the eWolf to fruition with our partners at the federal, state and local government, setting a new standard not just in America, but globally.”
At the christening, the vice president of Crowley said San Diego now has the most advanced and safest operating vessel ever built.
“Crowley’s first-of-its-kind electric tugboat is a game changer. It checks all the boxes by providing environmental, economic, and operational benefits for our communities and maritime industry,” said Frank Urtasun, Port of San Diego Chairman. “This is truly a story of teamwork and collaboration. We are proud to work with Crowley and our state and local partners on this and other electrification initiatives at and around our port, including electric cargo handling equipment like our all-electric mobile harbor cranes, our microgrid, vessel shore power, and more.”
The name was chosen as a nod to a tugboat in the company’s initial fleet, the Sea Wolf, which operated more than a century ago in California.
Dan Plante contributed to this report
San Diego, CA
Your Guide to the Best Things in San Diego, 2024 | San Diego Magazine
By Danielle Allaire, Sara Clemence, Beth Demmon, Randy Dotinga, María José Durán, Leorah Gavidor, Cherie Gough, Mateo Hoke, Troy Johnson, Lili Kim, Marissa Kozma, Kai Oliver-kurtin, Nicolle Monico, Cole Novak, Amanda Parmele, Will Riddell, Amelia Rodriguez, Jay Smith, and Claire Trageser
A solar eclipse may have blocked out most of SD’s legendary sunlight a few months back, but our city is shining brighter than ever. Michelin bestowed a constellation of stars on our always-innovative food scene.
The city’s sports fever heated up, drawing two more pro teams to the landscape. Locals joined hands to pull a few beloved institutions from the brink (see Coop’s and The Harp). A mega revamp of a particular iconic North Park hotel beckoned hordes of visitors—and a gazillion international eyes. Even orcas want to live here.
And when disaster struck—catastrophic flooding, especially in the county’s most under-resourced areas—San Diegans came together to save and rebuild the lives of those impacted. Courageous residents helped rescue grandmas. GoFundMes got funded. Volunteers scooped away water and cleared debris.
Then, we kept pushing this place forward, creating community and starting small businesses and making more and more cool things. Here are over 100 of the coolest of them. Check ’em out, then go forth and make your own list. Or start your own thing. This town’s big enough for all of us.
Food & Drink | Arts & Culture | Retail & Shopping | Health & Fitness | Kids & Family | Reader’s Picks
Best Upgraded Take on Your Fave Dive
Gaslamplighter
Gaslamplighter is more than a glammed-up karaoke palace with a not-hyped-enough burger (a double-stack of juicy Wagyu beef served in a O’Brien’s strikes again. One of the Louis Vuitton knockoff). It’s a fifth-generation San Diego success story. Owner Frankie Scuito’s great-great-great grandparents opened San Diego’s first first deli with a liquor license, and his uncle and dad brought us the dark, cozy karaoke icon The Lamplighter. For the sister concept, Scuito and his brother put in ultra-upscale roaring-’20s décor, enlisted the city’s top cocktail minds, and garnered all the Gloria.
Best Team That Hasn’t Won A Single Game… Yet
San Diego FC
Soccer and San Diego are pretty tight right now. That bond will continue to grow when San Diego FC joins MLS in 2025 as the league’s 30th team. The club will look to cultivate homegrown talent like local teenage goalkeeper Duran Ferree) and give San Diego its first major sports championship since 1963. Oh, and one more thing: The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, a part-owner of the club, is now just the second Native American tribe in the country to have an ownership stake in a pro sports team.
Best Bay-utification
Don’t get us wrong—roadwork and city renovations aren’t always our idea of positive news (especially when they add 15 minutes to our commute to work). But this $1.2 billion bayside project in Chula Vista is promising to be worth leaving the house a little earlier. Scheduled for completion in 2025, the redevelopment will include a new park, resort, convention center, RV resort, and residential area, creating space for locals and visitors to enjoy Chula Vista to the fullest.
Best Postpartum Power-lift
Fit4Mom
Held outdoors in the fresh air, Fit4Mom’s stroller-based classes incorporate resistance bands and structures like stairs, curbs, and walls to get mamas moving. Headquartered in San Diego, the fitness company has eight franchise locations across the county and more than 250 nationwide. Especially popular among new mothers on maternity leave and stay-at-home parents with young kids, Fit4Mom is a great avenue to make mom friends, seek parenting advice, and ease back into exercise postpartum.
Best Day in the Dirt
Coastal Roots Farm
Everyone needs to get their hands dirty sometimes. Thursday, Friday, and Sunday mornings, parents cart their little ones to Coastal Roots nonprofit Jewish community farm in Encinitas for Nature Play. Designed for kids ages zero to 10 and their families, the program is run by farm staff, who oversee interactive storytime, animal encounters like feeding chickens, and other sensory activities, including play in the outdoor “kitchens.” Afterward, stop by their pay-what-you-can farm stand (those in need can get up to $30 of produce free) to take home organic veggies and herbs.
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Moose Toys Heads to San Diego Comic-Con with MrBeast Lab Exclusives
Moose Toys, a leading innovator in the toy industry, revealed their new collaboration with MrBeast, also known as Jimmy Donaldson — the world’s most subscribed YouTuber and a dedicated philanthropist. The new line, MrBeast Lab, includes a range of small-scale collectibles along with action, vinyl, and collector’s figures. It is set to hit the U.S. market in July and expand globally through the fall, but attendees at San Diego Comic-Con will be able to get their hands on a SDCC exclusive, as well as limited edition items.
You can find Moose Toys at San Diego Comic-Con Booth #301, where they’ll be offering two MrBeast Lab items. The first is a 3.5″ tall San Diego Comic-Con exclusive MrBeast Lab Fuzzy Panther Vinyl Figure, which features a unique flocked texture, defined detailing, and display-ready packaging. It is limited to 3000, and will be available for $14.99.
The second item is a MrBeast Lab Alpha Panther Mutator, a limited-edition figure featuring an exclusive blue chrome finish, glow-in-the-dark crystals, and more than 20 points of articulation. The 5.5″ figure is part of the recent launch of MrBeast Lab Mutators, “the wildest experiment from the world of MrBeast Lab”, but it stands apart from the other figures in the line. This iteration was designed and styled to represent MrBeast’s iconic panther logo, and has a “completely new and elevated unboxing experience” in which the premium packaging touts “restricted access”. Fans will have to remove an exterior sleeve before unfolding the lab-themed box to unveil the limited edition Alpha Panther inside. Pick it up for $29.99 at San Diego Comic-Con and Walmart Collector Con only.
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