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March 9, 2018

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Essential California

 

TOP STORIES

 

Trump agrees to meet with Kim Jong Un in what would be first meeting between a U.S. president and North Koreans

South Korean officials briefed the White House Thursday about their discussions this week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his offer to negotiate a freeze of his country's nuclear weapons programs.

Massive money laundering, drug network taken down by federal authorities

Federal prosecutors in San Diego announced Thursday said they have indicted 75 people nationwide, including 40 in San Diego, in a massive drugs and money operation that U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman called the biggest money laundering investigation ever in San Diego.

Iraq War amputee wanted to be a cop. All he heard was no.

Marine Sgt. Christopher Lawrence was hit by an explosive that would eventually mean losing his leg in 2008. Ten years later, he's back in uniform, now as a Chula Vista cop. Lawrence is one of a handful of veteran amputees who have been able to return to active duty or find law enforcement jobs.

LOCAL NEWS

 

Frustrated merchants want temporary dockless bike ban so San Diego can create rules

Frustrated merchants are lobbying San Diego to temporarily ban the dockless rental bikes flooding the city in recent weeks so that local laws can be written to limit where people can park the self-locking, app-based bikes.

Parents of 6-year-old boy initially believed Rebecca Zahau saved their injured son

Jurors in the civil trial stemming from the death of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau in July 2011 heard videotaped testimony from Zahau's sister and her boyfriend's ex-wife.

OPINION

 

Should San Onofre nuclear waste go to Nevada or New Mexico? Yes, but ...

There's bad news and good news on the nuclear waste storage front.

Short-term vacation rentals: Debate begins anew

These vacation rentals are hotels, with the attendant noise, traffic, trash and more.

BUSINESS

 

Port could regain control of airport under Gonzalez Fletcher bill

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher is proposing that control over San Diego International Airport return to the San Diego Unified Port District.

Sempra wraps up $9.45B acquisition of the biggest utility in Texas

The San Diego-based Fortune 500 company dramatically expands its footprint in the Lone Star State.

SPORTS

 

Stock rising, but Padres' Lyles, Strahm knocked around in loss

Minor league journeyman Robert Stock cuts through Ian Happ, Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo to get out of a jam, but Jordan Lyles and Matt Strahm weren't sharp in Padres 10-4 loss to the Cubs in Cactus League game.

Kirby Yates' long, winding road to the Padres bullpen

It took a while, but Kirby Yates has found a home in the San Diego bullpen thanks to a fastball that plays up in the strike zone. But he knows better than anyone that newfound stability can be fleeting for a big league reliever.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

 

Julia Vari to salute famed Latin American painters at Friday concert at the San Diego Museum of Art

Julia Vari, who sings in eight languages, will perform songs inspired by leading Latin American painters at her Friday concert at the San Diego Museum of Art.

AND FINALLY ...

 

Steve Breen's cartoon caption contest for March 8, 2018

Lots of "reduced sentence" gags and jokes about using the loo this week.

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