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August 31, 2018

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Essential California

 

TOP STORIES

  

Petitions turned in for referendum seeking to overturn San Diego's short-term rental regulations

Supporters of the referendum effort, including representatives of home sharing platforms Airbnb and HomeAway, as well as a coalition of vacation rental hosts, showed up at the Registrar's office with 87 boxes of petitions containing signatures that now must be verified as valid.

Trump administration backs Asian Americans suing Harvard over its affirmative action admissions policy

The Justice Department is siding with Asian American students suing Harvard University over the Ivy League school's consideration of race in its admissions policy.

California wildfires fuel a new push to ban smoking at state parks and beaches

After more than a decade of attempts to ban smoking at California beaches and parks, environmentalists notched a win Thursday as new legislation to prevent lighting up in certain public places was approved by the state Senate.

LOCAL NEWS

 

Head of troubled San Diego city water agency resigns

Vic Bianes resigns from San Diego's water agency.

Judge allows South Bay lawsuit over Tijuana sewage overflows to move ahead

The order allows the lawsuit to proceed on claims that the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission violated the Clean Water Act by allowing wastewater from canyon water-capture basins to spill into the surrounding environment without the proper permit.

OPINION

 

Why California's last-minute wildfire liability bill should be rejected

Approving major proposals crafted quickly in a pressure-cooker environment is a recipe for disaster.

Readers React | Florida governor's race: Monkey comment raises controversy

Racism becomes an issue in Florida after "monkey comment by Ron DeSantis.

BUSINESS

 

Another record: San Diego home price hits $579.6K

Sales were down 3.5 percent year-over-year, CoreLogic said.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission dings San Onofre for 'low safety significance' violation

The federal regulator said the operators of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station did not follow protocol when a physical change was made to a base plate that is used to keep canisters steady in the event of an earthquake.

SPORTS

 

5 Things to Watch: Aztecs at Stanford

SDSU season opener features running back matchup between Juwan Washington and Stanford's Bryce Love.

Ted Williams centennial: Cooperstown comes calling for 'greatest hitter who ever lived'

Ted Williams was a first-ballot Hall of Famer who was enshrined in 1966.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

 

KAABOO Del Mar announces 2018 daily performance times. Katy Perry or Robert Plant?

Katy Perry or Robert Plant? Imagine Dragons or Earth, Wind & Fire? The 2018 KAABOO Del Mar performance times have been announced.

AND FINALLY ...

 

Santa Margarita River property to be sold to a wildland conservancy; trails will remain open

A five-mile stretch of the Santa Margarita River and the land that surrounds it will soon be sold to a wildlife conservancy for $10 million.

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