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May 1, 2018

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TOP STORIES

 

First Central American caravan members admitted at San Ysidro Port of Entry

The eight caravan members to go through were from this group, with mothers and children the first to be selected, according to a spokesman for Pueblo Sin Fronteras: three mothers, four children, and an 18-year-old were in the initial group.

Pence visits new border fence, blames open border advocates for caravan

Vice President Mike Pence told Border Patrol agents in El Centro that the Trump administration will build "all" of the promised border wall.

Trump delays steel and aluminum tariffs for Canada, Mexico and EU, pulling back on major trade threat

Trump announced he would again postpone imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

LOCAL NEWS

 

Petition to repeal gas tax increase submitted, organizers expect it will qualify for November ballot

An effort to repeal last year's 12-cents-a-gallon state gas tax increase took an important step Monday when organizers began submitting hundreds of thousands of voter signatures to force a ballot initiative.

A year after mass shooting during a pool party, survivor reflects on 'how senseless it was'

It's been a year since a man opened fire on a University City pool party with a beer in one hand and a gun in the other. Survivor Drew Phillips says he often thinks about "how senseless it was — and then how fragile life is."

OPINION

 

Why migrant caravan on U.S.-Mexico border merits asylum consideration

U.S. refugee policies hardly reflect lawlessness and anarchy.

Opposing views on the role of jails and mental illness

Readers React | God help the mentally ill in our jails because, obviously, no one in the jail system is going to.

BUSINESS

 

More than $630,000 raised so far to qualify convention center initiative for ballot

A campaign to qualify a ballot initiative to expand the San Diego convention center and fund services and housing for the homeless has raised more than $600,000.

La Jolla's Synthorx raises $63 million to make cancer drugs from bacterium with artificial DNA

La Jolla biotech Synthorx has raised $63 million to make cancer drugs from a partly artificial life form. The bacterium uses two synthetic DNA letters in addition to the four occurring in nature.

SPORTS

 

Padres' outfield even faster now with Jankowski starting

Travis Jankowski to make first start, teams with Franchy Cordero and Manuel Margot for fastest outfield in majors.

Family of ex-Chargers star Kenny Graham considering missing person's report

Kenny Graham, an All-Pro defensive back for the Chargers in the 1960s, is missing as worries of family, friends grow.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

 

Eddie Vedder, Eric Church, Mumford & Sons to headline 2018 Ohana Festival in Dana Point

Eddie Vedder, Eric Chruch, Mumford & Sons, Beck and Norah Jones are part of the lineup for the 2018 Ohana Festival at Doheny State Beach.

AND FINALLY ...

 

The fastest woman on the planet in 2018 is ... a San Diego State senior.

SDSU's Ashley Henderson ran the 100 meters in 10.98 seconds, fastest in the world so far this year.