California FocusOpinionElias: Big Oil whines as drilling winds downThomas D. EliasMarch 27, 2024 March 27, 202402 Oil drilling is winding down in California, and Big Oil is not happy about having to pay close-out costs....
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 27, 2024 March 27, 202404 This week's Coast News cartoon....
Community CommentaryLettersOpinionOpinionsLetters: California’s poor policies continue to harm small businessescommentaryMarch 25, 2024 March 25, 20240106 Across California, small businesses have struggled with one of the worst business climates in the 50 states. In 2024, a total of 11 new labor...
California FocusOpinionElias: Primary bodes ill for swing-district DemsThomas D. EliasMarch 20, 2024 March 20, 2024030 Democrats must do much better this fall if they expect to win back control of the House of Representatives....
ColumnsCommunity CommentaryOpinionCommentary: Price often tells you that goods are stolenSummer StephanMarch 20, 2024March 21, 2024 March 20, 2024March 21, 2024043 Everyone loves a bargain, but if it seems too good to be true, be suspicious. ...
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 20, 2024 March 20, 2024017 This week's Coast News cartoon....
California FocusOpinionElias: Can Prop 1 really fix homelessness?Thomas D. EliasMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024061 Possible passage raises a basic question: Could Prop. 1 help solve homelessness or merely be another financial boondoggle?...
Community CommentaryOpinionCommentary: Change and resultsTerra Lawson-RemerMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024161 As the Supervisor for District 3, my office has worked to create a more healthy, sustainable, equitable, inclusive and livable San Diego County....
LettersOpinionLetter: Dropping the dam ballcommentaryMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024065 Dear Editor, The city of San Diego’s recent release of more than 600 million gallons of water from Lake Hodges into the ocean was avoidable...
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 13, 2024 March 13, 2024021 This week's Coast News cartoon....
ColumnsFrom the Cheap SeatsOpinionOpinionsFrom the Cheap Seats: Hiding the BallGarvin WalshMarch 6, 2024March 8, 2024 March 6, 2024March 8, 20243 2094 The San Dieguito Union High School District has been a dramatic scene in recent years. Things have been quiet recently, as the board and the...
California FocusOpinionElias: State gun control working, for nowThomas D. EliasMarch 6, 2024 March 6, 2024061 State-by-state standings on deaths from gunfire form a striking contrast between Republican- and Democratic-led states....
Community CommentaryOpinionCommentary: Time to spend money improving educationTodd MaddisonMarch 6, 2024 March 6, 20240125 If education is going to improve, our school districts are going to have to make it a priority....
CartoonsOpinionScott ChambersCartoon: Scott ChambersScott ChambersMarch 6, 2024 March 6, 2024022 This week's Coast News cartoon....
Community CommentaryLettersOpinionOpinionsLetters: A rebuttal to Duncan Brown’s commentarycommentaryMarch 1, 2024 March 1, 20241549 By Marci Strange I write in response to the execrable Feb. 7 commentary, “A tale of two board discussions,” by Duncan Brown, the now-retired former...