A Path Forward: Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts imperfect, but necessary By Steven P. Dinkin June 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. “I’ll wash your mouth out with soap!” As a kid, that threat was enough to...
Opinion | It’s not if, but when psychedelic therapy will be allowed in California By Michael Smolens June 12, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. Legislation to allow the therapeutic use of psychedelics in California keeps getting narrower — and...
Sports | A’s drama reminds San Diego of Peter Seidler’s love for city, Padres By Bryce Miller June 12, 2024 at 11:42 p.m. A little bit about a lot ...If anyone needed a refresher about what a game-changer...
Opinion | San Diego author explores love, family, mental health in latest novel By Lisa Deaderick June 9, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Her mother doesn’t understand her change in hairstyle. She wants to be there for her...
Opinion | Birth control, abortion surface as key issues in San Diego congressional race By Michael Smolens June 11, 2024 at 3:11 a.m. Congressional Democrats are seeking to capitalize on Republican opposition to a nationwide guarantee for access...
Opinion | Warning: This column may cause a case of the giggles By Irv Erdos June 9, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. I was watching an old rerun of that popular sitcom called "Everybody Loves Raymond," but...
Sports | Former NBA coach Don Casey recalls special Celtics run with Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale By Bryce Miller June 8, 2024 at 9:31 p.m. EL CAJON — As the Boston Celtics rumble along in the NBA Finals, Don Casey merely needs...
Opinion | The power of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address By Richard Lederer June 8, 2024 at 1:03 p.m. Almost eight decades after the end of the Revolutionary War (1776-1783), there erupted another war...
Opinion | Even routine heat waves bring warnings of climate change By Michael Smolens June 7, 2024 at 4:58 p.m. The triple-digit heat that has descended upon the West again has made national news.There's been...
Sports | San Diego FC signees Marcus Ingvartsen, Jeppe Tverskov adjusting to city … and Padres By Bryce Miller June 6, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. At Snapdragon Stadium this week, San Diego FC players Marcus Ingvartsen and Jeppe Tverskov began...
Opinion | The staying power of 101 Ash St. By Michael Smolens June 5, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Attention seems certain to pick up from now through the November election on perhaps San...
Sports | Tucupita Marcano, Jay Groome pay price after gambling with their livelihoods By Bryce Miller June 5, 2024 at 12:12 a.m. When Major League Baseball announced five players had been disciplined for betting on the game,...
Opinion | Indigenous foods over colonial foods can restore health, filmmaker says By Lisa Deaderick June 2, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. The story of the prevalence of diabetes in Native American communities is a personal one...
Opinion | Will the county’s bumpy ride continue? By Michael Smolens June 2, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. The San Diego County government is moving forward after a rough stretch, but the fallout...
Sports | Tragedy, stardom, prison all part of Jason Keep’s path back to USD By Bryce Miller June 1, 2024 at 10:10 p.m. On Dec. 19, 2000, Oklahoma State basketball player Jason Keep stepped in front of a...
Opinion | San Diego’s homeless efforts left Walton feeling angry, betrayed By Michael Smolens May 31, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. It seemed there was nothing Bill Walton wouldn't do for the city he loved.His generous...
Sports | A pro’s Pro, Padres outfielder makes a compelling case for first All-Star appearance By Bryce Miller May 30, 2024 at 12:02 a.m. Admit it. When the Padres added Jurickson Profar to an unsettled outfield this offseason, you...
Sports | ‘A bellwether for humanity,’ Bill Walton was San Diego’s champion and cheerleader By Bryce Miller May 28, 2024 at 3:26 a.m. If you felt wetness on your shoulder or saw it on a windshield Monday, those...
Sports | Hard-to-figure Padres figure it out late in 5-2 win over Yankees By Bryce Miller May 27, 2024 at 6:05 a.m. The Padres pretzel logic and shred common sense. In their world, up is down, day...
Opinion | Coronado man’s death ruled suicide in 1946, today recognized as ‘racial terror lynching’ By Lisa Deaderick May 26, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Something was off about the story of the death of a Black man who was...
Opinion | Democrats try to limit political damage from border migration By Michael Smolens May 26, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. San Diego County recently became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border.Now...
Opinion | Need a good laugh? Take a DMV practice test online By Irv Erdos May 26, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Hard to believe it’s been five years since I had to take a test to...
Opinion | Hummingbirds’ design has served them well By Ernie Cowan May 26, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Hummingbirds can’t walk.That may sound surprising when you consider the mobility of these tiny buzz...
Opinion | Silver spoonerisms are tough and rumble tips of the slung By Richard Lederer May 25, 2024 at 12:08 p.m. Dear Richard Lederer: Have you ever done a column on spoonerisms? My husband and I...
Sports | Former Torrey Pines High School, NBA player Scot Pollard adjusts to life after heart transplant By Bryce Miller May 25, 2024 at 11:01 p.m. The unsettling memory from more than 30 dusty years ago, tucked away for so long,...
Opinion | A defunct Ritz-Carlton proposal, Father Joe’s and the rise of affordable housing By Michael Smolens May 24, 2024 at 1:37 p.m. As symbolism goes, this is pretty good.City-owned property downtown that not long ago was targeted...
Sports | Visiting Yankees built in part by Damon Oppenheimer and Kevin Reese, two San Diegans who grew up with Padres By Bryce Miller May 23, 2024 at 10:00 p.m. The hard wiring of the New York Yankees scouting and player development machine is built...
Opinion | Before Alito and Menendez, former Rep. Duncan D. Hunter blamed his wife By Michael Smolens May 22, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Former Rep. Duncan D. Hunter and his transgressions seemed to be fading from San Diego's...
Sports | San Diego’s Xander Schauffele reshapes legacy with major step at PGA Championship By Bryce Miller June 7, 2024 at 4:03 p.m. It's something to see when a monkey the size of a skyscraper-scaling Kong is shaken...
Opinion | A way to support housing options for homelessness into a neighborhood By Lisa Deaderick May 19, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Most of us tend to agree that we want to see an end to homelessness,...
Opinion | MTS, NCTD focus on keys to increasing ridership: frequency of service and security By Michael Smolens May 20, 2024 at 5:13 p.m. San Diego transit agencies received some modest news recently: Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed a commitment...
Opinion | Changes up and down San Diego’s coast trigger familiar battles By Michael Smolens May 17, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. San Diego's identity is inextricably tied to its coastline, a widely cherished wonder that is...
Sports | Somewhat rocky WNBA start in no way alters Caitlin Clark’s seismic impact By Bryce Miller May 15, 2024 at 10:16 p.m. It's hard to imagine that one woman with a ponytail can completely transform a game...
Opinion | Unshackling research on guns, marijuana By Michael Smolens May 15, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Separate recent developments underscore the need for research into two matters of vast public health,...
Sports | PGA Championship gets its turn in spicy tussle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf By Bryce Miller May 14, 2024 at 10:40 p.m. The spiciest of the mud-slinging, back-stabbing, greed-soaked reality shows hits overdrive this week. It's not...
Sports | Padres hit the gas to win another series against the Dodgers By Bryce Miller May 13, 2024 at 5:44 a.m. You don't simply beat the Dodgers, especially with their current constellation of stars. You need...
Opinion | History is on the side of student protest movements By Lisa Deaderick May 12, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Within the latest wave of student protests happening on college campuses across the United States...
Opinion | State may expand rental assistance, San Diego considers cutting it By Michael Smolens May 12, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. San Diego could be the site of a new state program using one of the...
Opinion | Trading the San Diego sun for Montana snow By Irv Erdos May 12, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Greetings from the beautiful hills of Montana.We’re here to celebrate our great-grandson’s birthday.My daughter and...
Opinion | Newest addition at Mt. Hoo has big paws to fill By Ernie Cowan May 12, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. From the wilderness came a miracle, thanks to a stubborn wild turkey.A friend was driving...
Sports | Padres boss A.J. Preller earns tip of the cap for fancy footwork in 2024 By Bryce Miller May 12, 2024 at 1:27 a.m. We interrupt this regularly scheduled Padres season to do a very un-San Diego thing: It's...
Opinion | Horsing around with the English language By Richard Lederer May 11, 2024 at 1:04 p.m. This past Saturday, May 4, marked the 150 th (sesquicentennial) anniversary of the running of...
Sports | Legendary Encinitas agent Barry Axelrod remembered by Wally Joyner, Phil Nevin, others By Bryce Miller May 11, 2024 at 5:36 p.m. There's no doubt Barry Axelrod was more than an agent with a string of stars...
Opinion | Labor’s hardball tactics for county CAO candidate may have backfired By Michael Smolens May 10, 2024 at 5:27 p.m. On Tuesday, the region's most powerful labor organization released a letter from 14 elected officials...
Sports | Softball-smashing Mac Barbara leads San Diego State into promising postseason By Bryce Miller May 9, 2024 at 12:18 a.m. It gets expensive being in Mac Barbara's softball universe.The San Diego State softball slugger used...
Opinion | San Diego developer seeks to fill gap in middle-income housing By Michael Smolens May 8, 2024 at 2:49 p.m. Many years ago, Robert Ito was focused on helping people get better jobs.Then he turned...
Opinion | UCLA professor tells story of ‘foot soldiers’ in human smuggling across the border in new book By Lisa Deaderick May 5, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Researcher and professor Jason De León wanted to tell a different story about human smuggling...
Opinion | GOP pushes crackdown on campus unrest with an eye toward the election By Michael Smolens May 6, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. Will the Gaza spring on college campuses contribute to a Democratic downfall in November?At the...
Opinion | Public service vies for worst job in America By Steven P. Dinkin May 5, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Some jobs are notoriously hard to fill in industries ranging from health care to manufacturing...
Sports | Thrill ride of a Kentucky Derby finish, unseen since 1947, crowns Mystik Dan By Bryce Miller May 7, 2024 at 2:57 a.m. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 150th Kentucky Derby had to finish this way, right? It had to build...
Sports | Coach Brandon Moore ramps up USD’s football rebuild after being ‘knocked off my feet’ by hazing investigation By Bryce Miller May 4, 2024 at 1:22 a.m. Thirteen months ago, Brandon Moore's football universe was teeming with brilliant, shimmering stars and intoxicating...
Opinion | California’s housing density push may be on the run, for now By Michael Smolens May 3, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. In recent years, the Legislature has passed several laws to increase housing density across the...
Sports | Inside the wild tale of horse trainer Val Brinkerhoff, a Del Mar moment and a $550,000 ring By Bryce Miller May 2, 2024 at 11:01 p.m. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Val Brinkerhoff is a cowboy's cowboy, jarred and bucked and tossed about so much...
Sports | Del Mar trainer Phil D’Amato ditches law, lands in first Kentucky Derby with Stronghold By Bryce Miller May 2, 2024 at 12:09 a.m. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As a political science major at USC, Phil D'Amato thought he had his professional...
Opinion | It’s time to ditch San Diego’s airport rail connection fantasy By Michael Smolens May 2, 2024 at 12:58 p.m. The San Diego Flyer isn't the answer to getting a better transit connection to San...
Sports | Del Mar veterans peel back the stories on the verge of the 150th Kentucky Derby By Bryce Miller April 30, 2024 at 10:42 p.m. DEL MAR — In the late-1990s, the Del Mar media relations crew would offer writers gifts that...
Sports | Padres must figure out a way to beat playoff-caliber teams like Phillies By Bryce Miller April 29, 2024 at 12:51 a.m. Give credit to manager Mike Shildt, the clear-eyed realist. If the Padres want to shed...
Opinion | Court ruling on protest liability won’t stop collective action By Lisa Deaderick April 28, 2024 at 1:20 p.m. In the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision earlier this month declining to hear arguments in a...
Opinion | Quest to capture the Ghost worth the wait By Ernie Cowan April 28, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. I’ve seen the Ghost.Those who live or spend a lot of time in San Diego...
Opinion | This guy knows his way around the kitchen By Irv Erdos April 28, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Breakfast for my wife and me at the local coffee shop came to a pricey...
Opinion | Changing water reality upends huge project, pushes rates higher By Michael Smolens April 28, 2024 at 6:02 p.m. We're all in hot water.Sometimes there's not enough water, sometimes too much. Either way, water...
Sports | San Diego broadcasting legend Ted Leitner moves closer to finish line of stellar career By Bryce Miller April 27, 2024 at 10:46 p.m. Ted Leitner jumped into his first broadcasting gig in 1966, earning $10 per game to...
Opinion | One word sparks forth many meanings By Richard Lederer April 27, 2024 at 12:50 p.m. DEAR RICHARD: The word buck has nine different definitions as presented in dictionary.com. This set...
Opinion | States get more aggressive in pushing cities to address homelessness By Michael Smolens April 26, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom and his favorite nemesis, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, are ramping up pressure...
Sports | Decision to return Heisman Trophy to Reggie Bush more about times than vindication By Bryce Miller April 25, 2024 at 12:51 p.m. There will be plenty who argue the decision announced Wednesday to return the 2005 Heisman...
Opinion | San Diego congressional delegation is all in on foreign aid package By Michael Smolens April 25, 2024 at 12:59 p.m. Bipartisanship, if not total unity, was key to the House of Representatives' approval on Saturday...
Sports | Boom, check. Padres pile up the little things to stop Blue Jays, losing streak By Bryce Miller April 22, 2024 at 1:11 a.m. Navigating a Major League Baseball season is all about buckling in for the roller coaster,...
Opinion | San Diego encourages adult swimming and water safety with outreach programming By Lisa Deaderick April 21, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. As it gets warmer outside, more people are getting in the water, and that means...
Opinion | San Diego homeless programs face financial, accountability pressures By Michael Smolens April 21, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Despite the need to close a significant financial shortfall, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said...
Opinion | Competing calls for combatting maritime migrant smuggling off San Diego By Michael Smolens April 19, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Late Saturday morning, a powerboat sped past surfers just offshore and onto a populated Carlsbad...
Opinion | Court ruling, ballot measures could upend infrastructure financing By Michael Smolens April 17, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. The Supreme Court has made it easier to challenge development fees that are key to...
Opinion | Her large-scale photos speak thousands of words about Indigenous communities, identities By Lisa Deaderick April 14, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Contemporary fine art photographer Cara Romero is thoughtful and deliberate in her work and particularly...
Opinion | What should you do if you’re bitten by a rattlesnake? By Ernie Cowan April 14, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. I was leading a group of nature photographers on a desert wildflower trip and had...
Opinion | Cost to resolve problem has him bugging out By Irv Erdos April 14, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. We’ve got termites!You wouldn’t know based on personal examination, but I had taken advantage of...
Opinion | It’s time to brush up your Shakespeare By Richard Lederer April 13, 2024 at 1:31 p.m. Little information about William Shakespeare’s personal life is available, but from municipal records we can...
Sports | Padres bright spots, women’s basketball impact, John Calipari and Bronny James head-scratchers By Bryce Miller April 11, 2024 at 11:00 p.m. A little bit about a lot ...It's early, as Padres fans say while nervously peaking...
Opinion | Psychologists to discuss trauma, mental health and human rights of Palestinians at USD panel By Lisa Deaderick April 7, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Psychologists, researchers, and mental health professionals have been working with civilian populations in Palestine for...
Opinion | Global warming is wreaking havoc as researchers seek to cool things down By Michael Smolens April 7, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. It's pretty hard to be a climate change denier these days. The signs of global...
Opinion | Youth-led movement confronts homelessness in San Diego By Steven P. Dinkin April 7, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. According to psychologists, the human brain is wired to stereotype, as a way to categorize...
Opinion | Another hopeful zig-zag on homelessness in San Diego By Michael Smolens April 5, 2024 at 12:29 p.m. A centrally located, permanent shelter with 1,000 beds and numerous on-site services seems like a...
Sports | San Diego gem Meb Keflezighi braces for ’emotional’ return to Boston Marathon By Bryce Miller April 4, 2024 at 11:26 p.m. Ten years ago, Meb Keflezighi felt the raw emotion and crushing sadness of the first...
Sports | Masterful vision of late Padres President Larry Lucchino lives on at Petco Park By Bryce Miller April 3, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Petco Park is an experience as much as a place. It's the morning and mid-day...
Opinion | Ballot logjam ahead? Public safety tax is floated for November in San Diego By Michael Smolens April 3, 2024 at 8:17 p.m. The local tax-increase derby headed for the November ballot is getting more complicated.A countywide transportation...
Opinion | ‘They pay us less, but everything costs us more.’ California’s women and girls need economic equity By Lisa Deaderick March 31, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. The data around the economic inequality faced by women and girls in California kept popping...
Opinion | Spring has sprung on Mt. Hoo By Ernie Cowan March 31, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Spring seemed impatient this year.It arrived here on Mt. Hoo like someone flipped a switch.The...
Opinion | Renters are having a moment in San Diego. Will it last? By Michael Smolens March 31, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Thousands of new apartments are opening across the region this year.In the city of San...
Opinion | Pasta, pastry and progeny promise perfect Pasqua By Irv Erdos March 31, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. Happy to have Aunt Anna from Brooklyn here to spend Easter with us.She’ll join the...
Sports | San Diego State’s legacy soared during Sweet 16 season, even as shooting sunk By Bryce Miller March 31, 2024 at 6:39 p.m. BOSTON — In the ashes of a Sweet 16 blowout loss to fire-breathing UConn on Thursday at...
Opinion | The Wisdom of the Easter Bunny By Richard Lederer March 30, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. Everything I need to know about life I learned from the Easter Bunny:Don’t put all...
Opinion | San Diego continues to chase the mirage of a new City Hall By Michael Smolens March 29, 2024 at 5:07 p.m. The city of San Diego's pending move to relocate hundreds of employees out of a...
Sports | UConn can – and did – in Sweet 16 rout of Aztecs By Bryce Miller March 29, 2024 at 10:59 a.m. BOSTON — In the end, UConn was too UConn and San Diego State was too San Diego...
Sports | The key to upsetting No. 1 UConn? Start with Aztecs guards Darrion Trammell, Lamont Butler By Bryce Miller March 27, 2024 at 9:35 p.m. BOSTON — Finding a way to beat No. 1 overall seed UConn in the Sweet 16 of...
Opinion | Political fundraising scam still legal under federal law By Michael Smolens March 27, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. A move is afoot in Congress to ban a particularly insidious form of political fundraising...
Opinion | GOP could face backlash over efforts to restrict birth control By Michael Smolens March 24, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. It's hard to imagine anything could put Republicans in a bind in this election cycle...
Sports | After Seoul Series, trip to troubled DMZ offers link to family – and perspective on past By Bryce Miller March 23, 2024 at 11:07 p.m. KOREAN DEMILITARIZED ZONE — As a tour bus zig-zags the rural countryside near one of the most...
Opinion | A celebration of sexuality among people with disabilities in film at San Diego Latino Film Festival By Lisa Deaderick March 22, 2024 at 8:16 p.m. Brazilian documentary filmmaker Daniel Gonçalves and his editing partner looked for other films exploring the...
Opinion | San Diego city attorney primary results create drama for November By Michael Smolens March 22, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. It promised to be one of the least dramatic elections on the March 5 ballot.It...
Sports | Pitcher Joe Musgrove navigates rough waters as Padres log first win of ’24 By Bryce Miller March 21, 2024 at 9:56 p.m. SEOUL, South Korea — As the baseballs flew from foul line to foul line off bats brown...
Sports | Tale of two ticket fates as Padres fans enjoy Seoul Series, others cope with being shut out By Bryce Miller March 20, 2024 at 10:30 p.m. SEOUL, South Korea — Imagine flying nearly 6,100 miles across 16 time zones, through sleep deprivation and...
Opinion | Housing moves: Streamlining, more permits, pressure on Coastal Commission By Michael Smolens March 20, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. San Diego still has a housing shortage and its homeless population continues to grow.But recent...