State agencies were told to clear encampments. It’s not clear that much will quickly change in San Diego.

Che San Diego Union-Cribune ESSENTIAL SAN DIEGO Monday, August 12, 2024 STATE AGENCIES WERE TOLD TO CLEAR ENCAMPMENTS. IT’S NOT CLEAR THAT MUCH WILL QUICKLY CHANGE IN SAN DIEGO. One department has increased sweeps in recent years, but a new executive order didn’t detail funding to expand the effort. Read more → HERE’S HOW MUCH BIG LEGAL PAYOUTS ARE COSTING SAN DIEGO — AND WHAT’S COSTING IT THE MOST "One of the common denominators is the lack of accountability," says one lawyer whose clients have won millions in police misconduct cases against the city. Read more → REVISITING THE COP SHOOTING THAT RIPPED THE SEAMS OF RACE RELATIONS IN SAN DIEGO “Reap the Whirlwind,” a new book, recounts the case of Sagon Penn, a young Black man who fatally shot a White police officer in 1985. Read more → ‘WE DID OUR JOB’: DOZENS OF WORLD WAR II VETERANS CELEBRATED AT V-J DAY ANNIVERSARY EVENT IN SAN DIEGO Scores of veterans from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars shared stories and camaraderie at 79th anniversary of VJ Day Read more → HUMANE SOCIETY HITS RECORD NUMBER OF DOGS. HOMES AND ‘BIG HEARTS’ NEEDED TO CLEAR THE SHELTERS. After years of steady increases, the shelter group recently hit an unprecedented number of dogs in its care. Read more → SAN DIEGO ATHLETES WON 27 MEDALS IN 12 SPORTS AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS; HERE’S A LOOK AT ALL OF THEM San Diego County would have finished 21st as its own country on the Olympic medals table. Read more → HOME RUN CALL IS OVERTURNED, AND PADRES FALL JUST SHORT OF PERFECT TRIP WITH LOSS TO MARLINS After the Marlins score five runs in the first two innings, the Padres battle back but have a game-tying homer in the ninth inning reversed. Read more → REVIEW: OLD GLOBE’S ‘HOLMES’ UPDATE A FUNNY, FASHIONABLE TAKE ON LITERARY CLASSIC The Balboa Park theater is presenting the San Diego premiere of Kate Hamill’s contemporary and feminist twist on Sherlock Holmes. Read more → OPINION: MAYOR KEEPS MAKING THE CASE THAT SAN DIEGO NEEDS A CITY MANAGER The never-ending stories coming out of City Hall that make San Diegans incredulous, angry or both continued when details of a 50-page report by City Auditor Andy Hanau went public. Read more → OPINION: I THOUGHT I WANTED TO BE A PATENT LAWYER. BUT MY PATH HAS CHANGED. When I first stepped into law school, I envisioned a future in patent law, fueled by my background as a research biologist. Little did I know, a single experience would completely redirect my path. Read more → Logo Copyright © 2024 The San Diego Union-Tribune. All rights reserved. PO Box 120191 | San Diego, CA 92112