An investigative report by The Navarro Report Staff For more than a year, San Diego County fought in court to keep secret what its own investigators had already documented: a […]
Why San Diego Has More Riding on Newsom’s Mail-Ballot Fight Than Almost Anywhere Else
San Diego — The Navarro Report California filed a new federal lawsuit this week against the Trump administration’s mail-in voting order, and nowhere in the state does the outcome matter […]
Rec Center Cuts Land in an Already Squeezed San Diego
San Diego — The Navarro Report Seventeen San Diego recreation centers began operating on reduced hours this weekend, the latest visible mark of a budget standoff that has stretched across […]
A Single Arrest in Winnetka Becomes Ammunition in California’s Prop 39 Fight
California — The Navarro Report Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Friday the arrest of Darwin Jonathan Rivera Flores, a 30-year-old Honduran national and green-card holder from the Winnetka neighborhood […]
South County’s Political Order Gets Scrambled Days Before the Filing Deadline
SAN DIEGO — A wave of last-minute retirements, entrances, and withdrawals has upended the political landscape across San Diego County’s southern, border-adjacent cities just as candidate filing closed for November’s […]
SANDAG’s New Boss Inherited a Mess. Is He Cleaning It Up — Or Just Consolidating Control?
By Jose Navarro, MBA When Mario Orso took over as CEO of the San Diego Association of Governments in June 2024, he inherited an agency in genuine crisis: a toll-collection […]
U.S. Issues Security Alert for Mexicali, Suspends Consular Activity Across the Border from Calexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says the warning, based on U.S. intelligence, involves a possible criminal group; officials report no confirmed imminent threat. CALEXICO — The U.S. government issued a security […]
District 2 Showdown: What Bailey and Crosby Are Actually Offering on Jobs and Homelessness
SAN DIEGO — August 23, 2026 With Councilmember Jennifer Campbell termed out, San Diego’s District 2 — stretching from Clairemont and the Midway District through Ocean Beach, Mission Beach, Old […]
San Diego’s Economy Attracts Capital, But Affordability Strain Deepens
SAN DIEGO — August 22, 2026 San Diego’s regional economy continues to draw investment capital and outperform state and national labor market benchmarks, even as a widening affordability gap threatens […]
USS Abraham Lincoln Heads Home to San Diego After Record 272-Day Deployment
SAN DIEGO The USS Abraham Lincoln is finally steaming home to Naval Base San Diego after a deployment that stretched to more than 270 consecutive days at sea, the longest […]