Blake Nelson
The Union-Tribune
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El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells announces bid for Congress, setting up fight with incumbent Sara Jacobs
The head of East County's largest city gained prominence by challenging the county's homelessness efforts and shutdown rules → Read More
Lemon Grove council member gets restraining order against controversial colleague, deepening tensions
The accusations against Liana LeBaron mirror some allegations made by her husband amid a messy divorce → Read More
Santee YMCA's upcoming no nudity policy part of broader trend toward privacy, leaders say
Despite demands from protestors, experts said the facility must follow a law requiring that transgender people have equal access to locker rooms → Read More
Tail end of Alaskan storm making freeways slick, burying mountains in snow
Two people were rescued Saturday morning from a partially submerged vehicle just north of the San Diego International Airport, where street flooding occurred under steady rain. → Read More
County officials may build small houses for the homeless in Santee. Local leaders are not on board.
Council members are hoping new rules that largely ban camping by the river will reduce the number of people sleeping outside in the city → Read More
El Cajon hopes its 911 overhaul will reduce ambulance trips and ER wait times. What are those numbers now?
Other cities have seen varying results concerning how many hospital trips were avoided once less-serious calls could be sent to nurses → Read More
Health care workers at East County hospital vote to unionize
The campaign was sometimes contentious, with Sharp Grossmont and union officials accusing each other of wrongdoing → Read More
Black leaders urge students to become transformative leaders
Hundreds attended the Black History Month breakfast hosted by Women of Color Roar Media, which is starting a new leadership academy → Read More
El Cajon launches first-in-the-region overhaul of 911 program to direct less-serious calls to nurses
Success will partially rest on whether local clinics can quickly take new patients, some of whom may be calling in the middle of the night → Read More
Health care workers at East County's only hospital may unionize amid concerns over staffing, pay
Several La Mesa council members criticized Sharp Grossmont after employees said patient safety was at risk → Read More
Grueling, early morning count collects vital data on county's homeless
'This should not be the only day that we look a person who is experiencing homeless in the face and ask them how they're doing' → Read More
Transgender woman defended at Santee council meeting 2 weeks after girl said she felt unsafe in locker room
Many in the crowd called on leaders to publicly defend the LGBT community in the wake of multiple protests outside the facility → Read More
Protesters gather again outside Santee YMCA over locker room access for transgender residents
The crowd was smaller than a rally earlier in the week and touched on a range of conservative and far-right causes → Read More
Transgender woman at Santee's YMCA says she was 'thunderstruck' by outcry over locker room use
The facility will shutter again this weekend ahead of more protests from conservative groups opposing equal access to bathrooms → Read More
Hundreds protest Santee YMCA's transgender policy
Outcry follows a teenage girl’s account of seeing someone she believed to be a naked man in the women's locker room → Read More
Santee YMCA closing early because of protests as teen's fears over transgender policy gets national attention
One city leader suggested restructuring the locker rooms so that nobody had to change clothes in front of others → Read More
Santee to penalize anyone starting fires by riverbed in an effort to remove the homeless from parts of the city
Hundreds of blazes were reported in the last two-plus years, but a lack of local shelters has complicated the city's response → Read More
S.D. County residents have unequal access to public meetings. How easy should it be to tune in?
Some elected officials can be watched remotely, others can't. Getting it all more accessible won't be cheap. → Read More
East County's only hospital is powered by an off-the-grid machine that's cutting costs and emissions
Sharp Grossmont's power plant offers one option for facilities looking to reduce their environmental impact → Read More
More than a dozen businesses launching in La Mesa under new program funded by federal relief money
The East County city may be the first in the region to use Covid cash for new stores amid a high number of vacant storefronts → Read More