Bianca Bruno
Voice of San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States
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Lightner Pushes Back One Paseo Vote
Council President Sherri Lightner’s staff has been looking for weeks at possible locations in Carmel Valley for the Jan. 27 hearing. But they still didn’t manage to secure a location in time. → Read More
Students Are Bailing on Castle Park High
Students are fleeing the South Bay school in droves. Experts say the school-choice program that kick-started the exodus helps disenfranchised communities, but it also provokes a chicken-egg dilemma: How can suffering schools improve if students keep jumping ship? → Read More
‘I Do Want to Compete With San Diego a Little Bit’
Two members of the Chula Vista City Council want the latest version of the city's Climate Action Plan to follow San Diego's lead and set a hard goal of making the city 100 percent dependent on renewable energy. → Read More
Where San Diego and Chula Vista Split on Their Climate Action Plans
Following the draft Climate Action Plan released last month by San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer as a plan-of-attack document to mitigate the city’s general plan, Chula Vista is now in the beginning stages of kicking up its own environmental policies. → Read More
Impromptu Opera and More From Our Border-Centric Meeting of the Minds
You can't have a border discussion in Carlsbad. So we held Wednesday night’s installment of Meeting of the Minds, our popular arts and culture event highlighting San Diego’s creative world, as close to the border as we could get. → Read More
Where Sweetwater School Board Candidates Stack Up
Chula Vista residents will get a chance to know some of their school board candidates at our forum later this week. But first: a sampling of candidates' responses on how they'd approach the job. → Read More
Three Big Reforms That Came out of the Sweetwater Scandal
A new state bill to stop school administrators from raising campaign funds for the board members they serve is the latest in a series of measures meant to address the years-long corruption scandal at Sweetwater Union High School District. → Read More
Fact Check: The Leanest Police Force in San Diego
The San Diego Police Department has been very vocal recently about its problem with recruiting and retaining officers. But does Chula Vista have it even worse? → Read More
Five Things to Watch for at Politifest
Our annual civics festival is its biggest yet. Join us Saturday in Liberty Station and get these burning questions answered. Bonus: local beer, the finest food truck fare and inflatable jousting for the kids and kids-at-heart. → Read More
Sweetwater’s New Plan for Electing School Board Members, in One Map
South Bay voters will now elect a single trustee to represent each of five areas throughout the Sweetwater Union High School District. The idea is that residents will get better representation through a more accessible board member, who must live in the area they speak for. → Read More
Chula Vista Residents to City Leaders: Show Us the Money
Any time we gather a group of residents and ask them what matters to them, the results are remarkably consistent: Streets. Parks. The money to pay for those things. And that's what Chula Vista residents brought up Tuesday night at our Let's Talk Chula Vista event, where outgoing Mayor Cheryl Cox and new City Manager Gary Halbert fielded questions from members of our News Literacy program. → Read More
Why Two Convicted Sweetwater Officials Can Run for Re-Election
Is it really that easy for two officials convicted of on-the-job misconduct to try and reclaim their positions? Yes, it turns out. That's because the prospect of running for re-election was built into their sentences. → Read More
Three Hurdles Facing Sweetwater’s New Superintendent
Sweetwater Union High School District has a new leader. Here are the biggest challenges ahead of Tim Glover as he holds down the fort through December. → Read More
Let’s Talk Chula Vista: What We’ve Learned From News Literacy
Chula Vistans are ready to be heard. As we wrap up our News Literacy workshops, let's check in on what progress we've seen and what bumps we encountered along the way. → Read More
Don’t Call Us ‘Chulajuana’: Chula Vistans’ 3 Big Frustrations
Chula Vistans are tired of the negative perceptions of their city. They said as much at a public forum Friday. Here are the common themes we heard from its fed-up residents. → Read More
For First-Gen College Students, the Goalposts Move from Getting in to Staying in
For many college-prep groups, an acceptance letter might be the happy end to a student's story. But retention rates for first-generation college students are dismal. So one South Bay group and a handful of others are taking a novel approach: They keep → Read More
‘You’re Not Supposed to Be Afraid’: Why Legal Status Shouldn’t Deter You from Reporting a Crime
Some residents who showed up to one of our News Literacy workshops said undocumented immigrants in their community are often afraid to report crimes. There are laws in place to protect the undocumented from retribution or deportation. → Read More
When Law Enforcement Fudges the Law
Public records laws are supposed to enable people to easily access public information from local governments. But Chula Vista Police have been discouraging residents from getting information through one of the simplest, most common channels, making it harder for citizens to know what local law enforcement is doing. → Read More
‘We’re Treated as Dispensables’: What We Learned from Our First News Literacy Workshop
Chula Vista residents have a lot to say. You just have to ask. → Read More