Jennifer Van Grove
The Union-Tribune
San Diego, CA, United States
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San Diego will subsidize downtown's FRED shuttle service for another year
The city will use $1.2 million in downtown parking revenue to continue to cover the cost of free shuttle trips around downtown. → Read More
Midway Rising fined $5K for disclosing lobbying activities after selection
The development team selected to lease and redo the city of San Diego's 48-acre sports arena site failed to properly report all of its lobbying activities, as is required by law, an investigation by staff members with San Diego's Ethics Commission found. → Read More
At first community meeting, Midway Rising's sports arena development met with cheers and jeers
Development team selected to redo the city's sports arena site fielded questions about traffic, parking and other project logistics during its first community outreach meeting. → Read More
Westfield ready to rethink Mission Valley West shopping center
Westfield is seeking to remove the red tape restricting the development potential of its nearly 20-acre Mission Valley West shopping center just west of Mission Center Road. → Read More
Should San Diego pay to upgrade this Little Italy park?
The city is proposing to enter into a seemingly unprecedented agreement with the nonprofit Little Italy Association to cover $3 million in upgrades to Amici Park. → Read More
SANDAG is shopping for substantial office space in downtown San Diego
San Diego's lead transportation agency is on the hunt for a new headquarters to accommodate its 400 staffers, and is considering some of the newest — and nicest — properties in the downtown market. → Read More
San Diego plans to pull plug on long-planned downtown Ritz Carlton
San Diego is ready to cancel the nearly seven-year-old deal with Cisterra and its partners because the group won't be able to make crucial deadlines for the now $700 million project → Read More
San Diego proposing to pay $23M in cash and credits for this future downtown park
The city has negotiated a first-of-its-kind deal with Bosa to bring to life a long-envisioned, half-acre downtown park known as North Central Square Park. → Read More
One dead after rollover crash in Chula Vista
A 71-year-old man was killed Monday morning in Chula Vista after his Buick Envision hit a curb, rolled over and crashed into two unoccupied cars, the Chula Vista Police Department said. → Read More
$3.8M Mission Bay park opens with elaborate playground for kids, elliptical machines for adults
The Tecolote Shores North playground in Mission Bay reopened Saturday following a $3.8 million upgrade replete with modern play areas for kids, a variety of fitness equipment for adults, and practical improvements to accommodate park-goers and people with disabilities. → Read More
San Diego hires real estate adviser to rethink downtown office needs
With redevelopment on the horizon, Jones Lange LaSalle will use the next 18 months to determine how and where the city should house its downtown workforce. → Read More
'I'm claiming victory.' Measure C poised to lift the height limit in the Midway District
San Diegans have seemingly agreed to end the moratorium on buildings taller than 30 feet in the 1,324-acre region north of the airport. → Read More
Measure C, which would lift the height limit in the Midway District, still in limbo
Updated election results provide little clarity on whether the repeat ballot proposal will ultimately fail or prevail. → Read More
Early returns highlight uncertainty for Measure C, which aims to lift the height limit in the Midway District
San Diego voters are mixed on the ballot measure, which would strike the entirety of the Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan area from San Diego's coastal zone. → Read More
Buns, bounce houses and robots: Mira Mesa Street Fair returns for 22nd year
After a two-year hiatus, the annual affair shut down a busy cross section of Camino Ruiz and included performances, food and kid-friendly activities. → Read More
San Diego airport awarded $110M in grant money for Terminal 1 project
San Diego International Airport is the beneficiary of substantial federal funding meant to assist the airport as it works to improve operations with the $3.4-billion redo of Terminal 1. → Read More
'The demographics are undeniable.' Latinos are the future of US sports, industry leaders say
Some of the highest-ranking executives in professional sports convened in San Diego on Saturday to discuss the outsized significance of Latino fans and athletes, who they say are essential to the future prosperity of the entire industry. → Read More
Construction starts on Mission Valley's Riverwalk, now a $4B project
Initial phase of Riverwalk San Diego will introduce 930 apartment homes, 75,000 square feet of retail shops and improvements to Friars Road. → Read More
San Diego sued again over ballot measure to lift Midway District height limit
San Diego's repeat ballot proposal to lift the 30-foot building height limit in the Midway District is now being challenged in court by the same party that successfully invalidated the first ordinance. → Read More
Snapdragon Stadium debuts to 15,000 Aztecs season ticket holders
San Diego State University is showing off the $310 million, 35,000-capacity replacement venue that it hopes will become the epicenter of sports and entertainment in town. → Read More