San Diego News Fix

The Backstory: The reasons why prosecutors opted not to file criminal charges in SDSU rape case

Rarely, if ever, is the public made aware of the reasoning behind a District Attorney’s Office’s decision not to file charges in a case. The Union-Tribune obtained an audio recording …

May 07, 2023 · 20m

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The Backstory: The Poway case being heard by the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a case from Poway Unified School District that tackles a contentious area of social media — when, and if, public …

Apr 30, 2023 · 24m

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The Backstory: The Union-Tribune’s Community Voices Project

The Union-Tribune’s Community Voices Project is an online platform for civil discourse about news of the day and matters of the community. It brings dozens of thought leaders together with …

Apr 23, 2023 · 26m

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The Backstory: Behind the Union-Tribune’s 72 Hours project

San Diego County, like many places nationwide, faces a mental health crisis. For three days last year, nearly two dozen journalists with The San Diego Union-Tribune followed patients, police, clinicians, …

Apr 16, 2023 · 18m

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The Backstory: Customers are steamed over SDG&E’s rate-hike proposal

San Diego Gas & Electric is making a case before the California Public Utilities Commission to increase rates starting next year. SDG&E says it needs money for critical projects, like …

Mar 19, 2023 · 26m

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The Backstory: The San Diego Union-Tribune stops running ‘Dilbert’

Hundreds of newspapers across the country – including The San Diego Union-Tribune – have either stopped or will stop running the “Dilbert” comic strip after its creator made racist comments …

Mar 01, 2023 · 22m

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The Backstory: What determines where a story runs in the newspaper?

In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at a couple of recent stories that had a lot of people talking. First, allegations that Padres beat writer Kevin Acee misquoted …

Feb 26, 2023 · 19m

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The Backstory: How the deaths of three sisters affected those making humanitarian water and supply drops in San Diego County

The number of migrants who have died or gone missing trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has sharply increased in recent year from an estimated 371 in 2020, to nearly …

Feb 19, 2023 · 20m

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The Backstory: The controversy surrounding Scripps Mercy’s new chief of staff

Scripps Health announced last month that physicians at Scripps Mercy Hospital named a new chief of staff. The announcement of Dr. James Grisolia’s selection praises the neurologist’s accomplishments and notes …

Feb 12, 2023 · 17m

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The Backstory: Santee residents debate transgender policy

Protests have taken place in Santee over the last couple of weeks after a 17-year-old girl complained about seeing a transgender woman in the women’s locker room at the Cameron …

Jan 29, 2023 · 22m

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Farewell from the San Diego News Fix

Hi everyone, Kristy from the News Fix here. Yesterday was our last official episode, but today I just wanted to come on and say thank you for listening. I've been …

Jan 22, 2023 · 1m

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The Backstory: The real cost of child care in California

California has several subsidized child care programs that help families pay for child care and fund many of the state’s tens of thousands of child care providers. But that aid …

Jan 22, 2023 · 18m

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Meet Captain Liz Clark — surfer, sailor and environmentalist

Captain Liz Clark is from Point Loma, and learned to surf and sail here before going to college at UC Santa Barbara and setting out on a 12-year sea voyage, …

Jan 20, 2023 · 30m

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San Diego may fare better than other cities in coming recession

San Diego economists say a recession is definitely coming, but they also say our region may weather it better than most. Business reporter Phillip Molnar attended the San Diego County …

Jan 20, 2023 · 11m

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The history of Lunar New Year and where to celebrate around San Diego

Lunar New Year is Sunday, Jan. 22. Each year is represented by an animal on the Chinese zodiac calendar, and this year, it's the rabbit or the cat, depending on …

Jan 19, 2023 · 9m

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In California, subsidized child care is chronically underfunded

State-subsized child care often does not cover the true cost of child care. That's the top-line finding from the second report in a new series about child care from U-T …

Jan 18, 2023 · 14m

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Birch Aquarium sees its first-ever pregnant male seadragon

For the first time ever, the Birch Aquarium is home to a pregnant male seadragon. Leslee Matsushige is the aquarium's resident seahorse expert.

Jan 15, 2023 · 20m

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The Backstory: New sports editor joins the Union-Tribune team

Union-Tribune publisher and editor Jeff Light, and managing editor Lora Cicalo introduce us to Ryan Finley, the U-T’s new sports editor. Ryan Finley joined the paper Jan. 9. He succeeds …

Jan 15, 2023 · 26m

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More high-rise and backyard units could be coming to San Diego

A controversial proposal to allow high-rise housing and backyard apartments in San Diego made progress Thursday when it was approved by a key committee. David Garrick covers the city of …

Jan 14, 2023 · 4m

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Highlights from Mayor Todd Gloria's State of the City address

Mayor Todd Gloria gave his 2023 State of the City address Wednesday, where he highlighted housing, homelessness, infrastructure and more. U-T engagement editor Bella Ross was there.

Jan 13, 2023 · 8m

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