{"id":428814,"date":"2026-08-10T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428814\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:12:08","slug":"daily-business-report-august-10-2026-san-diego-metro-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428814\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Business Report: August 10, 2026, San Diego Metro Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back-to-school sticker shock: Rising cost of school supplies delivers hard hit to family budgets<\/a><\/p>\n

by\u00a0Alejandro Maciel | Times of San Diego<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week, I accompanied my daughter to Target to buy notebooks, pencils, markers, folders, and the long list of supplies she\u2019ll need for the school year that starts in less than a week.<\/p>\n

I went with her last year, too. And the first thing I noticed was the price of everything.<\/p>\n

Everything seems to cost more.<\/p>\n

As we walked through the aisles, I ran into Mar\u00eda Ibarra, who was shopping with her daughter, a seventh-grader this year. Standing in front of a shelf lined with notebooks, Mar\u00eda was trying to find options that would better fit her budget.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Map shows startling swing in gas prices by county across California \u2014 and where cheapest stations are<\/a><\/p>\n

by Zain Kahn| California Post<\/p>\n

California drivers are getting a painful reminder that where they fill up can matter almost as much as what they drive.<\/p>\n

The state average for regular gasoline stood at $5.593 a gallon Sunday,\u00a0according to AAA<\/a>, putting California about $1.58 above the $4.012 national average.<\/p>\n

A county-by-county look at the latest available figures shows a patchwork of prices, with some inland\u00a0communities offering considerably cheaper gas<\/a>\u00a0while motorists along the Central Coast and in parts of the Bay Area are paying well above average.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

Harm Reduction Subcontractor Tries \u2013 and Fails \u2013 To Return Money to County<\/a><\/p>\n

by Lisa Halverstadt\u00a0| Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

For nearly three months, a company that worked with an ex-county contractor now embroiled in a\u00a0criminal embezzlement case<\/a>\u00a0has tried \u2013 and failed \u2013 to hand the county $170,000.<\/p>\n

Now the county says it will seek those funds in Superior Court.<\/p>\n

SMRT1 Health Solutions supplied vending machines throughout the county as a subcontractor for the Harm Reduction Coalition of San Diego, which deployed overdose reversal drugs using SMRT1\u2019s vending machines along with other outreach. The Harm Reduction Coalition, using county money, paid SMRT1 upfront for its related work before the nonprofit\u2019s two county contracts were\u00a0cancelled last June<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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