{"id":446603,"date":"2026-08-28T23:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/446603\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T23:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:24:22","slug":"daily-business-report-august-28-2026-san-diego-metro-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/446603\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Business Report: August 28, 2026, San Diego Metro Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MTS Wants Fletcher Accuser to Pay Nearly $800K in Legal Bills<\/a><\/p>\n

By Lisa Halverstadt and MacKenzie Elmer | Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Transit System is trying to collect more than $775,000 in attorney fees and costs from Grecia Figueroa, a fired former employee who sued the agency and alleged sexual harassment and assault against former MTS chair Nathan Fletcher.<\/p>\n

Lori Salda\u00f1a, a former assemblymember, raised concerns about the transit agency\u2019s action to seek attorney fees from Figueroa during public comment at a July MTS meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you aware that you\u2019re requesting a million dollars in legal fees from the woman who filed these allegations against former Chairman Nathan Fletcher?\u201d she asked the board. \u201cShe is now working at a minimum wage job. There is no way that she is going to pay a million dollars in legal fees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Ready or not, Waymo is coming. We take a ride as the self-driving service prepares for its San Diego launch<\/a><\/p>\n

by Jennifer Vigil\u00a0| Times of San Diego<\/p>\n

It feels a little na\u00efve at this point to be aghast and agog over\u00a0Waymo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The driverless taxi service, which began autonomous operations in Phoenix six years ago, is\u00a0coming to San Diego<\/a>\u00a0as you may have heard.<\/p>\n

Or seen, actually. The sleek misty blue\u00a0Ojai edition<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 manufactured not by a carmaker you\u2019d readily recognize, but by\u00a0Zeekr<\/a>, a Chinese brand \u2013 has been visible, meandering over parts of town for months, and even more so in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

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

County Nursing Facility Plagued by Racism, Sexual Harassment and Sex Tapes<\/a><\/p>\n

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

In recent years, employees at the county\u2019s Edgemoor skilled nursing facility have been plagued by racial tension, sexual harassment and sex tapes. Then county behavioral health officials last year promoted an administrative analyst who worked elsewhere in the department just months after an investigation found she made a racist comment during an online diversity training.<\/p>\n

Yet top county officials claim they only learned the \u201cspecific details\u201d of the incidents after Voice of San Diego took the county to court to force the release of misconduct records.\u00a0County officials responded by firing the county\u2019s behavioral health services director effective Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Now former director Nadia Privara is considering her legal options against the county.<\/p>\n

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