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Midway Rising Advances But Council Insists Affordable Housing Should Be \u2018New\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

By Alejandro Maciel | Times of San Diego<\/p>\n

At the Monday press conference announcing Premont\u2019s appointment, Supervisor Paloma Aguirre, the former mayor of Imperial Beach and one of the strongest advocates for a more aggressive response to the crisis, said conditions continue to worsen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has always been a crisis, but the scale is getting worse every day,\u201d Aguirre said.<\/p>\n

Aguirre noted that the new position addresses a need local leaders have identified for years: having a single person responsible for coordinating efforts across multiple agencies and levels of government. When the county Board of Supervisors approved the County Pollution Crisis Chief position, Aguirre argued that residents needed \u201cone point of accountability\u201d to help tackle a crisis affecting public health, the environment and the regional economy at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Latest State Reports Show Growth, Declines at San Diego Unified<\/a><\/p>\n

by Jakob McWhinney | Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

On Thursday, California released its latest batch of student performance metrics. The data included quite a few bright spots for San Diego Unified \u2014 but also some worrying declines.<\/p>\n

The district\u2019s graduation rate showed a marked increase, likely helped along by officials\u2019 creation of new graduation pathways<\/a>. The percentage of graduates who qualified as \u201cprepared\u201d under the state\u2019s career and college indicator metric also increased. In both metrics, San Diego Unified outperforms other large urban districts in the state.<\/p>\n

Some negative metrics decreased, like the district\u2019s suspension rate and the number of students who were chronically absent. Post-pandemic, chronic absenteeism reached crisis levels for districts across the country. Despite the declines, the district still hasn\u2019t erased the pandemic-era increase.<\/p>\n

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Inside San Diego\u2019s early canneries: How fish transformed the waterfront<\/a><\/p>\n

by Debbie L. Sklar | Special for Times of San Diego<\/p>\n

San Diego\u2019s waterfront once revolved around a very different kind of visitor.<\/p>\n

Fishing boats arrived carrying tons of fish. Workers rushed the catch into nearby plants, where it was cleaned, processed, and packed into cans. The finished products were then shipped to markets across the country.<\/p>\n

The canneries helped transform the city\u2019s waterfront during the first decades of the 20th century, turning commercial fishing into a major local industry and creating a network of factories, docks and businesses along San Diego Bay.<\/p>\n

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