Katie Hyson
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- Sep 30, 2026
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Latest challenge to controversial Emerald Hills development alleges racial discrimination (opens the original)
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Another lawsuit is challenging the controversial development coming to Emerald Hills — 123 homes on a hilltop that neighbors have long hoped would be a park. Andrea Hetheru was the community planning group chair in 2024. She didn’t understand how the development was allowed. The area wasn’t zoned for that density. It sent her down a long, complicated rabbit hole. “Did I think it was going to take two and a half years of my life? Hundreds of hours? You know, not going to sleep – for how many days
Family of Islamic Center shooter sues mental health facility (opens the original)
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The family of one of the shooters in the Islamic Center attack is now suing a mental health facility for negligence and wrongful death. Plus, what a looming El Niño could mean for San Diego County. And, how an Environmental Protection Agency announcement is renewing hope for Imperial County residents plagued by river pollution.
These women are paving the way for more formerly incarcerated people to practice law (opens the original)
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Colleen Murphy is entering her third year at California Western School of Law — against all odds. “In my 20s, I had experienced a lot of, like, adversity and ended up incarcerated. And at that point, I really thought my life was over,” she said. “After years of struggling through that, I ended up homeless and found out I was pregnant shortly after.” Becoming a single mother fueled her to change her trajectory. She started community college, and faced a new set of questions. “Do I qualify for fin
Critics warned a state law targeting sex buyers could lead to racial bias. Here's how it's playing out in San Diego (opens the original)
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A new billboard went up earlier this year on Main Street in Barrio Logan. “Buyers of Sex - Beware,” it warns. “California law, AB 379, makes it illegal to loiter in an area for the purpose of purchasing sex.” The law went into effect in January. The city of San Diego and Mayor Todd Gloria sponsored it. Proponents argued it was needed to combat sex trafficking. On the left of the billboard, a man’s pale wrists are handcuffed. On the right, a faceless pale woman huddles in the shadows. The images
Independent oversight of San Diego County’s juvenile institutions faces shaky future as abuse allegations mount (opens the original)
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The San Diego Superior Court is ending its administrative support for the Juvenile Justice Commission. It threatens the independent oversight of the county’s juvenile institutions as abuse allegations against those institutions continue to pile up. San Diego’s Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC) inspects the county’s publicly run juvenile institutions — including juvenile halls and foster care facilities — and reviews reports of serious incidents that happen there. State law requires the commissio
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