Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | Only the security guards were there to greet Hasan Ikhrata on Thursday morning in the lobby of Wells Fargo Plaza downtown, where San Diego’s premiere regional transportation planning agency is headquartered.Several flights up, Ikhrata walked into an empty room, labeled Vision Lab, wearing a surgical mask and his signature pinstripe suit. Five months ago, he would’ve been greeted by dozens of planners and data experts, feverishly poring over maps and computer models.Today, Ikhrata’s nearly two-year-old campaign to revolutionize San Diego with...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | Only the security guards were there to greet Hasan Ikhrata on Thursday morning in the lobby of Wells Fargo Plaza downtown, where San Diego’s premiere regional transportation planning agency is headquartered.Several flights up, Ikhrata walked into an empty room, labeled Vision Lab, wearing a surgical mask and his signature pinstripe suit. Five months ago, he would’ve been greeted by dozens of planners and data experts, feverishly poring over maps and computer models.Today, Ikhrata’s nearly two-year-old campaign to revolutionize San Diego with...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | The intersection of Euclid and University avenues is starting to vibrate again with car engines and waves of rap music rumbling under conversations in Chinese, Cambodian, Thai, African dialects, Spanish, English and Arabic.A young Latina mom walks her toddler down the sun-baked sidewalk. A Black man jogs by White hipsters in sunglasses. A Muslim couple in traditional dress strolls down the block as two Asian kids on bikes weave into traffic. Fear of the virus and government social-distancing orders kept many San Diegans like these at home...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | The intersection of Euclid and University avenues is starting to vibrate again with car engines and waves of rap music rumbling under conversations in Chinese, Cambodian, Thai, African dialects, Spanish, English and Arabic.A young Latina mom walks her toddler down the sun-baked sidewalk. A Black man jogs by White hipsters in sunglasses. A Muslim couple in traditional dress strolls down the block as two Asian kids on bikes weave into traffic. Fear of the virus and government social-distancing orders kept many San Diegans like these at home...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A state court has struck down a San Diego County plan to allow housing developers to buy their way around restrictions on greenhouse-gas emissions from new vehicle traffic using so-called carbon offsets.The 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego issued its on Friday in response to a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Climate Action Campaign and other environmental groups.Specifically, the three-judge panel’s decision tossed out the county’s latest adopted — the sixth such ruling...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement A state court has struck down a San Diego County plan to allow housing developers to buy their way around restrictions on greenhouse-gas emissions from new vehicle traffic using so-called carbon offsets.The 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego issued its on Friday in response to a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Climate Action Campaign and other environmental groups.Specifically, the three-judge panel’s decision tossed out the county’s latest adopted — the sixth such ruling...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Hundreds of people from across Southern California descended on Pacific Beach Sunday, dismissing government warnings about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and demanding that businesses be allowed to reopen.The rally was the latest in a series of events across the country, attended largely by supporters of President Donald Trump. A similar but much smaller event was also held Sunday in Imperial Beach. On Saturday, between 75 and 100 people gathered at a rally against beach closures in Encinitas and three people...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Hundreds of people from across Southern California descended on Pacific Beach Sunday, dismissing government warnings about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and demanding that businesses be allowed to reopen.The rally was the latest in a series of events across the country, attended largely by supporters of President Donald Trump. A similar but much smaller event was also held Sunday in Imperial Beach. On Saturday, between 75 and 100 people gathered at a rally against beach closures in Encinitas and three people...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement County Supervisor Jim Desmond said this week on a conservative podcast critical of California’s stay-home orders that the San Diego region has only had “six pure, solely coronavirus deaths.”The comment, which was made Tuesday on the Armstrong & Getty Extra Large Interviews, suggested that all but six of the region’s roughly 190 deaths should be somewhat discounted because patients had underlying health conditions. “We’ve unfortunately had six pure, solely coronavirus deaths — six out of 3.3 million people,”...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement County Supervisor Jim Desmond said this week on a conservative podcast critical of California’s stay-home orders that the San Diego region has only had “six pure, solely coronavirus deaths.”The comment, which was made Tuesday on the Armstrong & Getty Extra Large Interviews, suggested that all but six of the region’s roughly 190 deaths should be somewhat discounted because patients had underlying health conditions. “We’ve unfortunately had six pure, solely coronavirus deaths — six out of 3.3 million people,”...WW…