BREAKING: Chula Vista Police Department officer shot & killed a 50-yr-old Hispanic man early this morning after a car accident. The man refused to exit his car for over 30 mins then fired a handgun toward officer.s. San Diego Police Department homicide investigating as is routine in officer involved shootings.

The attack on Donald Trump was wrong, period, but so is the dangerous political rhetoric of “us vs them”, “replacement theory”, “civil war”, “fake news”, “deep state”, “stolen election”, & “rogue judges” that only divides our country. We need a reset in political discourse now.

RIP: San Diego County Democratic Party Chair Rebecca Taylor had died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident while returning from Utah. A Navy veteran and avid motorcycle rider, Taylor served as acting-Chair in 2022 then elected Chair in 2023. 🙏🏼

PERSPECTIVE: AZ US Senator Mark Kelly should replace President Biden Joe Biden Now. Kelly, former NASA Space Shuttle astronaut & Navy combat fighter pilot, is husband of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot & wounded during an assassination attempt in 2011. READ: laprensa.org/perspective-ma…

County approves plan to calculate corporate landlord ownership of single family homes & consider ways to protect renters through policies, ordinances, or even lawsuits. Proposal does not included apartments or owners of fewer than 25 units. STORY: laprensa.org/county-look-re…

BREAKING: President Biden Joe Biden announces he will end his re-election campaign and focus on the rest of his term, opening up the Democratic nomination at the convention in Chicago. Biden will address the nation later in the week.

BREAKING: Former SD County Democratic Party Chairman Will Rodriguez-Kennedy released joint statement w/ Oscar Rendon who had accused WRK of assault, saying it was a "misunderstanding" & are "wishing each other the very best as we move on with our lives." San Diego Democrats

ICYMI: Shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant still holds millions of pounds of radioactive waste. STORY: laprensa.org/closed-san-ono…

BREAKING: CV's Steve Castaneda has conflict of interest with proposed floating solar project, according to advice letter from FPPC issued last week, but he voted to approve the contract last year. How will that affect the controversial project? STORY: laprensa.org/steve-castaned…

BREAKING: Former Port District Commissioner Rafael Castellanos, who resigned abruptly from the Board in Jan, is now being pushed for the $450k CEO position by a majority of his former Board colleagues. No former Commissioner has ever been hired as CEO in Port's 62-year history.

ICYMI: Former CV Councilwoman Andrea Cardenas was sentenced last week on 2 felony counts of grand theft after she & her brother Jesus Cardenas pleaded guilty to stealing over $225k in gov funds. They were indicted on 14 felony counts but took a plea deal to avoid prison. STORY:

Truth Social stock drops to $16.98, more than 70% off it’s peak of $79.38 when social media platform went public in late March. Trump can begin selling his shares Sept 19th. Trump’s stock value has fallen from $6B to about $2B. Stock now at $17.40.

UPDATE: Now San Diego State University lawyers say they lack "sufficient knowledge to admit or deny" whether Jack McGrory has documents regarding secret sports arena deal, yet they BLOCKED him from testifying under oath. This delay tactic only further erodes public trust. #LetJackTalk READ STORY

UPDATE: Jack McGrory says “No One Asked Me!” before @sdsu blocked him from testifying under oath. No one told him about deposition or asked him for docs @laprensasd requested in lawsuit. STORY: laprensa.org/mcgrory-says-n…

Latinx artist Crisleda Vasquez’s painting The New American Gothic depicts a maid & gardener replacing the farmer & his daughter in 1930 America Gothic as the new symbols of US workers. Stay tuned for our story tomorrow about SD’s “son of a maid & a gardener.”