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| Me & The New Guy, Labu (Taken 5.28.25) |
I've been up super late working tonight because I figure I'll be busy on Thursday with Toby's graduation and doing my work newsletter and all the things, and then I got a reminder about a 10:30am event I'm supposed to be at. Whoopsie. So I'll keep it short, even though I have about 20 rants building up in my soul. Obviously I'm pissed about budgets: the federal reconciliation is horrifying, the City of San Diego's is embarrassing, and I haven't had a chance to look over the County or SANDAG, but I'm sure they'll just piss me off, too. My friend and I were talking about the paid parking coming to Balboa Park (already a foregone conclusion by most) and it just pissed me off even more. Do you know that just to get paid parking going, they have a "one-time use" fee of $325,000 in the budget for "Support For Balboa Park Parking" as well as a $3Million budget for an OUTSIDE CONTRACT 'primarily associated with the security services and to support implementation of paid parking in Balboa Park parking.'" What the actual fuck? I don't dislike Todd Gloria like everyone on Nextdoor does, but he has consistently gotten EVERYTHING wrong on Balboa Park. Like since he was on council. And this is just very bad for San Diegans.
I know I sound so angry, but that's what happens when my fingers hit the keyboard and I've been unintentionally working for way longer than I planned. I actually had a very good week; Toby was doing well enough after his surgery last week that I went to Big Bear, where Darren was doing a work training and had a room provided. We ended up staying two extra nights and enjoyed it so much-- going on a couple hikes, some drives around the lake, some birdwatching of Shadow and Jackie's nest, visiting the Big Bear Alpine Zoo, catching up with our old friend Kelsey at Pickle's Pie Shop (the pie was AMAZING), and finishing with a little private beach picnic on the last day, before we drove home. Since then, I've been making up for lost time at the zoo and got a couple Seaworld nights in over the weekend when they were open until 9 for Memorial Day.
But, as I have said, the kid is graduating on Thursday, I've got this event thing, and we'll probably be doing family stuff since I haven't seen the new twins since that first day when I saw them in the hospital. They're all home now, but my sister isn't feeling her best as she recovers from her emergency C-section. So you'll just have to wait for more baby pics. Unless you're like Darren, who believes all babies look the same anyway.
- SAN DIEGO LOCALS:
- Live Nation is offering $30 All-In tickets to certain shows. You can see what is available for San Diego here.
- MTRP Foundation Selected as Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Christopher Ward - MTRP (5.21.25)
- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!! Private company Blulite Bonfires to take over Coronado beach permits - Times of San Diego/City News Sevices (5.27.25)
- FUCK THIS. Privatization of public services does not make them better, it just makes them exclusive, out of reach for regular people, ripe for corruption.
- Balboa Park
- Landscaping around Balboa Park’s Botanical Building will get a $10M makeover. Nonprofit Forever Balboa Park will soon begin exterior restoration work on the building’s gardens and lawns, and will recreate a historic pergola that went missing during World War II. - San Diego Union-Tribune (5.21.25)
- Forever Balboa Park breaks ground on Central Gardens phase of Botanical Building restoration - Uptown News/Times of San Diego (5.22.25)
- This seriously bums me out. The lawns around the botanical garden are legal to consume alcohol until 8pm and as such, are the location of many family and friend picnics. This article isn't clear, but it sounds like they're removing all the open space lawns in place of shrubs and plantings. I haven't really liked anything "Forever Balboa Park" has done with the park and would definitely question any moves they make, and their ability to raise money on behalf of the park and the people of San Diego.
- Plane Crash In San Diego
- What we know: Investigators seek clues in Murphy Canyon plane crash - Times of San Diego (5.23.25)
- What we know about the San Diego plane crash and the 6 on board who died. Investigators say six people aboard a private plane died when it crashed in a San Diego neighborhood in heavy fog. - kpbs/AP (5.27.25)
- Newly Acquired 540 Acres Supports Conservation, Habitat and Species Protection - County News Center (5.27.25)
- San Diego Is 2025’s 10th Best City to Raise a Family – WalletHub Study (5.26.25)
- SAN DIEGO REGIONAL POLITICS:
- San Diego’s highest paid city employees? Cops racking up overtime and earning over $400,000 - kpbs (5.19.25)
- Jason Costanza - Police Officer Ii (2023): Regular pay: $107,763.00 | Overtime pay: $286,351.00 | Other pay: $38,897.00 | Total pay: $433,011.00
- Annual Count Shows Decline in County’s Unsheltered Population - County News Center (5.21.25)
- Public Bathrooms: San Diego Keeps Kicking The Can Down The Road. Following years of deficiencies, Mayor Gloria’s budget aims to cut $1.6 million by closing dozens of bathrooms - San Diego Sun (5.22.25)
- Tijuana wastewater chemicals found in coastal aerosols, UCSD study finds - kpbs (5.28.25)
- ANIMAL NEWS:
- Humane Society’s Hannah Shirley, a beloved pygmy hippopotamus, celebrates milestone - Times of San Diego (5.25.25)
- ZOO GOSS:
- San Diego Zoo all abuzz for Bee City USA sign honoring World Bee Day - Times of San Diego (5.21.25)
- SEA WORLD GOSS:
- I forgot to mention in my last post that Seaworld has replaced the plexiglass that was on the side viewing are of the orca pool with a much taller glass. Before both iterations, this was just a steel bar fence that people could reach through, and then the plexi was short so I imagine people were holding phones over the top and dropping them. This glass is beyond the reach of the tallest man, and seems to be more scratch/fog-proof, though that won't really be known until those San Diego froggy nights set in. Additionally, for this year's Summer Spectacular (which started last weekend), apparently they've retooled the Orca show and people are really loving it. I'll let you know when I finally get to see it.
- US GOVERNMENT DESTRUCTION:
- More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging - ProPublica (5.22.25)
- TFG:
- Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations: Exclusive State Department records show: As the TFG administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives. - ProPublica (5.28.25)
- CONGRESS:
- Congress passed the bullshit reconciliation bill that gifts billions to the wealthy and not only slashes programs like Medicaid, but also writes in a ton of bullshit rules that allow TFG to circumvent the constitution and the balance of the three branches of government. I'm not even linking because it is so fucked up.
- STATE DEPT:
- New Visa Policies Put America First, Not China (5.28.25)
- Did a 3rd grader write this policy? Can these people sound more fucking stupid???
- Announcement of a Visa Restriction Policy Targeting Foreign Nationals Who Censor Americans - (5.28.25)
- DOJ:
- How to kill 346 people and get away with it - Popular.info (5.27.25)
- CBP/DHS/ICE:
- COVID-19/AVIAN FLU/HEALTH/WELLNESS:
- Why Women With Type 2 Diabetes Are Diagnosed Later Than Men. Researchers are trying to understand more about the biological and social differences that contribute to later diabetes diagnoses and worse outcomes in women. - Wired (5.26.25)
- COVID-19:
- Experts warn new FDA COVID vaccine policy overlooks long-term risks - kpbs (5.23.25)
- Disease Outbreak News: COVID-19 - Global Situation - WHO: (5.28.25)
- Circulation of LP.8.1 has been declining, and reporting of NB.1.8.1, a Variant Under Monitoring, is increasing
- Recent increases in SARS-CoV-2 activity are broadly consistent with levels observed during the same period last year, however, there still lacks a clear seasonality in SARS-CoV-2 circulation, and surveillance is limited.
- US drops COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women - Reuters (5.27.25)
- CRAZY SHIT FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION (HHS | FDA | CDC | NIH | ETC):
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