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Get the story behind the story every weekday. Host Kristy Totten interviews Union-Tribune reporters about what matters in San Diego.
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The Backstory: The reasons why prosecutors opted not to file criminal charges in SDSU rape case
Rarely, if ever, is the public made aware of the reasoning behind a District Attorney’s Office’s decision not to file charges in a case.
The Uni...
The Backstory: The Poway case being heard by the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will take up a case from Poway Unified School District that tackles a contentious area of social media — when, a...
The Backstory: The Union-Tribune’s Community Voices Project
The Union-Tribune’s Community Voices Project is an online platform for civil discourse about news of the day and matters of the community. It brings d...
The Backstory: Behind the Union-Tribune’s 72 Hours project
San Diego County, like many places nationwide, faces a mental health crisis.
For three days last year, nearly two dozen journalists with The San...
The Backstory: Customers are steamed over SDG&E’s rate-hike proposal
San Diego Gas & Electric is making a case before the California Public Utilities Commission to increase rates starting next year. SDG&E says it needs...
The Backstory: The San Diego Union-Tribune stops running ‘Dilbert’
Hundreds of newspapers across the country – including The San Diego Union-Tribune – have either stopped or will stop running the “Dilbert” comic strip...
The Backstory: What determines where a story runs in the newspaper?
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at a couple of recent stories that had a lot of people talking. First, allegations that Padres beat writer...
The Backstory: How the deaths of three sisters affected those making humanitarian water and supply drops in San Diego County
The number of migrants who have died or gone missing trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has sharply increased in recent year from an estimated 371...
The Backstory: The controversy surrounding Scripps Mercy’s new chief of staff
Scripps Health announced last month that physicians at Scripps Mercy Hospital named a new chief of staff. The announcement of Dr. James Grisolia’s sel...
The Backstory: Santee residents debate transgender policy
Protests have taken place in Santee over the last couple of weeks after a 17-year-old girl complained about seeing a transgender woman in the women’s...
Farewell from the San Diego News Fix
Hi everyone, Kristy from the News Fix here. Yesterday was our last official episode, but today I just wanted to come on and say thank you for listenin...
The Backstory: The real cost of child care in California
California has several subsidized child care programs that help families pay for child care and fund many of the state’s tens of thousands of child ca...
Meet Captain Liz Clark — surfer, sailor and environmentalist
Captain Liz Clark is from Point Loma, and learned to surf and sail here before going to college at UC Santa Barbara and setting out on a 12-year sea v...
San Diego may fare better than other cities in coming recession
San Diego economists say a recession is definitely coming, but they also say our region may weather it better than most.
Business reporte...
The history of Lunar New Year and where to celebrate around San Diego
Lunar New Year is Sunday, Jan. 22. Each year is represented by an animal on the Chinese zodiac calendar, and this year, it's the rabbit or the cat, de...
In California, subsidized child care is chronically underfunded
State-subsized child care often does not cover the true cost of child care. That's the top-line finding from the second report in a new series about c...
Birch Aquarium sees its first-ever pregnant male seadragon
For the first time ever, the Birch Aquarium is home to a pregnant male seadragon. Leslee Matsushige is the aquarium's resident seahorse expert.
The Backstory: New sports editor joins the Union-Tribune team
Union-Tribune publisher and editor Jeff Light, and managing editor Lora Cicalo introduce us to Ryan Finley, the U-T’s new sports editor. Ryan Finley j...
More high-rise and backyard units could be coming to San Diego
A controversial proposal to allow high-rise housing and backyard apartments in San Diego made progress Thursday when it was approved by a key committe...
Highlights from Mayor Todd Gloria's State of the City address
Mayor Todd Gloria gave his 2023 State of the City address Wednesday, where he highlighted housing, homelessness, infrastructure and more. U-T engageme...
Del Mar Fairgrounds could be getting a makeover. Here's what's in store.
The Del Mar Fairgrounds could be getting a makeover. Tuesday, the state institution that governs the land voted to hire a consultant to come up with i...
Child care support in California falls short
Child care can be one of the most expensive aspects of having children. In San Diego, the going rate is $1,500 per month for infant care. In Californi...
SDG&E natural gas prices are doubling. Here's why.
As gas prices are dropping around the country, SDG&E natural gas prices are expected to double this month. Rob Nikolewski covers energy at the Union-T...
'I lost a soccer jersey signed by Pelé'
Pelé was a Brazilian soccer player who, by all accounts, changed the game. Ricardo Campo is the president of the San Diego Loyal soccer team, and once...
More storms headed for San Diego, and the drought is far from over
San Diego and California in general have been pummeled with rain recently. How long will it continue and what does this mean for the drought? U-T repo...
PedWest border crossing is set to reopen
The PedWest crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border will reopen on Jan. 9, after being closed for almost three years, since the pandemic began. Reporter Al...
Your guide to an epic year in San Diego in 2023
To help make this year your best yet, the U-T guides team has put together a mega guide called "How to have an epic year in San Diego in 2023." It inc...
San Diego business stories to watch in 2023
2023 is here, and the Union-Tribune business team has compiled a list of 12 stories to watch this year. Business reporter Phillip Molnar has more.
Doing Dry January? Here's a guide to mocktails in San Diego
It's January, and for many that means the beginning of Dry January. But just because you're not drinking alcohol, doesn't mean you can't have a an int...
U-T Opinion announces its 2022 San Diego Person of the Year
Welcome to the San Diego News Fix. Each year, the U-T Editorial Board chooses a person of the year. Editorial and Opinion Director Matthew T. Hall dis...
Border Patrol leaves hundreds of migrants at bus stations across San Diego County
Amid airline cancellations and low shelter space, Border Patrol has been dropping off migrants at bus stations around San Diego without help to reach...
Without a pathway to residency, Afghan war allies could face deportation
The Afghan Adjustment Act was supposed to create a pathway to permanent residency for Afghans who helped the United States during the 20-year war. Sup...
Southwest Airlines flights to and from San Diego are canceled or delayed
All but one Southwest Airlines flight coming in or out of San Diego was canceled Monday. More than 2,700 Southwest flights were canceled across the na...
In San Diego and beyond, 2022 was the year of jazz
After being sidelined by the pandemic, jazz made a comeback in San Diego in 2022. George Varga is the U-T's music critic. He shares the year's highs a...
Holiday travel: what to know before leaving San Diego
Before you head out of town for the holidays, we have some advice for you. U-T tourism reporter Lori Weisberg has more.
Visiting Julian? Here are the best things to eat, drink and do
Julian may be known as an autumn and winter escape from San Diego, but this small town offers visitors more than enough to keep busy all year long. Co...
Last-minute, sustainable, local holiday gift ideas
If you're shopping for the holidays or just in general, U-T community engagement editor Bella Ross has tips on ethnical, eco-conscious shopping.
'It's really going to change my life': UCSD student teacher reacts to strike agreement
After a five-week strike, the University of California and United Auto Workers, the union that represents graduate student workers, have reached a ten...
Meet Todd Kent, co-founder and CEO of Boochcraft
Todd Kent is the CEO of Boochcraft hard kombucha, which was founded in Ocean Beach, San Diego. Todd is a serial entrepreneur who cares about healthy l...
The Backstory: Many questions remain in SDSU gang-rape case
After months of review, the District Attorney’s Office announced on Dec. 7 that it would not file criminal charges against three former San Diego Stat...