No Laughable www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

San Diego: Watch this space. www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...

SB 79 has the votes!

MTS has about three years’ worth of reserves, after which it will either need new revenue or have to cut services by more than 20%. On Thursday, MTS board members couldn’t agree on a strategy — specifically, what role fare increases should play in balancing the budget. www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...

A bill proposed Monday night, just days before the end of the legislative session, would punch a very small hole in a landmark housing law passed earlier this year that appears to apply to one (1) proposed apartment building in the incoming Senate leader's district. calmatters.org/politics/202...

San Diego still preventing apartments from being built near its underperforming rail transit lines, as I discussed with @acbowen.bsky.social here: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...

San Diego’s Blue Line trolley has ridership numbers that most light rail systems can only dream of. But the Clairemont Drive Station attracts the fewest passengers by far. Why? Because freeway, and because zoning. My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...

My story on San Diego's plan for single-family zoning near its $2 billion trolley extension has been the top story on our website for close to 24 hours now! Thanks to all who have read and shared 💞🏗️🚋 www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...

San Diego isn't close to meeting its housing or climate goals. But that isn't stopping it from locking in single-family zoning in a wealthy neighborhood right next to a $2 billion light rail line. My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/local/2...

They’re burning fossil fuels to create the AI-generated images and words to convince us that fossil fuels and AI are good for us.

Wow, the KPBS audience really cares about public transit and building housing near it! If this is you, we'd love your support 💞🚋🏗️ kpbs.org/donate

If you're just looking at ridership data, San Diego's public transit is doing remarkably well. But the agency — like its peers across the country — is facing a looming deficit. Absent new revenue, MTS will have to cut services by 25% in just a few years. My latest:

Showing children of the future the unacceptable hair rendering on the left to explain why we had to get rid of the rainforest.

San Diego recently approved a 380-unit development across the street from the Blue Line trolley after more than six years of review by the city and Coastal Commission. If/when it gets built, 26% of the homes would be affordable. www.kpbs.org/news/living/...

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the NPS told me that the agency and the DOJ are pursuing administrative action against several Yosemite employees and possible criminal charges against several park visitors over displays on El Capitan since 2024.

I love Terry Gross she is a top ten person

I had a great time chatting about freeways with the hosts of the California Highways: Route by Route podcast. Listen for some Easter eggs about the future of Freeway Exit 😁

Not the Society of Professional Journalists using AI-generated images in their fundraising emails 😣

New Freeway Exit bonus episode just dropped. Me in conversation with @colinparent.bsky.social about his new report “Powerless Brokers: Why California can’t build transit.” Have a listen! www.kpbs.org/podcasts/fre...

San Diego Harbor Police are asking for help finding the driver who they believe struck and killed a woman on North Harbor Drive last Friday night. The driver fled the scene. Police believe the vehicle may have front-end damage. #VisionZero

love this new york times clip. they recently did a story about how sesame street's set has changed over the years, along with our urban politics. IG nytimes

Congratulations and thank you to the many people, programs and institutions that have brought the Police Records Access Project into being. This represents the best of journalism, hard work, collaboration and service to the communities in which we live. journalism.berkeley.edu/police-recor...

3 Aug 25 - New study shows vast "over-representation of trans boys" turns out to be vast _under-representation_ of trans girls bec. they: a) come out ~10 years later; b) start puberty later; & c) delay transitioning longer because of deep social animus towards AMAB femininity. tinyurl.com/yrwvmxws

San Diego: If you're a fan of standup comedy AND public media, there's a show tonight at the Laugh Factory downtown with 100% of the proceeds going to KPBS! www.laughfactory.com/san-diego/da...

This was my favorite part of @acbowen.bsky.social ‘s coverage of the ADU density bonus votes. Council staff were comparing these developments to “slave quarters” and he just interviewed someone that lived in one of these ADUs and they were like ‘I like it, it’s nice’ www.kpbs.org/news/politic...

Actually interviewing someone who is living in the new housing 👏👏👏 @acbowen.bsky.social Should be the standard for how housing is discussed.

In San Diego, traffic on the 805 is a nightmare, and it’s largely because of a mismatch between where the jobs are and where people live. A new city plan aims to fix that, by bringing tens of thousands of new homes to the county’s largest job center My latest story for @kpbssandiego.bsky.social

SD City Council voted 6-2 to establish a parking meter zone in/around Balboa Park. City aims to install meters on 6th Ave and Park Blvd by the fall. Revenue to be spent on parking/mobility needs, including free tram service and fixing broken lighting. Vote on paid lots is still a few months away.

San Diego is growing up — literally. Housing permit data obtained by KPBS and Voice of San Diego show in remarkable detail just how much our urban core is densifying. Check out my story, and our amazing interactive map: www.kpbs.org/news/quality...

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria's plan for paid parking in Balboa Park. City Council is set to vote on Monday on the installation of on-street meters. A vote on the off-street lots won't be for several months. Zoo lots will still be free until the city and zoo can strike a revenue sharing deal.

There's literally never been a trans woman who has ever competed on any US Olympic team despite trans people having been eligible since 2004.

PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

NPR and PBS can't sell these shirts for legal reasons, so I'm going rogue and selling them myself. $8 per shirt goes to NPR and PBS. Free matching sticker with every order. www.harebraineddesign.com

The Denver Post stands firm when a flack for the federal government tries to go on background. The NY Times? Well, not so much. Via today’s Laurels/Darts. www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

KPBS stands to lose $4.3 million in federal funding that Republicans in Congress are clawing back. That’s 12% of our budget. If you like my reporting on housing, transportation and climate change in San Diego, please donate to help ensure I can keep doing it 🙏🏻 donate.kpbs.org/kpbs/donate?...

the big anti-trans NYT story today relies entirely on a data point refuted by my reporting in December for @rollingstone.com, citing a poll figure that the pollster told me in an interview does not reflect how the electorate felt about trans rights in 2024

brave to admit three paragraphs in that the entire thesis of your article is wrong

"Reich citizenship will not be laid in the cradle of every one born in Germany, but will be ceremoniously conferred on him after he has shown himself worthy of it through special accomplishments, through loyal services to the State." NY Times, July 6, 1933.

SANDAG says its draft 2025 Regional Transportation Plan has the smallest network of managed lanes they've ever proposed. It still contains 93 miles of new freeway lanes and billions in various freeway projects. Rail lines mostly downgraded to buses. Comment by 7/18/25. www.kpbs.org/news/environ...

For those interested in construction union politics in California — and you should be if you want to understand why major housing legislation passes or fails — this @calmatters.org story is really helpful calmatters.org/politics/202...

As SoCal bakes, UCLA study shows duration of heat waves is accelerating faster than climate change

All the empirical evidence tells us there are two ways to make freeways flow more freely. The first is economic decline, which reduces overall travel. The second is demand-based tolling. Would love to know which of these Dutra prefers.

Evergreen reminder that wind turbines are not even remotely a leading cause of human-driven bird mortality. This is classic concern trolling in the interest of fossil fuels - if they really cared about birds they'd focus on domestic cats and building glass. And what's not shown here: climate change.

San Diego's Caltrans district won a $39.6 million grant to convert HOV lanes on I-805 in the South Bay into high-occupancy toll lanes. Funding from the tolls (paid by solo drivers) would go to public transit and other travel alternatives along the corridor. www.kpbs.org/news/environ...

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

Was honored to accept the SPJ San Diego “Distinguished Coverage Award” tonight for my reporting on infrastructure challenges in the face of climate change 😁

As SANDAG studies options for relocating the train tracks in Del Mar, rail advocates are concerned the project will prevent the San Diego-Los Angeles corridor from ever being electrified. My latest: www.kpbs.org/news/environ...

The news, yesterday: www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...

In the 1930s-1940s, the Bicycle Dealers Association of Southern California organized a number of Cycle Trains, which took riders and their bikes from Los Angeles to other cities for a change of scenery. LIFE magazine followed one from Los Angeles to San Diego on August 11, 1946. 🧵