An E. coli outbreak has been linked to organic walnuts sold at stores in San Diego County.
Gibson Farms, a company based in Hollister, California, voluntarily recalled its Organic Light Halves and Pieces shelled walnuts after discovering the nuts could be contaminated with an E. coli strain that “causes a diarrhea illness often with bloody stools.”
So far, 12 people have been sickened and seven have been hospitalized, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The illnesses were reported in California and Washington.
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By Richard T. Carlson/ Times of San Diego / April 30, 2024
Has San Diego County already built enough new housing to accommodate all the currently projected population growth through the year 2050?
This is a stunning question to ask given the frenzied rhetoric about needing to build large numbers of new units of every type, everywhere to deal with what is widely perceived as a massive housing shortage by politicians, housing advocacy groups, and the public.
But the answer, surprisingly, is “yes.”
A new demographic reality has become firmly established with each successive update of the 2050 population forecast for the county. The increase in population between 2010 and 2050 was originally forecast by SANDAG to be about 30% to almost 4.5 million people. But over time, the forecast for 2050 has steadily fallen as fertility rates continued to decline, increases in life expectancy stalled, and net migration into California turned negative starting in 2015.
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Students at UC San Diego have settled into their encampment of support for Palestinians in the Middle East, near the Geisel Library. And due to the protest, UC San Diego officials announced the cancellation of the annual Sun God Festival that was scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 4.
The UCSDivest Coalition is demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Among the group’s other demands is a call for the university to divest from all of its Israeli financial interests.
“We won’t leave until our demands are met,” said Hala Abdullah, a senior at UC San Diego with extended family in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, Jewish Faculty and Students at UCSD just released a statement of solidarity with the campus protest.
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The eighth San Diego location of chicken tender restaurant chain Raising Cane’s is heading to San Diego’s Midway District.
A San Diego branch of Raising Canes’s is currently in the planning stages for the property on the corner of Camino Del Rio and Hancock Street where a Jack In The Box and Denny’s previously sat in the Midway District/Sports Arena area of San Diego’s Point Loma. Like other locations, the incoming restaurant will offer a concise menu centered around fresh-never-frozen, hand-dipped chicken fingers that are breaded and fried to order and available in combo platters and on sandwiches.
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Every Saturday at 10:30 am. Climate Mobilization Coalition Meetings May 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th. Keep up-to-date on climate issues and Climate Action events. To register email Jon Findley at jon@climatemobsd.org. More info: https://www.facebook.com/SDClimateMobilization/
Every Saturday 12 pm – 1 pm Peace Vigil for Palestine: Advocate for Peace and Justice in Gaza and Everywhere Join CODEPINK SD, San Diego Veterans for Peace, and Palestine Pals every Saturday at 12:00 pm on the plaza corner of Sunset Cliffs Blvd. and W. Point Loma Blvd., entry to Ocean Beach, San Diego. Wear pink and bring a peace-related poster if you have one! Contact: Nathanael · nathandw@riseup.net
May 1st to May 31st Bike Month 2024! Events by San Diego County Bike Coalition Bike Month is our favorite time of the year! For list of events and more info: https://sdbikecoalition.org/event/bike-month-2024/
May 3rd Friday 12 pm Emergency Protest Shut it Down for Palestine Event by Students for Justice in Palestine UCSD Sungod Lawn More info: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6XHu-iSSld/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
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Editordude: This is an excellent summary of the very current trends in California and San Diego housing and a must-read.
By Michael Smolens / Columnist – San Diego Union-Tribune / May 3, 2024
In recent years, the Legislature has passed several laws to increase housing density across the state.
But a ruling by a Los Angeles County judge and pushback from the California Coastal Commission may slow that momentum.
Both developments highlight perhaps the most disputed notion in the politics of housing — that producing more market-rate housing will lower sale prices and rents.
That has been a key argument by many housing advocates over the years as home prices in California have soared and affordability has shrunk. But the contention that simply more supply will substantially change that has been challenged constantly.
Affordable housing was central to a ruling last week by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Curtis Kin, who declared a law that could increase housing density in most neighborhoods was unconstitutional. The law approved in 2021 under Senate Bill 9 by state Sen. Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, allows lots zoned for single-family homes to be split, with duplexes on each parcel.
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