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San Diego DA plans to challenge new murder accomplice law
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office plans to challenge a new state law that could release from prison people serving time for murder when they didn’t do the actual killing but were accomplices. Read More »
It’s tough to be a renter in San Diego County. More than half are burdened by housing costs.
In 2017, more than half of San Diego County renters spent 30 percent or more of their income on rent and utilities. Read More »
Campaign finance, election results dominate inewsource’s best data projects for 2018
Here are the databases that we think had the most impact in the community in 2018. Read More »
‘Death lives here,’ property owner says of destruction left by HiCaliber Horse Rescue
Volunteers found grisly reminders of what went on at HiCaliber, a nonprofit dedicated to rescuing horses and finding them new, loving homes. Read More »
Biggest and best inewsource stories of 2018
Our investigations this year yielded calls for congressional inquiries, and sparked resignations, changes in law and corporate dissolutions. Read More »
Trashed ranch left behind after HiCaliber Horse Rescue eviction
HiCaliber founder Michelle Knuttila and several of her supporters walked horses off the property or drove them out in trailers. Read More »
Security gaps at San Diego shipyards put billion-dollar Navy warships at risk
The private shipyards in San Diego responsible for protecting Navy warships have not been following security protocols meant to protect those billion-dollar assets. Read More »
HiCaliber Horse Rescue being evicted, sued for more than $4 million
HiCaliber Horse Rescue, which has faced animal cruelty and fraud allegations for months, is being evicted from its Valley Center ranch and sued for more than $4 million. Read More »
Treasury Department enemy blacklist trips up people seeking credit cards and loans
Thousands of people with names identical or similar to those on this list have been wrongly flagged as threats to national security, and it often happens when a credit check is run on them. Read More »