Andrea Lopez-Villafana

San Diego

Managing Editor and Daily News at Voice of San Diego

Co-Host at Voice of San Diego Podcast

Coffee addict, dog mom, professional chismosa🗞 y managing editor @voiceofsandiego | Have a story idea? [email protected]

Articles

VOSD Podcast: Liberty Station Moneybags vs. Mayor

1 week ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

An effort to set aside an area for homeless people near the San Diego airport has another foe: Liberty Station’s developer. As our Lisa Halverstadt reports, McMillin-NTC is asking a judge to grant an injunction while the company’s legal battle with the city over the proposed safe parking lot at the city’s H Barracks site continues. On this week’s show, our crew explains what McMillin’s lawsuit argues and why the project has been met with so much opposition.
Cup of Chisme: It's Time to Vote

2 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

Tuesday, April 8, is the final day to vote in special primary election. This is the race to fill San Diego County’s First Supervisorial District seat left empty by Nora Vargas. If you haven’t made up your mind, here’s what you need to know. What’s at stake: A lot. As our South County reporter Jim Hinch has explained, the person who wins will determine partisan control of county government.
VOSD Podcast: Allegations All Around

2 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

We are in the final stretch of the District 1 San Diego County supe race! This week on the show, our hosts break down why a mailer sent out in support of candidate Vivian Moreno, a city of San Diego councilmember, pissed some people off. We also have an update on Mayor Todd Gloria’s decision to eliminate the position of chief operating officer.
Cup of Chisme: How the Camping Ban Is Working

3 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

It has been two years since San Diego’s camping ban went into effect. We wanted to know how it’s going. A lot of attention on parks: Our Lisa Halverstadt crunched the data and discovered that city parks, especially Balboa Park, have seen the most enforcement. Her analysis shows that two-thirds of the 260 camping ban citations and arrests happened in city park and 40 percent were in Balboa Park.
VOSD Podcast: Palomar Health's Borrowing Blues

3 weeks ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

Palomar Health may be learning the hard way that it’s not a good idea to borrow money from friends. As our Tigist Layne reported, Palomar Health has borrowed money from two healthcare systems since 2024. But the $20 million loan it recently got from UC San Diego Health has ruffled the feathers of Sharp HealthCare, the system that in 2024 gave Palomar a $25 million loan.
Cup of Chisme: The Chant Heard Around San Diego

1 month ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

If you know me, then you know I’m not a sports girlie. It’s not like I haven’t tried. Voice of San Diego editor Scott Lewis tried to get me into baseball, and it almost worked, but the Padres broke my heart when they lost the divisional playoff against the Dodgers. Sorry, but I had to jump off the emotional rollercoaster. Last week, though, headlines about San Diego FC’s first home opening game got my attention.
VOSD Podcast: Henry Foster on Housing

1 month ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

San Diego City Councilmember Henry Foster III joined the show this week to discuss the fireworks around footnote 7 and his push to roll back the city’s accessory dwelling unit density bonus program. San Diego’s ADU density bonus program allows developers to build an extra ADU for every unit set aside for low-or-middle-income tenants. The program has fueled neighborhood frustration because in some instances the program has allowed for large-scale developments.
VOSD Podcast: Surprise! You Own a Pot Shop

1 month ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

Imagine finding out you are the majority owner of a business you know nothing about. That’s what one South Bay woman says happened to her. Rose Jasso, a barber in National City, says she was conned into signing ownership papers for a cannabis business. She signed paperwork believing she was opting into a giveback program for community members, but she later learned she had signed on to being the 51 percent owner of a pot shop, she said.
Cup of Chisme: What You Need to Know About San Diego's Schools

2 months ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana

Our guide to San Diego’s public schools is finally here! Since November, we’ve been hard a work pulling together our seventh edition of A Parent’s Guide to San Diego Schools. The guide has data, analysis and articles that aim to provide families with tools to make the best choice for their child. We work in partnership with UC San Diego Extended Studies Center for Research and Evaluation to break down test score data and more in an easy-to-understand format.
Diccionario de términos escolares

2 months ago | voiceofsandiego.org | Andrea Lopez-Villafana |Will Huntsberry

La educación americana es notoria por el uso de acrónimos y jerga especial, AS; SAT; LCAP, aprendizaje socioemocional, DELAC, etc. El oscuro vocabulario es casi interminable. Pero el aprender este vocabulario puede ayudarlo a sortear el complejo sistema y así brindarle a su hijo mejores oportunidades educativas. Este diccionario está diseñado para darle una introducción a este mundo.