Jeff McDonald

1 month ago | mercurynews.com | Jeff McDonald |Tammy Murga

A San Diego County jury has awarded a former National City police officer $10 million in damages after she said the department sexually harassed, discriminated against and retaliated against her and tolerated a hostile work environment. Jurors agreed that Ashley Cummins was singled out for abuse by several National City Police Department workers and that senior commanders did little to stop the abuse.

Feb 1, 2025 | star-telegram.com | Jeff McDonald

For newly christened Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama, Friday's resounding, slump-busting victory over Milwaukee could be summed up in nine English words. "I could feel like everybody was tired of losing," Wembanyama said. Losers of eight of their past 10, the Spurs took their frustrations out on a Bucks squad just trying to make it home after a long road trip, running away with a 144-118 win in the second half at the Frost Bank Center.

Jan 28, 2025 | mercedsunstar.com | Jeff McDonald |Paul Sisson |Maura Fox

Leaders in business, academia, government and the nonprofit sector were thrown into a foreboding lurch Tuesday as news of a sudden freeze on federal funding ordered by President Donald Trump spread around San Diego County. Elected officials at every level of government were bombarded with questions they could not immediately answer about the status of public benefits, school meals, law enforcement training, subsidized child care, research grants and most every other U.S. government program.

Jan 18, 2025 | mercedsunstar.com | Jeff McDonald

They were fighting for workers. They were fighting for Palestinians. They were fighting for Native Americans, the poor, the oppressed and the future. But most of all, they were fighting for women. Protest songs and burning sage filled the air at Waterfront Park on Saturday at the 9th Annual People's March, where a couple thousand men, women, children and voters converged to rally for a bounty of causes at a time fraught with worry and tension.

Jan 12, 2025 | mercedsunstar.com | Jeff McDonald |Emily Alvarenga

Members of the Citizens' Law Enforcement Review Board listen to members of the public on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 in San Diego. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune) TNS With nearly a third of the 450 or so seats on the boards and commissions that help San Diego run either vacant or expired, city officials took the unusual step earlier this month of issuing a public call to get involved at city hall and join one.