Morning Report: San Diego’s New Supervisor 

Today, Paloma Aguirre will take her place as one of San Diego County’s most powerful elected officials. 

What can we expect? South County reporter Jim Hinch spoke to the newly-elected supervisor about her vision and plan for the county, as well as, how she plans to lead. 

She has worn many hats throughout her decade-long political career, as Hinch writes, she’s a “Beach lover, environmental crusader, daughter of immigrants, hand-to-mouth renter struggling to make ends meet, political consensus-builder, partisan fighter, hometown problem-solver.” 

This new opportunity, however, will present many new challenges.

Aguirre told Hinch she’s ready for it. 

Read the full story here. 

Environment Report: Caring for San Diego’s Resident Monarchs

Monarchs are dying potentially at a rate that will soon land them on the threatened species list. Why, then, were they always flying in reporter MacKenzie Elmer’s face this summer? 

San Diego is home to one of the rare populations of resident monarchs, ones that stay put year-round. It’s in most monarchs’ DNA to migrate between Mexico and the United States’ northern states for the summer. 

So to care for our hometown butterfly families, stop using pesticides and herbicides on your landscaping. As one entomologist teaches Elmer, like a disease, those chemicals can travel with an infected monarch as they flit from flower to flower – leaving chemical residue on a bloom for another unsuspecting pollinator. 

Read and sign up for the biweekly Environment Report here.

In Other News 

• The San Diego Union-Tribune profiled a retired emergency room doctor who discovered that Amazon was charging customers in a city of San Diego neighborhood a higher sales tax rate because of a shared ZIP code with the city of Del Mar. Now, the company is issuing refunds to affected customers. 
• The San Diego Building Industry Association announced that Lori Holt Pfeiler, its CEO, will retire at the end of the year and its executive leadership team is recruiting her successor. 
• KPBS put together a list of free or inexpensive things to do even if you don’t have a Comic-Con badge. 
• Police arrested the man who crashed his boat into the USS. Midway Museum on Friday. A museum official estimated the damage was close to $100,000. (NBC 7) 
• U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego will start patrolling on horseback again after a two-year pause on the mounted unit. (Union-Tribune) 
• A horse named Journalism is returning to Del Mar to race. (Union-Tribune) 

The Morning Report was written by Andrea Sanchez-Villafaña, Jim Hinch and MacKenzie Elmer. It was edited by Andrea Sanchez-Villafaña.

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