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Continuing our coverage of the 2022 general election, today you'll hear from both candidates in the race to represent California's redrawn 52nd Congressional District, which includes southern San Diego County. Republican minister/business owner Tyler Geffeney is challenging Democratic Rep. Juan Vargas, who is seeking a sixth term in the U.S. House of representatives. Both candidates met with the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board on Zoom recently. In this episode, you'll hear the first 20 or so minutes of each of their interviews. To hear the full conversation, go to sandiegouniontribune.com/2022electionvideos.

Continuing our coverage of the 2022 general election, today you'll hear from both candidates in the race to represent California's redrawn 51st Congressional District, which includes central San Diego and parts of East County. Republican small business owner Stan Caplan is challenging Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs, who is seeking a second two-year term. Both candidates met with the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board on Zoom recently. You'll hear Caplan's takes on Jan. 6, the pandemic, which he put in air quotes, climate change, inflation and more. From Congressmember Jacobs, you'll hear about cross-border contamination, border wait times, learning loss during the pandemic, national defense and Roe v. Wade. These clips have been condensed and edited. To hear the full conversation, go to sandiegouniontribune.com/2022electionvideos.

The 2022 general election takes place Nov. 8th, and voting starts a month before. To help you prepare, the San Diego Union-Tribune opinion section has created a voter guide, endorsement guide and more. Today we're joined by editor and publisher Jeff Light, managing editor Lora Cicalo, and opinion and editorial director Matthew T. Hall.

California's 50th Congressional District covers parts of San Diego County, including Escondido, San Marcos, Rancho Bernardo, La Jolla, Hillcrest and Coronado. Republican business owner Corey Gustafson cofounded Dogleg Brewing Company. He's challenging Democratic Rep. Scott Peters, who is seeking a sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Union-Tribune Editorial Board met with both candidates on Zoom to discuss a variety of issues. Here's what they had to say about the U.S. Mexico-border.

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, the San Diego Spirits Festival is back Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24th and 25th. Now in its 13th year, the festival will take place at the newly renovated Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla. Tickets include unlimited cocktails, live entertainment, gallery access and more. Liz Edwards is the founder of the festival.

Today we're focusing on California's 49th Congressional District, which represents northern San Diego County and part of southern Orange County. Democratic incumbent Mike Levin is seeking a third term and is challenged by Republican businessman/nonprofit executive Brian Maryott, a former mayor of San Juan Capistrano. In this episode, you'll hear from both candidates on climate change and nuclear energy.

California’s 48th Congressional District is a newly redrawn district, which covers much of East San Diego County. Stephen Houlahan is a Democratic registered nurse and former Santee City Council member. He's challenging Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, who is seeking his 11th term in Congress. Congressman Issa declined an interview with The Union-Tribune Editorial Board. In this episode, you'll hear from Houlahan on issues such as climate, education, guns, immigration and more. The full meeting as well as election guides and endorsement guides are online at sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion.

Nora Vargas is a San Diego County Supervisor for District 1, which includes the South Bay, and she's the first Latina to hold the job. Before taking this seat in 2021, Supervisor Vargas worked with Planned Parenthood and Southwestern College, where she took classes before earning her bachelors and masters degrees. In this interview, Supervisor Vargas discusses making the system work for everyone, civility (or lack thereof ) in public meetings, standing up for the little guy, and more.

Union-Tribune en Español editorial director Lilia O’Hara; Rafael Fernández de Castro, director of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego; Union-Tribune managing editor Lora Cicalo; and editor and publisher Jeff Light discuss the upcoming Baja Journalism Contest to recognize Mexican journalists and the attacks on journalism in the U.S. We’ll be announcing the details of the second Baja Journalism Contest soon. Please continue to check sandiegouniontribune.com for updates.

If you're a fan of live music and saving money, this segment is for you. Live Nation has just announced a new, so-called "Club Pass," where you pay a one-time fee for access to fall concerts at House of Blues or the Observatory. Abby Hamblin is the editor of Pacific Magazine.

San Diego is making changes to the city’s 42 neighborhood planning groups. The changes are meant to encourage diverse membership and improve organization, but critics say it's a developer-driven effort to crush public-opposition to housing.

A new homeless shelter opened in San Diego this week. Located in the Midway District, the shelter has 150 beds, and it's the first in the region to offer mental health and addiction services on site. Gary Warth covers homelessness at the U-T.

California Proposition 28 would take require the state to set aside money for arts and music education, and it's expected to generate up to $1 billion per year, with an emphasis on lower-income schools. Austin Beutner is behind the initiative. He's the former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent, and was also a former publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Name Drop is all about the fascinating people in, around and from San Diego. My guest today is Dr. Brad Perkins. Dr. Perkins is the chief medical officer at Karius, the developer of a non-invasive blood test that can detect more than 1,000 pathogens at once. In the past he worked at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There he studied anthrax and was also in charge of innovation there, making sure that the CDC ran more efficiently. I spoke to Dr. Perkins earlier this week about Monkeypox and its chance of becoming endemic, and we chatted a little more about his background.

Name Drops are all about the amazing people who live in our region and make it so great. My guest this week is Jodi Cilley. Jodi is a filmmaker, entrepreneur and educator in San Diego. She's the founder of Film Consortium San Diego and the San Diego Film Awards. She's taught film at UCSD, San Diego City College and other institutions. She's produced over 100 projects, including web series, short films, TV specials, documentaries and commercial projects and more. In this interview we talk about her life in Tijuana, her passion for film and what makes a great story, as well as her humble upbringing and how that shaped her.

Union-Tribune tourism and hospitality industry reporter, Lori Weisberg; criminal justice and legal affairs reporter, Greg Moran; managing editor Lora Cicalo; and editor and publisher Jeff Light discuss the largest Ponzi scheme ever uncovered in San Diego and the mastermind behind the scam, Gina Champion-Cain.

Third Avenue in Chula Vista used to be a sleepy downtown stretch. There were a few local businesses there, but it was far from a destination. Now, Third Avenue is a popular destination for food, drinks and entertainment. Pam Kragen is a food and features writer at the U-T.

Street sweeping schedules are changing throughout San Diego. The good news is, it's supposed to keep waterways cleaner. The bad news is, parking rules are changing and if you're not careful, you could get a ticket. David Garrick covered this story for the U-T.

Leonard Glenn Francis, aka "Fat Leonard," is the mastermind behind the worst public corruption scandal in U.S. Navy history. He was arrested in 2013, pleaded guilty to his charges in 2015, and has been on house arrrest since 2018. And now, weeks before his sentencing, he's gone missing. U-T reporter Greg Moran has the story.