What's Going to Happen in 2025?

Voice of San Diego Podcast

This is the last episode of 2024 and we have a super mega roundtable for you.

I am in studio with the core four – Lopez, Jakob, Bella – and we have one open seat so we’re going to bring in one reporter at a time. We’ll ask them each what’s going to happen. What’s one thing they want to know "What’s going to happen?"

I think that’s the core compelling ingredient of media of all kinds. If a piece of content makes you wonder “What’s going to happen?” you’re hooked. So prepare to be hooked.

Show Outline and Notes

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00:00:00 Intro

00:06:56 Segment 1

What’s Going to Happen to TikTok?
Bella Ross - Social Media Producer

Pew Research on TikTok

Book: Infinite Just

What’s Going to Happen to Forces of Gentrification on the South Bay?
Jim Hinch - South County Reporter

Gentrification Is Coming for South San Diego County

South County leaders have made it a goal to catch up to wealthier North County cities. But the race to the top risks leaving some residents behind.

Port of San Diego: Chula Vista Bayfront

Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center

00:29:12 Segment 2

What’s Going to Happen to Nathan Fletcher and His Accuser?
Andrea Lopez-Villafaña, Managing Editor, Daily News

Who Is Nathan Fletcher? San Diego Explained

Fletcher Resigns as MTS Chair as Former Agency Employee Accuses Him of Sexual Harassment and Assault in Lawsuit

Morning Report: MTS to Release Fletcher Investigation

What’s Going to Happen to Del Mar Housing?
Tigist Layne - North County Reporter

Morning Report: The Builder’s Remedy Prevailed in an LA Court. Will the Same Happen in Del Mar?

00:36:46 Segment 3

What’s Going to Happen to AI in San Diego Schools?
Jakob McWhinney - Education Reporter

The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified’s AI Future Is Now

San Diego Unified paid $83,000 to integrate its high school English curriculum into an online platform and got access to an AI tool as well. Now, some teachers are using it to grade student work.

The Progress Report: AI Is in Use at San Diego Unified – But the District Doesn’t Have its Own Plan

The rise of AI-supported education technology caught San Diego Unified without a policy. Now, as teachers and students within the district have begun to use AI products in the classroom, district leaders are creating one.

What’s Going to Happen to Federal Funding and the Impact on Environmental Projects?
MacKenzie Elmer - Environment Reporter

Officials Fear Nightmare Flooding from New Tijuana River Border Wall

A lifting gate structure could impede the Tijuana River’s flow if it fails to rise during heavy rains like San Diego just experienced.

Time to Evacuate the Tijuana River Valley?

County officials said the pollution problem is far from triggering a mandatory mass exodus from South Bay, but it’s not totally outside the realm of possibilities.

00:50:43 Segment 4

What’s Going to Happen to the City of San Diego in an “Era of Austerity”?
Scott Lewis - Editor in Chief

County Supe Slams San Diego Mayor’s Budget

City Council budget hearings will begin next week. The City Council has until June 30 to approve the budget.

Cup of Chisme: Cuts Hit Different

What’s Going to Happen to the Mega Shelter?
Lisa Halverstadt - Homelessness

What We Know About the Mayor’s Mega Shelter Pitch

Mayor Todd Gloria unveiled a plan to convert a large warehouse near downtown into a 1,000-bed homeless shelter.

Four Big Disputes Dogging the City’s Quest to Open Its Biggest Shelter Yet

The City Council is set to vote Monday on a proposed 1,000-bed shelter and there are lots of questions and disagreements over the city’s plans.

Morning Report: Mega-Shelter Monday July 22, 2024

The 30-year lease agreement for the Middletown warehouse the city wants to turn into the city’s largest long-term homeless campus – and the concept itself – have spawned major questions: What’s the value of the building? Can the city count on the site and its potential landlord? Should the city open a big shelter and pull from housing funds to pay for it? Is it sustainable?

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