VOLUME 2 ISSUE 6 June 19 – July 16, 2020
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Independent living facility shut down in College Area
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THIS ISSUE B EDUCATION Down home displays
Galactic Unite director Maja Muric. In 2010, the future astronauts — the men and women who purchased tickets to be the first civilians in space — spearheaded the program by approaching Virgin Group Ltd. Founder Sir Richard
On June 15, San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott announced that a squalid independent living facility (ILF) in the College Area was ordered closed by the Superior Court. The facility was notorious for its numerous Health and Safety Code violations and its frequent calls for police service for disturbing the peace and other concerns. Under the court’s injunction, the owners, manager, and operator are prohibited from operating or maintaining an unlicensed Community Care Facility or Residential Care Facility for the elderly anywhere in the County of San Diego. In addition, property owners Yuk Yuen Yu and Beatrice Yu, property manager Michelle Lin, and operator Mark Rogers were ordered to pay a combined
SEE FUTURE ASTRONAUT, Page 4
SEE ILF, Page 8
SDSU moves all art exhibits to oncampus galleries. Page 5
B FEATURE Eggcellent ideas
Scott Borden (bottom) with students and faculty involved with The Rocket Project at SDSU. (Photo courtesy Virgin
Galactic Unite)
SDSU benefits from future astronaut By JEFF CLEMETSON | College Times Courier
Indoor gardening tips for the workfrom-home professional. Page 7
B BUSINESS Totally rad
Better to buy than rent. Page 9
Scott Borden is a future astronaut who has been training since 2008 to be one of the first civilians to experience space flight aboard a Virgin Galactic vehicle. “I’ve been in training for 12 years now and I’m ready to go anytime,” he said.
Although Borden has yet to take that pioneering flight, he has already made a mark on the future of space and aeronautics with the Galactic Unite Borden Scholarship at San Diego State University. “Galactic Unite is literally a brainchild of our Future Astronaut community,” said
Jacobs runs on readiness for congress
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Decision Local media company expands audience beyond brewery crowd. Page 9
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2020
By JEFF CLEMETSON | College Times Courier
[Editor’s note: The Mission Times Courier spoke with Sara Jacobs prior to the death of George Floyd and the protests that followed, so this profile does not include the candidate’s positions on police reforms. For more information about the Sara Jacobs campaign, visit sarajacobsforca. com.] On March 3, voters in California’s 53rd congressional
district made Sara Jacobs the frontrunner with 29.2% of the vote in what was a crowded field of 15 candidates. Jacobs, granddaughter of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, credits her success to reaching out to the district’s constituents. “I love San Diego and I’m so proud of the primary campaign we ran where we talked to everyone and listened to everyone and built a broad coalition,” she said. “That’s what I plan to do in the general election and that’s what I plan to do in office — listen to SEE JACOBS, Page 2
CA-53 candidate Sara Jacobs (Courtesy Sara Jacobs for Congress)
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