by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 9, 2026 | Journal
Twenty-six years after I boarded the USS Abraham Lincoln with a cameraman, I watched her return to San Diego. Then something appeared in the harbor that took me back another 57 years. Some things about San Diego never leave you. The smell of salt water. The morning...
by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 6, 2026 | Journal
President Donald Trump said something the other day that caused an uproar in California. Talking about Iran and the price of war, Trump said: “They can take out a city. Let ’em take out Los Angeles. Let ’em take out San Diego.” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria fired back....
by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 5, 2026 | Journal
I learned something about words a long time ago. When you see the word “could” in a news story, add two words to it: Or not. The same goes for “may.” May happen. May not. That isn’t a lesson in grammar. It’s a lesson in journalism. CBS News gave us a fine...
by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 2, 2026 | Journal
Solar panel left that powered a Flock camera at 25th and Orange Ave. in Fort Pierce, Fla. Well, this is comforting. St. Lucie County went looking for license-plate cameras along its roads and discovered something you generally hope your government already knows: There...
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 22, 2026 | Journal
Texas Was Never Too Small. The Map Was. I was born a few blocks from the Alamo, my family has been in San Antonio since the 1700s, and somewhere along the way I majored in American history and later became an investigative reporter. So when an old map of Texas...
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 2, 2026 | Data Centers, Journal
The light comes through one window at Bogeys and Stogeys, and that’s where I sit. I don’t smoke. This is not necessarily an advantage at Bogeys. Cigarettes. Cigars. Smoke hanging in the darker reaches of the room and wandering through the shaft of Florida...
