Jeff Powers is an award-winning journalist from San Diego, California, and has worked on IVN as a writer and editor. He has also worked on a number of local campaigns including SDSU West, Measures K & L, and other campaigns.
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A little over a month ago, Jason Irvine received horrible and shocking news. His sister and San Diego resident, Jennifer Topaz-Irvine was one of the 58 people shot and killed at the Las Vegas massacre on October 1st. On Wednesday, Irvine urged the California teachers pension fund to divest in
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San Diego is ground zero for a two-day opioid addiction summit designed to educate parents, doctors and the public on the country's "most aggressive epidemic." Health leaders from across the country are in town to discuss ways to curb the nation's growing epidemic of
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Attempting to capitalize on the controversy surrounding the National Anthem and the National Football League, the California chapter of the NAACP is seeking the support of California lawmakers to remove the “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the national anthem completely. California NAACP President Alice Huffman drafted the NAACP’s resolutions after
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At a special agenda meeting to update the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on the numbers associated with the Hepatitis A outbreak impacting the region, the County Health and Human Services Agency provided "misleading and inaccurate" information to the Supervisors. Three of the four supervisors present expressed
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Broadcom Ltd. is planning an unsolicited takeover approach to rival chip maker Qualcomm Inc., according to sources connected to the deal. If the deal is completed it would create the largest technology acquisition ever. The news, reported by Bloomberg, would value Qualcomm shares at around $70. Investors immediately responded by
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It's been a rough quarter for Tesla. The carmaker announced this week a quarterly loss of $671 million and now, quietly, experts are growing concerned with the direction and future viability of the company. Last August Tesla began production of its Model 3. The first mass-marketed sedan for
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When motorists across California go to the pump this week, they will no doubt raise their eyebrows. The price of gas just spiked for California drivers. Never a group to shy away from raising taxes, the Sacramento legislature earlier this year, voted to tax a gallon of gas an additional
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There's a new initiative circulating for petition signatures that would allow incarcerated felons to vote. "The Voting Restoration and Democracy Act of 2018," pushed by Taina Vargas-Edmond among others, would empower nearly 200,000 inmates in the California Corrections system to vote. Vargas-Edmond, acting on behalf
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Eighteen attorneys general were anticipating this day in court. The day they believed a judge would strike down the Trump administration's order denying payment of Obamacare subsidies. The payments from the federal government had kept health care costs down and affordable for low-income families. However, the US District
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The first official debate between the top four Democrats running for California governor took place in Anaheim over the weekend. The event was hosted by the National Union of Healthcare Workers and fittingly, the only issue the candidates had significant disagreements on, was healthcare. John Chiang, Anthonio Villaraigosa, Delaine Eastin
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After 10 years of no salary increases and a police force at its lowest level since 1989, Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced a plan this week to boost San Diego Police Department salaries by up to 30%. The salary freeze has decimated morale and the ranks. There are fewer than 1,
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UPDATE: We first wrote about the Make It Fair initiative back in October. It's the effort to repeal a business portion of Prop. 13. Now, Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced the signature gathering portion of the effort. Here is his statement:Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced