Daily Business Report: April 24 2026
North County Report: Del Mar Fairgrounds CEO Had Rocky History
by Tigst Layne| Voice of San Diego
Last week, I received a surprising press release from the Del Mar Fairgrounds in my inbox.
“22nd DAA Board votes to part ways with CEO,” the presser said.
The 22nd District Agricultural Association Board of Directors, which oversees the Del Mar Fairgrounds, voted in a closed session meeting on April 14 to fire its CEO Carlene Moore. The board also named Board Chairman Sam Nejabat as interim CEO for 10 days.
A ‘moment of whimsy’ – Fern Street Circus returns to spread joy during free Neighborhood Tour
By Mireya Myer| Times of San Diego
Acrobatic bugs and juggling racoons and flowers on stilts, oh my!
Instead of wrangling lions and tigers and bears, the Fern Street Circus will be spreading “seeds of joy” with garden-themed performances as their annual Neighborhood Tour kicks off Saturday, in its return to Mid-City and South Bay parks.
Each of the six trilingual shows – emceed in English, Spanish and French – will be free to the public and feature an array of professional and youth ensembles. Between acrobatics, juggling, an ancient Chinese yoyo act, chair balancing and more, Ringmaster Cheryl Lindley said that the show is “a moment of human joy.”
South County Report: Rooftop Jet Roils Coronado Yacht Community
By Jim Hinch | Voice of San Diego
Residents of Coronado Cays, a waterfront enclave adjacent to Coronado’s Silver Strand shoreline, are accustomed to their houses generating headlines.
An 11,715-square-foot dockside mansion in the community drew television coverage last year when it hit the market for $37.5 million.
But residents say they were unprepared for a recent construction project that stands out even by today’s standards of ultra-wealthy conspicuous consumption.
