Daily Business Report: April 20 2026
Frustrated Voters Begrudgingly Tune In to Governor’s Race
by Nadia Lathan | Voice of San Diego
“Disheartened” is the word that comes to mind for Rita McIntyre when thinking about how California leaders have addressed the state’s biggest issues, such as housing prices and homelessness.
“I’m concerned about the state,” said McIntyre, who has lived in Chula Vista since 1958. “It’s so bad. It is just so bad out there. And, for me, it’s so disheartening.”
McIntyre, a retired mortgage underwriter and registered Democrat, is far from an anomaly. Her sentiment is shared by large swaths of the electorate, which is perpetually squeezed by the nation’s most expensive housing market and record-breaking gas prices.
Mazikaa Enterprises is creating spaces of expression for San Diego’s SWANA community
By Roboerto Camacho | Special to Times of San Diego
Layan Amkieh often felt the pressure to downplay her cultural and religious identity.
A Syrian woman who spent her formative years moving between multiple countries and continents, she was accustomed to coping in Western spaces where SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) voices were sidelined or erased.
Now, through Mazikaa Enterprises, she’s working to create a community space and organize events that celebrate and preserve SWANA heritage by fostering connection and authentic self-expression.
San Diego’s honorary Bill Walton street might end up near local YMCA, while La Mesa chooses spot by Helix High
By Drew Sitton | Times of San Diego
Despite earlier plans for a street near Balboa Park to bear Bill Walton’s name, it may actually be a block of Friars Road outside the Mission Valley YMCA that is transformed to honor the late, great baller.
Shane Harris, the political activist working with the Walton family to honor hometown hero and NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton in San Diego and La Mesa, revealed that the Mission Valley location is his pick among the final options.
That YMCA is fitting, not only due to Walton’s longtime funding and support of the organization, but because it already has a Bill Walton statue, Harris said.
