Daylight San Diego

05/28/2026

We’re hosting a community listening session on Black maternal and infant health to hear directly from Black birthing parents, families, caregivers, birth workers and community members across San Diego County at The Block Club from 1-3 p.m. on June 6.

The conversation will help inform our ongoing reporting project exploring experiences, resources and systems connected to maternal and infant health in the region. The event is free to attend, and we encourage community members to register ahead of time to reserve a spot.

This project and listening session are being produced with support from the University of Southern California Center for Health Journalism 2026 California Health Equity Fellowship. Please email me at [email protected] if you have any questions ahead of the listening session, and we look forward to seeing you there!

05/27/2026

This weekend San Diegans can dance, listen to music or learn how they can support immigrant community members.

05/19/2026

San Diego police and Imam Taha Hassane confirmed the identities of the victims at the Islamic Center of San Diego, celebrating them as heroes who thwarted the attackers in yesterday's shooting from killing more people.

05/14/2026

As San Diego County sued to gain access to Otay Mesa Detention Center for its health inspectors and county supervisors, a woman recently released from custody there recalled the medical emergencies she saw and the low food quality and retaliation she experienced.

05/14/2026

When The All-American Rejects couldn’t play their original venue hours before showtime, an Alpine couple stepped in to host a 600-person house party in their backyard.

The homeowners and attendees shared how the chaotic scramble transformed a residential hillside into an intimate concert venue, and how the band’s DIY tour pushes back against rising ticket prices and the growing corporatization of live music.

✍️ Lauren J. Mapp

The house party was one of the latest in a string of shows protesting Ticketmaster and Live Nation amid soaring ticket prices.

05/11/2026

Thank you for celebrating one year of Daylight with us!

We are so grateful to everyone who attended our birthday bash and other events, made donations, followed us on social media, signed up for our newsletters, shared their stories or sat on one of our panels over the past year.

Building a community-driven newsroom wouldn’t be possible without support from all of you!

We also want to give a big shout out to all of the venues, foundations, fellowship programs, companies and other non-profits who have generously donated space, silent auction items, beverages and more over the past year:


Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties

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Carlsbad Alkaline Water






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05/11/2026

This week, Kate gives an update on lawsuits from local governments trying to inspect ICE facilities. She also shares details about two instances in which immigration officials arrested children at school bus stops.

To see the full list of curated immigration stories in this week’s roundup, sign up for our Beyond the Border newsletter or read it at daylightsandiego.org.

05/08/2026

Intergenerational connection was a major theme behind a community event on April 30 commemorating the 51st anniversary of the end of what is commonly known in the United States as the Vietnam War. But the war has different names in other parts of the world.

“The Vietnam War is a somewhat misnomer,” said Catherine Quan Potmesil, a doctoral candidate in history with a focus on Southeast Asian refugee studies at UC San Diego. “This war extended beyond the borders of Vietnam, and while 1975 marked an endpoint for a lot of people, this crisis brought many of us and our families and our communities to places like here.”

Following a presentation on the war by Potmesil, community members spoke on a panel and participated in a discussion-based activity organized by San Diego’s VietVoices and LAOSD at the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans in City Heights.

Mimi Phùng, who organized the event for the second time this year, explained how the series began with a simple question and complex answer: What does April 30, 1975 mean to someone who was born in the U.S. to Vietnamese parents?

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05/07/2026

Today is the day! Daylight is celebrating its one year birthday — one year of local news created hand-in-hand with communities who don’t always feel seen by local media.

In our first year, we published nearly 300 articles, reached more than 77,000 readers and racked up more than 1.4 million views on Instagram. We launched two series of ways to connect in-person through our “A Light on” community conversations and the Daylight Culture Club. We also received an award from the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium for our immigration coverage, and two awards from the San Diego Press Club for education and multicultural reporting.

And now we’re ready to party. If you haven’t gotten your ticket yet, join us for a celebration tonight at the Global Village Event Hall (run by the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans) at 6 p.m. Tickets are available at a sliding-scale here:

Join us to celebrate our first year of publishing!

05/07/2026

Meet one of our performers for our birthday bash TONIGHT! 🥳

Kumeyaay Boogie is a Kumeyaay bird singing group dedicated to preserving and sharing traditional bird songs, known in the Kumeyaay language as “takook,” which carry the tribe’s creation stories and teachings. Led by performers and cultural educators like Blue Eagle Vigil, the group performs across San Diego County to honor past generations, teach younger community members and ensure Kumeyaay traditions continue to thrive. Through public performances and storytelling, Kumeyaay Boogie shares the message that Kumeyaay people and culture are not only still here, but continuing to grow and evolve for future generations.

Sliding scale tickets available at bit.ly/daylightbday (the link is available in our bio). Tickets can also be purchased at the door while space is available.