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In rambling writings full of vitriol against a wide range of people, the teenagers who attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego this week, killing three men and themselves, left little doubt about the models for their violence.

Chief among them: the shooter who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019.

Researchers who study extremism have long noted the resonance of the Christchurch attack among far-right assailants, attributing it to the extent of the violence, the document the killer posted concerning his views and actions, and — especially — his decision to livestream the massacre. Among those who apparently modeled attacks after Christchurch was a shooter who months later killed 22 people in a Texas Walmart.

“Part of what we’re seeing in violent extremist communities online is wanting to emulate the attacks that have had the most kills — which is a disgusting thing to say, but it’s the reality,” said Katherine Keneally, director of threat analysis and prevention at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, an anti-extremism organization. “There is this obsession and it’s just sort of gamifying of attacks.”

They left behind a 74-page document — the same length as the one written by Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant. Like Tarrant’s, it cited a range of far-right ideological inspirations, including the notion that white people are being replaced by other populations, and offered self-interviews detailing their motives and goals.

And they called themselves “Sons of Tarrant.”

The writings include hateful rhetoric toward Jewish people, Muslims and Islam, as well as the LGBTQ+ community, Black people, women, and the political left and right. They indicated they were trying to accelerate the collapse of society. In his section, Vazquez wrote of having “some mental health issues” and being rejected by women.

Am I the only one feeling genuinely outraged every time I see Todd Gloria and or the police chief getting in front of the press cameras to talk about the mosque shooting?

They both talk about the amazing great job that they did and are doing in response to the threat and subsequent shooting. But realistically, what did they actually do? They've set up many flock cameras and paid an exorbitant price for that; it's mass surveillance without good justification. Thank goodness with two hours advance notice your sophisticated surveillance program that costs a ton of money sent your officers to Fashion Valley Mall.

While you were at Fashion Valley Mall, the suspects attacked the mosque. They ended themselves before your officers were even on scene. So, remind me again what exactly they did that deserve such congratulations and justifies all these costs?

How about, instead of cutting the budgets for arts, parks and recreation, and a bunch of other things to try to balance a seriously broken budget, you focus on, I don't know, cutting some of the services that the police are using which waste money and have no good results.

And please stop with the press conferences where you talk about what an amazing job you are doing when you are literally doing nothing useful. Sorry about the rant. Ugh.

I’m flying into San Diego airport and meeting some friends in Tijuana at Tijuana Beach Promenade! What’s the best way to get there? Should i rent a car from the airport? Uber? What’s the cheapest and easiest way? Also what’s some nice food places we should visit around the area??

My family and I are in from Pittsburgh doing the typical tourist stuff. My wife was pushing a stroller with my grandson in and took a terrible fall. Covered in blood from her nose and face she was crying and sitting on the sidewalk. So many locals came to our aid with water, towels and ice packs it was amazing! It’s was so wonderful and I am so appreciative to everyone who came to our aid. Shout out to the Beach Patrol team, the EMT’s and the great folks at the Scripts hospital which were amazing.

At the bottom of the rankings, we found some familiar names. Salt Lake City and California’s Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario region both returned to the bottom four. Salt Lake has weaker hiring than all but one metro, as well as below-median wages and affordability. Riverside has lower college grad wages than all but one metro, and below-median hiring and affordability.

San Diego-Carlsbad, Calif., and Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, which straddles Oregon and Washington, rounded out the bottom four. Both offer relatively strong wages, but with some of the slowest hiring rates in our sample. Affordability, too, lagged. Even graduates who do land jobs in these metros face a tough financial tradeoff in the form of high cost of living.

Has anyone else noticed a higher-than-expected SDG&E True-Up bill recently?

A lot of San Diego homeowners with solar are starting to feel the effects of SDG&E’s updated Time-of-Use (TOU) rate structure, especially those with solar-only systems and no battery storage.

The biggest change is happening during the 10 AM–2 PM “Super Off-Peak” window — which is also when most solar panels generate the most electricity. Under the updated SDG&E rates, solar energy exported to the grid during these hours is now worth significantly less than before.

At the same time, electricity prices during the 4 PM–9 PM peak period remain much higher.

That means many homeowners are:

• Exporting solar power to the grid during lower-value daytime hours
• Then purchasing electricity back from SDG&E during expensive evening peak hours
• Seeing the difference show up later as larger annual True-Up balances

This has become a growing topic for California solar homeowners trying to understand why their utility bills look different even though they already have solar installed.

One solution more homeowners are now considering is adding battery storage, which allows excess daytime solar energy to be stored and used later during peak-rate hours instead of sending it back to the grid at lower compensation rates.

There are also battery rebate programs currently available through San Diego Community Power for qualifying homeowners, although funding is limited.

Curious what everyone’s seeing so far.

I saw a video clip with someone chastising him, but she failed to say what he did or did not do.