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San Diego’s Good News of the Week – January 9, 2026

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by Manpower.

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For the week of January 9, 2026, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

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ICYMI: Good News of the Year 2025

Rain or shine, Good News of the Week hits your inbox every Friday, offering a fresh dose of positivity as you end your week. We’ve compiled 2025’s top stories in Good News of the Year—and look forward to creating and curating more good news with you in 2026.

Stay classy, San Diego!

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Enya Castañeda
Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications

San Diego’s Good News of the Year 2025

By San Diego Regional EDC,

Despite the challenges making headlines throughout 2025, Good News of the Week hit your inbox every Friday morning, offering a fresh dose of positivity as you turned the page on yet another week. As we share this year’s top stories in Good News of the Year, we hope you will enjoy this positive look back at 2025, and we look forward to creating and curating more good news with you in 2026.

See what San Diego accomplished in Good News of the Year:

New neighbors and local upgrades

As San Diego became home for many notable companies, reflecting our global reputation in life sciences, tech, and tourism, we also cut the ribbon on highly-anticipated upgrades to the region. Some highlights:

Here’s the deal

San Diego continued to bring in the deals, partnerships, and acquisitions that forged meaningful collaboration—a testament to both the people who live and work here, as well as growing appetites for our innovative companies, programs, and ideas. Among this year’s high-impact partnerships, these topped our list:

A sunny startup incubator

Ranked as a top city for innovation, San Diego’s high profile reflects our region’s diverse skillset and expertise. This year’s top venture funds and IPOs showed continued demand for homegrown tech, life sciences, cybersecurity, and defense technologies:

From classrooms to careers

San Diego’s education systems remained strong, focusing on continued innovation and increasing access between two-year and four-year institutions, as well as industry. See our region’s resilience in education:

Life-changing and life-saving

San Diego companies remained at the forefront of innovation, making breakthroughs in cancer therapies, medical testing, and AI integration—and advancing our region’s competitiveness on a global scale. Key milestones included:

San Diego on a global stage

In 2025, San Diego continued creating the products, research, and ideas that make a global impact across all time zones. We dare you to find a place San Diego innovation hasn’t touched; see our region’s reach for yourself:

Military legacy, innovation future

Contributing an estimated $61.3 billion in annual regional economic impact, San Diego’s military presence in 2025 reinforced what we know is true: The cluster fuels not only our economy, but defense innovation on a larger scale.

A clean, green San Diego

Named among eight A-rated cities in the US for climate action, San Diego’s companies and organizations remained uniquely positioned to drive green decision-making and inspire collaboration locally and across the border. The region’s impact:

Let’s go, San Diego!

The chants we heard from the crowd at Snapdragon Stadium as we welcomed our region’s MLS team created a refreshed wave of pride, resulting in a season of wins that transcended languages and touched hearts across our binational region. See what we rooted for:

Our good news

This year, EDC celebrated our 60th anniversary of building an inclusive economy and driving forward our region’s most impactful industries, talent, and employers with and through you. Our favorite EDC moments:

See OUR YEAR in review

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – December 12, 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by ACE Parking.

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For the week of December 12, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:

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WTCSD’s 2025 Annual Report

As EDC’s international affiliate and the region’s Export Specialty SBDC, World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD) expanded San Diego’s global reach by cultivating export-ready firms and international investment. This year, WTCSD released its Binational Trade and Competitiveness report, grew regional exports by $10 million, executed France trade mission, supported 89 companies through hands-on export advising and programming, and much more.

See WTCSD’s Impact

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Enya Castañeda
Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – December 5, 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by ACE Parking.

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For the week of December 5, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:

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A note from Mark on Giving Tuesday

As we head into 2026, there are many important and valuable causes, initiatives, and organizations within our region that are in need—among them youth employment and internship programs. EDC’s Advancing San Diego program has funded paid work-based learning experiences for more than 800 students to date and is in need of support for its next cohort—whether contributing financially or hosting an intern.

Hear How You Can Help

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Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – November 21, 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by ACE Parking.

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For the week of November 21, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

 

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Note from Mark: Our collective power in a time of need

The federal government shutdown and challenges have created undue stresses, strains, and hardship for families, workers, and businesses across our region—at a time when nearly half of all local households are already struggling. EDC’s Mark Cafferty shares, “I could not feel more pride and gratitude for our EDC investors and partners who have been organizing efforts to help those in need. Collectively, you have the power to move mountains.”

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Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – November 14, 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by ACE Parking.

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For the week of November 14, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

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Inclusive Growth Spotlight: San Diego State University

As our region makes progress toward its 2030 Inclusive Growth goals, San Diego State University is working to support both local talent and thriving households through its upcoming Mission Valley Innovation District—which will include more than 4,600 residential units, with 10 percent designated as affordable housing.

Join the Movement

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Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – November 7, 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by ACE Parking.

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For the week of November 7, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

From our partners:

 

Join WTCSD: Binational Trade and Competitiveness Report Launch

Join World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD), Tijuana EDC, ITJ, and other leaders at the 2025 Cali-Baja Business Summit to explore cross-border innovation and integration—and get a first look at WTCSD’s new report on our binational region’s unique economic impact and global competitiveness.

Join Us Nov. 18

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Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – October 31, 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by ACE Parking.

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For the week of October 31, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

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Share your insight: Regulatory Barriers Survey

With support from World Trade Center San Diego’s MetroConnect export accelerator, Aquacycl expanded its industrial wastewater treatment services into Mexico and the EU. By leveraging the program’s $5,000 grant, workshops, and global connections, Aquacycl successfully deployed its system to Don Julio’s distillery in Jalisco, launched its European testing hub in the Netherlands, and won MetroConnect’s $25,000 grand prize.

Learn More

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Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – October 24, 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by ACE Parking.

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For the week of October 24, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

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Share your insight: Regulatory Barriers Survey

In providing wide-ranging business support across the region, EDC is working to understand existing regulatory barriers, including permitting, licensing, and compliance, to work with regional partners and make doing business in San Diego easier. We invite local companies to take just a few minutes to share your feedback and experience with regulatory barriers.

Take the Survey

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Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications

San Diego’s Good News of the Week – October 17, 2025

By Enya Castañeda,

Every week, ‘Good News of the Week’ features a curation of positive headlines from San Diego, delivered straight to your inbox. A blend of aggregated stories from San Diego’s most trusted news sources and original EDC-created content, GNOTW provides a comprehensive recap of the region’s best stories from the past week. GNOTW is sponsored by ACE Parking.

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For the week of October 17, 2025, here’s what we’re reading:

…and here are some events and opportunities:

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100 years of innovation: How San Diego became a hub for life-changing breakthroughs

Over more than a century, San Diego has proudly built a legacy of groundbreaking innovation across key industries like life sciences, aerospace and defense, and cleantech. From the founding of our region’s most beloved institutions like General Atomics and the Salk Institute, to #SDlifechanging discoveries in life sciences, learn how San Diego has grown into a global leader in innovation.

Read the Timeline by San Diego: Life. Changing.

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Enya Castañeda

Coordinator, Investor Relations & Marketing Communications