Today's top stories from sunny San Diego:

Pension mess still elephant in the room for candidates -- SDUT
Where were you as San Diego's pension crisis festered? Former TV reporter Marti Emerald was "investigating how to get the best deals at local garage sales" - not exposing the city's financial problems.

Court to hear arguments in City Hall bribery case -- SDUT
As San Diego voters head to the polls Tuesday and begin selecting the next set of elected officials, the fate of two former city councilmen will be heard in a federal appeals court in Pasadena.

4 ballot measures face local decisions -- SDUT
Voters in Encinitas, Carlsbad and the Oceanside school district have special reason to go to the polls on election day. Four ballot measures that could affect taxes, how a city is governed and whether renovations are completed at local schools will be decided Tuesday.

Sanders Took Contributions from Supposedly Spurned Donors -- VoSD
Mayor Jerry Sanders has accepted more than $19,000 in campaign donations from donors who had business pending before the city, despite a promise not to do so.

Candidates pump cash into campaigns -- SDUT
Last-minute money is being thrown into the campaigns of those running for San Diego mayor, city attorney and City Council in the final days before the June 3 primary. As with the rest of the campaign, much of the money comes from the candidates themselves.

Voters head to polls Tuesday -- NCT
North County voters will head to the polls Tuesday to consider eminent domain and affordable housing, elect judges and county supervisors and select their party's congressional hopefuls.

Voters to decide Tuesday whether to give city 'charter status' -- NCT
A ballot measure to give charter status to Carlsbad, which voters will consider Tuesday, has the firm backing of the city's business organization and a taxpayer group that fights government waste, but is unpopular with workers in the building trades because it might allow the city to pay less for public projects than the state dictates.