When one discusses the future of San Diego, there’s typically a shared, unspoken assumption: We’ll keep growing.

Everything we need to power a prospering region hinges on that assumption, too. Infrastructure, housing, the airport, drive-thru Starbucks.

But we’re not growing. We're shrinking (dying if you wanna get dramatic about it). This week, we discuss the data that tells the story of our population change — and the questions we must answer about the troubling future of our region.

Plus: The Assembly District 80 special election. That big truck problem in Barrio Logan. Andy's mustache.