TB Alert at Southwest High, and a Taco Brand Eyes Florida
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The Sweetwater Union High School District and San Diego County health officials issued a tuberculosis exposure notification Wednesday for Southwest High School, triggering concern among families in the South Bay. Officials stressed that a TB exposure notification does not indicate an active outbreak — it means a confirmed positive case was identified and contact tracing is underway. People considered at highest risk were contacted directly; those who received no outreach have been assessed by the health department as not falling into the highest-risk category based on exposure duration and setting. The school has not been closed, and tuberculosis is treatable.
In business news, San Diego-founded birria taqueria Mike's Red Tacos announced Wednesday a 36-location franchise development agreement covering greater Tampa, Orlando, and Florida's East Coast. The deal is being developed through Built Different Brands, whose CEO is Kal Gullapalli; Vincent Montanelli serves as president of Mike's Red Tacos. The first Florida location is not expected to open until 2027.
The distinction between a development agreement and open restaurants is an important one: a franchise development agreement represents a commitment to build locations over a defined timeline, not restaurants already in operation. Built Different Brands brings multi-concept franchise infrastructure to the partnership, but development agreements at this scale carry execution risk — financing constraints, construction delays, and market reception in unfamiliar geographies can all compress an ambitious buildout. Birria's rise from a regional Mexican specialty to a mainstream American food trend, driven in part by San Diego's culinary influence, gives the concept tailwinds, but whether that momentum sustains through a multi-year Florida expansion is a question the market will answer.