Is San Diego California's online news incubator?

The Los Angeles area is peppered with individual and group blogs, but San Diego seems to have an edge in start-up online publications. PaidContent reports that the online news site San Diego News Network is making fine progress in its fund-raising efforts, having raised $707,000 toward its $2 million goal. The company has 16 full-time staff, 23 freelancers and 12 bloggers. In addition to the the downsized San Diego Union-Tribune, SDNN will compete with one of the best-known startups, Voice of San Diego.