The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to re-affirm their environmental approval for two huge solar-power generating installations in East County, even though there seem to be questions about the company that won …
October 15, 2015
News & Stories
Backcountry buffoonery or super solar future?
Banker helped clients dodge money-laundering rules
Local banker Raymondo Navarrette pleaded guilty in federal court today (October 15) to taking bribes to help his clients avoid detection by Citibank's anti-money laundering compliance program. In his plea agreement, Navarrette admitted that he …
October 15, 2015
Piercing Papa Doug’s veil of cash and influence
Douglas Manchester has shed a wife, unloaded a mini-newspaper empire, and sold off its Mission Valley headquarters. But San Diego's rich Republican kingpin still can't manage to dodge one persistent creditor, who has chased the …
October 15, 2015
Serve up the suffering
In Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters (1900), Lieutenant Vershinin wonders what the world will be like in 200 years. I wonder if Chekhov could imagine that, 115 years after it opened, a company would mount his …
October 15, 2015
Boy hitman in Tijuana
A Tijuana youth who allegedly responded to a solicitation on Facebook seeking a gunman for hire has been arrested on murder charges. Local news media are referring to the 14-year-old suspect as “the boy hitman” …
October 15, 2015
Spielberg, Hanks, America!
Yahoos and schemers are just the price we pay for living in the Land of the Free.
October 15, 2015
San Diego is 12th greenest city
Of the nation's 100 largest cities, San Diego is the 12th greenest, according to WalletHub, an organization that keeps statistics on states, cities, and metro areas. The cities were ranked on variables such as: air …
October 15, 2015
The grill is very hot! The pots are very hot! Fully cook your food!
I like a menu that comes with warnings. The menu at Gyu-Kaku has six of them. The grill is very hot! The pots are very hot! Fully cook your food! Use those tongs to prevent …
October 15, 2015
O.B.'s best rent deal slated for demo
The days are numbered for a cave used as an illegal shelter that the city says in danger of collapse at the foot of Orchard Avenue in Ocean Beach. By next week, police will dislodge …
October 15, 2015
What happened to you, Joshua Drinnon?
After more than a month on the run, authorities have recaptured an inmate from San Diego's R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility who escaped while in transit back to prison from a trial for additional charges in …
October 15, 2015
Yield vs. Stop sign debate in Vista
After years of watching cars speed through the intersection by her Vista home, Betty Haver got her traffic sign on Tuesday, October 13. After much discussion, the Vista City Council voted unanimously to place “Yield” …
October 15, 2015