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Super Recruiters
By Dorian Hargrove, Published March 20, 2010
San Diego Unified School District's quest to find what will be their fifth superintendent in five years pressed on at the second meeting of the Superintendent Search Advisory Committee on March 18. Of the 15 members ...
Hunted
By Charles Alan Washington Jr., Published March 18, 2010
"Somebody please call 911!" Those were the words shouted by a middle-aged woman with blood running down her face as she burst into the Starbucks at 511 F Street on March 15 at 8:10 a.m. I ...
Applause and Concern
By Don Leichtling, Published March 18, 2010
If you were in North Park in 2002, you might have gone to the University Avenue Mobility Plan meeting to find out how the city planners, their consultants, and some community members thought University Avenue between ...
Suspects Street-Cornered
By Karina Hernandez, Published March 18, 2010
A Fallbrook sheriff's deputy who encountered two people on a street corner discovered stolen items and burglary tools on March 16. Deputy Andrew Brumfield stopped ... More Post a comment
Key Evidence
By Nathaniel Uy, Published March 18, 2010
At approximately 1:40 a.m. on March 13, La Mesa police responded to an audible alarm at an Enterprise Car Rental on the 8400 block of ... More Post a comment
Clear as Mud
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Published March 17, 2010
The Balboa Park Task Force met March 15 in the Santa Fe Room of the Balboa Park Club to discuss the future of Balboa Park ... More Post a comment
Southern Exposure
By Ken Harrison, Published March 17, 2010
At around 2:00 p.m. on March 14, a man in a hospital gown was stopped by sheriff‘s deputies at the corner of Santa Fe Drive ... More Comment (1)
New Direction for Old Town
By Dorian Hargrove, Published March 17, 2010
National City residents crammed into council chambers on Tuesday, March 16, for a meeting of the city council. An additional 40 residents sat in a ... More Comment (1)
Parkland Visions
By Susan Luzzaro, Published March 16, 2010
In a complicated land deal, the financially strapped City of Chula Vista borrowed from Peter to pay Paul. The Chula Vista City Council voted on ... More Comment (1)
Runaway Toyota?
By Linda McKnight, Published March 16, 2010
On March 14 at around 3 p.m., a Toyota Avalon hit a fire hydrant in the parking lot of the Albertsons grocery store at the ... More Post a comment
Pup Love
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Published March 16, 2010
A sea lion lay in apparent agony on the sand in Mission Beach near Ormond Court on March 13. At least nine individuals circled the ... More Comments (2)
Pray for Parking
By Dorian Hargrove, Published March 15, 2010
Driving through North Park near the intersection of 32nd Street and Redwood, a neighborhood resident slows his sedan down. "This is where the parking problems ... More Comment (1)
Riddle Me This
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Published March 13, 2010
Though the March 11 Point Loma Community Park and Recreation Council meeting was scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m., it began at 5:30 p.m. The ... More Comments (5)
Can't Drink Gas
By Nathaniel Uy, Published March 13, 2010
During a public hearing on March 9, the Vista City Council reviewed an appeal of the planning commission’s approval for a proposed ARCO AM/PM at ... More Comments (5)
Know Thy Neighbor
By Karina Hernandez, Published March 13, 2010
The Chula Vista Police Department hosted a March 13 meeting at Hilltop Middle School. They presented crime information about the city to approximately 200 community ... More Post a comment
Primed for Disaster
By Nathaniel Uy, Published March 11, 2010
After a closure and retrofitting that lasted over a year, La Mesa’s Fire Station 13 will once again be fully operational; the station reopened on ... More Post a comment
Cops Greenlight Innertubapalooza
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Published March 11, 2010
Spring break is approaching, and the impending “Innertubapalooza” was the highlight of the March 10 Mission Beach Town Council meeting held in the community room ... More Comment (1)
Pay Cuts and Pink Slips
By Karina Hernandez, Published March 11, 2010
Pay cuts and pink slips were the hot topic at the Chula Vista Elementary School District board meeting on March 9. Teachers, parents, and students ... More Post a comment
Moth Captured
By Craig Vansant, Published March 11, 2010
The California Department of Food and Agriculture says the first “light brown apple moth” (Epiphyas postvittana) to appear in San Diego has been trapped in ... More Comments (3)
Crime and Crime Again
By Kimberly Menshek, Published March 11, 2010
An area of Solana Beach is experiencing a mini crime wave, prompting the sheriff’s department to go door-to-door, post flyers, and ask residents to be ... More Post a comment
We Don’t Want to Modernize
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Published March 11, 2010
The Hillcrest Town Council held a meeting on March 9 at the Joyce Beers Community Center, with 45 community members in attendance. Councilmember Roy Dahl ... More Comment (1)
Too Intense
By Ken Harrison, Published March 11, 2010
On the evening of March 8, a fire broke out in an older home in the 1000 block of Regal Road, behind the Carl’s Jr. ... More Post a comment
They Walked the Line
By Karina Hernandez, Published March 11, 2010
People drove away from DMV offices statewide after waiting in line for several hours on March 8. A computer-system malfunction was blamed for the longer-than-usual ... More Comment (1)
Dude, GPS My Car
By Grant Madden, Published March 11, 2010
The Boy Scouts of America has created a variation of the traditional Pinewood Derby through the use of “geocaching,” in which “Travel Bug” cars are ... More Comment (1)
Pinniped Predicament
By Dorian Hargrove, Published March 11, 2010
The issue of seals at La Jolla Children's Pool resurfaced in a March 17 agenda item on the Natural Resources and Culture Committee docket. At ... More Comments (59)
Citizens Sour on Lemon Grove?
By Dorian Hargrove, Published March 10, 2010
Dozens of Lemon Grove residents assembled inside the city's community center for Lemon Grove City Council's March 9 meeting. On the docket for the night ... More Comments (4)
Median Income
By Nathaniel Uy, Published March 10, 2010
On March 7, two panhandlers were stationed at the intersection of Mira Mesa Boulevard and Westview Parkway. One of the two men stood on the ... More Comments (4)
Emergency Overkill?
By Dixie Pettit, Published March 10, 2010
At approximately 1:15 p.m. on March 7, two cars were involved in a head-on collision near Ramona. An unidentified 19-year-old female lost control of her ... More Post a comment
All Cops on Deck
By Karina Hernandez, Published March 9, 2010
A multi-agency DUI and driver's-license checkpoint conducted during the late hours of March 5 and 6 in National City was a success, according to a ... More Post a comment
Toxic Waste Is History
By Sheila Pell, Published March 9, 2010
The deadline looms for aviation and architectural buffs to claim a piece of San Diego history. Chandeliers, floors, decals, and aviation emblems are among the ... More Comment (1)
RATT Roundup
By Craig Vansant, Published March 9, 2010
As a result of “Operation Hotel California,” a six-month-long investigation, the San Diego County Grand Jury has indicted 51 defendants on charges of auto theft, ... More Post a comment
The Brand, the Future
By Nathaniel Uy, Published March 6, 2010
“Mira Mesa Welcomes You” banners hanging on light posts around the community may soon be replaced with a new logo and slogan. Instead of welcoming ... More Post a comment
Bad Run
By Karina Hernandez, Published March 6, 2010
A female jogger was attacked during an evening run in McCandliss Park on March 3. Chula Vista police were called just before 8 p.m. to ... More Post a comment
Nightmare Over?
By Craig Vansant, Published March 6, 2010
When Craig Johnson moved to Valley Center in 1978, he could see only seven lights from the ridge on Chaparral Terrace. "Now there are hundreds," ... More Post a comment
Don’t Mess with Karate Guys
By T.B. Beaudeau, Published March 6, 2010
Four municipal cops have been arrested for robbing the president of an international Tae Kwon Do organization who was in town to preside over a ... More Post a comment
Bitter Grounds
By Dorian Hargrove, Published March 6, 2010
"I have found case law that establishes Caltrans liable for the contamination," writes Salvatore D'Anna in an email. D'Anna believes the discovery will put the ... More Comments (3)
Not as Pink Floyd Says
By Ken Harrison, Published March 6, 2010
On Thursday afternoon, March 4, members of the Oceanside Teachers Association joined a statewide protest over school funding cuts. The over 400 protesters gathered in ... More Comment (1)
North Park Residents Mind Their BIZ
By Dorian Hargrove, Published March 4, 2010
"We're not baking cookies, and we're not brewing coffee here, either, we're reaching out and we're mobilizing," says North Park resident Don Leichtling as he ... More Comments (10)
Everyone Likes a Money Machine
By Karina Hernandez, Published March 4, 2010
A South Bay ATM was targeted by thieves on March 4. Workers arrived at 5:24 a.m. at La Bella's Pizza Garden (located at 373 Third ... More Post a comment
Seal Pup in the Sand
By Theresa Jones, Published March 4, 2010
A baby seal was born at the La Jolla Cove on Tuesday, March 2. Unfortunately, many birds kept swarming the mother and her pup to ... More Comments (2)
UCSD and TB Now
By Craig Vansant, Published March 4, 2010
The San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency is working with UCSD to provide tuberculosis testing to students and faculty who may have been ... More Post a comment
Good News, Good Grub
By Carolyn Grace Matteo, Published March 4, 2010
Roughly 450 stockholders filled the tiered Irwin M. Jacobs Hall at 5775 Morehouse Drive on Tuesday, March 2, for Qualcomm’s annual stockholders’ meeting. Chairman/CEO Paul ... More Post a comment
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