Dave Rice
Dave Rice contributes to City Lights, Neighborhood News, and News Ticker.
Latest Blog Entries
Proposal Could Limit Health Insurance Rate Hikes
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
A volunteer-backed citizens’ group calling itself [Consumer Watchdog][1] ...
Campaign Funding Disclosure Law Takes a Second Swing
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012
While running a mayoral campaign in the City ...
Fletcher Pledges to Make Transit, Cyclist Access a Priority
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012
San Diego mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher met with ...
Fundraiser Nets $2000 for Local Patient
Monday, Feb. 20, 2012
A fundraiser Saturday night at Balboa Park’s Centro ...
USD Student's Police Work Leads to Recovery of Stolen Laptop
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
Two students at the University of San Diego ...
A Better San Diego's Breakfast Forum Talks Foreclosures
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012
A Better San Diego, a community group put ...
SDG&E Reports Customers Receiving Bill Assistance Doubles
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012
San Diego Gas & Electric says a record ...
Expert Prediction: Foreclosures Will Slow In 2012
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012
Real estate investors are making a big splash ...
Democrats Blast SANDAG Transit Plan
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012
The Environmental Caucus of the California Democratic Party ...
Cox Installs Biogas Fuel Cells at Two Local Sites
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Cox Enterprises has announced the addition of five ...
LGBT Activists Announce Valentine's Day Protests
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Four local activist groups — Marriage Equality USA, ...
Stahl Calls Foul on Republican Endorsement of Bilbray
Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
All is not quiet on the Republican front ...
PETA Youth Group Seeks to "Veganize" Campus Cafeterias
Monday, Feb. 13, 2012
Activists with peta2, a branch of animal-rights group ...
Democrats Release Endorsements
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012
The final day of the California Democratic Party ...
Occupy Makes Democratic Convention Showing
Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012
Members of the Occupy movement had perhaps their ...
Saldaña Falls Short in Endorsement Bid
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
Lori Saldaña tonight fell one vote short of ...
Home Affordability Index Up, Says Trade Group
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
Record-low interest rates and slumping home values have ...
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Protesters Criticize Duncan Hunter’s Support of National Defense Authorization Act
Friday, Feb. 3, 2012
Protesters and aspiring politicians gathered on Friday, February 3, outside congressman Duncan Hunter’s office to protest his support of the National Defense Authorization Act. Many have voiced concern about certain ...
Petroleum Pigs Underreporting Pipeline Decay
Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011
Greg Palast is a corporate fraud investigator turned investigative journalist. In his new book, Vultures’ Picnic: In Pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High-Finance Carnivores, he and his team ...
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Offers Free Charging Stations in Clairemont
Sunday, July 24, 2011
On July 22, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 569 celebrated the installation of two new electric-vehicle charging stations powered by solar panels on their building’s Clairemont Mesa roof. ...
Pre-Circus Protesters Speak Out for Welfare of Elephants on Sports Arena Blvd.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
A crowd of about 80 protesters lined Sports Arena Boulevard on the afternoon of July 14. They were there in anticipation of the opening of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & ...
Fireworks Disposal Demo Ignites/Indicts Sparklers
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The San Diego Sheriff’s Bomb Squad hosted a fireworks disposal demonstration on the morning of June 29 at their bomb disposal range in the Rancho San Diego. Two separate blasts ...
San Diego Veterans for Peace Protests on Flag Day
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
An assortment of peaceniks, activists, war veterans, and their families gathered on the Sixth Avenue overpass of Interstate 5 at around 4 p.m. on June 14, Flag Day. They were ...
Protesters Rally Outside City College
Saturday, April 16, 2011
About 60 people gathered shortly after 8 a.m. at City College’s Gorton Quad on Friday, April 15. Students, faculty, and community members spoke out against budget cuts proposed by Jerry ...
Ocean Beach Planning Board Recommends That the City Use Suggestions of Medical Marijuana Task Force
Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Ocean Beach Planning Board held a special meeting on March 16 to take commentary on a proposed ordinance pertaining to medical marijuana dispensaries within San Diego’s city limits. The ...
Ocean Beach Torrey Pine Tree Spared
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011
A January 5 Ocean Beach Planning Board meeting left a gathering of about 15 community members relieved and one couple disappointed, as the City agreed to changed its plan to ...
Off the Big Bay Balloon Parade Route
Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011
San Diego claims the Big Bay Balloon Parade is “America’s largest balloon parade,” with about 100,000 people attending to watch dozens of inflatable cartoon characters, marching bands, color guards, and, ...
