Blogs
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CIF State Regional Finals scoreboard
By anthonygentile - March 21, 2010, 1:41 a.m.
CIF State Basketball Championships Regional Finals scoreboard Saturday, March 20 ***Division II** Southern California ***(2) Lincoln 60***, (5) Compton 52 at Galen Center, USC Northern California (2) Mountain View St. Francis 48 vs (4) Roseville Woodcreek 47 at Arco Arena ***Division IV*** Southern California (1) Los Angeles Price 69, (2) ...
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shanty Town USA
By emstersmom1 - March 20, 2010, 5:30 p.m.
Shanty Town. The newscast came on and I stared at the T.V. in disbelief. “There are 2500 new homeless in Sacramento. Not since the great depression have we seen the likes of this, “Shanty Towns” are starting to pop up everywhere.” As my husband and I watched, the cameras panned ...
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Green Shamrocks
By auntsandiegospeaks - March 20, 2010, 4:33 p.m.
This blog is dedicated to the memory of someone I had the pleasure of calling FRIEND, a special Irishman, attorney, and dear friend to many, Dan Broderick. I know he's watching over us all and probably wondering why we don't party as loudly or as long. It is age, Dan, ...
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On Demand
By auntsandiegospeaks - March 20, 2010, 3:38 p.m.
I like to watch movies and I like the On Demand concept. On the internet. Cox made some website changes awhile ago. They have a place to click to take you to a page to see what movies are available On Demand. The movies do not seem to be listed ...
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Inked
By nan - March 20, 2010, 3:05 p.m.
 you wrote me back into your book with scribbled words dripping honeyed in between the spaces of your ribs bruises on the knives edge of your hips long dark hair flowing to add a curtain to the twinkle in your eyes green and mischievous lips that crinkled upturned whispers ...
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Update Little Falls 3/20/2010
By johnwotzka - March 20, 2010, 2:13 p.m.
1. I see French President Nicolas Sarkozy has the beef in his hands. But to be French means eating croissants, brie and duck confit. Ref: The Wall Street Journal, 3/20-21/10 page A16 2. A note on oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Minerals Management Service, which oversees ...
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All-CIF Selections
By anthonygentile - March 20, 2010, 12:44 p.m.
***Boys Basketball all-CIF Selections*** Players listed in alphabetical order ***First Team*** J’vonte Brooks, Foothills Christian, 6’7” Sr. Chen Cai, Maranatha Christian, 6’8” Jr. Tanner Clayton, Rancho Bernardo, 6’10” Sr. Angelo Chol, Hoover, 6’9” Jr. Victor Dean, Lincoln, 6’6” Sr. Joe Hudson, Escondido, 6’1” Sr. Nick Kerr, Torrey Pines, 6’3” Jr. ...
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Thieves, Liars and Politicians
By DaveMagown - March 20, 2010, 10:34 a.m.
I was speaking with a friend, recently, about how confusing the laws of this country can be. It seems that if you break into someone's home and steal, you are a thief, and go to jail. If you are a politician, and you steal from your constituents, you'll probably get ...
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Sempra Energy cutting jobs?
By a2zresource - March 20, 2010, 9:38 a.m.
Word comes this morning that Sempra Energy, with revenues falling in 2009 to only $8 billion down from around $11 billion each for 2007 and the Crash of 2008, is cutting jobs at corporate by shifting responsibilities down to its owned units, including San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E). ...
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Update Little Falls 3/19/2010
By johnwotzka - March 19, 2010, 2:47 p.m.
1. I see Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is talking about hatching chickens now with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Scrgey Lavrov, about nuclear power in Iran. The U.S. Senate and House talk about pork-barrel spending all the time too. It is no wonder the World ...
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More Growing Up Gilroy
By MsGrant - March 19, 2010, 8:34 a.m.
Here is one of my stories about growing up in a house full of teenage girls. My oldest sister, Mary Jo, and I were getting ready for school one morning, she seventeen and me fourteen, just shy of fifteen. A horrible age at best, from all perspectives, my own included. ...
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21st Century Mailing
By erbie1 - March 19, 2010, 7:05 a.m.
The post office and I have become quite acquainted over the past couple months, after I finished self-publishing my second book and needed to send it out to those who ordered it through PayPal. I was going to the Chula Vista Post Office for the first month, but then I ...
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Passion and Protection
By Mindy1114 - March 19, 2010, 6:15 a.m.
When Mystie Bollaert, 59, was a young woman, she was arrested three times for having seizures. Each time, she used her "one call" from jail to contact her neurologist to help her get released. He, with the results of her blood tests, convinced officers at the San Diego Police Department ...
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SDCERA Loses Amaranth Decision, Will Appeal
By Don Bauder - March 18, 2010, 5:19 p.m.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed a securities fraud lawsuit filed in 2007 by the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) against Amaranth Advisors, a hedge fund that collapsed. SDCERA invested $175 million in Amaranth and got $90 million back. It hopes to ...
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Update Little Falls 3/18/2010
By johnwotzka - March 18, 2010, 3:37 p.m.
1. A look at the history of the tastes of the art of former Federal Reserve Chairmans. The sense of freedom in the expression of art may enhance the development of investment of money in expressed directions. Ref: The Wall Street Journal, 3/16/10 page D9 2. Post commander Colonel Richard ...
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RIP Alex Chilton, Weekly Hotsheet, Locals in the News, WTF Sleestaks, Bellante's Poker Face
By Jay Allen Sanford - March 18, 2010, 3:24 p.m.
WIN GIG @ OVERHEARD & FAMOUS ARTSHOW! Famous Former Neighbors Song Contest! Last year, the song “Overheard in San Diego” by Cathryn Beeks and Sven Erik Seaholm became that comic strip’s heavily-promoted and oft-played theme song at www.sandiegoreader.com. NOW WE NEED A FAMOUS FORMER NEIGHBORS SONG! Record and ...
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Californication/True Blood/the Canada connection
By nan - March 18, 2010, 1:47 p.m.
I'll find that long lost pony express address on a Christmas card i got last year with my usual aplomb i was going to buy "Californication" at Costco yesterday for the said addressee...but they didn't have it My friend Donna Who and i are True Blood fans and now that ...
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don't make me throw a possum in ur face!!!!!
By nan - March 18, 2010, 1:10 p.m.
i'm trying to decide if i should REALLY have that possum dinner 
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India Hawthorn & Orchid Trees
By Jerry Schad - March 18, 2010, 10:13 a.m.
India Hawthorn, one of the most common flowering shrubs used in landscaping as hedges and dividers in San Diego, is blooming best right about now. The plant, which has several varieties, covers itself with blossoms ranging in hue from pinkish white to vivid pink. Orchid Trees, now at their flamboyant ...
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Sempra Gives the Boot to 90 Employees
By Don Bauder - March 17, 2010, 8:26 p.m.
Sempra Energy announced Monday (March 15) that 90 jobs are being eliminated in a corporate-wide reorganization. The lost jobs include some at Sempra Energy, the U.S. parent, and at the parent's member utilities (such as San Diego Gas & Electric). Most areas of the company were not impacted, the company ...
