The El Mexicano News reported that a large amount of cash and methamphetamine was seized near the U.S. and Mexican border on Wednesday, July 31st. Elements of the state police made the seizure in Tijuana, after spotting suspicious activity. An …

As promised, legal challenges to San Diego’s Proposition B, dubbed “Comprehensive Pension Reform,” have begun to surface from labor. Ann Smith, an attorney for the San Diego Municipal Employees Association, has asked San Diego Superior Court Judge Luis Vargas to …

R. B. "Buzz" Woolley Jr., founder and financial backer of San Diego's non-profit online news operation, the Voice of San Diego, hasn't been prominent in the news of late, but the opinionated charter school advocate continues to contribute to various …

The group Federal Accountability Coalition has claimed responsibility for the bogus email which alleged that U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy is targeting illegal prescription drug sales at pharmacies in San Diego. The phony press release from the email address, [email protected] was …

The San Diego Maritime Museum has announced that it will soon take possession of P24, a “patrol craft fast” boat, from the Republic of Malta. Otherwise known as “swift boats,” the vessels were used by U.S. armed forced during the …

I won't get fooled again...well I hope not. Turns out the story I posted this morning (below) about U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy targeting pharmacies was a hoax. A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office denies any such initiative. The statement …

A man appeared to be under the influence of “bath salts” or methamphetamine when he attacked people on the street in Vista, according to a deputy who testified in court yesterday. Felix Hernandez Torres Junior, 25, is accused of knocking …

Yesterday marked the 47th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing Medicare into law. A group of seniors organized by the labor group American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees used the date to issue a plea to Rep. …

San Diego County home values did slightly worse than the composite of 20 major metro areas in May, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price data released this morning (July 31). San Diego values rose 0.9% from April, lagging the …

The U.S. Senate's Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions issued a report today (July 30) on the massive failures of for-profit universities, and San Diego's Bridgepoint Education comes out on the short end once again. (The committee had a …

This evening (July 30), the board of watchdog Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) agreed to hire an accountant to prepare the books for the period July 1, 2011 through June 30 of this year. Kim Malcolm, the executive director hired …

Residents in Golden Hill and South Park are finally receiving refund checks for assessments they paid to what was ruled an illegal maintenance assessment district. There is one problem; the checks do not include the first year's (2007-2008) assessments. The …

On the way to the Turtle and Tortoise Show, we ran across the weiner dog picnic. It was a sunny, mild day in Balboa Park, just right for the San Diego Dachshund Club’s annual summer picnic. Barky little dogs and …

According to Tijuana municipal authorities, one of the young men who killed two alleged kidnappers while rescuing his wife has admitted to killing another person earlier this month. 21 year old Juan Alfredo Díaz García was part of a crew …

On the heels of that $54 million "hidden assets" trust fund scandal enveloping the California state parks system comes word that San Diego county's Office of Emergency Services has been inadequately tracking its own multi-million-dollar finances. According to a report …

If nothing else, this election's mayoral race has been interesting to watch. First Nathan Fletcher jumps ship on the GOP and now Carl DeMaio announces that the former chair for the County's Democratic Party has joined his campaign team. Today, …

It wasn't easy, definitely no walk in the park, but after years of fighting the legality of their neighborhood assessment district, residents of Golden Hill finally seem to have convinced the City to reevaluate their approach to property and business …

The Port of San Diego is soliciting proposals for programs that would provide an environmental benefit to the San Diego Bay and its surrounding tidelands. The Port’s board of directors has authorized the expenditure of up to $500,000 from its …

It's no mystery that executives at Downtown San Diego Partnership have wanted to extend the reach of the property-based improvement district, also known as the Clean and Safe Program, for quite some time. In the past year alone, the higher-ups …

Three murders were reported across Tijuana on Saturday, July 28th. Two of the murders allegedly occurred when two young men rescued their wives from kidnappers. 19 year old Cristina Alejandra Olivares Sánchez and a 16 year old only identified as …

A 17-year-old boy took six grueling hours of questioning in the Vista courthouse last week, testifying against a 38-year-old man whom he said sexually abused him for two years. The slender, soft-spoken boy now looks taller than Raul Licon Jr., …

Illustrious British physicist Stephen Hawking will visit San Diego Aug. 4 for the funeral of his close friend Dennis Avery, who recently died. Hawking, who is known for his theory that black holes in space should emit radiation, suffers from …

Data from Smith Travel Research show that San Diego's hotel business continues to do better. The occupancy rate for June of this year was 70.3%, up from 67.3% in June of 2011. The average daily room rate was $128 this …

If anyone expected Nathan Fletcher to a fade away after an unsuccessful bid for mayor, they were wrong. Earlier this week, Fletcher's decision to quit the GOP and turn independent was mentioned in yet another article in the New York …

Beginning at 10a.m. this morning, the San Diego Museum of Art will remain open for 36 straight hours as part of its Summer Salon Series, reports KPBS. The event will feature “live art-making, music and performance art to theater, films, …

Nearly three weeks after city councilmembers, sans Sherri Lightner, gave the $45 million Plaza de Panama project the green light, Irwin Jacobs and the construction management firm he hired to be in charge of public outreach and planning are patting …

Do San Diego county's land-use planners have sufficient culture to deal with big developrs and angry neighbors? Apparently not, judging from a "request for information" posted online July 12 by the county's department of purchasing and contracting. According to the …

The San Diego Field Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, announced in a July 26 press release that six individuals were arrested and more than 7000 packages of Spice and Bath Salt products seized in Escondido, …

Tracy L. Odom, a 39 year-old La Mesa resident, has been arrested by police on suspicion of armed robbery of an AM/PM convenience store on July 9. Odom’s weapon of choice: a pair of scissors. At approximately 1:40 a.m. on …

The County's Climate Action Plan has no substance, say representatives from the Sierra Club. In response, the environmental group has filed a lawsuit accusing the County of failing to implement a "comprehensive and enforceable" plan to reduce emissions. Instead, Sierra …

According to many people who attended the July 23 Sweetwater Union High School District meeting, the majority of the trustees continue to abrogate the rights of public speakers. Kevin O'Neill, a member of Sweetwater's Proposition O Bond Oversight Committee, and …

Local artist Roman de Salvo is set to begin the installation of The Riparium, an artwork to be displayed at Ruocco Park, which is being constructed by the Port of San Diego west of Pacific Highway and south of Harbor …

Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, who departed the Republican party and proclaimed himself an independent during this year's San Diego mayoral race, didn't get past the June primary, but a big money La Jolla-based Super PAC that supported him is still in …

Jennifer Lyndi Davey, now 64, got a prison sentence. Photo Nick Morris. A dishonest bookkeeper who admitted to stealing from her employer was sentenced to more than 5 years prison this week. Jennifer Lyndi Davey, now 64, was sentenced to …

California’s Campaign Against Marijuana Planting, in existence for nearly three decades and responsible for the eradication of millions of cannabis plants on both public and private land, was cancelled this year due to state budget cuts and replaced with a …

A doctor and a merchant were charged today (July 25) with defrauding Medicare by selling power wheelchairs that patients did not need and billing Medicare. Dr. Irving J. Schwartz was arrested in Yuba City and Jose Melendez, owner of a …

Eight persons and three corporations were charged with illegally importing hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign goods into the U.S. in a complaint unsealed today (July 25). According to the U.S. Attorney's office, the defendants ran a scheme to …

Do Killer Whales belong in captivity? That's been an ongoing question for decades, especially in cities such as San Diego and Orlando, where Sea World's popular amusement parks are located. The issue was recently covered by Randy Dotinga, writer for …

In the coming decades more and more single-family homes will be demolished to make room for multi-family buildings, says a report from the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). By 2050, SANDAG projects there will be 6,256 fewer single family …

The UC San Diego Health System’s facilities have been named among “Health Care’s Most Wired” programs by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine, the campus’ News Center reports. “This is our seventh year in a row on this list, which demonstrates …

Whether or not San Diego's city hall has been "bought off" by cable TV interests - as charged by Democratic Congressman and mayoral candidate Bob Filner during U-T San Diego columnist Matt Hall's Sunday protest rally against the unavailability of …

Sheriff’s deputies, a patrol helicopter, a fire/rescue helicopter, and engine companies from the U.S. Forest Service and Cal FIRE were all called on to rescue a hiker who was reported injured after falling from a rock at Three Sisters Falls …

A prosecutor told the jury that the man on trial for murder “almost certainly” did not stab the victim to death, but rather it was probably his companion Pedro Avalos who actually knifed the victim. Pedro Avalos, 23, is named …

A Vista man convicted of multiple rapes is requesting a new trial, most likely based upon “juror misconduct,” his attorney said in court today. Deputy Public Defender Matthew Roberts spoke on behalf of Jeremy Ryan Stutzman, the defendant who was …

A U.S. citizen was found dead in a Tijuana hotel room this morning, July 24th. A staff member unlocked the room at the Hotel América to find a nude white male lying lifeless on the bed. The room was checked …

It's been a big week for advocates of medical marijuana. First, Imperial Beach city councilmembers voted in favor of placing an initiative on the November ballot which, if approved, could open the door for medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in …

San Diego State University will roll out a new bicycle rental program this fall, SDSU’s NewsCenter reports. The program is being touted as an affordable alternative to students without cars, while also offering opportunities to improve traffic congestion and help …

As the anti-death penalty party to be thrown by once-imprisoned La Jolla lawyer Bill Lerach draws near, some other well-heeled San Diego attorneys are also opening their checkbooks in support of the cause. As noted earlier, Lerach and his current …

At a time when some local economists are forecasting a bottoming of the housing market, Blue Sky Capital is predicting a second wave of county foreclosures that could be worse than the one a few years back. Blue Sky says …

A class action suit filed in San Diego last week against Home Depot alleges that employees were forced to work while off the clock and denied overtime wages, with the total amount lost by plaintiffs exceeding $5 million. The company …

Laura Duffy is moving forward with her crusade to wipe out medical marijuana dispensaries in Southern California. The U.S. Attorney has threatened the owner of the building that houses the Mother Earth Cooperative in El Cajon with stiff fines, or …

San Diego Sheriff’s deputies responded Saturday afternoon to a domestic disturbance involving a father and his 25 year-old son on the 1100 block of Meadow Lake Drive inVista. Upon arriving, deputies made contact with the father, who was standing in …

Statistics released by the state of Baja California reported that 55 foreign criminals were apprehended, by the international unit of the state police, in the first 6 months of 2012. Alfredo Arenas Moreno, Coordinator General of the International Liaison of …

It was billled as a U-T columnist's rally to return the Padres to cable TV, and Matthew Hall, bullhorn in hand, worked the crowd like a pro, but congressman and mayoral candidate Bob Filner was clearly the hit of the …

A Better San Diego, an organization billed as a coalition of faith, community, and labor groups, kicked off Pride weekend with another installment of its roughly monthly breakfast forum series, focusing on the theme of community organizing and the accomplishments …

While Southern California Edison pushes forward with a revised plan to restart operations at one of the two San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station reactors that have been in emergency shutdown since January, state energy officials are bracing for a potential …

The Associated Press is reporting that 21 people at a San Jose event hosted by San Diego-based motivational speaker Tony Robbins suffered burns while walking across hot coals. The injuries took place Thursday. Having attendees walk across hot coals is …

Research firm Technomic has put together a list of the top 15 fast food brands in America. The list has been presented by Business Insider. San Diego's Jack in the Box is 15th most popular fast food chain, and 5th …

Democrat state Sen. Juan Vargas, believed by local political observers to be more or less assured of election to the U.S. Congress in November after beating fellow Democrat and ex-state Sen. Denise Ducheny in a nasty primary fight last month, …

According to reporting by San Diego Reader editor Matt Potter, the father of the suspected Colorado mass murderer is almost certainly an anti-fraud scientist at a San Diego company. He is Robert M. Holmes, senior lead scientist at the San …

A former Oceanside High School basketball coach who admitted having sex with a student has refused to stop using certain websites, per his probation officer’s demands. The attorney for Corey Lane Hogue protested to a superior court judge that Craigslist …

More than 450 foreign-exchange students waiting for their tickets to America may be left on the lurch after the State Department suspended a San Diego-based sponsor from the program. A department official told the Associated Press on Thursday that Pacific …

Federal inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conclude in a report released yesterday that Southern California Edison is not guilty of having misled the Commission with regard to the complexity of design changes to the failed steam generators at San …

San Diego County's unemployment rate was 9.2% in June, up from a revised 8.8% in May, but below the year-ago rate of 10.4%, according to the California Employment Development Department. Nonfarm employment rose in the area,however, by 13,400 jobs. Leisure …

Trial is expected to begin Monday morning for a man accused of a gang murder in Carlsbad more than a year ago, the attack occurred March 25, 2011. Witnesses reported hearing a man yell, “You’re in the wrong town, Carlos …

Chula Vista's city council moved a step closer toward district elections in their July 17 meeting. The Charter Review Commission presented their report/recommendations to the council. Council members refined the proposals. Though the discussion on the dais was politically charged, …

Urban Housing Partners, the developer hoping to build a 996-unit mixed use project along the banks of the San Diego River in Grantville, considers a recent 8-to7 vote by a local community planning group against their project a victory. During …

MORE ON MASS SHOOTING: James Holmes, who is in custody in Colorado for a mass killing in an Aurora theater, originally lived in San Diego, according to news reports. The mother, Arlene Holmes of Rancho Peñasquitos, allegedly told authorities, "You've …

Prominent Democrats continue to flock to the Scott Peters camp in the wake of his narrow primary victory over fellow Dem Lori Saldaña, which earned him the right to challenge Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray in the newly drawn 52nd Congressional …

James Holmes, 24, is in custody in Colorado for gunning down 12 people in a mass shooting in a movie theater last night in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. Holmes's mother lives in Rancho Penasquitos and allegedly told ABC News, …

San Diego Harbor Police kept the SanPark airport parking facility on Pacific Highway shut down for approximately two hours Wednesday afternoon in response to a suspicious package placed in a vehicle. Around noon, a SanPark worker witnessed someone placing a …

The unfinished tunnels recently found in Tijuana, which were intended to smuggle narcotics, allegedly belonged to El Chapo and the Sinaloa Cartel. Alfonso Duarte Mujica, the commander of the Second Region Military, stated that Army intelligence was able to successfully …

Add Solana Beach city councilmember, and candidate for County Supervisor, Dave Roberts to the list of politicians who have come out against a decision by state legislators to suspend open-government provisions enforced by the Brown Act. The provisions include a …

The San Diego and Imperial Valley chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has contributed a cool $100,000 to the campaign for Proposition 34, a November ballot measure that would abolish capital punishment in California, replacing the death penalty with …

Residents were fired up at today's planning commission hearing on a proposal to build a 100-megawatt power plant near the edge of Mission Trails Regional Park. Shortly after the meeting began, opponents of the Quail Brush Power Plant wasted no …

A man who was caught transiting over 2 tons of marijuana in a tractor trailer was sentenced to 13 years and 9 months in prison on Thursday, June 19th. Roy Eduardo Cuevas Sánchez was caught in August of 2011 by …

San Diegan and former Navy SEAL Nicholas Bickle was sentenced this week to 17 ½ years in federal prison for leading a scheme to sell military equipment including machine guns and explosives to a private buyer in Las Vegas, the …

A court order has forced San Diego County investigators to release the contents of what has been called a “suicide note.” Information in the document led investigators to find the body of a woman that had been reported missing in …

A friend reported Brittany missing to San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday, April 14. Deputy Brenemen took a missing person report at 2 p.m. that afternoon. The friend said Brittany was supposed to go with Louis Perez to downtown …

Stock of telecom superstar Qualcomm is up 2.16%% to $57.26 in after hours trading today (July 18) despite the company's announcement of disappointing forecasts. Qualcomm said that fourth quarter earnings per share would be 62 cents to 68 cents; Wall …

The San Diego region scored the top ranking on the nation’s “Tolerance Index,” The Atlantic magazine reports in a larger piece on The Rise of the Creative Class – Revisited, a book penned by Richard Florida, also the article’s author. …

A former police chief of Tijuana, Julián Leyzaola, is being applauded for successfully dropping the murder count in Ciudad Juárez. The murder rate in Juárez has declined 59% in the first 6 months of 2012 compared to 2011. 2011 saw …

It's been a messy process but after more than a year of searching for ways to save money at the Miramar Landfill the Managed Competition process has finally ended. Tomorrow, the Managed Competition Independent Review Board is expected to pass …

Staffing problems have plagued leadership of the recently-commissioned amphibious transport dock San Diego, which has been stationed in its namesake city since mid-May, the Navy Times reports. First, the ship’s Commander Jon Haydl was relieved of duty on March 12, …

After 40 years of influencing the field, the UCSD-based powerhouse of an entity known as the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts (CRCA) got it’s plug pulled. The organization is no longer what the university refers to as …

After three months of vacant office, an Attorney General delegate has been appointed for the state of Baja California. Rafael González Cervantes, who served as Deputy Attorney General in Rosarito Beach for five years, was appointed to the top position …

As reported yesterday, the congressional campaign of ex-San Diego city councilman Scott Peters, fresh from a bruising primary battle with fellow Democrat Lori Saldana, finished the first half of the year with $82,032 of cash in the bank. That's signifcantly …

It's no secret that during his 8-years in office, Mayor Jerry Sanders has made sure to keep reporters at bay, implementing a tight-lipped policy when it comes to the media. Sanders and his public relations team prevented staff in city …

The latest foreclosure figures covering the month of June were recently made available by the default tracking site ForeclosureRadar.com, and suggest a continued downward trend in the number of “distressed” properties set to hit the market in coming months. In …

Representatives from Urban Housing Partners hoping to leave the Navajo Community Planning Group meeting with support for the proposed 996-unit mixed use development on the banks of the San Diego River in Grantville left empty handed last night, after community …

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has released a sketch of the suspect accused of sexually assaulting a 41 year-old woman in Imperial Beach on the evening of July 8. The suspect is described as a “black adult male, 6'1", 175 …

San Diego residents are fighting for their right for an open government and open meetings. On Monday, the government watchdog group San Diegans for Open Government announced that it was suing the State over the recent suspension of mandates associated …

The San Diego Chargers are the 33rd most valuable sports franchise, according to the latest compilation by Forbes.com. The team is worth $920 million, says the publication. "The Chargers have been trying in vain to get a taxpayer-funded stadium built …

Narcissism in the literary world is on the rise, a [new study] from San Diego State University suggests. “Changes in written language reflect broader cultural changes,” says social psychologist and lead researcher Jean Twenge, who has explored the generational shift …

Fresh from a prominent role in independent Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher's failed bid to become mayor of San Diego, Qualcomm chairman and CEO Paul E. Jacobs and wife Stacy have given a total $10,000 to the Democratic congressional campaign of ex-city …

If San Diego Assocation of Government's pay-to-perform policy is any indication, executive director Gary Gallegos is one stellar performer. On Friday, SANDAG's Executive Committee recommended adding $10,000 to Gallegos's base salary. If approved Gallegos salary will go from $260,000 a …

An appeals court has issued a “stay” to stop release of documents which San Diego media hoped to get access to today, Monday July 16. The Court of Appeal sent out a fax just before 5 p.m. Friday which stated …

A lawsuit newly filed in federal court by the law firm of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd spells out the massive dumping of shares by Bridgepoint top management. The suit represents those who acquired Bridgepoint stock between May 3, 2011 …

Bank of America has been misreporting deferred interest income from customers holding adjustable rate mortgages by “millions, if not billions, of dollars,” according to a federal class-action suit filed in San Diego. On certain negative-amortization loan products known as “option …

The 919 Gang, a daily online newspaper going to more than 500 current and former U-T reporters and writers, has a fascinating report today (July 15) on Penn State and Joe Paterno. Tom Cushman, retired sports editor and columnist for …

A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York may validate what cynics like me have been saying for many years: statements and actions by the Federal Reserve are pumping up the stock market tremendously. The study looked at …

San Diego's Bridgepoint Education, the for-profit university that Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa bluntly calls "a scam," is amazingly profitable. It sports a 25.30% return on assets and a 44.7% return on equity, to go with a profit margin of …

The Sustainability Alliance of Southern California last night hosted a discussion: “Nuclear Power in Southern California – Can We Afford It?” Held at the California Center for Sustainable Energy in Clairemont, the few dozen attendees largely boasted energy backgrounds or …

The attorney for murder-defendant Jessica Lynn Lopez has asked a California appellate court to halt release of papers which are expected to reveal new details in the high-profile case. Lopez and two others are accused in the death of Brittany …

Vincent Legrend Walters, who has been on the run for 24 years, has been captured in Cancun and will be transported to Mexico City to face extradition proceedings to bring him back to San Diego where he will face murder …

Ellen Browning Scripps, born in London back in 1836, probably couldn't have imagined the contemporary woes currently besetting Scripps College, an institution for the higher education of women built in 1926 in Claremont with some of the sizable fortune she …

"If my ass was on fire, I wouldn't care who put it out. I have to fight just like all other small business owners who can't get any help from the City." That's Milton, owner of Headlinerz barber shop on …

The overall value of real estate in San Diego County fell $568 million, or 0.14 percent, over the last year, according to a release from Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk Ernie Dronenburg. The total value of properties assessed in the county stands at …

In recent years, residents have grown accustomed to hearing about budget cuts; whether they be cuts to libraries, social programs, parks, or to public safety. But state legislators have found one way to save money that not many residents have …

A May 10 federal indictment unsealed today (July 12) charges Mary Armstrong, Ramona real estate agent Teresa Rose, and William Fountain with devising and pulling off a loan origination and kickback scheme that involved homes in Ramona and El Cajon. …

A San Diego County woman who survived a knife attack by her ex-boyfriend was featured last night on a television program titled “Who the (BLEEP) Did I Marry?” The half-hour program was featured on the ID or Investigation Discovery channel …

For the thousands of San Diegans and the thousands of tourists who stood, mouth agape, watching the awesome five-second fireworks display, there are finally some answers about how the Big Bay Boom turned to the Big Bay Dud. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuJHfkXEI-o August …

The city of Chula Vista received a disturbing notice at the July 10 council meeting. City Manager Jim Sandoval told the council the "bad news" was that the city received a bill for $5.5 million dollars from the County of …

San Diego-based defense firm General Atomics has unveiled the unarmed version of its Predator unarmed aerial vehicle, or drone, and expects it to be available for sale on the international market within months, Reuters is reporting. So far, of over …

Next Wednesday the Del Mar track opens for the season, and amongst the fillies and big-hatted socialites on display, there will likely be more than a few state and local politicos. It's been that way for years, ever since the …

An effort at San Diego’s Mexican border to stem the flow of weapons and contraband into Mexico could backfire and is already drawing criticism, the Latin American Herald Tribune reports. “We also have a responsibility to step up surveillance on …

A group of 20 migrants were detained by Border Patrol on Wednesday, June 11th, after agents found an empty boat on a beach. Agents followed the footprints which led them to the 20 migrants. The migrants varied in age, and …

With the baseball season half over, there are four National League teams with awful records. Their records are separated by a fraction of a hair: Padres .391, Colorado .388, Chicago Cubs .388 and Houston Astros .384. But according to World …

Due to the fact that the facility sits on land leased from the federal government, workers at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating station do not enjoy the same whistleblower-protection rights of other employees in the state, including at Diablo Canyon, …

More and more vehicles on San Diego's roads and highways are moving slower and slower, finds a new study from GPS provider TomTom. The City is moving up fast on the list of cities with the slowest traffic times in …

Today, District Court Judge Jeffrey Miller agreed to add safety concerns to the list of objections in a legal battle aimed at defeating a proposal to build a new Navy Broadway Complex along Pacific Highway and Harbor Boulevard in downtown. …

San Bernardino's city council last night voted 4-2, with one abstention, to go into Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Prior to the vote, the city attorney said the city could not pay employees August 15. The city experienced a real estate bust …

An “ethics stand-down” instituted by Commandant Gen. Jim Amos throughout the Marines began yesterday, the Marine Corps Times is reporting. The stand-down requires Marine commanders and senior enlisted advisors to sit down with their troops at some point in time …

The afternoon of July 4, two men shoved their way into a home on Bliss Circle and assaulted the residents there, according to Oceanside Police. The assailants stabbed one resident, a man, with a screw driver, and the older woman …

Save Our Heritage Organisation isn't ready to let bypasses be bypasses. Today, the historical preservation group announced they will challenge the city council's decision to remove vehicles from Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama and force park goers to pay for …

Sports columnist Tim Sullivan, recently fired by the UT, has been hired as a sports columnist by the Louisville Courier-Journal, the newspaper announced ten minutes ago. The hookup has been rumored for some time. Sullivan tells me that "basketball is …

Fresh from his high-dollar Balboa Park makeover victory at city council yesterday, La Jolla billionaire and Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs has found himself at the center of a story about mega-million-dollar donations to a new Democratic super PAC called Priorities …

A public hearing will be held tomorrow concerning the City of San Diego’s proposed Property Value Protection Ordinance, a measure similar to one pioneered by Chula Vista and since implemented in numerous regions throughout the country that aims to hold …

A petition circulating on the internet and promoted by the progressive activist group MoveOn.org claims that an underwater sound system being used by the Navy off the coast of California, Hawaii, the Gulf of Mexico, and along the Atlantic shoreline …

On July 17, Students and professors from colleges around the country will be converging on San Diego to compete in the 15th annual RoboSub competition. The contest, held at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, is meant to find …

The newly elected president of Mexico, who will take office on December 1st as long as election results stand, has stated he is not in favor of the legalization of drugs. Enrique Peña Nieto, the presumed president-elect, has made multiple …

On the eve of today's San Diego city council hearing on Irwin Jacobs' controversial Balboa Park makeover plan, backers of the La Jolla billionaire and Qualcomm founder have made it clear they intend to pursue a take-no-prisoners strategy. The Balboa …

Stock of for-profit Bridgepoint Education is down 22.3% to $16.70 this morning (July 9) after the company revealed its Ashford University -- which accounts for almost all of its revenue -- has been denied accreditation by the Western Association of …

San Diego Sheriff’s deputies in Valley Center arrested six individuals from the Los Angeles area over the weekend suspected to be part of a complex credit card theft ring. Around 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning, deputies responded to a call from …

Another high ranking Arellano-Félix Organization member was arrested this week in Tijuana by federal authorities. Luis Manuel “El Mono” Toscano Rodríguez was arrested on Tuesday, June 3rd, however authorities only recently confirmed the arrest on Saturday. El Mono was apprehended …

Deputies in San Marcos are getting flack for squashing entrepreneurial spirit when they arrested a man they said was collecting money from under-aged persons to enter a warehouse supplied with alcohol and “beer pong” tables. Sergeant Matt Blumenthal stated in …

The night of the Fourth of July, just past midnight, police were called to the 800 block of Clark Avenue in Encinitas. The alleged victims who had dialed 911 told police that an Hispanic male demanded their belongings while “brandishing …

In 1994 he pleaded guilty to two felonies, stolen vehicle and evade officers with reckless driving, and he got a 2 year prison sentence. The crimes were committed in Oceanside. He was 18 then. In 1996, he pleaded guilty to …

Things have been fairly quiet for Representative Duncan D. Hunter, the former Marine who inherited his East County congressional seat from his father of the same name. None of the 20 bills sponsored by Hunter since the beginning of 2011 …

Ben Davis Jr. is continuing on his quest to place an initiative on the ballot that would effectively shutter the state’s two remaining nuclear power plants despite a lack of support he alleges stems from inaccurate cost assessments of the …

Another Gandara made Texas news yesterday. This time it was Guillermo "Willie" Gandara, Jr. According to the El Paso Times, this Gandara, who is nicknamed "Godfather," is scheduled to plead guilty July 13 to federal drug-trafficking charges. The July 6 …

A shooutout occurred near the Baja California town of Santo Tomás Thursday evening, July 5th. The El Mexicano newspaper reported that a gun battle occurred when Mexican Army officers approached alleged drug traffickers on a rural road near the town. …

In a time when jobs reports are always accompanied with adjectives like dismal and dreary, there is some good news, if you look hard enough. A recent job index from PayScale found that San Diego has the ninth fastest growing …

San Diego's posh golf resorts and high-powered political fundraising are clearly made for each other. In March it was the Pro Tem Cup, thrown by Democratic state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg at Torrey Pines. As our Dave Rice …

The camp of Democrat Scott Peters is trumpeting the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign in his race to unseat Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray in the newly drawn and hotly contested 52nd Congressional district. Billing itself as “the largest civil …

The nation added only 80,000 jobs in June, according to the Labor Department, as the unemployment rate remained at 8.2%. Economists had expected 100,000, but even that would have been tepid. The economy has to grow by more than 100,000 …

News that the artist, teacher and social activist Michael Schnorr died recently has cast a pall on the Chicano Park artistic community. Members say that Schnorr apparently took his own life by jumping off the Coronado Bay Bridge last Friday, …

Photo by Bob Weatherston Citizens in Rancho Bernardo enjoyed an “Old Fashioned Independence Day Celebration” the afternoon of July 4, this included a “Spirit Of The Fourth” parade along downtown streets. The parade started at 3:30 in the afternoon, and …

It was named the "Big Bay Boom"; the 2012 fireworks display that port officials said would bring excitement to the waterfront, make San Diego Bay a destination, and bring people to tenant businesses while generating revenue for the Port. Well, …

The Port of San Diego on Tuesday announced that its Board of Port Commissioners has adopted a $150.6 million balanced budget for the fiscal year 2012-2013, which began July 1. “This team figured out a way to make it work,” …

Earlier this week, syndicated columnist Clarence Page told the online news site ProPublica that he was returning a $20,000 speaking fee, along with travel expense reimbursements he had received for addressing a June 23 rally in Paris on behalf of …

The former Countrywide Financial showered preferential VIP loans on politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats and others who could wield influence on behalf of the company, according to report released this week by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by North …

The runner-up in the Mexican presidential race has yet to concede his loss in the election, due to numerous allegations of election fraud. Over a thousand reports of voter irregularities have been reported across the country so far. Andrés Manuel …

The market for individual solar systems in California is booming, according to a new report from the California Public Utilities Commission. In 2007, California launched a $3.3 billion program aiming to install 3,000 megawatts of solar power in the state …

The California Architects Board has disciplined Scott A. Spencer of La Jolla for practicing without a license. His original license expired in 1987. But in 2000 he identified himself as a licensed architect, and in 2004 paid a $2,500 penalty. …

A long time Arellano-Félix Organization member was nabbed in Tijuana on Monday, July 2nd. The arrest of Julio César Salas Quiñones, who also goes by the aliases "El M-4" and "El Pilli", was confirmed by the Ministry of National Defense …

Vanidy "Van" Bailey, assistant director for education at UCSD, is leaving to become Harvard's first permanent director of bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer student life. Bailey, who currently oversees the resource center for bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer …

Encinitas osteopathic physician Dr. James Francis Murphy and his wife, Denine Christine Murphy, were arraigned in federal court today (July 3) on charges of corrupt interference with the administration of internal revenue laws, fraudulent use of fictitious financial obligations, and …

San Diego's June election campaign has already claimed its first ethics victim, "Yes on Proposition A," the committee that backed the successful measure to ban so-called project labor agreements in the city of San Diego. According to a stipulation between …

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is seeking nearly $112,000 in fines and penalties against EDCO Waste and Recycling Services over “alleged willful and accident-related violations” in connection with an incident last December at EDCO’s Lemon Grove facility. …

The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) yesterday released its report California’s Women Veterans: Responses to the 2011 Survey. The report covers areas of need experienced by women upon separation from the armed services, an issue particularly pertinent to areas …

In the early months of 2012 Jesus Gandara, former superintendent of Sweetwater Union High School was charged with perjury, bribery, and other charges. In February, El Paso Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr, nephew to Jesus, was charged with drug trafficking. Now, …

The UT is bringing in a vice president of sports who allegedly will run the sports department with authority for both the online and print product. According to knowledgeable sources, current sports editor Jay Posner, the current boss, will now …

You know the saying, 'it takes a village to raise a child'? Well, it isn't quite a village but it would be a step in that direction. If approved, Senate Bill 1476, introduced by State Senator Mark Leno, would allow …

The Union of Concerned Scientists, which bills itself as “the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world,” has issued a call to nuclear power plant operators to change the way they store highly radioactive spent …

A tax-exempt committee set up by La Jolla billionaire Irwin Jacobs to push through his controversial Balboa Park traffic and parking makeover spent almost $2.4 million between June 2010 through the end of May of last year, according to an …

The political group that governed Mexico for over 70 years during the 20th century has reclaimed power. Enrique Peña Nieto, the 45 year old former governor of the State of Mexico, claimed victory in the Mexican presidential election early morning, …

United States defense contractors including San Diego’s General Atomics are lobbying for reduced government restrictions that are stopping them from selling drone technology to other countries, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. “Export restrictions are hurting this industry in America …

Reptile lovers had a weekend of scaly fun at the Civic Center in downtown San Diego, June 30 and July 1. Advertised as a “Reptile Super Show,” there was such a good turnout it was elbow-to-elbow for the two-legged mammals …