Staff Blog Entries

Homeland Security grant to send nearly $17 million for weapons, surveillance to San Diego region

Mayor Filner’s office announced yesterday (May 21) that San Diego has been awarded $16.9 million out of a total of ...

Much-hyped Venter Big Oil algae deal heads back to drawing board

UCSD alumnus and self-styled emperor of the worlds genomes recasts not so miraculous $300 million deal with ExxonMobil for genetically engineering fuel from algae, reports MIT Tech Review

As first reported here in November 2008, La Jolla's Craig Venter, the self-styled human genome king, had grand plans for ...

City Attorney finds gaps in Mayor Filner's effort to remove traffic from Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama

In a May 15 memo, City Attorney finds issue with Filner's so-called temporary plan.

Not so fast, Mayor Filner. That's the gist of a May 15 memo from the City Attorney's Office regarding the ...

Trailer Park: The World's End

Now that's structure.

Okay, it's not out until tomorrow, but I really really like the device in Frances Ha of having addresses serve ...

Trailer Park: Last Vegas

Brilliant. Mean, but brilliant.

Okay, so that was awful. That's understood. But there's a special evil to the awfulness. Because even though the trailer ...

Baja authorities searching for missing 11 year old girl

Child disappeared from home on May 18 without a trace

Baja California authorities and family members are asking for help in locating a missing 11 year old girl. Cristina del ...

There was no answer at the front door, so burglars went around to the back

Neighbors in Carlsbad no longer at ease after home invaded

A fifteen-year-old girl was home when two intruders went around to the back of the house in Carlsbad and kicked ...

Dig a hole: Steve Forrest

"S.W.A.T." star and Dana Andrews' younger brother

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/23/46129/ Steve Forrest, movie actor, Lt. Hondo Harrelson on TV's S.W.A.T., and dependable Dana Andrews' real-life kid brother, is dead. ...

Third conspirator pleads guilty in plot to kidnap San Diegans

Antonio Zermeno Garcia has joined co-defendants Luis Miguel Salas Rodriguez and Carlos Alberto Andrade-De La Cruz in pleading guilty to ...

Blonde burglar sentenced to 4 years prison

Woman admitted stealing jewelry and wrestling with homeowner

A woman who confronted a burglar leaving her Oceanside home five months ago was in court yesterday afternoon to see ...

Escondido man who ran over women in crosswalk is sentenced

Judge wants felony-bad-driver to pay restitution

Aaron Danny Hernandez, 25, was sentenced to 365 days custody plus 5 years formal probation in San Diego’s North County ...

Inappropriate exposure at California tanning salon gets 2 years prison

Timothy Ty Craine must register as a sex offender

A man who exposed himself to a woman working at a spa in Encinitas was sentenced yesterday to 2 years ...

Appeals court reinstates discrimination case against Ace Parking

Superior court wrongly dismissed racial, age discrimination complaints

Richard Hodges, an African American aged 63, claimed in a Superior Court suit that he was wrongfully terminated by Ace ...

Tax preparer gets 15 years for stealing 292 identities, $515,000

He fled to Mexico, but returned to do more mischief -- and got nabbed

Tax preparer Neil Thomsen was sentenced today (May 22) to 15 years in prison. He was convicted in a jury ...

Padres unhinged by Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright was dominant and Padres starter Edinson Volquez wasn't as the Padres lost

We can go on and on about Edinson Volquez, but it won’t do a bit of good. Yes, he gave ...

Produce from trade show donated to local food pantries

32,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables were distributed to local soup kitchens and food pantries following the United Fresh Produce ...

Mobo Brain: technology at the dinner table

Local author Jenz Johnson offers a new outlook on the role of mobile devices at meal time.

It this vast and untamed American future, just about everybody carries a mobile device. While most of us have been ...

Sloppy seconds? Ken Scott gets another shot at his high concept

Perhaps the ultimate example of making an indie film in order to break into Hollywood

Hey, did you see the sperm-donor comedy Starbuck? Probably not - it made just $335,000 in the States, and received ...

One week before election, Myrtle Cole and Dwayne Crenshaw were fined by Ethics Commission

Candidates found to have solicited votes and cash from city employees, including councilmembers and the Mayor

From claims about hanging out at crack houses to accusations over prior campaign infractions, the race between Myrtle Cole and ...

Hey, Sailor meme leaks text of fired Navy XO's "inappropriate" emails to female subordinates

"Allen Maestas' conduct may have been unbecoming, but it was still hilarious."

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