Staff Blog Entries

Robbery suspect found hiding in bushes outside Sheriff station

Derrick Lewis was taken into custody by Sheriff’s deputies in Encinitas Monday afternoon after an attempted robbery gone wrong. Lewis ...

Filner has plan to spend projected budget surplus

Mayor Bob Filner yesterday (May 21) released revisions to his proposed 2013-2014 fiscal year budget, taking advantage of anticipated increased ...

Surfrider: ocean waters just across San Diego county line dirtiest in 2012 survey

The Surfrider Foundation yesterday (May 20) released 2012 results from its Blue Water Task Force, a collective monitoring effort that ...

Harbor Drive reroute marks milestone in Embarcadero project

The Port of San Diego celebrated a milestone yesterday (May 20) in its efforts to implement the North Embarcadero Visionary ...

Filner speaks out against gag order in federal pot case

Mayor Bob Filner, long a friend of the medical marijuana community and thus foe of U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy, came ...

Imperial Beach checkpoint leads to two drunk driving arrests

A six-hour DUI checkpoint conducted over the weekend on the 900 block of Palm Avenue in Imperial Beach from 8:30 ...

New desert power plant could ease stress of continued San Onofre shutdown

Gas-powered Coachella Valley plant online three months early

The Sentinel Energy Project, an 800-megawatt natural gas fueled power plant under construction in the Coachella Valley near Desert Hot ...

Bike to Work Day across San Diego

Today (May 17) is National Bike to Work Day, celebrated annually on the third Friday in May, and the San ...

Median home prices up 23 percent compared to 2012

The median price for an existing single-family home in California surpassed $400,000 for the first time in five years last ...

Fallbrook man arrested on indecent exposure charges

Sheriff’s deputies arrested 26 year-old Patrick Christopher Harvey in Fallbrook yesterday afternoon (May 15) on charges of indecent exposure related ...

Local plane found in Indiana briefly baffles officials

A San Diego-based Cessna 182 small aircraft apparently experienced engine troubles and made an emergency landing at Purdue University Airport ...

Seal rope can stay up at La Jolla year-round

Coastal Commission issues three year permit for permanent barrier at Children's Pool

Yet another blow was struck yesterday (May 15) in the long-running battle between beachgoers and seals over access to the ...

Regulatory double-speak clouds future of San Onofre public hearings

Comments from Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair Alison Macfarlane on the future of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station have generated media ...

Massage parlors raided in La Mesa

La Mesa Police yesterday (May 14) released details on a coordinate prostitution sweep that took place May 9 involving the ...

SOHO seeks volunteer craftsmen for Adobe University

Local preservationist group Saving Our Heritage Organisation has issued a call for participants in a renewal of its Adobe University ...

Pot poorly concealed by cucumbers

1,600 pounds of marijuana seized at Otay Mesa border crossing

A truckload of cucumbers provided ineffectual cover to a clandestine shipment of marijuana that was intercepted last week at the ...

Housing affordability rate falls to 38 percent

Increasing housing prices are again putting a serious squeeze on affordability, the California Association of Realtors reports. Just 44 percent ...

Billboard pushes for greater San Onofre awareness

Final week of public comment on proposal to change rules for re-start without full license amendment

The nuclear watchdog group San Onofre Safety is trying to expand its public outreach in the days leading up to ...

Brothers arrested for beating of cab driver in Encinitas

Two brothers were arrested early Saturday morning (May 11) on charges of robbery and battery after beating a 52 year-old ...

Shoe booties tip off Border Patrol agents at I-5 checkpoint

Cloth booties worn by passengers in a 2008 Mercedes sedan tipped Border Patrol agents off to a human smuggling operation ...