Staff Blog Entries

UT San Diego hopes to add four new buildings to Mission Valley property, including a 23-story residential tower

Additional details on mixed-use development revealed at public meeting.

A consultant and land planner hired by Doug Manchester released additional details on his proposed development of UT San Diego's ...

TMD consultant and his firm has collected nearly $550,000 in TMD revenues since 2008

Invoices show John Lambeth and Civitas Advisors has collected over a half million dollars from San Diego's tourism district

At the March 26 council hearing nearly one hundred hotel and tourism employees urged, sometimes yelled, at Mayor Bob Filner ...

City of San Diego hopped up on craft breweries; proposing zoning changes to allow for tasting rooms

City ready to allow breweries to attach tasting rooms and other dining areas greater than 3,000 square feet.

Craft beer is big in San Diego. New craft brews are hopping up throughout the City and County. In recent ...

Year to date hotel occupancy rates are actually up in San Diego, despite missed marketing opportunity

Report shows that occupancy rates so far this year actually rose by 2 percent compared to the same time last year.

Hotel occupancy is down in San Diego. In a March 25 article in the UT San Diego, Joe Terzi from ...

Faulconer returns with new ordinance banning oversized vehicles and trailers on City streets

Options include a pilot program as well as a citywide ordinance.

Councilmember Kevin Faulconer is back in the driver's seat, hoping to steer San Diego closer to an ordinance that would ...

Mayor Filner's Special Events Committee collects cash to pay down State of the City and Inaugural Events

The committee received more than $6,000 from Bridgepoint Education, Republic Services, and SDG&E

Mayor Bob Filner's State of the City address and inauguration event were brought to you, in part, by Bridgepoint Education, ...

Trials and tribulations: State wants to charge $10 fee for public to view court files

New proposal is included in a bill from the Judicial Branch

A recent proposal from California's Judicial Branch gives a whole new meaning to the term 'trials and tribulations'. In this ...

Business owners in Alpine sue SDG&E over impacts from Sunrise Powerlink

Construction impacts caused many businesses to lose major cash and even forced some to close.

SDG&E's newly built Sunrise Powerlink is the tie that binds the power grids in Imperial Valley and San Diego County. ...

Debate over fluoride in water resurfaces in San Diego

Outside funding is running dry and the City must decide what to do about the fluoridation of the water supply.

The debate over adding fluoride to the City's water supply is back. After two years, the City of San Diego ...

City to spend $7 million to shore up two sewage pump stations that failed during September 2011 blackout

City to install seven backup generators at the two pump stations that sent 3.4 million gallons of sewage during massive outage

On March 4 San Diego city councilmembers agreed to pay a $600,000 fine for a massive sewage dump from two ...

Mayor Bob Filner releases more details on draft medical marijuana ordinance

Ordinance would enact a two-percent tax on all purchases while easing zoning restrictions for dispensary operators.

Mayor Bob Filner's goal to improve access for patients in need of "compassionate use of medical marijuana throughout San Diego" ...

Doug Manchester moves forward with mixed-use development at UT San Diego's Mission Valley headquarters

Owner of UT San Diego to start preparing environmental documents necessary for project to move forward

The uptick in the real estate market that Doug Manchester was waiting for appears to have arrived. Yesterday, the City ...

Lawsuit filed against Sol Orchard's proposed solar plant in Ramona

Lawsuit filed by Ramona citizens and Union over Sol Orchard

A group of Ramona residents and a labor union have joined forces to fight a 42.7-acre solar plant proposed for ...

Organizer of Rock-n-Roll Marathon files suit against the American Cancer Society

Active-lifestyle event company wants over $1.6 million for alleged breach of contract

The collaboration between the American Cancer Society and Competitor Group Inc, the owner and operator of the Rock-n-Roll Marathon, has ...

City refuses to pay $7.6 million to man paralyzed by a fallen tree. Requests new trial.

Ex Parte hearing scheduled for Tuesday, March 12.

The City of San Diego wants to take another shot at convincing a jury that they should not be held ...

Assault weapons ban to be discussed at an upcoming committee meeting

Councilmember David Alvarez will present the resolution at a council committee hearing on March 13

Councilmember David Alvarez is calling on federal and state lawmakers to reinstate the ban on military-style assault weapons, such as ...

Tourism Marketing District Board has nearly $2 million stashed away in reserve account

Board has access to a so-called catastrophe fund.

The feud between Mayor Bob Filner and Jan Goldsmith spilled over in a San Diego Superior court room during a ...

NFL's request to transfer Seau case to federal court denied by judge

Order to stay from U.S. judge holds transfer until outside panel can weigh in on case.

The National Football League wants that the case filed by relatives of Junior Seau to be heard by the federal ...

City emails show Mitt Romney fast at work on La Jolla remodel only three days after losing the election

Mitt Romney wasted little time getting project back on track

Sunday former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney emerged from hiding for his first interview since losing the election in November. ...

Majority of Tourism Marketing District board didn't even vote to renew the Tourism Marketing District

Vote results from the City Clerk's Office shows support for hotel tax came from smaller hotels.

The Tourism Marketing District isn't very popular these days. And judging by the official vote, the two percent tax on ...