Really smoking

Termed-out Republican state senator Mark Wyland, who has his eye on a Board of Equalization seat next year, picked up $5800 last week from tobacco giant Phillip Morris…

When it comes to stealing, crime was on the rise last year at Grossmont College, according to the school’s annual Clery Report, an annual assessment of crime required by federal law.

A total of 17 auto burglaries were reported on campus and its surroundings, compared to just 4 the year before; there were 13 regular burglaries, up from 9 in 2011, and only 3 the year before.