Content for Monday, July 20, 2015
News & Stories
Hurlers and the behind in Lockling Square
Boys of summer, 1880 edition
Bay City’s taking on The Resolutes today at Lockling Square. As the players warm up, some shout encouragement, but most stand stiff. They toss and catch the ball with affected grace, as if posing for ...
Is SDSU chief really hurting for a fatter raise?
Hirshman pay nudged to $420,000 with more possible
San Diego State president Eliot Hirshman, formerly known as the $400,000 man, is likely about to get yet another bump in his annual base pay, making him the newly minted $420,000 man. According to an ...
Heavy ship, matey
San Salvador replica inches toward the brine
For the past couple of days there has been a flurry of activity at the Spanish Landing build site of the San Salvador replica. It’s ready to be floated, but getting it into the water ...
Elegant and unimportant
Faure's Pavane not that revolutionary
Let’s get a little crazy and combine a summer piece of music with the esoteric pick of the week. The power of this concept is overwhelming me. It’s the perfect summer storm. Faure composed his ...
Liquid loophole?
Lawyer files suit rejecting tiered water rates that affect heavy users
Heavy water users opposed to statewide conservation efforts are using California's Proposition 218 as a tool to undermine water agencies' pricing tiers, which charge more to higher-consumption customers. The measure, passed in 1996, requires voter ...
UCSD Professor petitions APA to Remove Narcissism from DSM
Prominent UCSD Professor of Psychology Rafe Lection announced today that he is formally petitioning the American Psychological Association to remove Narcisssitc Personality Disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, or DSM. "Times ...
Putting the cart before the homeless
Libraries prohibit people from bringing in their voluminous possessions
Over the course of several months, librarians at Mission Valley, San Ysidro, and downtown libraries have grappled with the problem of some patrons bringing large carts inside. Staff say the carts, often as high as ...
Laid-back struggle
Moxie presents world-premiere musical Eternally Bad
Although Moxie Theatre has produced shows ranging from intense dramas to thoughtful comedies, the company has not staged many musicals. Writer/director Javier Velasco is giving audience members a song-filled production with the world premiere of ...
Massive layoffs rumored for Qualcomm
Could be 4000 — 13 percent of employees
San Diego communications giant Qualcomm could announce coming layoffs of 4000 people on Wednesday, according to rumors racing around the internet. July 22 is the date of the company's release of its third-quarter earnings. It ...
Voice of reason at the Union-Tribune
Editorial notes unfairness of utilities commission's stance on San Onofre
In an editorial this morning (July 20), the Union-Tribune says that the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC's) San Onofre decision, socking ratepayers with 70 percent of the costs of the nuclear plant's closure, should be ...
In pursuit of calm in La Mesa
Revamp of Harbinson Avenue after traffic circles fail
Three months after the La Mesa City Council voted to remove two traffic circles on Harbinson Avenue, lawmakers on July 14 unanimously approved a plan to slow traffic through an estimated $41,000 worth of traffic-calming ...
Churning out the catfish
Weekly Fish Report ½ Day - ¾ Day: The inshore fishing has been as good as ever, if not better. Schools of large bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna just off the beach are adding to ...
