Founding a new nation like Sealand
The work is probably disproportionate to the reward
DJ Stevens 9 a.m., June 19
Mission Valley Stories
Moores and minions grab no-bid Aztec Stadium deal
Naming rights hawked by L.A.’s Legends
The raw power of San Diego's big money politics is again on display with news that a company founded by ex-Padres owner John Moores will take over development of San Diego State University's proposed Mission ...
Fox Sports shares naming rights to Qualcomm stadium, plus manages it
Mayor Faulconer wants PR firm for final lap
Tired ethics network Republican Bill Baber, a member of the San Diego’s city ethics commission, has drawn a warning from the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission for his work on behalf of a political committee ...
Secrecy cloaks SDSU's Mission Valley land deal
Lobbying costs hidden as CSU spurns public records request
As the California State University system pushes forward with its efforts to grab a major chunk of Mission Valley for "SDSU West" and a new stadium costing a currently estimated $250 million, negotiations between the ...
Why do we keep building in Mission Valley?
San Diego’s flood central
I’m thinking that this parking lot, when it’s submerged under three feet of storm runoff, will make a great place for pick-up truck water skiing, drunken community college guys on boogie boards, and trash can ...
Grilled cheese science
To our credit or to our chagrin, San Diego has been the breeding ground for at least a couple of successful fast food chains: most notably Jack in the Box and Rubio’s Coastal Grill. Not ...
Shot hole beetle invades San Diego River
Volunteers find them with sticky baited traps
Native to Southeast Asia, the shot hole borer beetle is making its way along the southern Californian coast including the San Diego River Valley. Though it makes what appears to be only a minuscule hole, ...
All the way to Fashion Valley
Mission Valley road infilling
Hazard Center Drive is a three-block four-lane roadway that parallels the San Diego River on the south and Friars Road on the north and stops at Mission Center Road on the east and 100 yards ...
Developer Moores in last-minute SDSU money move
Will the baseball stadium plaques come back?
Ex-Padres owner John Moores, long a lurker around the margins of San Diego State University's attempts to take control of the city-owned acreage formerly known as Qualcomm Stadium, has finally outed himself. On November 2, ...
Cops endorse SDSU West, get $5K from SoccerCity foe
Last minute real estate money flows to San Diego Police Officers Association PAC
The lobbying unit for San Diego police - pouring cash into four city council races – now has helpers in the form of Mission Valley real estate titan Thomas W. Sudberry, Jr. and Los Angeles ...
SDSU backer kicks in against rent control
Big San Diego landlords ante up against local option
Local development giant H.G. Fenton, battling against the incursion of proposed SoccerCity into the Mission Valley real estate franchise it shares alongside burgeoning Sudberry Properties, has spent a total of $1,502,865 this year as of ...
San Diego River views — one-fifth complete
Join the volunteers from O.B. to Julian
Nature lovers around the globe will soon be able to experience the San Diego River in a virtual environment. Staff, interns, and volunteers from the San Diego River Park Foundation have been traveling the waterway ...
Las Vegas makes it easier to defect to the Raiders
“Chargers fans are loyal to a certain point and then they give up”
On September 1, about “one thousand” Oakland Raiders fans rendezvoused at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley for the Raiders Fan Convention (RFC). Many of the black-and-silver adorned fans were more than welcoming to the ...
Disbarred attorney Prevost raising funds
To fight motel over dog’s death
Mary Frances Prevost, who billed herself as “California’s Top Criminal & DUI Attorney,” but was disbarred early this year, ls trying to raise money over gofundme.com so she can take legal action against Motel 6 ...
Sports car racers fret next to Midway
Can they use North Island?
On June 12 at 7:30 p.m., about 30 European vehicle owners met by the USS Midway on North Harbor Drive south of Broadway, downtown. Volkswagen, BMW, Audi, and other European-make vehicle owners have been congregating ...
Bus rider pet peeves: walking and waiting
What will get more riders to saddle up?
Metropolitan Transit System or MTS has been hanging Choose Transit posters at bus stops around town. Plus they reached out to ask public opinion in April and May. Shorter commute times, more transit options, and ...
Just a Lo Jack recovery at Michaels
The easy way to get your stolen car back
At about 5:20 p.m., on Mothers Day (May 13), four San Diego Police Department patrol vehicles pulled up in front of Michael’s at the Westfield Mission Valley mall. The police officers exited their vehicles, passed ...
Comic dealers want C-notes and benjies
Don't go on the internet
On April 28, John purchased a Howard the Duck comic book at the San Diego Rocket-Con. For the month of April, this was the third comic book and toy show in San Diego County. Like ...
San Diego State slick magazine touts Mission Valley plan
Voters still have to approve $250 million project
Taxpayer-funded San Diego State University, locked in battle with privately-run SoccerCity over who will get to develop the choice city-owned parcel once known as Qualcomm Stadium, has rolled out a glossy mail piece touting its ...
Comic Fest in a 4/20 cloud
The weed connection with cos-play
“I’m burning one for George [Clayton Johnson],” said Storm, as she lit up her three-inch brass pipe filled with “Skywalker” weed. “Oh, snap,” I said, then motioned over to the security guard at the Frankenstein ...
Want to build condos? Pay the pol
An army of influences peddlers marches on city hall
Steve Cushman, whose family’s Riverwalk Golf Course’s imminent conversion into condos and commercial space by Houston, Texas-based Hines development hinges on city hall approval, has just kicked in major money to this year’s reelection bid ...
Suspended Sierra Club's appointed leaders back SDSU
Ex-professor attacks Soccer City's "ballot box" planning
The ballot battle over the fate of the city-owned Mission Valley acreage formerly known as Qualcomm Stadium has been notched up again, this time by the San Diego chapter of the Sierra Club, which has ...
Get Out: Free President's Day Screening
Four-time Oscar-nominated contender at AMC Mission Valley
Budgeted at approximately $5 million, IMDB reports that as of January 26 the cumulative worldwide gross of Get Out has reached $254,716,534. Director Jordan Peele and the management at Universal can afford to paper the ...
The Shake Shack debate reaches So Cal
Thanks, New York
Shake Shack has landed in San Diego, and appears to be multiplying. The East Coast burger chain launched in the UTC mall last summer and opened its second Mission Valley location at the end of ...
We All Counted homeless in Mission Valley
Census takers walk the San Diego River bed
During the early morning hours of January 26th, more than 1500 volunteers fanned out across the county to conduct the annual We All Count census of homeless San Diegans. In Santee and Mission Valley, the ...
Burglary victim leads cops to crooks
“I was kind of dragging the police along behind me.”
Computer theft tracked to Mission Valley hovel.
