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Over 85 percent of fentanyl seizures at San Diego border

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MCRD gets bad Covid review

Covid complaints A March 31 audit that reviewed San Diego’s Marine Corps Recruit Depot as well as facilities of the nation’s other services, has found that military training leaders largely ...

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Where the Faulconer governor money is coming from

Making Kevin great again Big money Donald Trump donors continue to kick in for ex-San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer’s bid for California governor. The latest contributions include $32,400 on April ...

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Toni Atkins ramps up lieutenant governor run

Johnnie on the run Johnnie Perkins, the former trash company executive and lobbyist who became San Diego Republican mayor Kevin Faulconer’s chief of environmental services, has landed on his feet ...

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Over 85 percent of fentanyl seizures at San Diego border

Border Patrol’s fentanyl follies The U. S. Border Patrol is sitting on a vast horde of deadly illegal drugs collected over two decades, creating significant risks to the safety and ...

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San Diego's 36 storm drain tunnels add to border woes

Human flood detection Since the border between the U.S. and Mexico is once again an immigration battleground, the war to staunch the flow of undocumented crossers from Mexico to San Diego is being fought in ...

April 7, 2021

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Sara Jacobs and her Tetra Tech stock

Fraud on the House A controversial radioactive waste cleanup and rainforest restoration contractor accused by the U.S. government of faking soil tests and related fraud at San Francisco’s Treasure Island Navy base has turned up ...

March 31, 2021

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March 24, 2021

Akilah Weber inherits her mom's donors

Keeping Weber Golden A lot of special interest money is quietly flowing to one candidate in the race to fill the state Assembly seat vacated by Shirley Weber, who was appointed California Secretary of State ...

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March 17, 2021

Lobbyists clamor to feed police chief Nisleit

SDPD Chief Nisleit’s $8.3 million meal As the coronavirus pandemic raged on last fall, shutting down a multitude of conventions across the globe, an annual gathering of the nation’s top cops was a notable exception. ...

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March 10, 2021

Michael Moore not tough on SanDiego350 founder?

Bashing Michael Moore Another anti-climate change lobbying outfit has set up shop in San Diego. According to its March 1 registration with the city clerk, SanDiego350 “is an inclusive volunteer institution building a movement to ...

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March 3, 2021

The coming Weber-Gonzalez catfight

Toni’s wild funding spree Shirley Weber, the San Diego Democrat and former Assemblywoman, named California Secretary of State by Gov. Gavin Newsom to replace Alex Padilla, continues to collect big cash for next year’s campaign. ...

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February 24, 2021

Chicago Tribune deal wags San Diego tail

How soon for Soon-Shiong? The controversial takeover of Tribune Publishing by hedge fund Alden Global Capital may turn out to be good news for the San Diego Union-Tribune, but not until the close of a ...

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February 17, 2021

More San Diegans running for governor

Virtual giving, post facto Covid-19 has proved no barrier to post-election fundraising for winning mayoral candidate Todd Gloria. Influence peddlers Stephanie Saathoff and Denise Z. Price, two Clay Company employees, threw a “virtual coffee” on ...

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Lorena Gonzalez gets snubbed by Newsom

Pentagon purge A recent move by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to sweep hundreds of members from Pentagon advisory boards is bringing new attention to one of the newly departed: David Whelan, senior vice ...

February 10, 2021

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San Diego Dems doing fine with political cash

Jesus is boss South Bay political powerhouse Jesus Cardenas came under fire in 2019 by then-county supervisor candidate and state senator Ben Hueso for “gaming” the San Diego Democratic Party central committee, resulting in the ...

February 3, 2021

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January 27, 2021

Pitfalls of San Diego's downtown jail – who wants 'em?

GEO riot The Western Region Detention Facility in Downtown’s aging ex-county jail is looking for a new chief of security to make “improvements in security operations without compromise to the safety and security of the ...

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January 20, 2021

Mayor Gloria gets executive coaching from Get It Done contractor

Get it lobbied Deloitte Consulting — which won a $20 million deal to run San Diego’s Get It Done program thanks to a controversial 5-4 city council vote last year and is seeking more work ...

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MCRD gets bad Covid review

Where the Faulconer governor money is coming from

Toni Atkins ramps up lieutenant governor run

Over 85 percent of fentanyl seizures at San Diego border

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