"Expect hardball," a U-T San Diego editorial promised this week about an anticipated referendum campaign by the paper's publisher and his political allies against the city council's vote to hike the minimum wage. "It can …
August 1, 2014
Anti-wage boost group spends $114,000
No qualified electors here, folks
San Diego's strategy to levy a tax on hotels in order to pay for the expansion of the convention center not only violates California's state constitution but municipal law as well, ruled the Fourth District …
August 2, 2014
Would-be railroad baron backstory
Rancho Tembabichi: the 21,326 acre beachfront property in Mexico touted by the principals of Pacific Imperial Railroad, operators of the controversial Desert Line, as collateral for a loan to pay for repairs on the line …
August 6, 2014
San Ysidro-Tijuana terminal soon a reality
There will be shovels, most likely a ribbon of some sort, and, of course, a group of well-dressed developers and public officials. They will stand at a barren plot of land in Otay Mesa, the …
August 6, 2014
War Machine on the loose
Police across the Southwest are still on the hunt for Jonathan "War Machine" Koppenhaver, a San Diego–based mixed martial artist accused of assaulting his supposed porn-star ex-girlfriend and a companion in Las Vegas early Friday …
August 12, 2014
Pride flag funding problem?
The Hillcrest Community Foundation, the group in charge of collecting donations for Hillcrest's Pride Flag monument, may soon be the subject of an investigation by California's attorney general's office. According to an email obtained by …
August 14, 2014
Hollywood guy buys Vista chinchilla farm
Hollywood mogul Sam Simon bought himself a chinchilla farm in San Diego County on Tuesday, August 19 — as part of an animal-activist mission to close a chinchilla-breeding operation that brought together a cast for …
August 21, 2014
"Military style" pot raid backfires
A couple arrested for unlawful cultivation of marijuana and who subsequently was cleared of the charges has filed a federal complaint against law-enforcement agencies over what they say was an illegal raid of their Ramona …
September 25, 2014
Romney's La Jolla teardown not priceless
Presumably they've got Labor Day off, but demolition and construction crews along a certain well-heeled street in La Jolla have lately been as busy as the inhabitants of the symbolic Mormon beehive. As noted last …
September 1, 2014
Gloria to walk the walk for minimum-wagers
City council president Todd Gloria, who introduced the hotly contested ordinance calling for a minimum-wage increase and the provision of sick days, is embarking on a weeklong stint wherein he and supporters will attempt to …
September 4, 2014
"Ozymandias" wins annual Labor Day U.S. Sand Sculpting Competition and 3D Art Challenge
DRINKING HEAVILY TO NUMB THE PAIN AT THE HEART OF EXISTENCE, EMBARCADERO — "I can't remember when we've had a field this strong," said U.S. Sand Sculpting Challenge chief judge Chris Nihil. "I don't know …
September 4, 2014