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Oceanside Police announce special investigation
Oceanside Police finished a special operation in which they arrested 11 persons associated with drug and gang activity, they announced in a press conference this week. The special investigation began four months ago, police said, when they put a wire-tap …
Legitimacy of new pro-DeMaio LGBT political committee questioned
Two pro-DeMaio LGBT political committees -- Gay Friends Supporting Carl DeMaio for Mayor 2012, and Conservatives for Gay Rights Supporting Carl DeMaio for Mayor 2012 -- have popped up in the past week. That appears to be good news for …
Sempra Energy gave out more than $1.2 million in California political cash through June
Gov. Jerry Brown is in the latest fight of his political life this fall with Molly Munger, the wealthy lawyer who is backing Proposition 38 against Brown's Prop 30 tax hike measure on November's ballot. But the governor is apparently …
Former cop back in court, the good and the bad
A disgraced cop got words of approval yesterday afternoon, from the same judge who took his guilty plea five months ago. Judge Kimberlee Lagotta read from a doctor’s report affirming that former-cop Michael Christian Koch has been attending group therapy …
What? A Nevada Tarkanian Getting Drained?
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) made a move yesterday (Oct. 10) to register a $17 million judgment against Danny Tarkanian, who is running for Congress in a new district in Nevada, according to political observer Jon Ralston, Las Vegas …
Faith leaders rally in support of ballot measures
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/11/33382/ The Interfaith Community for Worker Justice, which describes itself as representing “clergy, synagogues, churches, mosques, faith and justice organizations . . . who feel called by their respective religious traditions to work for justice and stand up for the …
Calderon visiting Tijuana as president for last time
Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, is visiting Tijuana and Baja California for likely the last time as president Thursday, October 11th. Calderon will attend the inaugural day of the Tijuana Innovadora (Innovative Tijuana) expo, as well as other events in the …
Big Swiss biotech multinational with San Diego history gives $1 million to beat Prop 37
World biotech giant Syngenta AG, which once ran the Torrey Mesa Research Institute just north of La Jolla, has come up with $1 million for the campaign against California's Proposition 37, a measure to impose labeling requirements on so-called genetically …
Council expected to approve new contract for magazines and newspapers in public libraries
Ever wonder just how much the City of San Diego spends to stock the shelves at its 36 libraries with magazines and newspapers? The answer: $346,000 each year. On Tuesday, city councilmembers are expected to approve a two-year extension with …
Gamblers Grab Low-Priced SD Homes
Speculators are buying bottom tier San Diego homes at one of the fastest paces in the nation, according to Zillow.com. First-time homebuyers are being squeezed out as speculators buy low-price homes with the idea of renting them out to people …
Vulture capitalist who flipped San Diego U-T to Doug Manchester is unloading another bauble
Just a little over one year ago Don Bauder broke the story that Platinum Equity of Beverly Hills was dumping the San Diego Union-Tribune. The buyer: hotelier and GOP stalwart Doug Manchester. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/11/33344/ Now comes word via Forbes magazine that …
San Diego inches closer to abolishing bicycle licensing law
The San Diego City Council’s Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted unanimously last week to recommend an end to the city’s bicycle licensing program, BikeSD.org reports. “We were really required to have a license to ride a bike?” asked …
New details in case of man "dating" 12-yr-old girl
New details in the case of a 24-year-old man convicted of sex with a 12-year-old girl are alleged in a probation officer’s report. According to the report, five different “sexually explicit” photographs were found on Christopher Bradley Nutt’s cell phone, …
Downtown San Diego Partnership's new business model; paid for by residents and business owners
The new business model for non-profit business booster Downtown San Diego Partnership is now complete and property and business owners in downtown San Diego can now see where $19,000 worth of assessments went. While primarily focusing on strategies aimed at …