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"G-U-I-L-T-Y": Filner camp accuses DeMaio of secret meetings with U-T brass on Facebook
The blowback from councilmember Carl DeMaio's recent admission that he met with U-T San Diego's publisher and CEO, despite saying otherwise at a recent mayoral debate, has now ended up on the pages of Facebook. The page was created by …
Meeting Tonight on SDGE's Huge Profits
Officials of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold a meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at Al Bahr Shriners Hall, 5440 Kearny Mesa Road, for a discussion of SDGE's profits. The public is invited. According to the Utility Consumers' …
Man sentenced for sex with 12-year-old-girl
Christopher Bradley Nutt, 24, admitted sexual intercourse and possession of pornographic photos of a 12-year-old girl in a plea deal, and was sentenced to 270 days in local jail. The plea deal was signed in August, he was sentenced yesterday …
Happy 40th, San Diego Reader: whither Rodney Wanker?
So the Reader is 40 today, and to celebrate, they've put their first issue online. As the promo notes, "Among the early writers for the paper were Kathleen Woodward (ex-wife of Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward); Jonathan Saville, literature professor …
Admitted fraudster's medical website still operating
More than six months after Idriss Maher, owner of the Solana Beach-based Oberlin Medical Supply and Service Corporation, pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges for his role in distributing over $7 million worth of prescription medications not approved for use …
Wealthy La Jolla and Rancho Santa Fe denizens pouring big cash into Southeast school board race
Three wealthy San Diegans are doubling down on their support of William Ponder against teachers union-endorsed Marne Foster in their race for San Diego school board. The two candidates, vying for the sub-district E seat being vacated by Shelia Jackson, …
Good News for Obama: Unemployment Drops Below 8%
The unemployment rate was 7.8% in September, the lowest since President Obama took office, according to the Labor Department. The economy created 114,000 jobs, slightly above the 110,000 economists expected. August job creation was revised up to 142,000 from the …
While tax hike vote looms, UCSD's "Travel and Entertainment Team" seeks $72,000 assistant
University of California president Mark Yudof has been out on the stump for Jerry Brown's Proposition 30, talking down the university’s financial future if voters reject the governor's massive tax hike measure in November. "I see Prop. 30 as, perhaps, …
"Go ahead and do something," thief tells store clerk
Authorities are seeking to apprehend two suspects who robbed the 7-Eleven convenience store on the 100 block of Worthington Avenue in Spring Valley on Tuesday night. According to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, the suspects, described as “a Hispanic male, …
U-T CEO John Lynch's apparent willingness to shape media coverage and public policy
Last week, Don Bauder broke the news that U-T honcho John Lynch had defaulted on his Rancho Santa Fe mortgage. In a series of emails with Lynch, we asked the CEO for details on the foreclosure proceedings. He responded: "I …
Peters, Bilbray spar over taking of public pensions
The mudslinging in the race for California’s newly mapped 52nd Congressional District continues, with the campaign of Democratic challenger Scott Peters bristling at an attack from Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray (currently serving in the 50th District) criticizing Peters for receiving …
Former police chief executed in Mexicali casino
A state prosecutor was executed in a Mexicali casino last night, October 2nd, as he sat at a slot machine. Juan Cristóbal Aguilar Aispuro, who is a former chief of the state police, was shot by a gunman about 11:00pm …