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Chula Vista City Council To Consider Meeting Time Change
On September 25 the Chula Vista city council will consider changing their 4:00 PM meetings to 10:00 AM. The staff report for the meeting time change suggests this would serve the city financially because overtime compensation for staff would be …
Man admits assault with shotgun
A 20-year-old Encinitas man pleaded guilty to two felony assault charges today, in connection with the alleged robberies of two men, just past midnight after July Fourth. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call from the alleged victims who said …
La Jolla’s "independent" super PAC is down to its last multi-millionaire donor
The political action committee formed by La Jolla mega-millionaire Ted Waitt to back the independent San Diego mayoral candidacy of ex-Republican Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher and a few other self-described independent hopefuls, appears to be down to its last donor: Waitt …
Solana Beach residents to battle over seawalls, coastal plan
A showdown between environmental activists and oceanfront property owners appears imminent as the Solana Beach city council prepares to discuss approval set to be granted by the California Coastal Commission to the city’s Local Coastal Plan, provided that the city …
Mortgage of U-T's Lynch in Default
Assessor/recorder/county clerk records show a mortgage of Union-Tribune Chief Executive John T. Lynch is in default. The document lists his wife Catherine and the Lynch Family Trust. (This blog is a collaboration of three Reader journalists: Dorian Hargrove exchanged three …
UCAN's Request for Relief Tentatively Turned Down
Financially troubled watchdog Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) has been turned down in its request for interim relief by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). On Aug. 17, UCAN asked the CPUC to establish an emergency fund allowing UCAN to …
The months leading up to the purchase of UT San Diego were not easy on John Lynch, UT's CEO, involved in two costly lawsuits
For John Lynch, chief executive officer for the UT San Diego and soon to be head of the North County Times, the year leading up to purchase of the Union Tribune appeared to be a rough year, financially. During that …
Filner-backed Iranian paramilitary group to lose U.S. terrorist label, sources say
The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, a paramilitary group of Iranian exiles based in Iraq, is about to be removed from the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations, according to Washington sources. The Associated Press says in a dispatch this morning that Secretary …
Group to Ask for Full Disclosure on San Onofre
The DAB Safety Team, a group of San Diego and Orange County citizens with engineering backgrounds, will shortly ask Southern California Edison, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for all e-mails, letters, notes from meetings, phone calls, and …
SD August Unemployment Drops, Jobs Up
The San Diego County unemployment rate dropped to 9% in August from a revised 9.3% in July. The county gained 900 non-farm jobs in the month and 30,300 from August of 2011, when the unemployment rate was 10.3%.
Credit card thieves head to Walmart
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department is seeking help in identifying two suspects wanted for using credit cards stolen from a car in Rancho Santa Fe on August 6. The suspects, described as a white female and male between 20-25 years …
Wealthy GOP insider and border baron backs Democrat Scott Peters against Brian Bilbray
Malin Burnham, one of San Diego's most ubiquitous Republican insiders, city hall wheeler-dealers, and border barons, has joined the congressional campaign bandwagon of Democrat Scott Peters, the ex-San Diego city councilman battling GOP incumbent Brian Bilbray in the new 52nd …
SD Households Lose Spending Power
On average, San Diego County households lost $2,337 in purchasing power from 2010 to 2011, according to the Center on Policy Initiatives (CPI). The CPI culled the data from U.S. Census Bureau figures released today (Sept. 20). Median earnings of …
Surfrider targets Point Loma homes for rain runoff reduction
The San Diego County chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is gearing up for a three-part program directed at Point Loma residents with the aim to convince locals to redesign their landscaping to prevent runoff from rainfall that the group says …
O'Rourke Sanctioned for Lying to Clients
Kevin James O'Rourke and his firm, Del Mar's Western Pacific Capital Management, were sanctioned by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday (Sept. 19). O'Rourke raised $4.8 million for a San Diego software firm, Ameranth, and took 10% in success …