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Over 2,500 police fired in Baja California since 2007
The secretario de Seguridad Pública (secretary of Public Security) of Mexico recently released statistics on Baja California revealing that 2,591 police in the state have been removed from their positions since 2007. The statistics were released to El Universal newspaper …
San Diego extends red light camera search, new locations to be considered
The city of San Diego has extended for another four days its search for firms to install and run its so-called red light camera system, telling would-be vendors, "It should be anticipated that some of the existing photo enforced locations …
Mexico celebrating Independence Day
Mexico, which bears the official name of Estados Unidos Mexicanos, is celebrating its 201st year of independence from Spain today, September 16th. Events are occurring across the nation, highlighted by a speech President Felipe Calderon delivered in the rain in …
North County GOP Rep. Darrell Issa falls to third among Congress's richest members as liabilities jump
Roll Call is out with its annual analysis of congressional wealth and at the top of the heap is Texas Republican Michael McCaul, with a minimum net worth of more than $300 million, a new high for him, according to …
Suits Pile Up Against Local Sports Financial Adviser
Sports and financial media are increasingly reporting multiple lawsuits against San Diego sports financial adviser, William C. (Billy) Crafton. The suits note that Crafton put his clients' money in Westmoore Management, which the Securities and Exchange Commission last year identified …
Former Councilwoman Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $3.5 Million
Jillian Hanson-Cox, former member of the El Cajon city council, pleaded guilty today (Sept. 14) to charges of mail fraud and filing a false income tax return from her employment at Century Design Inc. (CDI). She admitted to stealing $3.5 …
Missing Tijuana woman returns home
Magaly Salazar Bravo, who has received numerous local news headlines since she disappeared on September 1st, has returned home to Tijuana. Magaly was escorted by Tijuana municipal police after she landed at the Tijuana International Airport shortly after midnight, September …
Police say pharmacy burglar may be repeat offender
El Cajon Police are seeking help in identifying and locating a man suspected of burglarizing the Kaiser Pharmacy on the 200 block of Travelodge Boulevard at least once, possibly several times. In an announcement yesterday, police released video surveillance from …
Calexico Superintendent Resigns When Raise Denied
Calexico Unified School District and Sweetwater High School District have run on parallel paths for the last few years. Like Sweetwater, Calexico brought a superintendent out of retirement in 2011. Calexico Unified brought back Richard Fragale and Sweetwater brought back …
UCAN Looking for New Executive Director
Deeply troubled Utility Consumers' Action Network is looking for a new executive director, a source extremely knowledgeable about the watchdog's operations, confirmed to me today (Sept. 14). Kim Malcolm, who was brought in to replace Michael Shames as executive director, …
Boxer wants NRC to OK all safety measures before allowing San Onofre restart
Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate’s Committee on the Environment and Public Works, reiterated her request to members of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week that the troubled reactors at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station not be granted …
Republican endorsement slate: "no more debt, no more taxes"
The Republican Party of San Diego County has released its official endorsement slate for local, state, and national races and propositions. “After decades of out-of-control spending, massive debt and crushing feel-good regulations caused by government labor union bosses and unprincipled …
Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography is going on sabbatical; stand-in to make $223,200
Tony Haymet, the world-traveling head of the University of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, is heading out again, this time on a nine-month sabbatical running from October 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013. Haymet will be temporarily …
UC Regents approve controversial $250,000 UCSD diversity job, hire University of Wisconsin law professor
University of California Regents have approved creation of a vice-chancellorship for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UCSD, naming Linda S. Greene to the post at an annual base salary of $250,000, according to closed session documents released after today's meeting …
City council to approve $100,000 settlement for sexual abuse by former cop
The City of San Diego has now begun paying for Anthony Arevalos' improper conduct. Today city councilmembers will approve a $100,000 court settlement for Melissa Marin, one of the ten women the former San Diego Police Officer promised to trade …
Is Alan Bersin irreplaceable? Obama still hasn’t found anyone to be Customs commissioner
Seems like President Barack Obama just can't find anyone to replace San Diego's Alan Bersin as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. So reports the Washington Post, which revealed in a blog item yesterday that Bersin's acting successor, David Aguilar, …