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Safety tests of long-haul Mexican truckers in U.S. criticized by federal audit
A pilot program to test the safety of allowing Mexican truckers to carry cargo long-haul across the United States has major faults and is seriously behind schedule, having enlisted only four out of the 46 carriers needed for an accurate …
Peters campaign gets national help in ad funding
Scott Peters, the Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican Brian Bilbray in the newly-drawn 52nd Congressional district, is poised to benefit big from party dollars outside the district rolling in to back his campaign. Late last month, Peters won the state …
Mitt Romney lags on paying La Jolla beach house building fees to city
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, whose La Jolla beach house construction project has been attacked by his political foes as grossly extravagant, has lagged on paying city fees for the mega-million dollar endeavor, city building records show. According to an …
Filner releases education plan
Mayoral hopeful Bob Filner yesterday released a multi-point education plan that focuses on increasing the city’s involvement in the lives of children and families away from school, as well as developing closer connections to various local agencies that have responsibility …
Nation Adds Only 96,000 Jobs in August
Jobs growth slowed to 96,000 in August. Economists had expected 125,000. June and July were revised lower by a total of 41,000 jobs, the government reported this morning (Sept. 7). The unemployment rate dropped to 8.1% from 8.3% in July, …
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith endorses Carl DeMaio for mayor
Just four months ago San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmtih told local conservative website, San Diego Rostra, that he didn't plan on endorsing any candidate for mayor. The City Attorney, however, did say that he planned to be a "bit …
Two more women dead in Baja
Two more women have been reported killed in Baja California this week. Details on the possible murders have been scarce, but authorities stated that one woman was killed in Tecate and another in Rosarito. The reports of these deaths follow …
Local Employment Index Inches Up
The San Diego Workforce Index edged up 0.3% in July from June, according to the San Diego Workforce Partnership. The index at 86.24 is well ahead of its levels below 80 in late 2009 and early 2010. Moving in a …
Seventy-three-year-old man accused of hotel fracas
The hotel’s cleaning lady went to tell her manager that the man in room 104 was standing at the window overlooking the courtyard “without any clothes on.” The hotel manager reportedly went to room 104 and asked the man to …
La Jolla billionaire homeowner's unreported six-figure gift comes back to haunt "No on 8" forces
A campaign contribution of $142,000 to a committee battling 2008's Proposition 8 - the state's same sex marriage ban - by La Jolla billionaire homeowner Ron Burkle plays a featured role in a stipulated agreement made public today between the …
Disinherited Sefton Son Wins Lawsuit, Will Share in Grandfather's Estate
The California Supreme court has declined to review an appeals court ruling that Thomas W. Sefton Jr., the oldest son of the late San Diego Trust & Savings head Thomas W. Sefton Sr., is entitled to part of his grandfather's …
La Jolla Lawyer Disbarred
Paul Conrad Ward Jr., La Jolla attorney, was disbarred on Aug. 11, 2012. In March of last year, he was sentenced in New Mexico to 21 months in prison for taking $500,000 from an investor and promising to put the …
Man charged after Valley Center pit bull attack
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis this afternoon announced the filing of charges against 40 year-old Jose Ledesma in connection with a Valley Center pit bull attack that resulted in the mauling of two young joggers. The dogs belonged to a friend …
Future of Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s director may be up for grabs at UC Regents meeting
Two potentially costly and controversial decisions about the University of California San Diego's future may be decided by UC Regents next week, according to an agenda posted online this morning by U.C.’s Office of the President. First up on the …
Tijuana woman missing, social-media users express concerns for safety of young women
A 23 year old woman in Tijuana who vanished on Saturday, September 1st, is still missing, according to family members. Magaly Salazar Bravo was dropped off by her mother near the Cesun University early Saturday afternoon, but has not been …
SEC Says Radio's Ray Lucia Spread Misleading Information
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today (Sept. 5) charged San Diego-based financial radio personality Ray Lucia Sr. with spreading misleading information about his "Buckets of Money" strategy. In this strategy, which Lucia touts on the radio, and about which …