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Co-Defendants in Murder Case Have Baby
A woman charged in a high-profile murder case has reportedly given birth to the child of one of her co-defendants, according to a well-placed source. Dorothy Maraglino, 37, has given birth to a baby fathered by Louis Perez, 46; both …
San Diego has third best job growth rate in the Country
Are the number of jobs in San Diego on the rise? Research professor, Lee McPheters of the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, says job growth in San Diego is on the up and up. Using …
Man Guilty of Escondido Crime Spree Gets 74 Years
He was 18-years-old the night he committed rape and robbery and seven other felonies, in May of 2011. This morning, Hugo Elmer Garcia, now 20, was sentenced to 74 years and 8 months to life in prison, for his own …
Four San Diego lawyers give $40,000 to anti-death penalty measure
The big San Diego cash just keeps on coming for Proposition 34, the measure on November's ballot to overturn California's death penalty and replace it with life in prison without parole. Patrick Coughlin, an attorney with downtown's Robbins Geller Rudman …
San Diego Among "Distressed" Metro Areas
The CredAbility consumer distress index tracks the financial condition of American households, says the publication Business Insider. There are five categories in the index: employment, housing, credit, household budgets and net worth. Overall, U.S. households scored 71.3%. A score below …
Busy weekend for DUI crackdowns
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department kept busy over the weekend by posting various checkpoints around the county, with “DUI/Driver License checkpoints” in Imperial Beach, Poway, San Marcos, and Vista. Another roadblock identified solely as a “DUI checkpoint” was erected in …
Might Murderer Holmes Have Had "Dysphoric Mania?"
The New York Times tomorrow (Aug. 27) features a long story by four reporters on James Holmes, who murdered 12 people and injured 58 in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting July 20. Holmes was raised in Rancho Penasquitos. He …
Minor Fender Bender in Imperial Beach Sends Woman to Hospital
A woman claims she was dragged and thrown to the ground by a car after she tried to stop the driver from fleeing a minor fender bender. San Diego Sheriff Deputies responded to North Island Credit Union 1101 Palm Avenue, …
Internal Revenue Service suspends Scott Kaplan and Billy Ray Smith's nonprofit Great Friends Foundation
Scott Kaplan and Billy Ray Smith's non-profit, Great Friends Foundation, won't be granting scholarships to any children of military families this year; the non-profit has been placed on suspension by the Internal Revenue Service for failing to file necessary tax …
Romney/Ryan and the New Padres Owners
"Oh what a tangled web we weave..." You know the rest of the classic sentence. Right now, it appears the new Padres owners are on the periphery of a spider-infested web, but you never know if they will be found …
Cyclist Landis Will Repay His Defrauded Donors
Former professional cyclist Floyd Landis appeared in federal court today (Aug. 24) and admitted he had defrauded 1,765 individuals who donated money to the Floyd Fairness Fund. Landis agreed to repay $478,354 of these funds, as he admitted falsely claiming …
Another San Diegan jumps on anti union political withholding bandwagon
La Jolla financier R. B. "Buzz" Woolley is not the only well-heeled San Diego county resident to give big bucks to the measure on November's ballot that would ban withholding of union political dues from employees' paychecks. As previously reported, …
Supporters of genetically modified food labeling make their case
Tom Newmark and Jeffrey Smith made the last San Diego stop on their Speaking Out for Healthier Food lecture tour yesterday afternoon at the San Diego Central Library. The lecture series is organized in support of, though not officially backed …
Bob Filner changes position on Balboa Park Plan, tells Voice of San Diego he will support Council's decision
For opponents of Irwin Jacob's Balboa Park makeover plan, the news came as a bombshell. Democratic Congressman Bob Filner, who they were counting on to lead the loyal opposition to the Jacobs parking and road project, had just changed his …
Defense Contractors Charged with North Island Bribery
The U.S. Attorney's office today (Aug. 23) announced the unsealing of an indictment charging two defense contractors and one company of conspiring with Navy officials to commit bribery, wire fraud, and money laundering at the Naval Air Station, North Island, …
House Democrat Susan Davis runs up big free travel tab
It's semi-official: San Diego Democratic Congresswoman Susan Davis is number 17 on the list of the House and Senate's biggest-spending free travelers, running up a total tab of $200,652 on 28 trips taken courtesy of private sponsors. That's according to …
San Diego had surplus power even during recent heat wave
Statements from the California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO) concerning the stress put on the region’s power grid by the heat wave of the last two weeks are “borderline irresponsible,” says electrical engineer Bill Powers. CAISO, which provides access to the …