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Man Charged With Hosting Alcohol Party For Minors
A man suspected of hosting a party at his employer’s warehouse last month and charging minors a fee to enter and consume alcohol, was in court this morning. Eduardo Hidalgo, 26, was charged with three misdemeanors today: failing to take …
Qualcomm's Jacobs Saved $1.58 Million from Bush Tax Cuts
Paul Jacobs, chief executive of Qualcomm, was among the major U.S. top executives saving the most last year because of the Bush tax cuts, according to the Institute for Policy Studies. Jacobs had $34.7 million in taxable compensation last year …
El Cajon Electrical Engineer Financed Son's Failed Judicial Bid with $141,230
Teenagers looking to borrow the car from good old dad can probably relate to Sacramento attorney Keven Star, who got his father, Jack Star of El Cajon, to lend him $140,000 in cash and pay for a $1230 website touting …
SDPD Detective's Role As Press-Pass Monitor Questioned in Lawsuit
Getting into a press conference should be a relatively simple task for members of the media. Well, not in San Diego County where one man, Detective Gary Hassen, a spokesperson for the San Diego Police Department, acts as the press-pass …
Sheriff: Encinitas Woman Walking Dog was Accosted
A woman identified as “Paulina” was walking her dog in Encinitas last week when a man jumped out of hiding and accosted her, according to a prosecutor in court last Monday. Prosecutor Aimee McLeod said the man spoke “in a …
Planning Commissioner and U-T San Diego Columnist Admits Income Disclosure Violations
Yet another member of the San Diego city planning commission has admitted that he failed to fully disclose his personal sources of income and has agreed to pay a fine to the city's ethics commission. According to a stipulated agreement …
Casino Scammers All Made Plea Deals
A scam in which cash was taken out of local casinos’ ATM machines using fake credit cards has ended with guilty pleas from multiple defendants. The roots of the scam were discovered when Cesar Dario, 33, was arrested in Harrah’s …
San Diego Mayor's Wife, Top Aide, and Irwin Jacobs Give Big to Barack Obama
Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney may have a nice house on the beach in La Jolla, but a few of his wealthy and influential neighbors are backing Barack Obama. Lawyer Julie Dubick, currently chief of staff to Republican mayor …
Judge Orders Persistent Shoplifter Held
Court files suggest Nhu Quynh Truong is a persistent shoplifter. Most recently the young woman, only 23 years old, has been charged with fifteen felonies related to retail thefts. Criminal history for Truong is documented since she was a juvenile …
Survey Says 24% of Voters Switch Mayoral Allegiance After Balboa Park Water Fight
A new Survey USA poll commissioned by KGTV San Diego is being touted by Carl DeMaio campaign manager Ryan Clumpner as “damning evidence that Bob Filner's latest attempt to smear Carl DeMaio has backfired.” The statement was made in a …
Electric Rate Reductions Sought Over San Onofre Closure
Customers of San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison should have their utility bills cut, says California Public Utilities Commission’s independent Division of Ratepayer Advocates director, Joseph P. Como. In a letter sent to the agency’s commissioners Monday …
Locker Room Talk May Get Her Job — but Not With Padres
Job applicant Taylor Grey Meyer's earthy retort to the Padres has gone viral on the web, and been picked up by such publications as the New York Daily News. She reportedly has a Master's degree in sports management. According to …
After the Christmas Party, Fight w the Boss
Oscar and Miguel said they enjoyed a “Posada” or Christmas party last December which was hosted by their employer. They said the evening included beer, and that their boss Juan Rivas was also drinking. They all work together at a …
Bridgepoint's PAC Keeps up Political Pace, Contributes to Paul Ryan
Bridgepoint Education, Inc., the controversial San Diego-based for-profit education conglomerate, is one of the city's biggest donors of political cash and event freebies, spreading the campaign wealth to everyone from Republican-turned-independent Nathan Fletcher's mayoral bid to Democratic Assemblyman Marty Block, …
Atheists Say They're Locked Out, Doomsday Christian Preacher Welcomed at Camp Pendleton
Atheist groups American Atheists Inc. and the Freedom from Religion Foundation, along with religious freedom advocates Military Religious Freedom Foundation, have penned a letter of complaint to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus over what they say is unfairly restricted access to …
Tommy Lee Takes A Ride On The Whale-Side in Another Letter To SeaWorld
The killer whale wars between SeaWorld and drummer Tommy Lee continues. The feud has developed into an exchange of one angry letter after another between Lee and representatives from SeaWorld. Now Lee says he and representatives from the People for …