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Medical Marijuana Deliveries Prosecuted as "Sales"
The young man told cops “he was going to make four or five more deliveries that evening.” He obligingly showed officers where to find the 15 gram bag of marijuana and THC-infused candies and one rolled cigarette that were located …
Encinitas Man Charged With Felony Spitting-On-Cop
“The defendant said, ‘You better not say nothing you fucking bitch,” according to Sheriff’s Deputy Carlos Esquer. The deputy testified today against a man accused of battery and felony attempt to dissuade witness and spitting on a cop. Farzad John …
Labor Index Dips in June, but Up for Year
The San Diego Workforce Index dipped slightly in June from May, to 86.0 from 86.3. Significant negative results in consumer confidence and the unemployment rate dropped the index, despite moderate improvements in total jobs available, the University of San Diego …
DeMaio Campaign Spent Big On Consultants In June
In terms of campaign fundraising, the month of June was a good month for councilmember Carl DeMaio. From June 1 to June 30 DeMaio's supporters gave the mayoral candidate nearly $97,000, almost three-times the amount that his opponent, Representative Bob …
State's Cop Unions, Big Labor Jointly Funded San Diego Police PAC Attack Against DeMaio
It's no secret that the San Diego Police Officers Association, the local cops' labor organization, doesn't like GOP city councilman and mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio, and neither does the San Diego and Imperial County Labor Council, the AFL-CIO affiliate that …
Two U.S. Fugitives Arrested in Baja
La Policía Estatal Preventiva (PEP or The State Preventive Police) arrested two men wanted in the United States on various charges over the weekend. The arrests occurred separately in Playas de Rosarito and Tijuana. The two alleged criminals are not …
San Diego Top-Ten Most Eco-Friendly City In Nation
I know these top-ten surveys can get a bit old. Remember the one from the cheese-filled pretzel company, Combos, that ranked San Diego as the "least manly city" in the nation? Or, how about the one from Marketwatch which placed …
Chicano Park Artists Remember Michael Schnorr
Tragedy struck the artist community of Chicano Park June 29th, when one of the painters of its world-famous art installation, Michael Schnorr, took his own life by jumping off the Coronado bridge. His murals are prominent among the 72 which …
Pro-Footballer Entangled with Disbarred Attorney
It appears that an otherwise upstanding citizen in San Diego County has somehow become connected with disbarred attorney Michael Theodore Pines. Robert Otis Griffith, 41, is named as a co-defendant on a criminal complaint with notorious and much-arrested former-Carlsbad attorney …
CPUC Head Wants Delay of San Onofre Investigation
Michael Peevey, head of the California Public Utilities Commission, recommended yesterday (Aug. 2) that the agency delay for several months an investigation into billowing costs tied to damage at the San Onofre nuclear power plant, according to the Associated Press. …
Nation Adds 163,000 Jobs in July
President Obama got unexpected good news this morning (Aug. 3): the Labor Department said the nation added 163,000 nonfarm jobs in July, the highest monthly growth since February. Economists had expected 100,000. However, the unemployment rate rose to 8.3% from …
NextWave, Manchester Investment, to be Sold to AT&T
AT&T announced today (Aug. 2) that it will acquire NextWave Wireless for about $600 million. The deal is subject to approval of the Federal Communications Commission and possibly the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission, AT&T said. "Papa Doug" Manchester, …
General Atomics Predator Drones Collide on El Mirage Runway, Investigation Continuing
The Victorville Daily Press is reporting that U.S. Army officials are investigating the collision of two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Predator drones on the runway at the government's El Mirage Flight Test Facility on July 25. "There was some damage …