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Psychologist, Defense Contractor Face the Music
Clinical psychologist Roberto J. Velasquez pleaded guilty today (Aug. 2) to falsifying medical reports to the federal government. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Velasquez falsely certified that dozens of patients were disabled when they were not. He made up …
Voters Prefer Obama on Environmental Issues
The Public Policy Institute of California has released a new study on the opinions of Californians relating to global warming and energy policy in the coming years. Most voters, the Institute reports, favor President Obama’s environmental stewardship over what they …
State Cuts Funding To AVID College Readiness System -- Schools Now Forced To Pay
Seems as if a new spending cut to education is discovered every day. While administrators and school board members across the state have grown accustomed to handing out pink slips, increasing class size, and selling off valuable school assets in …
Clerk Bloodied for Bag O' Peanuts
Carlsbad police officer Jamie Meroniuk said he was near the end of his shift, patrolling about 3 a.m. on a Thursday morning, when he saw two men on the sidewalk. “One of the males frantically waved at me,” officer Meroniuk …
Connected Top Cop Union Lobbyist Signs on with Bob Filner
This spring's topsy-turvy San Diego mayoral race - featuring a conservative gay Republican councilman, an ex-GOP Assemblyman turned independent, a tough-on-crime lesbian district attorney, and an old-line liberal Democratic congressman - promised to shake the city's traditionally hide-bound politics to …
Prosecutor: Repeat DUI Offender Killed Motorcyclist
Brian Joseph Webb II, 34, was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse today. Webb is accused of causing a fatal collision on the I-15 freeway in the Escondido area last Saturday, driving his truck …
Bill Would Remove Voter Consent Requirement From Establishment of "Infrastructure Financing Districts"
Proposed legislation from state Assembly member Ben Hueso regarding the establishment of renewable energy “infrastructure financing districts” is drawing fire from the Protect Our Communities Foundation, a group “dedicated to protecting San Diego County backcountry from ill-conceived energy development and …
Reported Fox Sports Lobbyists Max Out to GOP's DeMaio
Executives with one of the city's biggest and most influential lobbying and public affairs outfits have thrown their financial muscle behind the San Diego mayoral candidacy of Republican city councilman Carl DeMaio, according to the firm's second-quarter lobbyist disclosure filing, …
Will San Onofre Return to Service This November?
Amid continued debate over the wisdom and appropriate time line for resuming power generating activities at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, now shuttered for over 6 months, plant operator Southern California Edison has set tentative “return to service” dates late …
Pushback Over Prop B Implementation
As promised, legal challenges to San Diego’s Proposition B, dubbed “Comprehensive Pension Reform,” have begun to surface from labor. Ann Smith, an attorney for the San Diego Municipal Employees Association, has asked San Diego Superior Court Judge Luis Vargas to …
Wealthy Non-Profit News Advocate Backs Bill Ponder and "Paycheck Protection" Measure
R. B. "Buzz" Woolley Jr., founder and financial backer of San Diego's non-profit online news operation, the Voice of San Diego, hasn't been prominent in the news of late, but the opinionated charter school advocate continues to contribute to various …
Group Claims Responsibility For Hoax Press Release From U.S. Attorney Duffy
The group Federal Accountability Coalition has claimed responsibility for the bogus email which alleged that U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy is targeting illegal prescription drug sales at pharmacies in San Diego. The phony press release from the email address, [email protected] was …
Hoax Email Claims US Attorney Laura Duffy Now Targeting Storefront Pharmacies
I won't get fooled again...well I hope not. Turns out the story I posted this morning (below) about U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy targeting pharmacies was a hoax. A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office denies any such initiative. The statement …