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On Eve of Lerach Bash, Ex-Wife and Friends Give Big to Anti-Death Penalty Drive
As the anti-death penalty party to be thrown by once-imprisoned La Jolla lawyer Bill Lerach draws near, some other well-heeled San Diego attorneys are also opening their checkbooks in support of the cause. As noted earlier, Lerach and his current …
Firm Predicts Second Wave of County Foreclosures
At a time when some local economists are forecasting a bottoming of the housing market, Blue Sky Capital is predicting a second wave of county foreclosures that could be worse than the one a few years back. Blue Sky says …
Home Depot Workers Allege Wage Theft
A class action suit filed in San Diego last week against Home Depot alleges that employees were forced to work while off the clock and denied overtime wages, with the total amount lost by plaintiffs exceeding $5 million. The company …
Medical Marijuana Dispensary to Challenge U.S. Attorney's War on Medical Marijuana
Laura Duffy is moving forward with her crusade to wipe out medical marijuana dispensaries in Southern California. The U.S. Attorney has threatened the owner of the building that houses the Mother Earth Cooperative in El Cajon with stiff fines, or …
Vista Man Shows Off Improvised Arsenal to Deputies
San Diego Sheriff’s deputies responded Saturday afternoon to a domestic disturbance involving a father and his 25 year-old son on the 1100 block of Meadow Lake Drive inVista. Upon arriving, deputies made contact with the father, who was standing in …
Bob Filner Rips City Hall at U-T San Diego Protest Rally Against Padres Cable Blackout
It was billled as a U-T columnist's rally to return the Padres to cable TV, and Matthew Hall, bullhorn in hand, worked the crowd like a pro, but congressman and mayoral candidate Bob Filner was clearly the hit of the …
San Onofre: Even Longer Shutdown or Restarting Soon?
While Southern California Edison pushes forward with a revised plan to restart operations at one of the two San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station reactors that have been in emergency shutdown since January, state energy officials are bracing for a potential …
Walking on Coals Backfires at Tony Robbins Event
The Associated Press is reporting that 21 people at a San Jose event hosted by San Diego-based motivational speaker Tony Robbins suffered burns while walking across hot coals. The injuries took place Thursday. Having attendees walk across hot coals is …
Jack in the Box Is 5th Most Popular Fast Burger Joint
Research firm Technomic has put together a list of the top 15 fast food brands in America. The list has been presented by Business Insider. San Diego's Jack in the Box is 15th most popular fast food chain, and 5th …
Fabian Núñez, David Malcolm, Labor and Corporate PACs All Gave Big to Vargas
Democrat state Sen. Juan Vargas, believed by local political observers to be more or less assured of election to the U.S. Congress in November after beating fellow Democrat and ex-state Sen. Denise Ducheny in a nasty primary fight last month, …
Holmes's Father Is Anti-Fraud Scientist
According to reporting by San Diego Reader editor Matt Potter, the father of the suspected Colorado mass murderer is almost certainly an anti-fraud scientist at a San Diego company. He is Robert M. Holmes, senior lead scientist at the San …
State Department Suspends San Diego Exchange-Student Sponsor From Federal Program
More than 450 foreign-exchange students waiting for their tickets to America may be left on the lurch after the State Department suspended a San Diego-based sponsor from the program. A department official told the Associated Press on Thursday that Pacific …
NRC: Edison Did Not Violate Policy On San Onofre Generator Replacement
Federal inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conclude in a report released yesterday that Southern California Edison is not guilty of having misled the Commission with regard to the complexity of design changes to the failed steam generators at San …
San Diego Unemployment Rate Rises
San Diego County's unemployment rate was 9.2% in June, up from a revised 8.8% in May, but below the year-ago rate of 10.4%, according to the California Employment Development Department. Nonfarm employment rose in the area,however, by 13,400 jobs. Leisure …
Chula Vista Goes for District Elections--Almost
Chula Vista's city council moved a step closer toward district elections in their July 17 meeting. The Charter Review Commission presented their report/recommendations to the council. Council members refined the proposals. Though the discussion on the dais was politically charged, …
No Means Yes: Developer Declares 'No' Vote By Local Planning Group A Victory
Urban Housing Partners, the developer hoping to build a 996-unit mixed use project along the banks of the San Diego River in Grantville, considers a recent 8-to7 vote by a local community planning group against their project a victory. During …