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A Game of Drones: RoboSub Competition Comes To San Diego
On July 17, Students and professors from colleges around the country will be converging on San Diego to compete in the 15th annual RoboSub competition. The contest, held at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, is meant to find …
Key Sanders and Horn Political Operative Signs on with Pro-Jacobs Balboa Park Committee
On the eve of today's San Diego city council hearing on Irwin Jacobs' controversial Balboa Park makeover plan, backers of the La Jolla billionaire and Qualcomm founder have made it clear they intend to pursue a take-no-prisoners strategy. The Balboa …
Bridgepoint's Ashford Denied Accreditation; Stock Plummets
Stock of for-profit Bridgepoint Education is down 22.3% to $16.70 this morning (July 9) after the company revealed its Ashford University -- which accounts for almost all of its revenue -- has been denied accreditation by the Western Association of …
El Mono Arrested in the Zona Norte
Another high ranking Arellano-Félix Organization member was arrested this week in Tijuana by federal authorities. Luis Manuel “El Mono” Toscano Rodríguez was arrested on Tuesday, June 3rd, however authorities only recently confirmed the arrest on Saturday. El Mono was apprehended …
Encinitas Man Accused of July 4th Holdup -- of Neighbors
The night of the Fourth of July, just past midnight, police were called to the 800 block of Clark Avenue in Encinitas. The alleged victims who had dialed 911 told police that an Hispanic male demanded their belongings while “brandishing …
Court Dates Approach for Gandara Family Members
Another Gandara made Texas news yesterday. This time it was Guillermo "Willie" Gandara, Jr. According to the El Paso Times, this Gandara, who is nicknamed "Godfather," is scheduled to plead guilty July 13 to federal drug-trafficking charges. The July 6 …
Private-Sector Wages Are Up In San Diego
In a time when jobs reports are always accompanied with adjectives like dismal and dreary, there is some good news, if you look hard enough. A recent job index from PayScale found that San Diego has the ninth fastest growing …
Douglas Manchester's Grand del Mar Resort to Host GOP Super Money Golf Bash
San Diego's posh golf resorts and high-powered political fundraising are clearly made for each other. In March it was the Pro Tem Cup, thrown by Democratic state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg at Torrey Pines. As our Dave Rice …
June Jobs Growth Anemic
The nation added only 80,000 jobs in June, according to the Labor Department, as the unemployment rate remained at 8.2%. Economists had expected 100,000, but even that would have been tepid. The economy has to grow by more than 100,000 …
Artist Michael Schnorr Dead
News that the artist, teacher and social activist Michael Schnorr died recently has cast a pall on the Chicano Park artistic community. Members say that Schnorr apparently took his own life by jumping off the Coronado Bay Bridge last Friday, …