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Big Bay Boom Is A Big Bust
It was named the "Big Bay Boom"; the 2012 fireworks display that port officials said would bring excitement to the waterfront, make San Diego Bay a destination, and bring people to tenant businesses while generating revenue for the Port. Well, …
Columnist Vows to Return Speaking Fee to Controversial Iranian Group Backed by Filner
Earlier this week, syndicated columnist Clarence Page told the online news site ProPublica that he was returning a $20,000 speaking fee, along with travel expense reimbursements he had received for addressing a June 23 rally in Paris on behalf of …
Issa's Committee Reports on Countrywide's VIP Loans
The former Countrywide Financial showered preferential VIP loans on politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats and others who could wield influence on behalf of the company, according to report released this week by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by North …
Personal Use Solar Soars in California
The market for individual solar systems in California is booming, according to a new report from the California Public Utilities Commission. In 2007, California launched a $3.3 billion program aiming to install 3,000 megawatts of solar power in the state …
La Jolla Architect Disciplined
The California Architects Board has disciplined Scott A. Spencer of La Jolla for practicing without a license. His original license expired in 1987. But in 2000 he identified himself as a licensed architect, and in 2004 paid a $2,500 penalty. …
UCSD Faculty Member To Become Harvard's First LGBT Director
Vanidy "Van" Bailey, assistant director for education at UCSD, is leaving to become Harvard's first permanent director of bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer student life. Bailey, who currently oversees the resource center for bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer …
Physician, Wife Arraigned on Tax Charges
Encinitas osteopathic physician Dr. James Francis Murphy and his wife, Denine Christine Murphy, were arraigned in federal court today (July 3) on charges of corrupt interference with the administration of internal revenue laws, fraudulent use of fictitious financial obligations, and …
San Diego's "Yes on A" Committee Set to be Fined $2500 for Campaign Disclosure Violations
San Diego's June election campaign has already claimed its first ethics victim, "Yes on Proposition A," the committee that backed the successful measure to ban so-called project labor agreements in the city of San Diego. According to a stipulation between …
EDCO Faces $112,000 Fine Over Crushed Worker
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is seeking nearly $112,000 in fines and penalties against EDCO Waste and Recycling Services over “alleged willful and accident-related violations” in connection with an incident last December at EDCO’s Lemon Grove facility. …
Report: Needs of Women Veterans
The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) yesterday released its report California’s Women Veterans: Responses to the 2011 Survey. The report covers areas of need experienced by women upon separation from the armed services, an issue particularly pertinent to areas …
It's a Small World After All...Another Gandara, the Same GCR
In the early months of 2012 Jesus Gandara, former superintendent of Sweetwater Union High School was charged with perjury, bribery, and other charges. In February, El Paso Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr, nephew to Jesus, was charged with drug trafficking. Now, …
UT Bringing in VP of Sports
The UT is bringing in a vice president of sports who allegedly will run the sports department with authority for both the online and print product. According to knowledgeable sources, current sports editor Jay Posner, the current boss, will now …
Senate Bill Would Allow Children To Have Multiple Parents
You know the saying, 'it takes a village to raise a child'? Well, it isn't quite a village but it would be a step in that direction. If approved, Senate Bill 1476, introduced by State Senator Mark Leno, would allow …
Jewish Community Foundation Backs Controversial Balboa Park Makeover with $1.57 Million, IRS Disclosure Shows
A tax-exempt committee set up by La Jolla billionaire Irwin Jacobs to push through his controversial Balboa Park traffic and parking makeover spent almost $2.4 million between June 2010 through the end of May of last year, according to an …