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Local Unemployment Rate at 8.8%
The San Diego County unemployment rate was 8.8% in May, unchanged from a revised 8.8% in April, according to the California Employment Development Department. The county gained 6,400 jobs in the month. The biggest gain was in construction: 6,400. Government …
Supervisors Roberts and Horn Want SAFE to Stay
County Supervisor Ron Roberts is steadfast in his support for the San Diego Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies (SD SAFE). Roberts has come out against a new state bill that would transfer management of the program to SANDAG, taking it …
Congresswoman from Kensington Borrows Against Her Homes
Democratic Congresswoman Susan Davis has taken out mortgages against two houses she owns in San Diego's Kensington neighborhood and Washington, D.C., according to her annual statement of personal financial interests. The loans, made in January of this year, are both …
Local Nonprofit Receives Funding to Repair Veterans' Homes
Embrace, a local nonprofit focused on “the promotion of social and physical wellness programs that serve underprivileged communities,” announced this week that it has been awarded $25,000 from the Weingart Foundation to fund its H3: Healing our Heroes’ Homes program. …
Koch Brothers To Hold A Political Summit In San Diego
The Koch brothers are coming to town and not just for a stroll on San Diego's beaches. The conservative billionaire brethren will be holding a political convention in hopes of raising some serious cash to take down Obama and other …
Opposition To Quail Brush Power Plant Continues
Residents from Santee and San Diego are ramping up their fight against a plan from Cogentrix Energy to build a 100 megawatt, natural gas-fired power plant on the edge of Mission Trails Regional Park, where Santee and San Diego meet. …
Man Who Mailed Heroin Into Jail Gets Sentenced
Lee Edward Amesquita, 37, was sentenced to 8 years prison this morning, for three separate counts of mailing heroin into jail. Amesquita sent the hidden drug to his incarcerated girlfriend, according to evidence presented during a two-week trial last April. …
Picasso, Pistol and Porsche Stolen from Posh Place
Tuesday afternoon a lady returned to her seaside home in a posh part of San Diego County and found her garage door open and her Porsche missing, according to San Diego Police spokeswoman Lt. Andra Brown. The license on the …
Lawsuit Filed Over Injuries Suffered at "Large and Dangerous" Rocket Festival
A lawsuit against the Tripoli Rocketry Association, the Rocket Organization of California, and Tripoli San Diego has been filed by Kairee Goodin, who claims she suffered first and second-degree burns to approximately five percent of her body, as well as …
Will Reduced Tolls Increase South Bay Expressway Riders?
San Diego Association of Government, SANDAG, announced today that beginning June 30 tolls will be reduced for State Route 125/South Bay Expressway. According to the press release, "New tolls will range from 50 cents to $2.75 for FasTrak users and …
Planning Chairman Can Weigh in on Casino Plans of Tribe That Employs His Lobbyist Client, Agency Says
It isn't a conflict of interest for the chairman of the county's Jamul and Dulzura planning group to participate in discussions about a casino project being promoted by a lobbying firm that employs him on a project-by-project contractual basis. So …
FCC Asked To Water Down Requirement For Broadcasters To Post Ad Buys Online
In late April the Federal Communication Commission approved a rule requiring broadcasters to post public files, including political data, online. During the hearing, the majority of commissioners agreed that displaying political ad buys at television stations and cable networks wasn't …
Atheist Lobbying Group to Install California Chapter
The Secular Coalition for America, a group describing itself as “a lobbying organization representing nontheistic Americans and advocating for a strong separation of religion and government,” has announced plans to launch a chapter in California and eight other states. The …
Cartoonist Steve Kelley Laid Off in New Orleans
Political cartoonist Steve Kelley, who had been fired by the Union-Tribune more than a decade ago, will be laid off by the New Orleans Times-Picayune, according to story in Poynter.org. After a nasty fight with the U-T that went to …
Fugitive Wanted On Murder Charges Arraigned
Ruben Anthony Cepeda, 21, is accused of putting a gun to the belly of the woman carrying his baby and killing both her and her four-month-old fetus, in an apartment in Escondido last April. Cepeda kept his head down in …