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UCAN to Fight Another SDGE Program to Fleece Customers
As part of its general rate case, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) wants to institute a so-called "prepaid utility service program" that would allow the utility to disconnect a customer four days after payments are exhausted. The Division of …
Register Staffers Didn't Want Manchester, Says L.A. Times
According to a story today (June 12) in the Los Angeles Times, some Orange County Register employees were happy that San Diego's "Papa Doug" Manchester, owner of the UT, did not buy the Register, as he had hinted he would. …
Tijuana Named Most Hated City in the World by CNNGo
Yesterday, June 11th, CNNGo released a list of the most hated cities in the world. Tijuana took the number one spot on the list. The report states that the list is “not the worst cities in the world, they're the …
Postal Service Audit Blasts San Diego Mail Carriers for Inefficiency
"Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night, stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," Herodotus wrote back in 503 B.C., but then he never met the efficiency experts from the U.S. Postal Service's …
69-Year-Old Man Denies Child Abuse Charges
Corazon Paulino Flores is on trial in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse, charged with more than 40 counts of felony child abuse. He is pleading not guilty through his public defender. Three named victims were allegedly abused over multiple …
Trustees at San Diego Unified Will Consider Placing New Bond Measure on November Ballot
Officials from San Diego Unified are banking on the 2012 Capital Facilities Bond Measure to bring in an estimated $2.8 billion, which would be used to ease the strain caused by yearly budget deficits and bring new technology and provide …
Manchester Fails to Corral O.C. Register
Wellesley, Massachusetts businessman Aaron Kushner and a group of investors have purchased the Orange County Register and six other papers from Freedom Communications, according to the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times. "Papa Doug" Manchester, owner of the UT …
Gwynn Family Backs Bob Filner, Tax Liens Highlighted by Union-Tribune
Over the years, the business tribulations of Padres baseball hero Tony Gwynn have made occasional news. Back in December 1999 we reported about the slugger's battle with the big downtown San Diego law firm of Seltzer, Caplan, Wilkins and McMahon …
Richard Russell Calls Primary Bear Market
La Jolla's Richard Russell, who has published Dow Theory Letters since 1958, has stated that stocks are now in a primary bear market. Russell is the preeminent interpreter of the Dow Theory, which is based on essays written by Charles …
NY Times Columnist Slams U-T Ownership
David Carr, media columnist for the New York Times, precisely pinpoints what is wrong with the Union-Tribune's current ownership and management in a column slated to appear tomorrow (June 11). Carr begins, "There is a growing worry that the falling …
New Proposal: Huge Hike in TOT Tax to Improve Infrastructure
Activists Katheryn Rhodes and Conrad Hartsell will present to the city council's rules committee Wednesday a plan to boost the Transient Occupancy Tax (hotel tax) from 10.5% to 15.5%. The increase would provide $73.5 million annually to spend on road …
Hewlett Packard's Contract with San Diego County
Election night, June 5, the San Diego County Registrar of Voters website was going to report tallied votes online. However, the service was down between 8:00 and 10:00. The U-T reported that "San Diego County and Hewlett Packard are investigating …
Californians Driving Demand for General Motors' Electric Car
California drivers are propping up otherwise lackluster sales of General Motors’ Chevrolet Volt gas/electric hybrid, the Detroit Free Press observes. California buyers are snapping up nearly 23 percent of all Volts sold nationwide, motivated by gasoline prices that remain over …
San Onofre to Remain Offline Through Summer
It’s official: both of the troubled nuclear generators at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will remain offline throughout the summer, according to plant operator Southern California Edison. Edison expects to present a safety plan to restart the plant’s Unit …