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Will Ex-NBA Star's Arrival Here Further Disrupt San Diego's GOP?
As if San Diego Republican politics aren't filled with enough intrigue in the wake of the departure from the party by mayoral candidate and Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a GOP political and sports star from the Pacific Northwest has announced he …
Weekend DUI/License Check Nets 2 Arrests, 11 Impounds
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department conducted another “Drunk Driving/License” checkpoint over the weekend, this time in Vista. A total of 1,551 vehicles passed through the checkpoint on Vista Village Drive, with 645 of those drivers contacted. These contacts resulted in …
Another Jewel of the Copley Press is on the Block; Price: $10 million
From the 1950s until his death in 1973, San Diego's Jim Copley was a legendary Republican kingmaker. Having wrested his late father Ira's Copley Press away from brother Bill (both had been adopted by Ira), Jim befriended Richard Nixon and …
Qualcomm's Jacobs Raked in $21.7 Million Last Year
Paul E. Jacobs, chief executive of Qualcomm, was among the 50 highest-paid chief executive officers (CEOs) last year, according to today's (April 8) New York Times. Jacobs, son of Qualcomm's co-founder, raked in $21.7 million, topping the median pay of …
San Onofre Faces More Challenges on Multiple Fronts
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/apr/06/22370/ Opponents of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County are making noise on multiple fronts. Yesterday, the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility filed comments with the California Public Utilities Commission concerning a proposed ruling by Administrative …
Four Years Sentence for Fatal Hit-And-Run
John Francis Sudac Jr. was sentenced to four years and eight months today for vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run causing death, in connection with a night-time freeway crash three years ago, January 2009. Sudac had been free on bail since the …
Department of Child Support Services Loses Private Records During Disaster Preparedness Excercise
The California Department of Child Support Services, which regulates the collection and payment of child support services, has begun distributing letters to its clients advising that storage devices went missing in transit between Colorado and California around March 12. The …
Big Snuff Makes Big TV Buys Here; Burnham Backs the Other Side
America's two biggest tobacco companies are spending big bucks to beat Proposition 29, the "Tobacco Tax for Cancer Research Act" on June's ballot, and a sizable chunk of the wealth is currently being spread to San Diego television stations. Meanwhile, …
City Council Expected to Dissolve Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District
What will Golden Hill and South Park residents do with all their extra time, now that the fight over the Greater Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District is over? They will finally be able to answer that question on Tuesday when …
DeMaio Challenges Filner to Pension Debate
Carl DeMaio has challenged Bob Filner to a “Lincoln-Douglas style debate on pension reform,” according to a San Diego Daily Transcript article posted to his website. “I’m challenging (Filner) to a Lincoln-Douglas debate, man-to-man, one-on-one, to compare our reforms in …
Hundreds of Residents Speak Out Against SDG&E Proposal
More than 600 people converged on the Al Bahr Shriners Center in Kearny Mesa yesterday in opposition to a proposal from SDG&E to raise utility rates as a way to recover costs from the 2007 wildfires. Residents spent much of …
Bradley Manning Supporter Sues Government Officials
Bradley Manning Support Network co-founder David House has been cleared by a federal judge to continue with a lawsuit he’s filed against former San Diego schools superintendent and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin, along with Homeland Security Secretary …
Jobs Growth Sharply Lower Than Expectations
The United States economy added only 120,000 nonfarm jobs in March, half of the 240,000 added in February, and down sharply from economists' expectations of 205,000 jobs, the Labor Department said this morning (April 6). The unemployment rate dropped to …
From San Diego to the White House Lawn: Alleged Gaddafi Smuggling Plot
In an April 2 press conference on the White House lawn in Washington, Mexico's president, Felipe Calderon, praised the co-operation between Mexico, Canada and the United States in foiling an alleged plot to smuggle the son of Muammar Gaddafi out …
San Diego City Council Members Chow Down, Stock Up on Local Equities
Annual statements of personal economic interests of the San Diego city council and Mayor Jerry Sanders, covering calendar year 2011, are in at city hall, and, as usual, gifts abounded. Termed-out GOP mayor Sanders spent his second to last year …
Doug Manchester: A New Breed of Newspaper Owners
Doug Manchester a trendsetter? That what some media experts are saying after New Jersey insurance executive and democratic powerbroker, George Norcross announced he and a group of investors were purchasing Philadelphia's two major dailies; the Daily News and the Philadelphia …
Peters Brings Congressional Campaign to Ocean Beach
Scott Peters, fresh off picking up an endorsement from the 60,000-strong Laborers’ International Union of North America’s California chapter, appeared last night before the Ocean Beach Planning Board to give board members and the community updates on the Convention Center …