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Mitt Romney's Son: Dad's La Jolla House Is "Pretty Small"
Another day and another quote about Mitt Romney's wealth has surfaced. Today, progressive commentary website, AMERICAblog, run by former Economist writer, John Aravosis, posted a YouTube clip which showed a speech from Mitt Romney's son, Josh, describing a Thanksgiving weekend …
Nathan Fletcher Still Raising Corporate Cash in State Political Fund
Running for mayor in San Diego as a newly self-proclaimed independent, California state Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a former Republican, continues to collect corporate cash in his 2010 legislative officeholder account. The latest contribution to the "Assemblyman Fletcher 2010 Officeholder Account" …
Fight Over Old Town Transitional Housing Facility For Combat Veterans Continues
Residents of Old Town, veterans, and parents with young children, more than 50 in all, converged on the Joyce Beers Community Center in Hillcrest for the monthly meeting of the Uptown Planners. They were there to give input on whether …
Local Firm Purchases Rights to Patented Cannabis Ingestion Method
San Diego’s Medical Marijuana Inc. is announcing that it has inked a deal with an unnamed European pharmaceutical company for the purchase and development of a patented cannabinoid drug delivery product. The delivery method, while not specifically described, is intended …
Port Offers Sponsorship to Business Generators
The Port of San Diego is seeking applications for sponsorship in two venues beneficial to the Port via Revenue and Promotion-Generating Sponsorship and Community Sponsorship programs. The former is aimed at entities that will bring promotional and economic benefit to …
Oceanside Teen, 16, Accused of Shooting Other, 17
A 16-year-old boy was inside rival gang-territory in Oceanside, marking walls there with his own gang’s graffiti, when he abruptly came face-to-face with a resident teen who recognized him, and that’s when the invader fired his shotgun, according to testimony …
Following Fatal Hit and Run, Cyclists Gather for Improved Infrastructure
When 29-year-old cyclist David Ortiz was struck by an SUV and then run over by two sedans on the eastbound lanes of Balboa Avenue on March 22, the official word from local media and officers on scene was that Ortiz …
TV Ads Debut Targeting San Onofre
A coalition of environmental groups, with financial backing from Friends of the Earth, has launched an ad campaign calling for the continued shutdown at northern San Diego County’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The ad, which accuses plant operator Southern …
Lifestyles of the Rich and Doug Manchester
Ever since he bought the San Diego Union-Tribune, it seems that the Internet can't get enough of Douglas Manchester, La Jolla-based hotel mogul, Mitt Romney backer, and bigtime GOP donor. Latest topic of online conversation: a sprawling mansion that Manchester …
Disabilities Act Lawyer Suspended Temporarily
Attorney Theodore Arthur Pinnock, who has filed more than 2,000 lawsuits against San Diego County businesses for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, was suspended for 90 days by the California State Bar on Jan. 27. The suspension did …
UCAN Board Members Claimed Under Oath Group Has No Members
Phillip Moskal, a former employee of Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) and a long-time member, filed a complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission this morning (April 2) stating that the network may have lost its standing to intervene in …
Lance Malone, Imprisoned in Strip Club Bribery Case, Opens Las Vegas Pizza Joint
Lance Malone, ex-Las Vegas cop, county commissioner, and bagman for Cheetahs strip club operator Mike Gagliardi, is out of prison and in the pizza business, according to a report by John L Smith in yesterday's Las Vegas Review-Journal. The by-the-slice …
Meeting on Downtown Property and Business Improvement District Postponed...Again
What's another couple of months when three years have already passed? That's what some downtown residents must be thinking after hearing that the Audit Committee will not discuss an audit of the Downtown Property and Business Improvement District at this …
Border Watch Groups Losing Steam
After gathering steam and garnering loads of media attention on the launch of the Minuteman Project, interest from average citizens in forming volunteer patrols to watch the border has waned drastically, the Orange County Register reports. The Southern Poverty Law …