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San Diego Card Room Battling State Gambling Enforcers
California gambling regulators have recommended denial of licenses for the owners and operators of the Palomar Card Club on El Cajon Boulevard, and the state's Gambling Control Board has voted to conduct an evidentiary hearing on the matter at a …
Hate & Extremists Groups Continue to Grow
A new report issued today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) claims that for the third consecutive year, extremists groups have experienced large growth. According to report details, hate groups reached a new record in 2011, with 1,018 groups …
Port District Approves Impound Fees
The Port of San Diego has announced it will begin charging a $129 fee for cars towed, stored, or impounded due to negligent driving. The new fee, approved by the Board of Port Commissioners on March 6, will take effect …
CPUC to Hold Two Sessions on SDGE Proposed Scheme
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold two sessions April 5 to let the San Diego public comment on San Diego Gas & Electric's plan to force customers to pay for uninsured costs from the 2007 fires, in which …
Mexico’s Tourism Board Disputes Travel Warnings from U.S.
The chief of the Mexico Tourism Board, Rodolfo Lopez-Negrete, disputed today what he says are “exceptionally aggressive” travel warnings for Mexico. "To paint Mexico with such a massively broad brush stroke is simply outrageous." said Lopez-Negrete. On Tuesday, the Texas …
Audit Relates Disclosure Violations by Strong Mayor Committee
A little-noticed audit released in January by San Diego's city Ethics Commission sheds some interesting new light on the operation of the "Yes on Propositions A, B & C Committee," which funded 2008's successful campaign to change the city charter, …
Habitat for Humanity in Imperial Beach
Habitat for Humanity of San Diego is actively looking for qualified families for four homes to be built in Imperial Beach this year. Qualified families will purchase a home, help build it, and then pay closing costs and a long …
City Releases Timeline For Community Plan Updates in Uptown, North Park, and Golden Hill
Nearly three years after beginning to update the community plans for Uptown, Golden Hill, and North Park, city planners have released a timeline as to when the updates may finally be completed. The effort to update the plans has been …
Spanos Clan to Host Romney Fundraiser at Stockton Estate
GOP presidential candidate and part-time La Jolla resident Mitt Romney will be in Stockton on March 27 for a fundraiser being thrown for him at the posh estate of Chargers owner Alex Spanos, according to today's Stockton Record. There will …
Vargas Corporate Backers to be Fined for Hiding Identity
Two years ago this month we reported that political consultant Larry Remer--who once worked with Jane Fonda and her then-husband, former radical and liberal Democratic state Sen. Tom Hayden--had been employed by a political committee backed by a business lobbying …
Downtown Residents Question Use of Funds From Property and Business Improvement District
Executives at Downtown San Diego Partnership are looking to implement a new business plan, judging by two recent payments to a business consultant totaling $11,758. According to financial reports, the payments went toward "consultant fees and reimbursement of expenses to …
Pay Raises for City Council & Mayor Unanimously Rejected
The Salary Setting Commission’s recommendation for salary increases for all city councilmembers and the mayor was rejected today by the city council. The proposed recommendations would have increased a councilmember’s salary from $75,386 to $175,000 and the mayor’s salary from …
Uptown Planners Hear Proposal to Rename Hillcrest Street After Harvey Milk
Blaine Avenue, a rather insignificant side street in Hillcrest, may become much more meaningful -- that is, if a proposal to change the name of the street to Harvey Milk Way is approved by city councilmembers. The first stop for …
City Invites Bids for Miramar Landfill Operation
San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders abandoned his plan to sell off the city's Miramar landfill--a move he once billed as crucial to his financial recovery plan--back in February of last year, when three firms backed out of the bidding without …
Rumor: Manchester Buying Orange County Register
A plausible rumor from a good source today (March 4) has hotelier Doug (Papa Doug) Manchester, owner of the Union-Tribune, buying the Orange County Register. Following the bankruptcy of the Register's parent, the newspaper has been shopped around. At one …
Were UCAN Books Audited? Cooked?
As the mystery of Utility Consumers' Action Network's dissolution announcement is explicated, as now appears likely, the spotlight is almost certain to turn to accounting. Was it phony? Will UCAN's new forensic accounting firm unravel the puzzle, or obfuscate it? …