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City Proposes Waiving Parking Meter Fees For Some Veterans
On Tuesday, City traffic engineer Mark Rogers will appear at the monthly meeting of the Community Planners Committee, comprised of planning representatives from around the City, to discuss a proposal that excuses "certain" veterans from having to feed parking meters. …
Local Jeweler Stumps For $100 a Plate DeMaio Dinner Party
Local jeweler Leo Hamel is promoting a $100-a-plate dinner/fundraiser for mayoral hopeful Carl DeMaio. “I tend not to get involved publicly in politics,” says an email drafted by Hamel and distributed by DeMaio’s campaign. “But with the direction the city …
Utilities Commission to Hear from San Diego Public
The California Public Utilities Commission today said that there will be an open meeting April 5 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. for San Diegans to state their opinions to commission officials about San Diego Gas & Electric's attempt to …
Southeastern San Diego Closer to Banning For-Sale Vehicles from City Streets
For more than a year, residents of Southeastern San Diego have taken issue with the number of vehicles for sale that are parked in their community. On Tuesday, their complaints will finally be answered. That day, city councilmembers will consider …
Sempra Agrees to Disclose Political Activity to New York Pension Fund
More light on the secretive political goings-on at San Diego-based utility giant Sempra Energy is about to be shed, according to an announcement today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Sempra, along with two other corporations based in …
Carlsbad Broker Nailed for Hyping Biotech Stock
On Jan. 31, a federal court in Illinois entered a default judgment against Daniel J. Burns of Carlsbad. He is to pay $1.1 million in disgorgement and interest. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Burns was paid for manipulating …
Is Chula Vista's Economy on the Rebound?
The recession has taken its toll on Chula Vista in more ways than a glut of foreclosures. Recently, the women's apparel store, Chico's, went out of business in Otay Ranch Town Center. Last year, Otay Ranch also lost the upscale …
Another Alleged San Diego Ponzi
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday (Feb. 21) in federal court charged Carlsbad's Steven L. Hamilton with allegedly bilking 23 investors of $1.6 million in a series of Ponzi schemes. According to the agency, between 2007 and 2011, Hamilton told …
Sanders Shopping for Costly TV System
San Diego taxpayers who find themselves longing for a more penetrating view of Carl DeMaio's hair, a closer examination of Marti Emerald's pancake make-up, or who just want to better admire the newly svelte physique of Jerry Sanders can rest …
Tourism Picking Up, But More Slowly in SD
The hotel business is gaining momentum in California markets, according to January data from Smith Travel Research. Hotel-expert Jerry Morrison of La Jolla's Morrison & Co. notes that this January, the San Diego occupancy rate picked up 1.7% from a …
Solana Beach Moves Closer to Banning Plastic Bags
Soon shoppers in Solana Beach won't have the choice between 'paper or plastic', that is, if the city council approves the Plastic Bag Reduction Use Ordinance. On February 21, the city released the environmental documents necessary to proceed with a …
Proposal Could Limit Health Insurance Rate Hikes
A volunteer-backed citizens’ group calling itself Consumer Watchdog is pushing an initiative that would give the state insurance commissioner the power to reject excessive hikes in health care rates. Current Commissioner Dave Jones complained during a San Diego appearance last …
County Says High Price of OxyContin Is Causing Increased Heroin Use
The number of people shooting up heroin is skyrocketing in San Diego County, according to data from the County's Health and Human Services Agency. The reason for the higher numbers; the rising cost of OxyContin, which is said to have …
Manchester Gives Another $25,000 to Romney Super PAC
A firm run by U-T San Diego owner and La Jolla-based developer and hotel mogul Doug Manchester has given $25,000 to Restore Our Future, the so-called Super PAC that is backing the GOP presidential bid of part-time La Jolla resident …
Fletcher Pledges to Make Transit, Cyclist Access a Priority
San Diego mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher met with cycling advocates on Saturday, February 18, to discuss ways the city could become more hospitable to bicycle commuters. Fletcher told Bike San Diego that he envisions changing San Diego’s motto from “America’s …
Controversial Bridgepoint, Sunroad End Lease
Two of San Diego's most controversial entities, for-profit college Bridgepoint Education and office operator Sunroad Centrum ended a lease agreement, according to a Sunroad filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday (Feb. 17). Bridgepoint, whose staggering dropout rate …