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CCDC Chairman Says Fat City Not A Good Fit
CCDC chairman Kim John Kilkenny feels the 232-condo mixed-use development proposed for the corner of Hawthorn Street and Pacific Highway known as Fat City Lofts doesn't fit in to the City's General Plan. For that reason, Kilkenny shot the project …
UCSD Students Treat Haitian Earthquake Victims With Phantom Limb Pain
In 2011, a group of students from UCSD traveled to Haiti as part of the Clinton Global Initiative to treat some of the thousands of residents who experience phantom limb pain from amputations that followed the 2010 earthquake that decimated …
Redevelopment Watchdog Draws $200 Fine for Late Filing
With the demise of California redevelopment law, cities throughout the state have been forced to disband the large and complex local bureaucracies that sprung up to adminster the expensive programs. One bit of overhead came in the form of money …
Planner Loses Certification But Keeps Using It
In August 2011, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards permanently revoked the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification of Martin Batstone of Wealth Advisors, Inc., but he continued to carry the CFP designation on the firm's website and through his …
Rick Perry's La Jolla Super PAC Reinvents Itself
Presidential candidates come and go, but, like corporations, political action committees have a life of their own. Take, for example, Americans for Rick Perry, the La Jolla-based independent super PAC that was making waves back in August when we reported …
Council Committee to Hear Ordinance That Would Ban Smoking in Multi-Family Housing
On Wednesday, the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee will review a proposal that would make smoking in multi-family housing units a public nuisance. The ordinance, drafted by the San Diego Non-Smoking Housing Task Force, outlaws smoking tobacco, real or …
Filner's House Campaign Committee Still in Business
Democratic congressman Bob Filner, currently a San Diego mayoral candidate, continued to collect money for his House campaign committee during the final three months of last year, according to a recently filed federal financial disclosure. There were only two big …
Democrats Release Endorsements
The final day of the California Democratic Party Convention yielded a slate of endorsements and official party positions on confirmed ballot measures. Local endorsements for the state Assembly include RJ Hernandez in the 77th district covering north inland San Diego …
Occupy Makes Democratic Convention Showing
Members of the Occupy movement had perhaps their strongest San Diego showing in recent weeks as the first Occupy SoCal Conference brought together members from various cities across the region on Saturday. Convention-goers leaving Hall C of the San Diego …
Saldaña Falls Short in Endorsement Bid
Lori Saldaña tonight fell one vote short of garnering the 60% support needed to secure official party endorsement at the California Democratic Convention tonight. Of 42 caucus votes cast, Saldaña received 25, while fellow Democrat Scott Peters received ten and …
County Says Students At Carlsbad Elementary School May Have Been Exposed To Bacterial Meningitis
Officials from the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency suspect a kindergarten student at Poinsettia Elementary School in Carlsbad may have been infected with a bacteria known to lead to cerebrospinal meningitis. Agency officials and representatives from Carlsbad …
Issa Staffers Hit the Road Courtesy of Special Interests
January was a busy month for travel by two staffers for GOP congressman Darrell Issa. On the tenth of the month, it was off to Las Vegas for Laurent Morgan Crenshaw, an Issa legislative aide, to attend the glitzy Consumer …
Judgment Finalized In Legal Battle Over Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District
The judgment is final. Now, a group of residents in Golden Hill and South Park — who have spent more than four years fighting the formation of the Greater Golden Hill Maintenance Assessment District — can rest, knowing the district …
Home Affordability Index Up, Says Trade Group
Record-low interest rates and slumping home values have combined to push the state’s housing affordability index to a level matching record highs set in 2009, the California Association of Realtors is reporting. Fifty-five percent of Californians can afford to own …
Texas-Based Non-Profit Joins Fight To Keep Mt. Soledad Cross
The Liberty Institute, a nonprofit firm based in Dallas with the goal of "promoting Judeo-Christian" values, are taking the fight over the Mount Soledad Cross to the Supreme Court, reports the Associated Press. Besides the nonprofit, the Veterans of Foreign …