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Bridgepoint Offers Transfer Program to Community College Students
Bridgepoint Education, the local for-profit online educator, announced yesterday that it established articulation agreements during the final quarter of 2011 with five community colleges. Under the agreements, students of Indian Hills Community College in Iowa; Yavapai College and Mohave Community …
Sanders Responds to Snapdragon Records Request
The office of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders today responded to our public records act request, made December 12, for documents regarding the city's deal with Qualcomm Inc. to stage its "Snapdragon Stadium" promotion at Qualcomm Stadium last month. The …
Locals Charged with Peddling Endangered, Protected Species
Four San Diego County citizens have been criminally charged with using internet sites to sell endangered species and other protected wildlife illegally. The charges announced in Los Angeles are the result of the Operation Cyberwild task force. Among nine cases …
State Senate Bill Would Limit CSU Raises
In July 2011, California State University trustees announced they were hiking tuition at state schools by 12 percent. That same day, the trustees announced they were also upping the salary for incoming SDSU president Elliot Hirshman by $100,000 compared to …
U.S. Adds 200,000 Jobs in December
The U.S. gained 200,000 jobs in December and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5% from a revised 8.7% in November, according to data released by the federal government this morning (Jan. 6). Both the jobs gain and unemployment rate were …
Sweetwater's Funds for Education Committee Suspended
In a phone call today, Sweetwater Union High School District’s interim superintendent Ed Brand said that he was suspending the Funds for Education Committee. The controversial committee was established in August to negotiate vendor contracts. "[W]e're asking those vendors to …
Investigations Launch on Bank Failures
House Resolution 2056, signed into law by President Obama on Tuesday, directs the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Government Accountability Office to study the effects of bank failures on the economy. Particularly of interest to inspectors is the …
"Snapdragon Stadium" Was Illegal, City Attorney Memo Says
It was an unprecedented marketing coup, according to advertising experts. Ten days of free advertising for Qualcomm's new Snapdragon wireless chip, broadcast to the world by TV coverage of major pro and college football games played here last month. Qualcomm …
SD Could Benefit from Military Focus Change
President Obama outlined a new strategy for the U.S. military today (Jan. 5), and although changes could be made, San Diego, which relies heavily on the military, could benefit. "Details of preliminary information sound like [the effect on] San Diego …
UCSD Medical Center Settles Lawsuit Over Hiring Practices
The Justice Department announced that UCSD Medical Center has agreed to change hiring practices at the Hillcrest facility and pay a $115,000 penalty in order to resolve a complaint that the hospital excessively screened immigrant job-applicants. The complaint, filed by …
Vatican Appoints New Bishop to Diocese of San Diego
Former trial lawyer turned Catholic priest Cirilo Flores has been named "Coadjutor" the Diocese of San Diego. Flores will co-head the diocese with 74-year-old Bishop Robert Brom until the latter retires at age 75. The decision to bring Flores to …
Controversial "Love Hormone" Trial Conducted at UCSD
Is Oxytocin, called by some the "hormone of love," good for anxiety? That's what a new clincal study by UCSD Professor David Feifel aims to discover, according to a notice on the site ClinicalTrials.Gov, run by the U.S. National Insitutes …
High-End Fletcher Blog Wins D.C. Praise
We'll have to wait until the end of the month for year-end disclosures to find out how much it's costing to run and from where the money came to pay for it, but for now, at least, San Diego GOP …
Sinaloa Drug Cartel Controls 16 Mexican States Including Baja California
The Sinaloa drug cartel is second only to Los Zetas when it comes to drug-related criminal activity in Mexico. A new report released by Mexican law enforcement, and reported by University of San Diego-based research group, Justice in Mexico, says …