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SD Tourism Lags Behind Other California Metros
San Diego tourism did not fare very well in November. Although there are improvements, the county lags behind other California metro areas, according to Smith Travel Research statistics. The San Diego occupancy rate was 60.8% in November, the same as …
Car Seizures From Unlicensed Drivers to End Jan. 1
A new state law taking effect next Monday will ban the practice of impounding vehicles caught at sobriety checkpoints if the driver’s only offense is not having a license. The law was introduced by Gil Cedillo, a Democratic state Assembly …
Navy Study Tests Neck Injections
Doctors at Naval Medical Center San Diego believe a shot in the neck may ease the shock from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The team of doctors say injecting an aesthetic into a bundle of nerves called the Stellate Ganglion located …
Mexican Cartels Recruit San Diego Teens
Mexican drug cartels are turning to San Diego’s youth to function as drug mules, the Latin American Herald Tribune is reporting. Eleven percent of the more than 5000 youths that have been incarcerated in San Diego (many of them Hispanics …
Issa Gets a Pass in U-T Story on Pols' Wealth
On Dec. 27, both the Washington Post and New York Times had big takeouts on the wealth of members of the House of Representatives and Senate. The Washington Post put a long story on page 1. In it, the Post …
Mike Garcia Gets Off the Couch to Occupy San Diego
If you’ve been following Occupy San Diego at all, you’ll probably recognize Mike Garcia. The well-dressed and articulate 48-year-old drug-abuse counselor has acted as a prominent media liaison with the group of protesters for “social and economic justice” alongside Ray …
State Prisons Appear to Fall Short on Overcrowding Reduction Order
Today is the first benchmark date for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to reduce prison overcrowding as per a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. CDCR has until January 10 to prepare and provide a report on the progress of …
UCSD Physicians Slow to Adopt iPads, Report Says
According to a report on the website of Kaiser Health News, less than ten percent of UC San Diego Health System physicians are using iPads. The device has been hailed by some as a breakthrough in patient care, offering everything …
San Diego Home Values Keep Falling
The nation suffered "broad-based declines" in home prices in October, according to Standard & Poor's, as it published its last Case-Shiller home price indexes in 2011 today (Dec. 27). Average prices in the largest 20 metro areas dropped 1.2% in …
Video Conferencing Could Replace San Diego-Sacramento Travel
Bad news for San Diego hotels and restaurants: a government report suggests its workers spend less time here. Travel between San Diego and Sacramento by employees of the U.S. Department of Interior has gotten so costly that the department's office …
Occupy San Diego Riders Raid Malls, Port
“The concept of the bike raid is simple,” writes Nexus Watts in an Occupy San Diego Riders mall raid event invite. “First you pick a few targets, set a date, and make related signs, banners, and flyers. On the day …
New Design for Wind Turbines Debuts in San Diego
San Diego Gas & Electric has installed a vertical axis wind turbine for testing at Harbor Island Park, the Port of San Diego reported yesterday. The device, about eight feet in diameter and mounted on top of a 30 foot …
San Diego Tops Nation in DUIs
San Diego leads the nation in drunken driving, according to a new report from Insurance.com. The same source also ranked San Diego at the top of its list of 20 major metropolitan areas in 2010. To assemble their list, the …
Cost of Police Mobile Command Vehicle Grows
Bids are in to build a new high-tech "Mobile Command Vehicle" for San Diego police, and the tab is considerably more than the $250,000 estimate orginally posted on the city's procurement website last month. As we reported in November, the …
Senior Citizen Patrols to Check on Homes for Holidays
Members of the Sheriff's Senior Volunteer Patrol will busy patrolling neighborhoods during the holidays checking on homes while people are out of town. More than 400 volunteer officers will check for any unlocked doors, broken windows, and will hide newspapers …
PG&E Ordered to Complete Seismic Studies, Same Sought for SCE/SDG&E
The California Public Utilities Commission yesterday dismissed a request from Pacific Gas & Electric to pass on its cost of relicensing the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the state’s central coast, the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility reported yesterday. On …
Estancia Hotel Warns It Could Lay Off 295
The Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa, recently bought at what was considered a low price, has told the California Employment Development Department that it could lay off as many as 295 employees. The highly-rated facility is at 9700 N. …
French Gourmet Heads Get Probation, Fines
Owner Michel Malecot and manager Richard Kauffmann of the La Jolla restaurant French Gourmet were sentenced in federal court today (Dec. 22) to probation and fines for knowingly employing more than ten undocumented aliens over a one-year period. Malecot got …
Alan Bersin's "Our Border" Site Goes Offline
In the wake of the departure of San Diego's Alan Bersin from his job as U.S. Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, one of his favorite projects at the federal agency has suddenly disappeared from the web. Visitors to "Our …