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San Diego Ranks 38 in Best Cities for Business Study
San Diego placed 38th in a recent Marketwatch study that surveyed the best cities for business. The study looked at 102 cities across the country with populations in excess of 500,000 people. It factored in the revenue output generated by …
Defense Contractor Sued Over Theft of Personal Data
Robbins Umeda LLP and Blood Hurst, & O’Reardon LLP, law firms with local offices, have filed a class action suit against government contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on behalf of retired Marine Colonel Mark Losack and others. The suit, …
Jerry Sanders Seeking New Arts Advisor
San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders is in the market for someone to tell him how to draw up a new city arts policy and find ways to spend arts funds collected from developers by the city, according to a request …
Chargers' Fabiani Joins Cancer Company Board
Add yet one more lucrative gig to the resume of Chargers special counsel and La Jollan Mark Fabiani, who has handled the personal travails of everyone from Al Gore and Bill Clinton to cyclist Lance Armstrong and rocker Madonna. Besides …
So Who's Less Clothed?
Will X. Walters, who was arrested and jailed for public nudity at the July 16 Gay Pride event, is making a cogent case that he was less scantily-clad than the women who wear G-strings at the Over-The-Line tournament, and are …
Chula Vista To Discuss Psychoactive Drug Ordinance
The Chula Vista city council tomorrow will discuss allowing police officers to confiscate psychoactive drugs known as Spice and Bath Salts while patting down suspected criminals and while conducting truancy sweeps or other investigations. The City and its police force …
Federal Government Sued Over 2008 Marine Corps Jet Crash
A Korean family is suing the federal government for compensation in relation to a Marine Corps jet that crashed into a University City neighborhood in 2008, destroying the family’s home. In the crash, Don Yoon lost his wife Youngmi Lee, …
How For-Profit College Lobbyists Bought Congress
The New York Times today (Dec. 10) has a story on how the for-profit college industry spent $16 million to soften government plans to rein in industry corruption. The lobbyists won, as usual. This means another debt crisis is coming. …
Reaper Drones Take Flight
The U.S. Air National Guard has begun training flights on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle, Aviation International News reports. The Reaper, developed by San Diego’s General Atomics, is a larger, more powerful version of its predecessor, the Predator drone. …
Layoffs at Voice of San Diego
The past month has been a crazy month for San Diego media outlets. First, hotel magnate and developer Doug Manchester purchases the city's sole daily paper, and now online news org, Voice of San Diego, announced it was cutting down …
Union-Tribune Headquarters Sale Valued at $42.5 Million
How much did developer and now media mogul Douglas Manchester pay for the San Diego Union-Tribune? He's keeping details secret, but a deed and trust deed filed as security for a mortgage -- along with leasing agreement related documents recorded …
Sales VP Mark Ficarra Out at Union-Tribune
Los Angeles blogger Matthew Fleischer, who writes "FishbowlLA" at MediaBistro.com, has posted a memo from new Union-Tribune chief operating officer Mike Hodges regarding the departure of Mark Ficarra, former Torrance Daily Breeze publisher and current VP of sales and marketing …
Sigh. Another SD Alleged Fraud
Robert L. Holloway, a San Diego investment manager, has been arrested in Salt Lake City for his alleged role in a $25 million investment fraud, according to the U.S. Justice Department. According to the indictment, Holloway ran US Ventures LLC …
Petition Drive In Opposition To SDG&E Rate Increase
As representatives from SDG&E make their rounds defending a proposal to raise rates on solar-users, environmental activists and residents are petitioning the state's energy commission to deny the rate hike. The proposal, if approved, will allow SDG&E to restructure their …
Audit Finds San Diego School Inspectors Filed False Reports, Absent from Sites
A report released today by California state auditor Elaine M. Howle concludes that inspections of school construction projects for earthquake safety by the state architect's office have been severly deficient, jeopardizing student and teacher safety. The problem has been especially …
Planning Commission Rejects Interim Height Ordinance
Uptown residents encountered a setback on Thursday when planning commissioners rejected a proposal to extend the Interim Height Ordinance, an ordinance that limits buildings in areas of Uptown to under 65 feet. Residents believe the ordinance is needed to preserve …
UCSD's Fresco Drilling Is Marketing Ploy, Italian Critics Say
A furor over whether UCSD's Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology should be boring holes in a priceless Giorgio Vasari fresco in search of a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece thought by some to be underneath is shaking …