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Bonnie Dumanis and the Wisdom of Ladder-Climbing
Republican Bonnie Dumanis, currently trying to climb the local political ladder from her post as county District Attorney to San Diego's mayor, has been noted for tutoring others in the ways of political combat. According to the website of the …
Suicide Kit Peddler Dodged Taxes
El Cajon's Sharlotte Hydorn pleaded guilty today (Dec. 3) to not filing federal income tax returns since 2007. During the period, Hydorn, a retired school teacher, brought in more than $150,000 in income, including from the sale of helium hood …
Steve Breen and Roger Hedgecock Deck the Halls for GOP
It's the holiday season, time for politicians of good cheer throughout San Diego county to make the rounds of fundraisers and benefits everywhere. Tomorrow it's "Christmas for the Corps," a pancake breakfast featuring GOP congressman Brian Bilbray at Miramar's Marine …
Lemon Grove Considers Logging on to Social Media Sites
Officials in Lemon Grove feel the days of residents visiting the City website to look for upcoming events are over. During a hearing in October, city councilmembers and the mayor directed staff to draft a policy to use social media …
Unemployment Rate Falls; Job Growth Disappointing
The U.S. created 120,000 jobs in November, a bit less than the 125,000 economists expected, the Labor Department reported today (Dec. 2). The unemployment rate fell to 8.6%, the lowest in two and a half years, but economists said that …
Suspicious Bottle Outside Issa's Office Not a Bomb
Representative Darrell Issa’s office is reporting that it received a call threatening that “something had been left outside that would explode,” according to the Riverside area Press Enterprise. The alleged bomb threat came after a protest outside the congressman’s office …
SD Housing Prices High, but Market Sticky
The price of San Diego area homes was $204.02 per square foot in September, topping Las Vegas ($66.15) and Phoenix ($74.28) where the bubble popped, and Detroit (64.33) and Cleveland ($65.35) which are in long-term depressions, according to Radar Logic. …
Conservative Group New Majority Endorses Fletcher
Since announcing his candidacy for mayor, Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, a Republican, has received praise from all sorts of unlikely sources. Alt-weekly San Diego CityBeat praised Fletcher for his pragmatism, despite giving "boos" for his support of managed competition, and Comprehensive …
Richard Russell Recovering from Hip Replacement
Richard Russell, 87, publisher of one of the longest-running investment newsletters, Dow Theory Letters, is recovering from hip replacement surgery. He fell in the shower on October 22. Russell started Dow Theory Letters in 1952 and has published it from …
Sheriff to Purchase and Install Surveillance Cameras Along Coast
The Sheriff's Department is in the market for some good surveillance camera equipment. On Tuesday, County Supervisors will consider allowing the Sheriff's Department to accept $600,000 in federal grant money to purchase and install cameras and a microwave transmitter along …
Manchester A Step Closer to Union-Tribune Takeover
La Jollan Doug Manchester appears to be nearing his takeover of the Union-Tribune, based on an action disclosed yesterday by the Federal Trade Commission. A document posted on the FTC website entitled "Transaction Granted Early Termination" lists Manchester and two …
Miramar College Completes Environmentally Friendly Police Substation/Parking Garage
San Diego Community College District yesterday celebrated the completion of a new 828-space parking garage and 5,108 square foot police substation at its Miramar College campus. Constructed by the McCarthy company, which bills itself as “one of the nation’s leading …
Aztecs Will "Battle for the Oil Can"
The Fresno State Bulldogs won’t officially join the Mountain West Conference until next year. The San Diego State Aztecs are considering a move out of the Mountain West, eyeing the Big East as a possible home for athletics. Their respective …
A Tale of Two Newspapers
In the wake of today's announcement that billionaire Warren Buffett is buying his hometown daily, the Omaha World-Herald, another Nebraskan, our political cartoonist Neal Obermeyer, weighs in below with a comparison of that paper and the Union-Tribune, soon to be …
Agents Provide Details of Elaborate Drug Tunnel in Otay Mesa
Agents from the DEA and Border Patrol released more details about the cross-border drug tunnel discovered on Tuesday. Initial reports had described the tunnel as elaborate, new details revealed today show just how elaborate it was. Electric rail cars ran …
UC Students Push For Affordable Medicine
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, an organization largely comprised of medical students across the country, is pushing University of California faculty to refrain from signing a new patent agreement until the system takes steps to ensure that medicines developed in …
Public Invited To Weigh In On Natural-Gas Power Plant Near Sycamore Landfill
On Friday, the California Energy Commission will hold a public workshop on a proposed natural-gas-fired power plant to be built south of the Sycamore Landfill. Quali Brush Genco, a subsidiary of Cogentrix Energy, proposes building the 100-megawatt peaker power plant, …
More and More Californians Leaving the State
The mass exodus from California continues. A recent census report found that hundreds of thousands of Californians migrated from the state in 2010. Of the ten largest state-to-state-migration-flows, the move from California to Texas topped the list with nearly 69,000 …