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Lack of Parking Solutions in Uptown
It's that time of year again, the time when San Diego city councilmembers are asked to approve the contracts for the Community Parking District Program. The occasion doesn't exactly merit a mark on the calendar, that is, except for some …
SeaWorld Retrieves Killer Whale from Canada
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting this morning that a nine-year-old killer whale in disputed custody was hastily flown to SeaWorld here Saturday evening after the big marine park operator prevailed in U.S. federal court over Niagara Falls, Ontario-based Marineland. Named …
Local Biotech Develops Human Tissue "Bioprinter"
Local biotech Organovo has secured $3.5 million in venture capital funding for its NovoGen “bioprinting” process. The technology, it’s hoped, will allow scientists to manufacture three-dimensional body parts. The NovoGen MMX, developed in partnership with Invetech, another local firm, is …
Man Choked, Arrested at Occupy San Diego
A 28-year-old man was choked and arrested at around 2:35 this morning on the Civic Center Plaza after police reportedly told him to exit his sleeping bag and sit up, inciting accusations of police brutality from onlookers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6QCRneABhU Eyewitness Julie …
Council to Consider Kessler Settlement
On Tuesday, city council will consider a $200,000 settlement of the unlawful termination and retaliation suit against the City filed by Scott Kessler, who once rode herd on the business improvement districts. Kessler had cooperated with a police detective and …
Cross-Border Trade, Energy Discussed at Imperial Valley Economy Summit
Democratic members of the state assembly met yesterday in Calexico with Imperial County officials and business leaders to discuss the economy and cross-border strategy to improve trade with Mexico. Chula Vista assemblyman Ben Hueso was among those who met with …
Lemon Grove City Council to Take a Position on SDG&E Solar Rate Hikes
Energy costs for the Lemon Grove School District haven't decreased since spending more than $2 million to install solar panels at three Lemon Grove schools in 2005. Quite the opposite. In 2008, officials told the Union-Tribune that annual energy costs …
San Diego Ethics Exec Signs Off on Controversial State Reforms
The Los Angeles Times reports this morning that controversial new rules to allow lobbyists in dating "relationships" with legislators to pick up unlimited tabs without disclosure are being considered by the state's Fair Political Practices Commission. After critics had their …
Occupy San Diego Joins Veterans Day Parade, Holds Teach-ins
Though police enforcement has turned the once thriving village of Occupy San Diego into a shabby encampment on the east lawn of the Civic Center, the movement which has been occupying the concourse since early October continues to hold regular …
Law Enforcement Agencies Offer $20,000 for Information on Geezer Bandit
Chalk another heist up for the Geezer Bandit. FBI agents and San Diego Police Department now believe that he was responsible for a robbery at a Wells Fargo banking center inside the Von's supermarket on September 30. If it was …
SEC Levels Fraud Charges Against Local Firm
The Securities and Exchange Commission today (Nov. 10) charged Del Mar's investment advisory firm, Western Pacific Capital Management, and its president Kevin James O'Rourke, with fraud. According to the SEC, during 2005 and 2006, Western Pacific and O'Rourke were brokers …
UCSD Has Major Cheating Problem, Study Finds
Research conducted by the head of UCSD's academic integrity office has uncovered a major cheating problem at the 23,000-student school, one of America's leading research universities, according to a paper published this month in the journal Science and Engineering Ethics. …
The Supreme Court Hears Redevelopment Case
California State Supreme Court will begin to consider the fate of state redevelopment agencies. Today, the court will hear begin hearing arguments from the California Redevelopment Association who filed a lawsuit to overturn a law that would take $1.7 billion …
Predator Maker Linden Blue Blasts Barack Obama
La Jolla's Linden Blue, co-chairman with his brother Neal Blue of General Atomics, the big Torrey Pines-based U.S. military contractor and maker of the Predator drones now in wide use in battlefield hotspots by the Central Intelligence Agency, is out …
Cost Doubles on High-Speed Rail
California’s Proposition 1A, passed with 52.7% of the vote statewide in 2008, promised a high-speed rail line running from San Diego to Sacramento would be built at a cost of about $40 billion, using state-issued bonds and federal money for …