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Dumanis Responds to California's High Unemployment Rate
According to the Labor Department, California's unemployment rate is the second highest in the country, behind Nevada. The August jobs report shows the state with a 12.1 percent unemployment rate. Moments after the data was released, District attorney and mayoral …
Credit Card Thief On The Loose in North County
San Diego Sheriff's Deputies are offering a $1,000 reward for help identifying a woman suspected of pick-pocketing older-female shoppers and using the stolen credit cards at retail stores and for cash advances. The first incident occurred on June 2 at …
FBI Searches Business and Home of Bob White Associate
The FBI has searched the Fontana home and business of former GOP state senator, Jim Brulte (pictured), currently an associate with California Strategies, the Sacramento-based political consulting and lobbying operation founded by Bob White, longtime aide to Pete Wilson during …
August Foreclosure Data Released
Updated stats for August were released on Tuesday by mortgage default trackers ForeclosureRadar. It’s mostly bad news across the board. Properties entering foreclosure for the first time are up in every state in the union, primarily driven by increased foreclosure …
Poll Shows DeMaio In The Lead For Mayor
Councilmember Carl DeMaio is the frontrunner in the race to become San Diego's next Mayor, at least that is what a poll from DeMaio supporter Richard Bailey found. The poll, conducted on September 7 to the 10th, asked 945 voters …
Ducheny Enters Race for Congress, Will Spar With Vargas
As expected, this morning former state Senator Denise Ducheny formally announced her candidacy for the 51st Congressional District seat, which is being vacated by mayoral candidate Bob Filner. The move was foreshadowed two weeks ago when she submitted a letter …
Sanders Aide, Judges, and Kehoe Join For "Political Bootcamp"
A self-described progressive advocacy group Run Women Run is linking up with the San Diego County Bar Association and Lawyers Club of San Diego to stage a "political boot camp" for women next month. It features a list of high-powered …
Beach Closures Lifted
On Wednesday, County health reopened the coastline at Torrey Pines, Bayside Park, Del Mar after the September 8 blackout caused more than 2 million gallons of sewage to seep into waterways across the county. The blackout shut down sewage pumps …
Class-Action Suit Alleges Negligence Caused Blackouts
Less than a week has passed since the lights came back on and a class-action lawsuit has already been filed against the utilities involved in the power outage spanning the afternoon of September 8 into the morning of September 9. …
Haymet's Scripps Job Pulled From Regents Agenda
The item on today's closed session agenda of the University of California's Regents compensation committee regarding the Scripps Institution of Oceanography directorship now held by Tony Haymet has been quietly stricken. As first reported here September 9, the regents docketed …
Psychiatrist's Talk of Rap Sheet Voids Pot Conviction
A psychiatrist's testimony about an alleged pot smuggler's "rap sheet" has resulted in reversal by the U.S. Ninth District Court of Appeals of defendant Brad Ray Santini's San Diego federal district court conviction for attempting to cross the border at …
Uptown Residents Want Uptown Partnership Gone For Good
The saga continues for residents of Uptown who want to see the end of Uptown Partnership, the nonprofit responsible for administering the community parking district in Hillcrest, Mission Hills, Five Points, and Banker's Hill. They say the parking agency's time …
Atheists, Agnostics, Scientists Protest Creation Museum
The San Diego New Atheists and Agnostics, a group with over 700 registered members, has announced plans for a “positive protest” at the Creation and Earth History Museum on Saturday, September 24. “I've tried the angry-atheist thing before and, believe …
Historical Designation of Lund House Stands...For Now
Carolyn Kutzke purchased a 1923 Craftsman-style home in University Heights with an "airport-style" bungalow on Madison Avenue in June 2010. Kutzke, a Point Loma-resident and owner of several historic properties, purchased the home with intentions to move a more historic …
Local Ex-Medical Fraudster Loses Contract
Satori World Medical, which refers to a fourth-floor Mission Valley office as its “world headquarters,” has lost its contract with the city of Hartford, Connecticut, to provide “medical tourism” services to city employees. Under such an agreement, Satori provides airfare …
State Bar Looking at Shames Again
The State Bar of California is once again looking into legal activities of Michael Shames, co-founder and head of Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), a utility watchdog. As I reported earlier, the bar recently closed a probe of Shames's activities. …