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County Supes Set to Verify E-Verify
On Tuesday, September 12 County supervisors will consider implementing the E-Verify system. E-Verify, otherwise known as the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification System, will screen all candidates for county jobs using data from the Department of Homeland Security and the Social …
3 Year-Old Dead From Falling Furniture
A three-year-old girl died on Tuesday night in Encinitas after she was struck by falling furniture in her family's garage. Homicide detectives are investigating the North County home after the Medical Examiner's Office informed the Sheriff's Department of the young …
Catholic Priest Writes Book on Ministering to Gays
A controversial retired Catholic priest has penned a new book aimed at helping parishes that seek to reach out to homosexuals. And it doesn't focus on changing their orientation. James Schexnayder’s book, Setting the Table: Preparing Catholic Parishes to Welcome …
City Audits Mean Big Savings
From January to June of this year, San Diego's City Auditor identified $20.2 million in potential savings. According to a September 2 report from the City Auditor's office, the six-months worth of potential savings is the largest amount since the …
Superstore Bill Draws Legions of Lobbyists
The Center for Investigative Reporting's California Watch website has launched a new searchable database of who is lobbying which bills in the state legislature, though it doesn't say on what side they're on. A good sample search is SB 469, …
Dropping Pawn Shops in National City
City councilmembers in National City will consider enacting an emergency ban on new pawnshops, secondhand stores, and precious metal buy-back stores during a council meeting tonight. A crackdown on pawn shops was first discussed in April as a way to …
Coronado: Where the Living Is Easy
Residents of Coronado love their community. According to results from The National Citizen Survey, the only aspects that Coronadoans don't like about their community is traffic and the lack of public transportation in their community. The survey, commissioned by the …
Chilean Stealth Sub Visiting San Diego
The Chilean navy's Carrera, a diesel-electric submarine, has arrived for a training mission with the 3rd Fleet in San Diego, Navy Times reports. The latest generation of diesel-electric subs, with their unusual stealthiness and relatively low price have become troublesome …
Controversy Over Minors' Right to Prevent STDs
Conservatives of all stripes are expressing alarm over the recent passage of California Assembly Bill 499, introduced by Assemblywoman Toni Atkins of San Diego. If signed by Governor Brown, the bill would allow minors 12 years of age or older …
Coronado Hanging Death Ruled Suicide
San Diego County sheriff Bill Gore said today that the death of Rebecca Nalepa was a suicide. In July, she was found nude with a rope around her neck and her hands and feet bound at the home of Jonah …
Audit Cites Improper Use of State Car by Fish and Game Worker
The California Department of Fish and Game has been criticized by the state Auditor's office for letting an employee use a state car to commute between her home in San Diego and Fish and Game's Los Alamitos office, costing taxpayers …
Harbor Police Arrest Bike Thief
San Diego Harbor Police officers arrested a man accused of leading a bike theft ring along the San Diego Embarcadero. The September 1 arrest comes after months of searching for the suspect accused of ripping off seven bikes worth approximately …
U.S. Had Zero Job Growth in August
The U.S. economy added no jobs in August, the government announced this morning (Sept. 2). Economists had expected a gain of 53,000 jobs. The unemployment rate stayed at 9.1%. The most depressing part of the picture was, perhaps, that 42.9% …
Nurses Call For Stock Trading Tax
Labor groups representing nurses, postal workers, machinists, and others converged on Representative Darrell Issa’s Vista office this morning. The crowd, which approached 200 in number, was assembled by National Nurses United. The group is mobilizing 10,000 nurses and supporters today …
Index Points to Little San Diego Hiring
The San Diego Workforce Index, compiled by the San Diego Workforce Partnership, declined for the second straight month in July. Local job losses, sagging consumer confidence, and a slight rise in the unemployment rate weighed heavily on the index. "I …
Food Trucks Moving Closer to Oceanside
"If I'm a small business [owner], I'd probably go ballistic over this," said Oceanside city councilmember Jack Feller during last night's hearing. The meeting was the first opportunity for the city council to weigh in on over allowing food trucks …
Top Bersin Aide Quits for Consulting Gig
Ex-Nogales Mayor Marco Antonio López Jr. has announced he's quitting his job as second-in-command to U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner Alan Bersin to “pursue other opportunities in the private sector," according to Arizona newspapers. "Without elaborating, López said he …