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Planning Group To Discuss New Hillcrest DMV...
On Tuesday, September 6, members of Uptown's planning group will discuss the upcoming development of a new DMV building on Normal Street. The facility, if approved, will be a joint development project between the State and private developer Lankford and …
Smart Meters on Oceanside Streets
San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) is asking to pay the City of Oceanside $3000 in exchange for placing smart meter network devices on streetlights. The proposal will be heard during a council hearing this evening. The devices will collect …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Stopping in San Diego
Texas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry will be stopping in San Diego on September 8 for a meet-and-greet event at the San Diego Airport. "I just got off the phone with Texas Governor Rick Perry's campaign, and they …
Oceanside Food Truck Fight
Two Oceanside councilmembers would like to take a look at allowing food trucks to operate in the City. However, it seems as if Deputy Mayor Esther Sanchez and councilmember Jerry Kern, the proponents of the gastro-truck initiative, seem to be …
Disaster Readiness in a Digital Age
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging citizens to add another tool to their emergency preparedness skill set: tech savvy. With the internet becoming a larger part of everyday life and surpassing older traditional methods of communication, FEMA has decided …
FBI Busts S.F. Giants Worker Seeking San Diego Home Loan
A payroll manager for the San Francisco Giants has been arrested by the FBI for suspected embezzlement of more than $1.5 million after she admitted to channeling $608,562.09 of the team's payroll money to her personal bank account and forging …
Goldsmith Quietly Drops DROP Appeal
On June 15, City Attorney Jan Goldsmith quietly dropped an appeal that he had filed with the 4th Appellate District of a case against allegedly excessive employee benefits that had been lost at the trial level by his predecessor, Mike …
Group Wants Out of SDG&E Smart Meter Program
La Mesa resident Susan Brinchman says she has felt the consequences from having a smart meter on the other side of her bedroom wall. The meters send and collect data from surrounding meters using radio-frequency waves. And according to San …
Ban on Styrofoam Bins
Restaurant managers across California might have to go and get some new to-go containers if state lawmakers approve a bill banning polystyrene containers. The bill's aim is to force restaurants to purchase more environmentally-friendly bins. In 1986 the Environmental Protection …
SD Home Values Rise Slightly in June
San Diego home values rose 0.2% in June from May, according to Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller data released this morning (Aug. 30). That was less than the 1.1% average increase of the 20 major metro areas. San Diego County's values were …
Helicopters Hovering Over University Heights
Some residents of University Heights are "sounding off" regarding noise from police helicopters circling above. In the University Heights Community Association's September newsletter, one resident wrote of his frustrations with the constant clap from police copters. "I settled here because …
Chaldean-Mexican Drug Connection Explored
Sylvia Longmire, a former Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and ex-intelligence analyst for the California state fusion center, has a unique take on her blog at HSToday.us about what was really behind that big August …
Joel Anderson gives $10,000 to Anti-Redistricting Effort
GOP state Sen. Joel Anderson has become one of the first contributors to a newly-formed political committee trying to overturn recently re-drawn state legislative district boundaries. According to a disclosure report filed August 24, Anderson's re-election committee, Taxfighters for Anderson …