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Amazon Pours More Into Anti-Sales Tax Campaign
Web retailer Amazon.com has funneled another $2.25 million into its “More Jobs Not Taxes” campaign to repeal California’s Assembly Bill X1 28. The bill requires internet retailers doing business in the state to collect applicable sales taxes. To date the …
Tighter Times Ahead for California's Colleges
California Community Colleges and the California State University system are bracing for another round of cuts this winter. The college systems’ budgets, already reduced $400 million and $650 million respectively for the fiscal year, face deeper cuts of roughly $100 …
DeMaio Accuses Fletcher of Lifting Ideas
"Fixing San Diego requires a mayor who will outline bold and fresh ideas and who can build consensus to implement those ideas," said mayoral candidate, councilmember Carl DeMaio. "Even my mayoral opponents cannot resist the common sense reforms I have …
Navy: 'Smart Pigs' Are on the Case
The Navy says Point Loma residents shouldn't fret about that 57-year-old pipeline carrying more than 300 million tons of jet fuel each year. They shouldn't worry because the "Smart Pigs" are on the case, or, rather are inspecting the casing. …
General Atomics Faces Yet Another Uranium Cleanup Fight
The New York Times has reported via the Greenwire news service that Rio Grande Resources Corp., a subsidiary of La Jolla-based General Atomics is stirring opposition in New Mexico with its plans to delay cleanup of its Mount Taylor uranium …
SDSU Rolls Out New Wine Studies Program
San Diego State University’s College of Extended Studies has announced it will be offering a revamped professional certificate program this year – for the “Business of Wine.” “People who study wine should first and foremost have a passion for it,” …
How Issa Raped Small Investors
Floyd Norris has a column in today's (Aug. 19) New York Times showing how North County's Rep. Darrell Issa screwed small investors in a Vista-based company named DEI Holdings, maker of such things as vehicle security devices -- Issa's road …
Surfrider Appeals Decision on Desalinization Plant
The Surfrider Foundation filed an appeal to a decision to allow “open ocean” intake at a proposed desalinization plant in Carlsbad today. Superior court judge Judith Hayes had initially ruled in favor of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control …
SD Unemployment Rate Rises to 10.5%
San Diego County lost 6000 non-farm jobs from June to July as the unemployment rate rose to 10.5%, up from a revised 10.4% in June, according to the California Employment Development Department. The biggest decline came in government jobs, down …
Hookup the Hookah
More people are gathering around the hookah table and lighting up, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. According to the recent study published by the American Journal of Public Health, from 2005 to 2008 …
San Diego Ranks As 28th Most Dangerous for Pedestrians
The area of San Diego, Carlsbad, and San Marcos ranks as the 28th most dangerous metropolitan area for pedestrians, says a study conducted by Transportation For America. For every 100,000 pedestrians, 2.1 deaths occurred during 2000 to 2009 on metropolitan …
Wealthy San Diegans Back Charter School Politics
At left: Buzz Woolley Things don't seem to be going so well for the future of charter schools in California, what with news today, reported by the Sacramento Bee, that the federal government has pulled $11.5 million of funding to …
Mayor Dodges Second Deposition in Kessler Case
Mayor Jerry Sanders won't be deposed a second time in the Kessler vs. City of San Diego case, according to a ruling today (Aug. 18) by Superior Court Judge John Meyer. Scott Kessler was an official who was fired by …
KUSI News Anchor Dan Plante Transplants to Phoenix
KUSI's animated morning news anchor, Dan Plante, surfaced in Phoenix after months of speculation that the news anchor had been fired. In the wake of Plante's disappearance from the morning news show fans started a Facebook page, "Where is Dan …
Point Loma Residents Warn Navy Against Waking the "Sleeping Giant"
Some residents of Point Loma call it, the "Sleeping Giant." The 'it' being a 56-year-old Navy pipeline carrying jet-fuel that runs 17 miles between the Marine Corps air station in Miramar to the Naval Base in Point Loma. The pipeline …
Local State Assembly Member Staff Salaries Listed
In September of last year Democratic state Assembly Speaker John Pérez announced he was posting the salaries of all Assembly staffers online for the public to peruse. “The scandals in the City of Bell have made it clear more public …
Escondido Officials Say They Are Not Throwing Money into BallPark
Escondido City officials say the $118,285 for consultant services on the now-delayed construction of a minor league ballpark are not new expenditures. Instead, $68,285 of which will pay outstanding balances for work that has already been completed. The remaining $50,000 …