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Shopping Cart Bandits
La Mesa Police are looking for two females suspected of preying on elderly women in supermarkets. The pair are suspected of involvement in at least three similar thefts. In the first known case, a 65 year-old woman was shopping at …
Chamber of Commerce Backs Pension Reform
The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, speaking on behalf of its members and also “representing over 400,000 chamber members' employees,” has thrown its support behind the Comprehensive Pension Reform Initiative, according to a news release issued yesterday. “If the …
SDPD Intelligence Hires ex-CIA Agent, Targets Somali Community
San Diego's growing community of Somali refugees and its alleged links to Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin, a revolutionary group said by some U.S. intelligence officials to have ties to Al Qaeda, has become a prime target of the San Diego Police …
Brown Vetoes Paid Petitioner Restrictions
Governor Jerry Brown on Monday vetoed SB 168, which would have placed a ban on pay-per-signature petitioners. In recent months the bill had passed both the Senate and Assembly with greater than 60% support each time. The bill would have …
SOHO Sues City Over Plaza de Panama Plan
Two weeks after San Diego's city councilmembers voted to enter into a partnership with Irwin Jacobs and his Plaza de Panama Committee, members of Save Our Heritage Organisation continue to fight. This time, however, the fight will not go down …
Leap, Bridgepoint Shares Creamed
On a day (August 2) in which the overall market tanked, shares of Leap Wireless and Bridgepoint Education were among the biggest losers. Wireless service provider Leap Wireless shares plunged 21% to $10.27, greatly because competitor MetroPCS reported disappointing results. …
Plundering Historic Plaques
Owners of historically-designated homes in Uptown are on the lookout for thieves. The thieves are not the run of the mill hoodlums but instead are run of the Mills Act burglars. The thieves are ripping off gold plaques from historically …
"Dallas' Most Evil Genius" Funds La Jolla Super PAC
Americans for Rick Perry, the La Jolla-based independent super PAC backing the GOP Texas governor's possible presidential bid, collected a total of $193,000 during the first six months of the year, according to a report filed with the Federal Election …
DeMaio Filing: $541,990 Includes $2000 from Molasky Family
GOP candidate for San Diego mayor and city councilman Carl DeMaio raised a total of $541,990 during the first half of the year, according to his campaign disclosure filing posted online today by the city clerk. Total expenditures were listed …
Maienschein Collects $43,600 For Assembly Bid
Though new district lines aren't officially cast in stone, GOP ex-San Diego city councilman Brian Maienschein has raised $43,600 in the first half of this year for a 77th district Assembly campaign, according to his campaign filing. Many donors, including …
CPUC Decision Blocks Data Sharing on Consumer Energy Use
The California Public Utilities Commission last week approved rules that would prohibit utility companies from disclosing customer information gathered via smart meters without that customer’s consent. The decision took effect immediately on Tuesday, with utilities such as San Diego Gas …
Labor Spends Big Against DeMaio and Sanders 401(k) Measure
On May 25 a political committee called San Diego Works! Sponsored by San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO, contributed $25,000 to Too Extreme for San Diego -- A Committee to Oppose Carl DeMaio for Mayor 2012, according to a disclosure …
San Diego Police Department Realigning Districts
District boundaries across San Diego are being redrawn, that goes for the police department districts as well. On September 17, police districts will change. For residents of North Park that means they will no longer be included in the police …
New Port Clerk Pledges Open Public Records Policy
Timothy Deuel, regarded by many as one of the most professional and helpful public records managers in San Diego, has been sworn in as District Clerk for the Port of San Diego by his father, Rodney Deuel, of Phoenix. “It’s …