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Sheriff Declares Mobile Home Park Crime Free
Last night the Sheriff’s Department certified its first ‘crime free’ multi-unit housing development in Valley Center. Vicki and Jay Smith, managers of Hide Away Lake Mobile Home Estates, were presented with certification at a Neighborhood Watch meeting. In order to …
Job Gains Shockingly Low. Double-Dip?
The nation gained only 18,000 jobs in June, and May gains were revised down from 54,000 to 25,000, the federal government announced today. Economists had expected 125,000 jobs in June — a stunning commentary on the economy's weakness or possibly …
Taxpayers' Association Forms, Takes On Insurance Companies
Photo at left: Dave Jones- from BenefitsPro website Today marked the inaugural meeting of the Middle Class Taxpayers Association, held at the College-Rolando Library branch. It was attended by close to 100 of the group’s stated membership of over 500 …
Sempra Is Big Donor on Secret Latino Legislative Caucus Money List
Following a report in the Sacramento Bee last week that the state's Latino Legislative Caucus had stopped disclosing donors to its nonprofit foundation two years ago, the group has released a list of donors responsible for a total of $50,000 …
Bersin and Napolitano Offer Latest Spin on Border Drug War
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin (left), once chief of schools here, hooked up with a bevy of other Obama administration law enforcement bigwigs today to release their Southwest Border Counternarcotics …
PriceSmart Stock Leaps
Shares of PriceSmart, the warehouse retailer that sells consumer goods and perishable foods in Latin America, are up 11.6% to $60.54 as the market nears its close today (July 7). Volume is very heavy. The shares are already up 140% …
Windy Road Ahead for San Diego County Residents
As the 2020 deadline for energy companies to procure the state-mandated 33 percent renewable energy approaches, residents living in rural parts of the county appear to be running against numerous wind and solar projects. Tonight, members of the Boulevard Community …
New Chemical for Food
El Cajon-based PURE Bioscience, Inc. announced today that an antibacterial chemical it’s created has passed the first round of independent expert review, Marketwatch reports in a company press release. Silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC), has been declared Generally Recognized As Safe …
Three-Alarm Fire in Hillcrest
Here's some pics of the fire across the street from the Uptown Shopping Center in Hillcrest. The fire seems to have started at Buonissimo Restaurant and then spread to the neighboring building. Barbarella posted some an aerial pic of the …
Audit Finds Waste in County's Animal Services Department
The City of San Diego pays the County $7.5 million each year to run the Department of Animal Services. In addition, residents of San Diego pay an additional $1.5 million in user fees, totaling $9 million per year. The County …
National City to Allow Sale of Three-Packs
Currently, National City prohibits new alcohol licensees from selling single "tall boy" beers and other single-serve alcohol containers. But since the regulations went into effect, many retailers ignored the policy, complaining that the regulations adversely impacted business. One store owner …
Money for Studies at San Onofre
At a meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission tomorrow morning in San Francisco, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison will request permission to bill their ratepayers $64 million for seismic studies. The reports will concern the …
Port Seeks Community Comments
The Port of San Diego is inviting residents to attend a meeting of its Citizen Advisory Committee on the North Embarcadero Port Master Plan Amendment. The meeting, seventh in a series, will be held from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. tonight …
San Diego State University Near Top of Fastest Growing Tuition List
San Diego State University ranks near the top of a newly-released U.S. Department of Education roster of public universities with the fastest rising tuition and fees. According to the department's website, the College Affordability and Transparency Center, tuition at SDSU's …
Sanders Pushes Car-Free Zone in Balboa Park
Mayor Jerry Sanders has thrown his support behind the proposal to redevelop Balboa Park’s Plaza de Panama into a car-free zone. In an open letter issued last week, he lamented the current condition of the park, writing that “Every year, …
St. Paul's Cathedral Wants to Rise Up
On June 3, 2008, dozens of members from St. Paul's Cathedral in Bankers Hill congregated at an Uptown Planners meeting to support the church's proposal to build two residential and commercial towers in Bankers Hill. Residents considered the plans an …
SPAWAR-like Kickback Scandal Hits Newport's Naval Undersea Warfare Center
The Providence, Rhode Island Journal is reporting that a kickback scandal at Newport's Naval Undersea Warfare Center bears striking similarities to the small business fraud scandal that broke two years ago at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in …
San Diego State Wants Someone to Find It Big Money
Beset by the state's financial woes, money-hungry San Diego State University is on the prowl for a temporary rainmaker to hit the road with the aim of researching and attracting a fresh shower of cash from heavy-hitting donors. Under ex-president …