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Drug and Alcohol Offenses Getting Higher in IB
The Imperial Beach Sheriff's Station saw a "dramatic" decrease in burglaries, assaults, robberies, and auto thefts during 2010. In an annual report released by the Sheriff's Department, robberies were down 50 percent, aggravated assaults by 28 percent, and auto thefts …
Avalon Ventures Big Winner in Zynga
At left: Zynga's Farmville social game San Francisco's social games maker Zynga filed for an initial public offering on Friday, expecting to raise up to $1 billion. It's almost certain to be a hot IPO; the company is now very …
Bilbray Aide Briefs Doctors on Biomedical Bills, Gets Free Lodging
It's no secret that GOP congressman Brian Bilbray has been a major political beneficiary of the bio-tech industry. According to the Sunlight Foundation's Influence Explorer website, Bilbray's top campaign contributors from 1993 through last year included Health Professionals ($362,000) and …
Solar Projects to Shine in Alpine
As utility companies scramble to meet the state's mandate of generating 33 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2020, developers of solar and wind energy have their eyes on San Diego County. In January, the San Diego County …
CO Detector Law Takes Effect
A key part of SB 183, passed last April by state legislature, is set to take effect tomorrow. As of July 1, all single-family homes in the state are required to be equipped with a carbon monoxide detector. Multi-family properties …
A.G. Spanos Co. Seeks 23-year Tax Break from Albany, New York
A.G. Spanos Cos., run by Alex Spanos and his Chargers-owning clan — in perennial search of a taxpayer-subsidized pro-football stadium here — is angling for a complicated 23-year tax break from the city of Albany, New York on a posh …
SEC Charges Former Silberman Associate with Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged San Diegan Peter L. Jensen and another executive with fraudulently inflating revenues of Cucamonga's Basin Water, now defunct. The securities agency charges that Jensen and Thomas Tekulve fraudulently pumped up revenues for the …
Hallelujah! NFL Admits Football Has No Economic Impact
For decades, the National Football League, and other professional sports organizations such as Major League Baseball, have claimed that a new sports facility generates huge economic activity for a community. Making this claim has been one essential part of the …
Taking Take-Home Vehicles Away
In a June 29 performance audit, city auditor Eduardo Luna found that of the 347 vehicles provided to city employees, 99 of them were underutilized. And, removing the 99 take-home city vehicles would save the city $718,000 per year. "The …
Disaster Training at San Onofre Lax, Says NRC Report
The non-profit investigative news site ProPublica.org is out today with a lengthy analysis of safety reports released by the Nuclear Regulartory Agency in May, finding problems at 60 of 65 of the U.S. atomic plans inspected following the Japanese nuclear …
False Alarms Will Cost You
According to assistant fire chief Brian Fennessey, the city's firefighters spend approximately 2000 hours each year investigating false-alarm calls. The department estimates that false-alarm calls costs the city more than $500,000 annually. "Of the estimated 111,000 emergency calls for service …
New Fees for SD Fire-Rescue
The city council approved new fees to generate income for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department at its meeting yesterday. A new fee for inspection of high-rise buildings was set at $10.96 per 1,000 square feet of building space and will …
Hang Ten...Ads
Natasha Collura, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the City of San Diego, appeared at the Budget and Finance committee meeting today to give an update on the effort to sell ads at public beaches and parks. Proponents of the corporate …
"Paycheck Protection" Measure Gets Lincoln Club Money
A group of heavyweight San Diegans are lining up to help bankroll circulation of a new initiative, intended for the 2012 ballot, that would ban labor unions and corporations from the use of automatic payroll deductions for political contributions. It …