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Residents of Bird Rock Really Don't Want The Real World
It is the true story of hundreds of residents living in the quiet beach community of Bird Rock, forced to live next to the new cast of MTV reality TV show The Real World. The neighbors fear that they will …
Salary Cap Issue May Keep Chargers in Town
Fans lately have been grasping for reason to believe the Chargers are doing more in San Diego than biding time while a new Los Angeles stadium is built. They were given a new theory to consider this morning by Mike …
Your Name Here: Fundraising for the Central Library
Mel Katz, chairman of the San Diego Public Library Foundation, appeared at today's Rules Committee meeting to update councilmembers on fundraising efforts for downtown's new central library. The update: there's a whole lot more fundraising to go. The presentation was …
Activist Groups Call for End to War on Drugs
A crowd of about 60 gathered last Friday, June 17 at Pioneer Park in Mission Hills to call for a massive overhaul of United States drug policy. The rally was timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s …
Manchester Didn't Rake in Big Bucks on Hotel Sale
Host Hotels and Resorts has filed the official statement for its most recent quarter. It indicates that San Diego's Papa Doug Manchester didn't clean up on the March 17 sale of the Manchester Grand Hyatt to Host. According to information …
Harry Reid Bashes Georgiou; San Diego Delegation Raises Cash
Photo on left: Byron Georgiou Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has come out swinging against Byron Georgiou, the ex-San Diego lawyer who worked for Bill Lerach and is now living in Nevada and running in that state's Democratic senatorial primary against …
Border Delays
As if traffic at San Ysidro's border crossing wasn't bad enough, now the 50,000-plus commuters that cross the border each day will have to wait even longer as construction at the port speeds up. The purpose of the San Ysidro …
School Bus Was Not The Target
The bullet that struck a moving school bus in the Rincon Indian Reservation on Monday was a stray bullet, found San Diego County sheriff deputies. The MAAC Project Headstart school bus, carrying six children and two adults, was heading down …
Waving The White Flag in PB.
Photo on left: Jerry Hall on Channel 10 News Pacific Beach residents looking to curb alcohol abuse in Pacific Beach are waving the white flag in an attempt to bring the community together. "There are many residents, businesses and civic …
Hotel Indigo Sold to Maryland Investment Group
Chesapeake Lodging Trust, a Maryland-based real estate investment trust, announced the purchase of Hotel Indigo in the Gaslamp today. Total cost was $55.5 million, approximately $264,000 per room. The seller, InterContinental Hotels Group, then inked a deal to stay on …
Big-Time Lawyer-Lobbyist Headlines Dumanis Campaign Fundraiser
A raft of high-powered San Diego lawyers are hosting a campaign fundraiser tomorrow evening for District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, who is running for mayor. An invitation for the cocktail bash, to be held at the law offices of Casey Gerry …
Housing Values (Mostly) Continue to Slide
Data provided by the California Association of Realtors show that resale activity dropped 5.8% between April and May of this year and now lags 14.4% behind 2010’s pace, a drop that could largely be attributed to federal homebuyer incentives in …
Minkow Owes $584 Million
Ex-con man and anti-fraud investigator Barry Minkow owes $584 million to Florida-based homebuilder Lennar Corporation. The judgement, reported by the Dow Jones Newswire, was handed down this week after Minkow plead guilty to extorting the homebuilder and manipulating its stock. …
SD Unemployment Rate Drops to 9.6%
The May unemployment rate in the county dropped to 9.6% from April's revised 9.8%, according to the California Employment Development Department. During the same period, California had an adjusted rate of 11.4% and the nation 8.7%. Non-farm county jobs increased …
Mark Fabiani to Spin Chipotle Undocumented-Alien Woes
Reuters is reporting today that Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. has picked up the services of La Jollan Mark Fabiani to manage the public-relations angle of the firm's ongoing troubles with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An ICE audit of Chipotle …