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Romney gossip
Defeated candidate seen at movie theater, pizza joint, gas station
Amateur paparazzi seem to be tailing Mitt Romney as he and wife Ann move around San Diego County. One of their homes is in La Jolla. According to Yahoo!, Romney and Ann were seen at a movie in Del Mar …
Hurry-up offense
Groups complain Water Authority is rushing a vote on proposed Carlsbad desalinization plant
Surfrider San Diego and the watchdog group Independent Rates Oversight Committee are calling foul on what they see as a push by the San Diego County Water Authority to force a premature vote on approval of a water purchase agreement …
David Copley, 60, dead in La Jolla car crash
Wealthy sole heir to a once-powerful newspaper chain, he presided over its dismantling
David Copley, the sole heir to the Copley newspaper chain of his adoptive father, has died in a La Jolla car crash, the newspaper formerly known as the San Diego Union-Tribune reported tonight. Copley, 60, apparently was the victim of …
Boy charged with murder
A 15-year-old Vista boy is accused of a fatal gang stabbing
A 15-year-old Vista boy has been charged with murder, as an adult, in San Diego’s North County Superior Court. A prosecutor said the boy was one in a group of ten to 15 persons who had a fatal confrontation after …
Speeder accused of murder
Man driving Honda was said to be drag-racing on freeway
A 21-year-old man who investigators say drove in speeds exceeding 100 mph, and crashed his car killing the passenger in his vehicle, has been charged with murder. Jorge Lopez was pursued by CHP officers after midnight, in the early morning …
Gunshots Fired During Home Invasion Robbery Near Imperial Beach
The San Diego Police have confirmed that shots were fired during an attempted home invasion robbery in the Nestor neighborhood Tuesday morning November 20. The invasion occurred in the 1000 block of 15th St. at the city limits between Imperial …
Precursor suppliers pinpointed
A family from Tijuana along with their three businesses have been pinpointed by the U.S. Treasury Dept. as meth precursor suppliers
A Tijuana family and their businesses have been designated by the United States Treasury Department as major suppliers of methamphetamine precursors to the Sinaloa Cartel on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. The Office of Foreign Assets Control, of the U.S. Department …
Jack disappoints
Jack in the Box earnings drop sharply.
Fourth quarter earnings of Jack in the Box were 39 cents a share, down 44.9% from a year earlier, and below analysts' expectations. Revenue dropped 2.5%. The stock dropped 9 cents to $26.17 on the day.
Uncomfortable encounter
San Marcos man walks in on burglary in progress
A resident on the 600 block of Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos was taken by surprise yesterday when he inadvertently walked in on a burglary in progress. The unidentified man entered his apartment and noticed his roommate’s shotgun …
Not walrus weather
Sea World planning to import female walrus for display, marine mammal experts say climate is less than ideal
Sea World Parks & Entertainment Inc. is in the process of obtaining permits to import a female walrus bred in captivity in Japan to its San Diego theme park for public display purposes, according to an October entry in the …
Big labor and business interests to co-host Filner fundraiser
Labor boss Lorena Gonzalez and Chamber of Commerce insider Mel Katz will co-host post-campaign fundraising bash for Bob Filner
After a record-breaking political spending year, San Diego mayor-elect Bob Filner is still out looking for the big money, and as a newly sworn in incumbent, city hall observers say, he's likely to get at lot more of it. On …
Life after nukes
Think tank publishes report exploring options for a San Onofre-free Southern California
A new paper out from the Rocky Mountain Institute, a non-profit think tank based in Colorado, provides a host of suggestions on how the region served by the long-idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station might adapt to the increasingly possible …
Pennies from hell
New Jersey trader pleads guilty to manipulating SD penny stock
Mark Allen Lefkowitz has pleaded guilty to conspiring with an as yet unnamed chief executive of a San Diego company to manipulate the company's stock. The news release doesn't mention penny stocks, but this is almost certainly one -- probably …
Frat race
Theta Chi fraternity return to SDSU with plans to build large frat house near campus.
Theta Chi, the fraternity banned for the past four years from San Diego State University after investigators found drugs and guns inside the Theta Chi house, is up and running again with plans to build a large 23-room frat house …
Picketing over pay
Sharp Grossmont Hospital housekeepers, food service workers cry foul over new contract offering
Dozens of workers at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa took to the street in front of the facility yesterday to protest a wage freeze coupled with a hike in their own health care costs, a deal they say is …
Los Angeles man accused of killing mom could face death penalty
Judge found sufficient evidence of murder for financial gain and torture
The defense attorney seems to be angling for an insanity plea, while the prosecutor is charging the special circumstances of murder for financial gain and torture, in the case against Bryan Chenhua Chang. The 31-year-old Los Angeles man is accused …
Temecula con man gets prison
“I tried to help them” but “things went terrible,” he told the judge.
A con man accused of using the stolen identities of his parents to run up more than $3 million in debts was sentenced to 14 years prison, last week. Tyler Adams admitted 48 felony fraud counts on the day that …
Rhon for office?
Former Tijuana mayor will run for governor of Baja California if asked
Jorge Hank Rhon, the former mayor of Tijuana, stated after a Club Tijuana fútbol game that he would be interested in running for governor of Baja California if asked. While being interviewed by the press, Rhon stated that he would …
New director
UCAN names USD law grad as director
Troubled Utility Consumers' Action Network has named Donald M. Kelly, a University of San Diego law graduate, as the new executive director. He is the third to take the post within a few months. It is not known now whether …
Drone royalty
Predator maker and GOP financier Linden Blue reportedly to tie the knot with well-traveled ex-rear admiral
Republican mega-donor and fierce Barack Obama critic Linden Blue, whose closely-held La Jolla military contracting outfit General Atomics introduced the killer Predator drone to world warfare, is getting married to retired U.S. Navy rear admiral Veronica "Ronne" Froman. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/19/35684/ The …