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UCSD to abruptly shutter its troubled Nevada Cancer Institute
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is reporting that UCSD is closing down its Nevada Cancer Institute by December 31, leaving an unknown number of employees out of work for the holidays and raising a host of unanswered questions about the university's …
Pork shipments begin
Mexico begins shipping pork from Ensenada to Singapore
The Mexican government recently announced that it has begun exporting pork to the nation of Singapore. The first shipment of 22 tons was shipped from Ensenada, Baja California across the Pacific Ocean at the end of October. The Spanish News …
Permits?
Manchester's Grand Del Mar applies for necessary permits for helipad one-year late
Roads? Who needs roads to get to the Grand Del Mar when you can land your helicopter just steps from the front entrance? And permits? Why get the necessary permits from the City for said helipad when your name is …
Winners, losers and post-election reflection
Bob Filner, Shirley Weber, Dave Roberts, Proposition 30 and 32 — these winners have Democrats in San Diego celebrating and Republicans regrouping. San Diego Democratic Party chairman, Jeff Durfee, attributes the party's success to a number of factors. In a …
Man accused of fatal collision now charged with murder
A California man has been charged with murder after he allegedly drove the wrong way on a San Diego County freeway and caused a fatal collision. Brian Joseph Webb II is also accused of driving with a suspended license, and …
Did Sanders trade his DeMaio support for chamber job?
It's now strictly a rumor that Sanders got top chamber post as payoff for DeMaio endorsement
Eyebrows are arching and tongues wagging over Mayor Jerry Sanders's belated endorsement of Carl DeMaio for mayor, followed by Sanders being named head of the Chamber of Commerce. Remember, at this point this is only rumor, although I have reliable …
Public bicycle tools added to Hillcrest bike corral
The bicycle corral installed at the corner of 5th Avenue and University in Hillcrest this week added a perk for users of the dedicated parking area and the community in general, BikeSD.org reports. The Uptown Community Parking District recently completed …
Lame duck mayor advertising for city arts czar to be paid up to $125,000
A few weeks ago, San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders, who will turn the reins of city government over to mayor-elect Bob Filner on December 2, backed away from his plan to expand the city's red light traffic enforcement camera operation. …
City to pay $675,000 to victim of sexual assault by former police officer Anthony Arevalos
The City continues to pay the female victims assaulted by former San Diego police officer Anthony Arrevalos. The newest payout will come Tuesday, when city councilmembers will be asked to authorize the city comptroller to issue a check to a …
Two Vista vandals cause $275K in damages
Sheriff’s deputies at the Vista station’s Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving Unit (COPPS) have arrested a 15 year-old juvenile and charged him with 268 counts of felony graffiti vandalism. The suspect is currently in Juvenile Hall. Deputies also executed …
Local mortgage banker lands 10 year prison sentence
Con man inflicted losses on AZ bank large enough to close it down
San Diego mortgage originator Thomas Gregory Alexander has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay over $5.4 million in restitution for running a scam that caused an Arizona bank to lose tens of millions of …
Nuclear Regulatory Commission denies request for hearing on San Onofre
The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday morning shot down a request by environmental group Friends of the Earth to require a public hearing before deciding whether to allow Southern California Edison to resume operations at its troubled San Onofre Nuclear …
Like Beirut
Soaring fuel prices for police and fire department helicopters. City to spend $5.48 million over 5 years.
On Tuesday, city councilmembers will consider entering into a contract with Crownair Aviation to provide fuel for the City of San Diego's four police helicopters and two fire helicopters. If approved the City will pay at least $5.48 million to …
DeMaio vows to stay until last vote is counted
Two days after suffering a defeat to Bob Filner in the race to become the next mayor, Carl DeMaio issued a statement, one intended to "unify" San Diegans. But that's not all, while saying he is willing to help the …
Filner transition team to be headed by lobbyist for big developer with storied history of campaign finance violations
Democratic congressman Bob Filner announced at his first news conference as San Diego's mayor-elect yesterday that Allen Jones, longtime lobbyist for real estate and development company H.G. Fenton, would oversee his transition team. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/nov/08/35158/ Jones is a Fenton vice president, …
Lawsuit claims doctors repeatedly misdiagnosed patient, caused permanent damage
Health care provider Kaiser Permanente’s San Diego operations are the subject of another lawsuit this week, as Courthouse News Service reports that a patient has filed a complaint against the organization’s audiology lab after repeated misdiagnoses caused him to suffer …
Sempra Energy reports 3rd quarter earnings
SDG&E revenues up over 50%
San Diego-based Sempra Energy, parent of local utility San Diego Gas & Electric, announced yesterday that earnings were down slightly for the third quarter of 2012, coming in at $268 million as compared to $289 million for the same period …