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Chairman of Cognex Corporation Robert Shillman shells out $25,000 to Tea Party Congressman Allen West
The Super PAC supporting Tea Party hero, Representative Allen West of Florida, has received a hefty donation from one wealthy resident of San Diego. Robert Shillman, founder and chairman of Cognex Corporation gave the Treasure Coast Jobs Coalition, the pro-West …
Pub owners' PAC backing pro-DeMaio Lincoln Club gets $10,000 from Sempra Energy
As the race for San Diego mayor heads for the wire, it's getting harder to keep track of which big money players are giving to what causes. Take for example, the case of the San Diego Restaurant & Beverage Political …
District Attorney takes down another medical marijuana dispensary
The District Attorney's office has shut down yet another medical marijuana dispensary in the City of San Diego. Yesterday agents and police officers raided the Next Generation Cannabis Club on San Ysidro Boulevard. The raid comes one day after a …
Medical marijuana co-op manager's conviction overturned
Ruling may set protective precedent for controversial storefront medical marijuana dispensaries.
A California appeals court yesterday reversed the 2010 conviction of medical marijuana dispensary manager Jovan Jackson, who was sentenced to six months in jail in 2010 for possessing and selling cannabis for profit. The Reader first reported on Jackson’s intent …
Feds take over Chubby Bandit case
A man arrested on suspicion of a series of bank robberies in San Diego County will be prosecuted through the federal court system, an informed source said yesterday. A person can be charged with robbery-of-a-bank-teller and that case will go …
Chula Vista council votes with hoteliers to scrap Tourism Marketing District
Chula Vista city council voted October 23 to disband the Tourism Marketing District. A grand jury report released on the subject in June suggests funds were mismanaged.
The Chula Vista city council voted October 24 to disestablish the Tourism Marketing District. The action was prompted by a petition of 53% of the city's hoteliers requesting the district be dissolved. In December 2008 Supervisor Greg Cox gave the …
Picking up the tab: assessment districts to pay for Downtown San Diego Partnership's new website
The Downtown San Diego Partnership, the non-profit corporate booster that administers downtown assessment districts, will soon have a new and improved website. The Partnership plans to spend $38,500 to $41,500 on the new site. The vast majority of the cost, …
Card data stolen from Barnes & Noble stores; 4 SD stores affected
Book retailer Barnes & Noble said today (Oct. 24) that customers shopping at 63 of its stores as recently as last month may have had credit or debit card information stolen, according to Reuters. Barnes & Noble said it had …
Two-thirds of "short sellers" experience difficulties
But the number of San Diego home sales considered "distressed" is the lowest in the state
Consumers attempting to dispose of “underwater” real estate by conducting a short sale, in which lenders accept a payoff of less than the full amount due, are having an easier time than in recent years, though the transactions are still …
Record $234,595 spent on broadcast ads in just one day in city races
After months of fundraising by those having a special financial interest in what happens at San Diego's city hall, the cash has begun to fly in record amounts during the final run-up to next month's mayoral election. Major television advertising …
Prolific burglar caught in Del Mar
A single San Diego man appears to have been responsible for a string of residential burglaries spanning the 100 through 400 blocks of Stratford Court in Del Mar, all on the night of October 22. As Sheriff’s deputies were investigating …
Former Jefferson staffer testifies she was told to falsify job numbers
Karen Grant, a former assistant career services dean at Thomas Jefferson School of Law has filed a declaration stating that she was told by her supervisor to pad employment numbers. Publications such as Law School Transparency and the National Law …
State audit cites San Diego Community College District for faulty crime reports
According to a report released October 16 by the California State Auditor, the San Diego Community College district, along with five other California schools, failed to adequately comply with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime …
U-T San Diego's claim that a computer glitch caused Mitt Romney to submit late payments not supported by City documents
Was a computer glitch really to blame for Mitt Romney's failure to pay more than $18,500 in city fees on time? The U-T San Diego claimed that was the case. Public records, however, seem to show otherwise. The records show …
Drunk inmates attack guards at El Centro area prison
Three guards at Centinela State Prison in the Imperial Valley east of San Diego are recovering after being attacked by inmates last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is reporting. Shortly after 6 p.m., two correctional officers conducting …