Vargas backs bill that would allow big bank bailouts
In short time in Congress, he has received $14,500 from 4 major banks
The 2010 Dodd-Frank bill requires banks to spin off their derivatives activity into non-bank subsidiaries that can't rush to the government for a bailout if their gambling backfires, according to MapLight, a watchdog group that follows the money that special …
City Attorney finds a way to bypass court ruling against Plaza de Panama Project
Project can be exempt if the application is amended. If approved, even mayoral veto may not be able to stop it.
Legal or not here the bypass bridge comes. In coming weeks it appears that San Diego's city councilmembers will revisit a controversial plan to remove traffic from the center of Balboa Park, now that the City Attorney's Office has found …
Babbo's Bar & Grille, Uptown: Back from the brink?
Some talk about insurance has customers hoping fire-damaged Babbo’s may reopen after all
Oh no. I’d been hoping that things may be starting up again by now… But Babbo’s Bar and Grille looks as dead as it did last September after a fire and sprinklers ruined the newly moved restaurant. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43199/ This place, …
Authorities ask Baja citizens to be on look for alleged L.A. child rapist
Fugitive who allegedly kidnapped and raped 10 year old girl possibly fled to Mexico
Authorities across California and Baja California are looking for a suspect in the rape of a 10 year old Los Angeles girl. One suspect, 29 year old Daniel Martinez, has already been apprehended in connection with the crime that occurred …
Bill would require financial justification as part of nuclear re-licensing process
Nuclear watchdog group Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, which has distinguished itself for questioning the cost effectiveness rather than safety of nuclear power, is rallying support for Senate Bill 418 authored by state Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson of Santa Barbara with San …
Industrial Grind, Park Boulevard: This place will wreck your schedule
The talkingest café in Uptown can make you late for the rest of the day
“This is San Diego’s first veteran women-owned and operated café,” says Kathy. We’re in the back patio, looking at a picture of her ship, an LSD (“Landing Ship Docking”) named USS Pearl Harbor. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43176/ “I was a Command Master Chief …
Padres again beaten by Mets
The San Diego Padres lost their second game of the season once again getting whacked by the New York Mets in Queens
Clayton Richard got stung for eight runs (seven earned) on seven hits (including three home runs) and two walks while the Padres bats awoke far too late on Wednesday. The Mets beat the Padres 8-4 at Citi Field in Queens, …
Prosecutor revealed details in alleged gang shooting of two children
Four persons, using multiple guns, shot children sitting on a couch in a park, DA said
Four persons could face life in prison without parole, now they are charged with the special circumstance of multiple-murders, in the shooting death of two children in a park in Oceanside, three weeks ago. Thirteen-year-old Melanie Virgen and Edgar Sanchez, …
The Shining is The Evil Dead
Paging Room 237: I got yer fancy explanation right here.
So there's a movie coming out on Friday called The Evil Dead. It's an updated remake of Sam Raimi's 1981 cult horror classic by the same name. And next Friday, there's a film coming out called Room 237. It's an …
SD home values not in bubble, says Cunningham
Home price rise consistent with economic gains, should continue rise
San Diego home prices, which rose 9.8% between January 2012 and January 2013, are probably not in a bubble, says economist Kelly Cunningham of the National University System Institute for Policy Research. To reach that conclusion, Cunningham compares the home …
SpringFest 2013: a week of experimental music
UCSD hosts multi-venue experimental music and performance art festival.
A couple of years ago, my former roommate Eli took me to a party on a fire road in the hills of Descanso, where a handful of UCSD kids had built a small stage and projector screen to showcase a …
Peregrine II? ServiceNow insiders, including Moores, dumping shares
Former Peregrine insiders Moores, Noell, Luddy jettisoning stock quickly
Richard Pearson of Seeking Alpha has an excellent story, dated April 1, on massive insider selling at San Diego's ServiceNow, an information tech company that went public last summer. "ServiceNow insiders have now sold over $400 million of stock, even …
Breakdowns, blow-ups, and boners from the Warner Bros. vault
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43107/ Television's last great gasp of inventiveness came when Kermit 'Mr. Blooper' Schaefer passed the boner baton to Dick Clark. Forget about balls dropping or kids dancing on the bandstand; Dick Clark's greatest contribution to American culture was the recycling …
Sandler v. Apatow on middle age
Remember This is 40, Judd Apatow's meditation on what his life would be like if he looked like Paul Rudd? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43098/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43099/ Well, Adam Sandler has his own "man faces middle age" movie coming out. It's called Grown Ups 2, …
U.S. audit hits San Diego non-profit housing operation for $5 million trust fund misuse
Bay Vista Methodist Heights used millions in restricted funds for "ineligible operating expenses," HUD review finds
A non-profit corporation founded in 1966 by the late Grandison Phelps, Jr., pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church for 37 years, has been called out by the inspector general's office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development …
Accomplice: San Diego, by La Jolla Playhouse
Dude comes up to you on a street in Little Italy. He's got the sniffles, and not the Kleenex kind, if yunnerstan what I'm sayin. He assembles strangers into a group. Says he needs our help. Why? Because we're so …
Former City employee who was fired for falling asleep on the job is suing the City of San Diego
Sanchez Birdsong claims he was fired for having sleep apnea.
A former Assistant Water Distribution Operator for the City of San Diego has filed suit against the City for wrongful termination after his supervisors found him constantly nodding off on the job. But it wasn't boredom that caused Sanchez Birdsong …
Filner comments on the Oceanside cannibal case
The stand-up mayor takes a moment to address regional criminal activity
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Meat...err, Meet Salt & Cleaver
Hillcrest to receive a combo butcher shop and speakeasy
There’s a real sausage fest coming to Hillcrest. Sorry, had to go there when I heard about Salt & Cleaver (3805 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest), a venue devoted to house-made meat-in-tube-form scheduled to open this month, likely by April 15. All …