Filner has plan to spend projected budget surplus
Mayor Bob Filner yesterday (May 21) released revisions to his proposed 2013-2014 fiscal year budget, taking advantage of anticipated increased property tax revenues and savings from a newly negotiated lease on office space to increase spending by $11 million. According …
New desert power plant could ease stress of continued San Onofre shutdown
Gas-powered Coachella Valley plant online three months early
The Sentinel Energy Project, an 800-megawatt natural gas fueled power plant under construction in the Coachella Valley near Desert Hot Springs, is online three months early, private operator Competitive Power Ventures is reporting. The plant, which can provide power for …
Fallbrook man arrested on indecent exposure charges
Sheriff’s deputies arrested 26 year-old Patrick Christopher Harvey in Fallbrook yesterday afternoon (May 15) on charges of indecent exposure related to a February incident involving a 16 year-old high school student. On the morning of February 27, the victim alleges, …
Local plane found in Indiana briefly baffles officials
A San Diego-based Cessna 182 small aircraft apparently experienced engine troubles and made an emergency landing at Purdue University Airport in West Lafayette, Indiana early Wednesday morning (May 15) when the airport was closed and the tower unmanned. Sometime between …
Seal rope can stay up at La Jolla year-round
Coastal Commission issues three year permit for permanent barrier at Children's Pool
Yet another blow was struck yesterday (May 15) in the long-running battle between beachgoers and seals over access to the La Jolla Children’s Pool, this one could be the knockout punch in favor of the seals. The city of San …
Regulatory double-speak clouds future of San Onofre public hearings
Comments from Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair Alison Macfarlane on the future of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station have generated media confusion and potentially put her at odds with environmental groups, Senator Barbara Boxer, and the NRC’s own Atomic Safety Licensing …
Massage parlors raided in La Mesa
La Mesa Police yesterday (May 14) released details on a coordinate prostitution sweep that took place May 9 involving the FBI, ICE Homeland Security Operations, the California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement and the San Diego Sheriff’s Department that resulted …
Pot poorly concealed by cucumbers
1,600 pounds of marijuana seized at Otay Mesa border crossing
A truckload of cucumbers provided ineffectual cover to a clandestine shipment of marijuana that was intercepted last week at the Otay Mesa border crossing, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials reported yesterday. On Thursday evening, a Mexican national driving a …
Housing affordability rate falls to 38 percent
Increasing housing prices are again putting a serious squeeze on affordability, the California Association of Realtors reports. Just 44 percent of Californians could afford to purchase a median-priced single family home in the first quarter of 2013, according to the …
Billboard pushes for greater San Onofre awareness
Final week of public comment on proposal to change rules for re-start without full license amendment
The nuclear watchdog group San Onofre Safety is trying to expand its public outreach in the days leading up to the May 16 deadline for public comment on Southern California Edison’s plan to redefine the meaning of “full power” in …
Weekend road closures to affect Escondido
Amgen Tour of California bike race kicks off this Sunday
A host of road closures have been announced that will affect traffic and parking this weekend (May 11 and 12) in Escondido in order to accommodate the Amgen Tour of California road bicycle race as the 102.6-mile Stage 1 of …