Calls for public hearings on San Onofre grow, fears about summer power supply may be exaggerated
The Los Angeles City Council yesterday joined a host of Southern California cities in passing a resolution calling for public safety hearings before a restart is allowed at the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County. …
Rising prices drive distress sales from housing market
As housing prices continue to rebound, distressed sales including foreclosures and underwater “short sales” account for a shrinking share of the total real estate market, the industry trade group California Association of Realtors reported yesterday (April 22), when it released …
Carlsbad to begin enforcing overnight RV parking ban
The City of Vista has become the latest in the region to take on the issue of recreational vehicles parked on city streets, announcing that it will begin to enforce an ordinance approved March 14 banning vehicles longer than 22 …
Explosive discovered on beach in Cardiff
Encinitas Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Cardiff State Beach Sunday afternoon (April 21) and called in the Bomb Arson Unit to defuse an explosive device described only as “unidentified military ordinance.” Shortly after 1 p.m., a resident walking along the …
MTS, SANDAG announce plans for long-distance bus lines, Regional Transportation Plan critics not impressed
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), in conjunction with the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) has announced plans within the next year to roll out a major expansion of the MTS Bus Rapid Transit system, connecting the I-15 …
Chula Vista home builder settles $2 million dispute over construction defects
Brookfield Homes, developers of the 120-unit Cottage Lane condominium project in the Windingwalk master planned community in eastern Chula Vista, have agreed to pay the homeowners’ association there $2 million due to alleged construction defects. The Naumann Law Firm, representing …
Protest opposes Keystone XL pipeline at Coronado petroleum conference
About two dozen protestors organized by climate change activist group SanDiego350.org gathered outside the Loews Coronado Bay Resort today (April 17) as the American Petroleum Institute concluded its 2-day 2013 Pipeline Conference, billed by promoters as “the ‘go-to’ event for …
Tourism Marketing District announces new board of directors candidates
Of existing members, only C. Terry Brown seeks re-election
The San Diego Tourism Marketing District, catching headlines of late due to its clash with Mayor Bob Filner over his insistence on revising an operating agreement negotiated but not signed by the outgoing Jerry Sanders, is due for a nearly …
Lemon Grove tax preparer arrested in Phoenix
Accused of using 200 stolen identities to collect more than $1 million in bogus tax returns
Tax preparer Cynthia Lozano of Lemon Grove was arrested in Phoenix on Monday, April 15 (Tax Day) and stands accused of stealing the identity of more than 200 people, filing false returns on their behalf and collecting over $1 million …
Eight arrested in Vista minor decoy tobacco operations
The Community Oriented Policing & Problem Solving (COPPS) division out of the Vista Sheriff’s Station over the weekend conducted a minor decoy operation in which underage customers attempted to purchase tobacco products at a total of 73 retail stores throughout …