Edison says operating San Onofre at full power is safe after all
Risk of tube risk greatly heightened after 11 months, utility still says it wants to test reactor under 70% load
Amid rumors that Southern California Edison’s plan to restart one of the two troubled reactors at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station under partial power could trigger a license amendment, the utility has released a report to federal regulators stating that …
Scammers target owners of Mexican timeshares
California DRE says perpetrators have hijacked the names of stateside licensees
In case selling a timeshare itself isn’t a hazardous enough proposition, the California Department of Real Estate has reported that a new scam is emerging surrounding popular resort properties in Baja California and elsewhere in Mexico, according to a recent …
St. Patrick's weekend DUI checkpoints net two drunk drivers
4,383 cars stopped, 47 non-DUI cites, 23 cars impounded
Area law enforcement coordinated another DUI crackdown over the weekend, posting “DUI/driver license checkpoints” throughout San Diego County in Encinitas, Imperial Beach, Lemon Grove and Poway, with additional Sheriff’s deputies patrolling Encinitas enforcing a zero tolerance policy on public intoxication. …
Drone Protests hit six month mark, model Reaper drone unveiled
San Diego Veterans for Peace, a group which has been holding weekly protests outside General Atomics’ drone manufacturing facility at Scripps Poway Parkway and General Atomics Way in eastern Poway for six months, unveiled a new 1/5 scale model of …
UCSD Associated Students votes for divestment in suppliers of Israeli army
Students for Justice in Palestine successful on fifth attempt to pass measure
Students for Justice in Palestine at the UC San Diego campus were successful in a bid on March 14 to pass a resolution through the Associated Students body calling for the divestment of the university from corporations including “Northrop Grumman, …
Community group crashes Carlsbad banking convention
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment says Wells Fargo is failing in offering borrowers loan modifications
The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) caused a chaotic scene this morning when sixty or more protesters stormed the Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium being held from March 13-15 at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in …
People's Power Assembly decries police violence
A group organized by the Committee Against Police Brutality filled the World Beat Center in Balboa Park on Saturday, March 9 for a San Diego People’s Power Assembly, modeled after a national format that came to life through the Occupy …