Business owners invited to claim their share of $7B settlement
All businesses that accepted Visa/MasterCard between 2004-2012 eligible for partial "swipe fee" refund
Thousands of local businesses could be eligible to claim a portion of a $7 billion settlement offered by Visa and MasterCard, though they may not be aware of it. K.B. Forbes, from Consejo de Latinos Unidos (the Council of United …
Labor group talks transit plans
A Better San Diego, a community outreach group sponsored largely by local labor unions, held its latest monthly community breakfast and roundtable last Friday, February 15, hosting speakers on the issue of regional public transit. Event host and labor leader …
Del Mar again extending ban on food trucks
City looking to other coastal locales over a 10 month span while considering special laws to apply to mobile vendors
After extending a 45 day moratorium on issuing licenses to food truck vendors to 90 days last month, the Del Mar City Council is now planning to pass another extension of the ban, this time for 10 ½ months. Interim …
Public Utilities Commission rejects complaint of over-billing at San Onofre
A complaint filed February 13 alleging that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station operator Southern California Edison potentially overcharged by as much as $100 million for installation of new steam generators (that failed less than two years into their service life …
FreePB lawsuit tossed by federal court judge
Group is not a victim of discrimination due to city's denial of event permit request
Free Parks and Beaches for San Diego, the group behind the FreePB.org site, has been denied in its quest to sue the City of San Diego over an event permit moratorium that prevented the group from hosting its “Leisure Olympics” …
Complaint alleges overbilling on San Onofre generator replacement
Utility could have charged up to $100 million too much based on incorrect inflation calculation
The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility on February 13 filed a complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission alleging, among other things, that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station operator Southern California Edison is guilty of “multiple violations of California and federal …
Car burglars captured in Santee
Sheriff's Department seeking other potential victims of duo captured Monday
Sheriff’s deputies in Santee are asking victims of recent car burglaries in and around the city to come forward following the arrest of two men suspected of having committed multiple vehicle break-ins in recent weeks. On the morning of February …
State releases rail plans, calls public meetings for feedback
California’s railroad planners are set to release their long-term plans for the future of rail in the state, including the controversial and costly voter-approved high-speed rail corridor that would run from San Francisco through Orange County but stop short of …
Kiss statue returns to San Diego Bay
Installation began Monday, February 11 of a bronze recreation of Unconditional Surrender, the controversial statue depicting a sailor kissing a nurse in celebration of the end of World War II, on the San Diego bay front near the U.S.S. Midway …
Nuclear Regulatory Commission will launch Boxer's requested investigation
Days after Senator Barbara Boxer called for a full federal investigation of the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on San Diego’s northern coastline, it appears that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is set to act, pushing back an already-delayed decision …
Proposal that would ban nuclear power in California cleared to petition for 2014 ballot placement
Anti-nuclear activist Ben Davis Jr. is back with another proposed ballot initiative concerning the storage of nuclear waste that would effectively shutter the two remaining active nuclear power plants in California, or one if one doesn’t consider San Diego’s San …
Local municipalities pushing to get cats sterilized ahead of peak breeding season
County, six local cities offering $100 vouchers for free spaying
The late winter months of February and March mark the primary breeding season for cats, which leads to the dubbing of springtime at local animal shelters as “kitten season,” a time when the number of unwanted young housecats are abandoned …
Sheriffs in Ramona visit the "Chicken Ranch"
Compound was used by burglary ring to hide and process stolen property
Sheriff’s deputies served a warrant Tuesday on a Ramona property known as the “Chicken Ranch,” which a gang of burglars was reportedly using to hide and dismantle stolen property before attempting to offer it for sale. Concluding a two month …