Pending home sales index declines
Real estate trade group blames lack of inventory for statistics showing fewer properties in escrow
The lack of housing inventory available for sale is driving down the number of pending sales, the California Association of Realtors, a real estate industry trade group, reports. The number of pending home sales, defined as properties under contract to …
Spike in income, profits for local marijuana-focused company
Business appears to be booming for San Diego-based Medical Marijuana, Inc., which describes itself as “a publicly traded holding company which invests, develops and owns subsidiaries engaged in a number of diversified international businesses within the Medical Cannabis and Industrial …
Public meeting scheduled on San Onofre restart plan
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Southern California Edison representatives to field questions and comments
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced that it will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed restart of one nuclear reactor at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, and will take place …
Medical marijuana stolen in Imperial Beach
Two couriers robbed at gunpoint
Sheriff’s deputies in Imperial Beach are looking for a pair of armed robbers, shortly after apprehending one suspected of multiple robbery attempts in a single day. Late Monday afternoon, deputies responded to an armed robbery call on the 300 block …
UC San Diego application spike sets record
Over 67,000 prospective freshmen apply for admission
Applications for incoming freshmen and prospective transfer students seeking admission to UC San Diego reached record numbers for the fall 2013 semester, the university announced last Friday. A total of 67,392 prospective freshmen and another 14,948 transfer students submitted applications …
Judge calls disgraced Border Patrol agent "an abomination" at sentencing
Chula Vista man helped fugitive brother-in-law sneak into U.S., scammed insurance company by faking truck theft
A federal judge called the actions of former U.S. Border Patrol agent Thomas Silva “an abomination,” sentencing him to eight months in prison and ordering him to forfeit $16,000 and pay another $8,129 to Farmer’s Insurance after he pleaded guilty …
Port redevelopment project to shut portion of W. Broadway
The westernmost portion of Broadway downtown will close to vehicle traffic next Wednesday and remain shut down until sometime this summer, as the Port of San Diego continues work on their North Embarcadero Visionary Plan improvement project. Beginning January 23, …
Border Patrol seizes cocaine, heroin, meth in North County
U.S. Border Patrol agents in North County seized nearly a million dollars’ worth of drugs in two stops earlier this week. In one, a Mexican national was stopped in a parking lot near Interstate 5 in Oceanside. A drug-sniffing dog …
New Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair visits San Onofre
Allison Macfarlane also meets with local environmental group about safety concerns
Allison Macfarlane, the new head of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, made her first visit to the idle San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station earlier this week, meeting with officials while on site. Macfarlane replaced outgoing chairman Gregory Jaczko, who resigned …
Vista liquor license suspended for designer drug sales
Local retailer caught distributing bath salts and spice
Tommy’s Liquor in Vista is set to be hit with a 20-day suspension of its liquor license tomorrow by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Effective at 2:30 p.m. on the 17th, Tommy’s will not be able to sell …
Arizona sheriff must return Encinitas woman's medical marijuana
Appeals court upholds ruling after Border Patrol seizure
The sheriff’s department in Yuma, Arizona, must return a stash of marijuana seized from an Encinitas woman at a Border Patrol checkpoint two years ago, an Arizona appeals court has ruled. Valerie Okun was stopped at the checkpoint just northeast …
Burglar-slash-car thief caught in Ramona
During pursuit, suspect throws items including flaming towel from car, douses self in gasoline
San Diego Sheriff’s deputies responding to a call regarding a suspicious person on the 17000 block of Ridgeview Lane in Ramona yesterday afternoon observed a series of rather unique behaviors from 32 year-old Chula Vista resident Oscar Torres, who was …
New foreclosure filings number less than 1,000
Foreclosure rate falls to lowest in recent years
As the real estate market continues to climb, San Diego County posted its lowest number of new foreclosure filings and foreclosure sales in at least a year last month, new data from ForeclosureRadar shows. Far fewer properties that begin the …
A gigawatt of solar generation
State passes milestone in solar installations
California’s solar power network now tops 1 gigawatt in generation, the *San Francisco Chronicle is reporting. A single gigawatt is equal to 1,000 megawatts, roughly equivalent to the power production of one of the two idled nuclear reactors at San …
Local senior says he was defrauded by scammer targeting Latinos
Retired bus driver had his life savings taken after investing in Vegas express bus venture
A retired San Diego bus driver has filed suit against Luis Berrios and LBA Express, a shuttle service to Las Vegas, claiming elder abuse and fraud. Jose Carrillo, who is in his mid-sixties and survives on Social Security and a …