Electrifying
New electric vehicle chargers installed around San Diego's bayfront
Four more sites around town are offering charging access to owners of plug-in electric vehicles, the Port of San Diego announced yesterday. Charging stations have recently been installed at Spanish Landing near Lindbergh Field (two), at Shelter Island Shoreline Park …
Screams in the night
Domestic disturbance call leads to discovery of cache of drugs
Sheriff’s deputies responded to a complaint of a woman screaming on the 800 block of Regal Road in Encinitas at around 3 a.m. yesterday morning, where they found a broken window and blood on the exterior of an apartment. They …
Slow it down
Group offers more reasons to delay vote on Carlsbad desalinization plant
Add the California Coastal Protection Network to the list of names including the San Diego chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and various local water districts questioning the wisdom of pushing forth on a vote to approve a proposed desalinization plant …
A call to arts
Port seeking artists for "Connector" tidelands project
The Port of San Diego has issued an open call for artists to provide proposals for “Connector,” a temporary work being commissioned by the Port that will travel between member cities San Diego, National City, Chula Vista, Coronado, and Imperial …
Tickets save lives
Weekend law enforcement targets public drunkenness, speeders
Local law enforcement agencies were out putting state and federal grant funds to use over the weekend. In Encinitas, San Diego Sheriff’s deputies conducted a “zero tolerance drunk in public sweep” using funds from a $100,000 California Department of Alcoholic …
Impacted
Lack of available classes causes UCSD to trim biology department by 1,500 students
Despite an 80 percent increase in the number of courses offered and moves to extend laboratory hours, the number of declared biology majors at UCSD has fallen by more than 1,500 in recent years, the campus’ Guardian is reporting. The …
Double jeopardy
Sheriff's deputies follow stabbing victim from Rancho Santa Fe party to hospital where he is subsequently pepper sprayed and arrested
A house party packed with underage drinkers met a rowdy end early Saturday morning, when San Diego Sheriff’s deputies from the Encinitas station responded to a call regarding a reported stabbing. Upon arriving shortly after midnight, deputies encountered more than …
Cost revolt
Local water districts protesting projected costs of Carlsbad desalinization plant
The Padre Dam Municipal Water District has called a special meeting this morning to consider adding its name to a list of local water agencies protesting the city of San Diego’s prpoposed cost recovery methodology for a new desalinization plant …
Potential payday
Customs and Border Protection agency wants to buy more drones from General Atomics - lack of Congressional funding an obstacle
Local aeronautical company General Atomics, manufacturer of the Predator and other unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, has signed a lucrative contract with U.S. Customs and Border Protection that could be worth as much as $443 million, California Watch …
Tight quarters
New host for NRC meeting on San Onofre announced, but new space will only accommodate 400
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found a new spot to host its public meeting regarding the restart proposal on the table from San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station plant operator Southern California Edion, originally scheduled to take place last Friday. The …
Hurry-up offense
Groups complain Water Authority is rushing a vote on proposed Carlsbad desalinization plant
Surfrider San Diego and the watchdog group Independent Rates Oversight Committee are calling foul on what they see as a push by the San Diego County Water Authority to force a premature vote on approval of a water purchase agreement …
Uncomfortable encounter
San Marcos man walks in on burglary in progress
A resident on the 600 block of Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos was taken by surprise yesterday when he inadvertently walked in on a burglary in progress. The unidentified man entered his apartment and noticed his roommate’s shotgun …
Not walrus weather
Sea World planning to import female walrus for display, marine mammal experts say climate is less than ideal
Sea World Parks & Entertainment Inc. is in the process of obtaining permits to import a female walrus bred in captivity in Japan to its San Diego theme park for public display purposes, according to an October entry in the …
Life after nukes
Think tank publishes report exploring options for a San Onofre-free Southern California
A new paper out from the Rocky Mountain Institute, a non-profit think tank based in Colorado, provides a host of suggestions on how the region served by the long-idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station might adapt to the increasingly possible …
Picketing over pay
Sharp Grossmont Hospital housekeepers, food service workers cry foul over new contract offering
Dozens of workers at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa took to the street in front of the facility yesterday to protest a wage freeze coupled with a hike in their own health care costs, a deal they say is …
Cheating Customs
Local scammers import $100 million in foreign goods without paying taxes
Gerardo Chavez, former president of the San Diego Customs Broker Association, pleaded guilty last week to a massive fraud ring that cost the U.S. $18 million in unpaid import taxes. The Spring Valley resident and co-defendant Carlos Medina of Chula …
Pink millions
3-day walkers raise $6.5 million for breast cancer research and public outreach
The annual Susan G. Komen San Diego 3-day walk, which wound its way through coastal neighborhoods over the weekend, announced Sunday night that it had raised over $6.5 million through pledges secured by 2,500 participants. “We are so thankful for …
Dropping anchor
New fisheries research vessel signs 10 year lease with Port of San Diego
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, described as “a federal agency focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere,” has signed a 10 year lease with a five year extension option beginning next September to home port the …
Car theft fail
Man severely beats elderly couple in Lemon Grove alley, fails in attempt to steal their car
Twenty-four year-old Wyatt Kirk Bradley of San Diego faces charges of elder abuse and assault with a deadly weapon following a confrontation in a Lemon Grove alley. An elderly couple identified only as John, age 63, and his wife Mary, …
Unions flip
Labor announces project labor agreement struck between unions and convention center developer, drops opposition to expansion
The San Diego Building and Construction Trades Council, which represents a number of labor unions tied to the construction industry, announced yesterday that it had entered into a project labor agreement with the general contractor handling the $520 million convention …