San Onofre costs top $300 million
Costs associated with the emergency shutdown of long-idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station have surpassed the $300 million mark. Edison International, parent company of plant operator Southern California Edison, reported yesterday afternoon that inspection and repair costs at the facility …
Chula Vista passes new strip club regulations
City says laws aren't meant as retaliation to surprise opening of nude bar on bayfront
The Chula Vista City Council yesterday hastily moved to enact several local law changes, mostly concerning the operation of strip clubs within city limits. The Reader reported last month on the controversial opening of Eyecandy Showgirls along Chula Vista’s section …
Prop 30 opponents rally downtown
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/oct/31/34748/ Opponents of Proposition 30, led by Richard Rider of San Diego Tax Fighters and Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, gathered this afternoon at Tuna Harbor Park near the USS Midway museum to make their case against …
$300,000 in federal funds for Sheriff's anti-DUI campaign
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has been awarded a $300,000 grant via the California Office of Traffic Safety and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in order to continue administering the countywide “Avoid the 15” campaign against drunk driving, which has …
Woman rescued after falling from OB cliff
Police say alcohol involved in incident
A small crowd of Ocean Beach residents gathered at the foot of Santa Cruz Avenue around 7:30 Tuesday evening, attracted by a plethora of emergency vehicles, including police cruisers, fire trucks, an ambulance, city lifeguards, and a police helicopter focusing …
Group caught after taking Citibank for over $1 million
Scam exploited bank's software glitch.
Local FBI officials, in cooperation with the U.S. Attorney, have indicted 14 individuals in San Diego in charges related to a scheme investigators have dubbed “Gone in 60 Seconds,” which allowed them to defraud Citibank of more than $1 million …
El Cajon Police confirm responsibility for brush fire
Smoke canister used in SWAT team training set blaze
A brush fire that burned four acres in El Cajon on Saturday has officially been linked to training exercises conducted by the city’s Special Weapons and Tactics team, El Cajon Police Chief Jim Redman announced yesterday. Several homes on Hacienda …
UCSD's Geisel Library begins round-the-clock weekday hours
The UC San Diego campus this morning launched its “24/5 Study Commons” area within the iconic Geisel Library that will remain open throughout the school year, with round-the-clock hours beginning at 10 a.m. on Sunday and continuing through 6 p.m. …
Juvenile burglary crew arrested in El Cajon
El Cajon Police arrested 18 year-old Mohammed Muhsin Albatat and three juveniles on burglary charges Saturday night after being called to a residence on the 1200 block of Yerba Verde Drive in the Fletcher Hills neighborhood. Shortly before 8 p.m., …
Air gun standoff briefly closes Ramona road
California Highway Patrol officers and San Diego Sheriff Department deputies closed off a section of San Vicente Road in Ramona early yesterday morning after receiving reports of a man walking through the rural residential community openly displaying a gun. Shortly …
Faith, labor groups call for passage of Prop 39
A group comprised of various faith-based and labor-backed organizations led by Rabbi Laurie Coskey of the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice gathered this afternoon to speak out in favor of Proposition 39, which would eliminate an option for businesses that …
Medical marijuana co-op manager's conviction overturned
Ruling may set protective precedent for controversial storefront medical marijuana dispensaries.
A California appeals court yesterday reversed the 2010 conviction of medical marijuana dispensary manager Jovan Jackson, who was sentenced to six months in jail in 2010 for possessing and selling cannabis for profit. The Reader first reported on Jackson’s intent …
Two-thirds of "short sellers" experience difficulties
But the number of San Diego home sales considered "distressed" is the lowest in the state
Consumers attempting to dispose of “underwater” real estate by conducting a short sale, in which lenders accept a payoff of less than the full amount due, are having an easier time than in recent years, though the transactions are still …
Prolific burglar caught in Del Mar
A single San Diego man appears to have been responsible for a string of residential burglaries spanning the 100 through 400 blocks of Stratford Court in Del Mar, all on the night of October 22. As Sheriff’s deputies were investigating …
Drunk inmates attack guards at El Centro area prison
Three guards at Centinela State Prison in the Imperial Valley east of San Diego are recovering after being attacked by inmates last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is reporting. Shortly after 6 p.m., two correctional officers conducting …
Demanding a public vote on development
Groups say proposed residential project in Carmel Valley is subject to 1985 law that requires voter approval to re-zone land
A group of about two dozen activists gathered outside city hall this afternoon to protest approval granted by the San Diego Planning Commission to a proposed large-scale seniors’ residential development in the Carmel Valley area named Rancho Del Mar. The …
$1.5M cafeteria overhaul for idled nuclear plant?
The Califorina Public Utilities Commission late last week issued a proposed ruling on funding Southern California Edison, operator of the idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, hopes to recover from ratepayers. One of the items on the list asks electricity …
Local former NBA star endorses Peters
Staffers for Scott Peters, the Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican Brian Bilbray in the 52nd congressional district, along with a handful of media, gathered this morning at the candidate's headquarters for the latest news conference held to announce an endorsement …