Longtime Kaiser employee claims wrongful termination
A 15 year employee of healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente has filed suit against the company for wrongful termination, discrimination, libel, and a host of other matters related to her firing in May. Antionette Abram claims that two other employees at …
Solana Beach residents to battle over seawalls, coastal plan
A showdown between environmental activists and oceanfront property owners appears imminent as the Solana Beach city council prepares to discuss approval set to be granted by the California Coastal Commission to the city’s Local Coastal Plan, provided that the city …
Credit card thieves head to Walmart
The San Diego Sheriff’s Department is seeking help in identifying two suspects wanted for using credit cards stolen from a car in Rancho Santa Fe on August 6. The suspects, described as a white female and male between 20-25 years …
Surfrider targets Point Loma homes for rain runoff reduction
The San Diego County chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is gearing up for a three-part program directed at Point Loma residents with the aim to convince locals to redesign their landscaping to prevent runoff from rainfall that the group says …
New polling shows support slim for Brown's tax plan, stronger for ending death penalty
A new study released last night by the Public Policy Institute of California shows weak support for the Proposition 30 tax initiative and a split vote on the competing Proposition 38 tax, strong support for repealing the death penalty, and …
Prison grads
A gathering of 268 inmates at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility and their families celebrated a joint graduation last week, as inmates at the prison near San Diego’s southern border were awarded various educational certificates. 155 inmates received vocation certificates, …
Court finds sex offender residency law unreasonable
California’s Fourth Appellate District Court has ruled that provisions of Proposition 83, the 2006 ballot measure that places numerous restrictions on convicted of sex offenders, are “unreasonable” and “oppressive,” Courthouse News Service reports. One provision of the law that the …
San Onofre restart plan forthcoming, says plant operator Edison
Edison International, the parent company of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station operator Southern California Edison, says it will move forward next month with a plan to resume operations at the plant’s two troubled reactors, which have been shut down since …
Women Occupy San Diego lead rally supporting Prop 37
Yesterday saw a handful of new developments in the push to align voters either in favor of or against Proposition 37, a measure that would require food producers who knowingly use genetically modified crops to label them as such, and …
Police say pharmacy burglar may be repeat offender
El Cajon Police are seeking help in identifying and locating a man suspected of burglarizing the Kaiser Pharmacy on the 200 block of Travelodge Boulevard at least once, possibly several times. In an announcement yesterday, police released video surveillance from …
Boxer wants NRC to OK all safety measures before allowing San Onofre restart
Senator Barbara Boxer, chair of the Senate’s Committee on the Environment and Public Works, reiterated her request to members of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week that the troubled reactors at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station not be granted …
Republican endorsement slate: "no more debt, no more taxes"
The Republican Party of San Diego County has released its official endorsement slate for local, state, and national races and propositions. “After decades of out-of-control spending, massive debt and crushing feel-good regulations caused by government labor union bosses and unprincipled …