New Signage for Shelter Island
After a long wait, Shelter Island is finally getting its own entryway monument. On Friday, City Council President Pro Tem Kevin Faulconer will join Lou Smith, chairman of the Board of Port Commissioners, and San Diego Port Tenants Association president …
Ten Nabbed for Providing Alcohol to Minors
San Diego Sheriff’s Department deputies, in conjunction with state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents, conducted Minor Decoy and Shoulder Tap operations in the Vista area Friday night. Under the Minor Decoy program, an underage individual enters a state-licensed facility serving alcohol …
Safety Report Reveals More San Onofre Violations
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission report issued February 9 but receiving little public attention since calls to light five safety incidents at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station during an inspection completed December 31, 2011. Two of the violations were identified …
Local Jeweler Stumps For $100 a Plate DeMaio Dinner Party
Local jeweler Leo Hamel is promoting a $100-a-plate dinner/fundraiser for mayoral hopeful Carl DeMaio. “I tend not to get involved publicly in politics,” says an email drafted by Hamel and distributed by DeMaio’s campaign. “But with the direction the city …
Proposal Could Limit Health Insurance Rate Hikes
A volunteer-backed citizens’ group calling itself Consumer Watchdog is pushing an initiative that would give the state insurance commissioner the power to reject excessive hikes in health care rates. Current Commissioner Dave Jones complained during a San Diego appearance last …
Fletcher Pledges to Make Transit, Cyclist Access a Priority
San Diego mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher met with cycling advocates on Saturday, February 18, to discuss ways the city could become more hospitable to bicycle commuters. Fletcher told Bike San Diego that he envisions changing San Diego’s motto from “America’s …
San Diego a "Strong City?"
San Diego may be be one of the next cities featured on Strong Cities | Strong State, a website “designed to communicate the importance of local government in California residents’ everyday lives.” Records show that the city sent $100,476 from …
USD Student's Police Work Leads to Recovery of Stolen Laptop
Two students at the University of San Diego were recently the victims of electronics theft, the USD Vista reports. Both students reported that their items, a digital camera and a laptop, went missing shortly after encounters with a woman described …
Expert Prediction: Foreclosures Will Slow In 2012
Real estate investors are making a big splash at foreclosure auctions in California and across the country, the website ForeclosureRadar is reporting. The Golden State had the most third-party auction sales in the nation in January, with bidders purchasing 3,964 …
Democrats Blast SANDAG Transit Plan
The Environmental Caucus of the California Democratic Party yesterday released a resolution it reached unanimously at last weekend’s state convention condemning the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG)’s Regional Transit Plan. The group blasts SANDAG for failing to consider state …