Suit Seeks to Block Auction of Caltrans Building in Old Town
Preservation group Save Our Heritage Organisation has filed suit in Sacrament Superior Court in order to block Caltrans from auctioning off its former Old Town office complex to the highest private bidder. The group alleges that Caltrans violated the California …
Radioactive Leak Shuts San Onofre, Critics Had Voiced Safety Concerns
Precautionary shutdown operations began last night at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s Unit 3 reactor due to “a possible leak in one of the unit’s steam generator tubes,” says a release from plant operator Southern California Edison. The generators siphon …
School Burglary Investigation Leads to Pot, Weapons Arrests
San Marcos Unified School District's Sheriff's School Resource Officers arrested five residents of a home on the 500 block of Charlotte Drive in San Marcos yesterday after executing a search warrant related to three recent area school burglaries. After receiving …
TV Weather Forecasters Caught in Argument Over Climate Change
A debate is brewing over whether television weather forecasters are misleading their viewers about the true effects of climate change. On one side, Forecast the Facts, a campaign led by Citizen Engagement Lab, which bills itself as “a non-profit, non-partisan …
Bill Calls for Increased Disclosure on Political Advertising
California lawmakers are considering a proposal known as Assembly Bill 1148 that would, among other things, require the three largest sponsors of political advertising in print, radio, and television to be identified in the ads themselves. Supporters of the bill …
Naval Medical Center Studying Premature Joint Deterioration
Doctors at the Naval Medical Center San Diego are studying the cause of rapid cartilage loss in knees, shoulders, and other joints following injuries, the Navy Times is reporting. The condition, joint chrondrolysis, is forcing otherwise healthy military personnel and …
Survey Says Californians Support Tax Hikes, Oppose Education Cuts
Californians heavily favor Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal for a temporary increase in sales taxes and personal income taxes of wealthy individuals, a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California indicates. They also strongly oppose cuts to education that …
SDSU Gets $1M for Industrial Efficiency Program
Professor Asfaw Beyene and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at San Diego State University have been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the university is reporting today. Grant monies will fund the school’s Industrial Assessment …
Attorney General Intervenes in SANDAG Regional Transit Plan Lawsuit
California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced this afternoon that she has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit that would subject the Regional Transit Plan drafted by the San Diego Association of Governments to additional review. The environmental groups …
Save Our Heritage Wins Battle: Plaza de Panama Plan
Preservation group Save Our Heritage Organisation has been granted a petition for writ of mandate filed last summer over the city of San Diego’s adoption of a memorandum of understanding lending support to a proposal to revamp Balboa Park’s Plaza …
"A Better San Diego" Forum Addresses Local Public Education
A Better San Diego, a group billing itself as a “coalition of labor, community, faith, environmental, and civil rights organizations,” held the first in what’s planned as a series of community forums focusing on local problems and potential solutions on …
Judge Upholds Gun Sales Reporting Law Over NRA Protest
The Obama administration and U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are celebrating a victory in their battle to deter gun trafficking across the nation’s southern border. Last week, federal judge Rosemary Collyer upheld an order given last …
Former Energy Commission Director to Lead Intervention on Nuclear Proceedings
The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility has signed on energy policy heavy hitter John Geesman in its intervention over Pacific Gas & Electric’s request for $64 million in ratepayer funding to conduct seismic studies at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant …