Fewer Parolees Returning to Prison
California’s recidivism rate (the proportion of state prisoners who return to incarceration) fell to 65 percent, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) reported on December 21. While still amounting to nearly two-thirds of offenders returning to custody, the …
Lawsuit Filed Over Stolen "Boobies" Logo
Carlsbad-based Keep A Breast Foundation, a local award winning non-profit, filed a lawsuit today in federal court alleging trademark infringement on its popular “I (heart) Boobies!” logo. Keep A Breast alleges that Rhode Island Novelty, without the group’s permission, commissioned …
Tijuana Entrepreneur Creates Drug-Trafficking Inspired Clothing Line
Narcocorridos, the Mexican ballads inspired by the violent and much-glamorized lifestyles of the country’s drug trafficking cartels, have in turn birthed a new trend in fashion, the Latin American Herald Tribune reports. Antrax (Anthrax) is a new brand of clothing …
Protesters Say Defense Bill Will Gut Bill of Rights
Members of various local progressive groups gathered this morning for a “sit-in” at the Democratic Party’s local headquarters in protest of President Obama’s indication that he would sign the controversial National Defense Authorization Act. The act includes provisions that the …
DUI Checkpoints Result in 19 Arrests, 41 Impounds
The San Diego Sheriff Department has released figures concerning four DUI checkpoints it conducted over the weekend in Santee, Lemon Grove, Vista, and San Marcos. While three of the operations were billed as focusing specifically on impaired drivers in separate …
Utility Workers Across California Protest Sempra
Southern California Gas Company employees rallied across the state yesterday to protest a proposed labor agreement brought forth by the company’s parent, San Diego-based Sempra Energy. Picketing took place at Sempra facilities in Los Angeles, Anaheim, Compton, Visalia and Redlands. …
Accused NorCal Marijuana Grower Linked to North Park Dispensary
A man from Concow, CA, a town of 700 residents about 90 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe, is facing trial on charges of growing “vast amounts of marijuana” to supply North Park’s 30th Street Patient Collective dispensary, the Chico Enterprise-Record …
SD Unified Gives Locals Preference in Construction Bidding
The San Diego Unified School District agreed unanimously yesterday to extend its Project Stabilization Agreement to include all projects funded by state dollars and Proposition S, a $2.1 billion bond measure passed in 2008 to repair and renovate district schools. …
Economic Survey Finds Plurality of Californians Supportive of Occupy
Support for the Occupy Wall Street movement remains higher than its opposition, a statewide survey that primarily focused on Californians’ view of government released yesterday by the Public Policy Institute of California reports. State residents are more likely to support …
Defense Contractor Sued Over Theft of Personal Data
Robbins Umeda LLP and Blood Hurst, & O’Reardon LLP, law firms with local offices, have filed a class action suit against government contractor Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) on behalf of retired Marine Colonel Mark Losack and others. The suit, …
Federal Government Sued Over 2008 Marine Corps Jet Crash
A Korean family is suing the federal government for compensation in relation to a Marine Corps jet that crashed into a University City neighborhood in 2008, destroying the family’s home. In the crash, Don Yoon lost his wife Youngmi Lee, …
Reaper Drones Take Flight
The U.S. Air National Guard has begun training flights on the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle, Aviation International News reports. The Reaper, developed by San Diego’s General Atomics, is a larger, more powerful version of its predecessor, the Predator drone. …
Less Than Half of Californians are Middle Class
The middle class has shrunk to include less than half of all Californians, according to a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). In 1980, 60 percent of Californian families were considered middle-income, a figure that had …