Cost Doubles on High-Speed Rail
California’s Proposition 1A, passed with 52.7% of the vote statewide in 2008, promised a high-speed rail line running from San Diego to Sacramento would be built at a cost of about $40 billion, using state-issued bonds and federal money for …
SDG&E Offers Energy Efficient Holiday Light Exchange
San Diego Gas & Electric has announced that, for the sixth straight year, the utility will give away up to three strands of energy-efficient Christmas lights to anyone willing to trade in their old incandescent bulbs. Last year, 4,300 customers …
General Atomics Gets Navy Money For Railgun Research
Local defense contractor General Atomics will receive almost $12.3 million from the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, the Department of Defense announced on Wednesday. The money will be used to fund “research and development activities associated with integrated power …
Emergency broadcast test
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is planning to shut down all television and radio stations across the country for a nationwide test of the Agency’s Emergency Alert System. The test will happen next Wednesday, November 9 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific …
SDSU's Business School Earns Financial Planning Accolades
San Diego State University’s College of Business Administration was featured as one of ten standout schools in the country for financial planning in the latest issue of Financial Planning magazine, the university announced today. The financial planning program, founded in …
Occupy, Labor Groups Advocate Mass Bank Withdrawals
The Occupy San Diego movement, despite facing constant logistical battles with the city over its chosen occupation site at Civic Center Plaza downtown, is continuing efforts toward its ultimate goal – effecting change in the country’s economic and political landscape. …
DUI Checkpoint Targets SDSU
The San Diego County Avoid Task Force, comprised of local law enforcement agencies, conducted another DUI sweep over Halloween, this time focusing on the 5800 block of Montezuma Road, near San Diego State University. 2,049 vehicles passed through the checkpoint …
Bridgepoint Announces Painting Project, Improved Profits
Bridgepoint Education, the local and controversial operator of for-profit colleges that has drawn fire for its high-pressure enrollment tactics, having a marketing budget that exceeds its education budget, and basing enrollment on a prospective student’s maximum federal loan qualifications, had …
Cosmetic Surgeries Spike Despite Recession
Could the economic downturn actually be enticing consumers to spend more money on big ticket non-essentials like cosmetic surgery? Possibly, says a study released by San Diego’s Suneva Medical, a company “focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing novel, differentiated aesthetics …
Wireless Demand May Soon Outstrip Availability
The national demand for wireless service for devices from smartphones and computers to iPods and iPads could soon outstrip our infrastructure’s ability to handle the task, warns a new study from UC San Diego’s Global Information Industry Center. “We’re currently …
Former Beauty Queen, Police Officer Loses Wrongful Termination Suit
A San Diego Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of the Chula Vista Police Department over the termination of former officer and beauty queen Deanna Mory. The police department hopes the ruling will end a five year legal battle …