Coastline Community College of Costa Mesa may soon begin teaching classes to military prisoners held in the Navy brig at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, the military news service Stars & Stripes is reporting. The Orange County-based Coast Community College …

About 70 people rallied yesterday afternoon (July 17) outside Congressman Darrell Issa’s Vista office to protest the “border surge” called for by the bipartisan Corker-Hoeven amendment to proposed federal immigration reform law that would significantly increase militarization of the U.S./Mexico …

El Cajon Police announced the arrest of 35 year-old Lemon Grove resident Richard Bareano this afternoon (July 17), after several tips linked him to a California Coast Credit Union robbery on July 9. Last Tuesday, a suspect entered the credit …

California home sales declined by 3.8 percent in June and by about the same amount as compared to a year ago, according to new figures out from the California Association of Realtors. “Despite a small increase in inventory, the supply …

Revenues up, but agency still seeks cost cuts through staff reductions

The Port of San Diego approved its final 2013-2014 fiscal year budget yesterday (July 16), contrasting the good news of revenues returning to pre-recession levels with a continuing increase in operations costs. In response, the Port plans to cut the …

Still a risk.

Although power is no longer being generated at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the plant still remains a potential trillion-dollar problem, warns anti-nuclear activist Ace Hoffman. At issue is roughly 1,400 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel accumulated from …

The Child Protection Act of 2013, or “Hazel’s Law,” is gaining traction as one of the first bills introduced by Representative Juan Vargas, who in Novenber was elected to fill the seat of Bob Filner, who left the House of …

With the newly-elected 52nd district congressman Scott Peters seated less than a year and primaries for the 2014 race still months away, former city councilman and failed mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio’s campaign to return Democrat Peters’ seat to Republican hands …

The city of Santee appears close to granting permission for a used car dealership to install a nearly 90-foot high electronic billboard near the junction of the SR-52 and SR-125 freeways, after determining that the proposed project “could not have …

A local food and beverage distributor has announced that it will be teaming with Dennis Rodman, the former basketball star known as “the Worm” more recently famous for his highly-publicized trip to meet and talk hoops with North Korean dictator …

Poway is set to begin a major street resurfacing project this Sunday (July 14), as 4.8 million square feet of roadway along both residential streets and major arteries will receive crack sealing, deep patch repairs, asphalt overlay and slurry seals. …

Overfishing not a factor, authors say

Local fish populations have dropped dramatically in the last 40 years, according to a new study in the scientific journal Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science led by Eric Miller of MBC Applied Environmental Sciences in Costa Mesa and John McGowan …

Representatives of First 5 San Diego, along with county supervisor Ron Roberts, appeared at the Vons grocery store in Mission Hills along with store executives today (July 10) to launch the organization’s new Healthy Eating Initiative, aimed at introducing kids …

The Carlsbad City Council gave the go-ahead to major mall operator Westfield LLC to begin a revamp on the 482,000-retail-square-foot Plaza Camino Real mall, originally constructed on a 77-acre plot in 1969 and acquired by Westfield in the 1990s, when …

The San Diego County Water Authority and the City of San Diego are considering adding a 240-to-500-megawatt hydroelectric generating system to San Vicente Reservoir, the Water Authority announced yesterday (July 8). The power project, which would only be used during …

The San Diego County District Attorney’s office will face charges that a former deputy district attorney fabricated evidence and then tried to trade assistance in mitigating damages resulting from his fraudulently obtained conviction in exchange for sexual favors, a federal …

Results are beginning to come in from DUI/driver’s license checkpoints held around the county over the holiday weekend. In Encinitas, authorities on Friday night (July 5/6) stopped 767 drivers on the 1800 block of South Coast Highway 101, arresting two …

The City of San Diego planning commission is set to approve a new 430-unit residential development known as Castlerock over a 204-acre plot that is currently within San Diego city limits at a meeting this Thursday, July 11. The proposal …

Hundreds of activists spent their Fourth of July holiday gathered in Balboa Park for Restore the Fourth, one of more than 100 such rallies against National Security Agency surveillance and a perceived violation of citizens’ privacy rights. A crowd of …

Historical preservationist group Save Our Heritage Organisation announced today (July 3) that they’ve recovered a 137 year-old cannon specially made in San Diego to celebrate the nation’s first centennial on July 4, 1876. The cannon, designed by tinsmith William Agustus …