Dumanis records anti-DUI radio spots
More checkpoints planned around the holiday weekend
The “AVOID the 15 DUI Task Force,” administered by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department and comprised of 15 local law enforcement agencies overall, are stepping up DUI enforcement activities again over the Fourth of July holiday, scheduling both a host …
Property tax revenues up, but short of blistering recent sales numbers
While recent reports from the real estate industry indicate that property values are skyrocketing, in many areas across the county posting double digit year-over-year increases, San Diego County Assessor Ernest Dronenberg’s office reported more modest numbers for the year last …
Fletcher, Peters join veterans to raise awareness of sole U.S. POW in Afghanistan/Iraq wars
Former state Assemblyman, mayoral candidate, and Marine Nathan Fletcher joined Representative Scott Peters and a group of veterans outside the Veterans Museum and Memorial Center in Balboa Park yesterday afternoon (July 1), calling for greater public recognition of the plight …
Pomegranate seeds linked to hepatitis A outbreak
15 confirmed San Diego County cases
San Diego County officials are advising residents to discard some recently purchased Woodstock brand frozen organic pomegranate kernels as well as Townsend Farms organic antioxidant berries, as the products have been linked to a hepatitis A outbreak that has sickened …
Beach bacteria report: low rankings for IB, southern beaches
The Natural Resources Defense Council, claiming to be “the nation’s most effective environmental action group,” has released its Testing the Waters 2013 report, a study on water quality at beaches typically considered prime vacation spots. California as a whole doesn’t …
600 San Onofre employees receive layoff notices
1,100 of 1,500 workers overall to lose jobs as part of plant shutdown
The first round of layoff notices for employees of the now-permanently shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station went out yesterday (June 26). Six hundred non-union employees at the plant were handed walking papers, and another 500 jobs will be slashed …
Training camp for aspiring Republican politicians launching in July
The local Republican party is looking to groom potential political candidates for office, announcing yesterday (June 24) the upcoming launch in July of a six-month candidate training program, the “Project for California’s Future.” After ponying up $350, aspiring conservative politicians …
Escondido set to approve big contracts for city manager, city attorney
The Escondido City Council is set to consider three-year contract extensions for City Manager Clay Phillips and City Attorney Jeffrey Epp at a meeting on Wednesday, June 26. A couple of controversial items are being eliminated from the contracts, which …
MTS banks payment on right-of-way lease to desert railway
San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System announced progress on Friday (June 21) on an agreement with Pacific Imperial Railroad, which seeks to revive the freight-oriented Desert Line railroad between Tecate and Plaster City, in the Imperial Valley east of San Diego …
DUI crackdown nets one drunk driver
Saturday night’s DUI crackdown at the San Diego County Fair, which brought officers from eight local law enforcement agencies together to conduct “saturation patrols” around the fairgrounds, resulted in 95 total traffic stops, with 16 drivers evaluated for driving under …