Does Channel 4 Only Want Establishmen Sopranos?
The city attorney's office is hitting pay dirt in its request for documents from local public radio and TV, KPBS. All along, one of the areas of interest is Cable Channel 4 televising the "Editors Roundtable" show. Channel 4 televises …
Rancho Santa Fe 3rd Priciest Zip Code
According to Forbes.com, Rancho Santa Fe has the third priciest zip code (92067) in the U.S. The median price on the ranch is $2.58 million. Tied for first place are Alpine in northern New Jersey and Fisher Island (Miami Beach) …
Rates Lower, but Will SD Housing Jump?
On September 18, the Federal Reserve unexpectedly lowered the federal funds rate by half a percentage point and the discount rate by the same amount. Wall Street was elated: stocks leapt 2.5 percent. Warning: the dollar continued to plummet and …
Blackwater License Being Pulled
The Iraqi government is revoking the license of Blackwater USA, the mercenary firm tht wants to put a training camp in East County's tiny Potrero. Iraqi officials said eight civilians were killed and 13 wounded when Blackwater contractors opened fire …
GAO To Criticize SEC
According to the Wall Street Journal, the General Accountability Office will shortly issue a report critical of the Securities and Exchange Commission over its firing of San Diegan Gary Aguirre. Two Senate subcommittees have already issued a joint report saying …
Naked Packing
Some say that Mayor Jerry Sanders's move to pack the charter review committee with a pro-establishment/real estate majority was slick. Make that sick. Not only does the overall committee have an establishment majority; so do the subcommittees. The five-person subcommittee …
Chargers Aim To Leave
Chargers' spokesman/lawyer Mark Fabiani, who wants people to believe he is intelligent, keeps letting the cat out of the bag at an inopportune time. For several years, the Chargers have been angling to desert San Diego. But they have to …
Market Rewards Good News
Stocks of three San Diego companies rose sharply Thursday (Sept. 13) after receiving good news. Biotech ISIS Pharmaceuticals announced a collaboration with a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson to work on drugs for type II diabetes and obesity. Earlier this …
More sports welfare
Pro sports teams always have a new reason for wanting a taxpayer handout. The San Antonio Spurs basketball team plays in an arena that is only five years old. The team wants Bexar County to extend $75 million to $164 …
Death of a Buzzword
Wireless Facilities to change a now-besmirched name.
San Diego's Wireless Facilities said today (Sept. 11) that it will write down $55 million for the backdating of stock options and related irregularities that took place from the time the company was preparing to go public in late 1998 …
Risky retirements
Under headline "Can Retirees Afford This Much Risk?" Business Week Magazine in its September 17, 2007 issue talks about ailing public pension systems -- including the city's and the county's.
San Diego pension funds are cited prominently in Business Week Magazine's September 17, 2007 look into ailing public sector pension funds. "What's driving the high-risk investment policy is the pension system's deficit," says City Attorney Mike Aguirre in the article. …
Maxwell drop
Maxwell Laboratories warily eyes new Texas company that claims to have invented a device permiting a motorist to plug in a car for 5 minutes and drive 500 miles without gasoline.
On a day in which stocks were up stoutly, San Diego-based Maxwell Laboratories dropped 12 cents to $12.22. One reason may be excitement about a new Texas company that claims to have a device permitting a motorist to plug in …
Bridge untroubled
805 bridge has been inspected recently. Caltrans says it is in good shape.
A reader recently expressed concern about the 805 bridge over I-8 in Mission Valley. Councilmember Donna Frye asked for information from Caltrans. The bridge was built in 1972 and last inspected on Nov. 29, 2006. The northbound span is structurally …