Sycamore Landfill may have more land to fill
On Thursday, San Diego planning commissioners will consider a proposal to add 26 acres of designated open space to the 491-acre Sycamore Landfill. The 26-acres located on the eastern border of San Diego County is needed, according to a draft …
2011 Tax Forms Show a Shortage of Revenues and Increased Expenses At Voice of San Diego
In recent years there's been no shortage of praise for online investigative news site Voice of San Diego. The non-profit news organization has been featured in papers such as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. And while there …
SDPD Detective's Role As Press-Pass Monitor Questioned in Lawsuit
Getting into a press conference should be a relatively simple task for members of the media. Well, not in San Diego County where one man, Detective Gary Hassen, a spokesperson for the San Diego Police Department, acts as the press-pass …
Tommy Lee Takes A Ride On The Whale-Side in Another Letter To SeaWorld
The killer whale wars between SeaWorld and drummer Tommy Lee continues. The feud has developed into an exchange of one angry letter after another between Lee and representatives from SeaWorld. Now Lee says he and representatives from the People for …
Drummer Tommy Lee Sticks It To SeaWorld For Mistreating Whales
Drummer Tommy Lee is not feeling so good about SeaWorld these days. The former Motley Crue percussionist is shouting at SeaWorld president John Reilly to stop playing any Crue tracks for the Shamu Rocks show. In his note to Reilly, …
Downtown San Diego Partnership Pushes For Renewal of Assessment District
Executives at the Downtown San Diego Partnership have been busy making their rounds, appearing at community group meetings in search of support for the renewal of downtown's Property-Based Business Improvement District (PBID). On Thursday August 9, executives will make their …
Strong-Arming Tactics Not New For U-T San Diego CEO John Lynch
John Lynch, CEO of the U-T San Diego is back in the news, this time over his decision to build a vintage auto museum inside the paper's Mission Valley headquarters without the proper permits. Voice of San Diego scribe Randy …
Lemon Grove To Consider Medical Marijuana Initiative
Tonight, Medical Marijuana activists will meet in Lemon Grove to urge the city council to either enact an ordinance allowing dispensaries to operate in Lemon Grove or pay to place the item on the November ballot. The issue first was …
DeMaio Campaign Spent Big On Consultants In June
In terms of campaign fundraising, the month of June was a good month for councilmember Carl DeMaio. From June 1 to June 30 DeMaio's supporters gave the mayoral candidate nearly $97,000, almost three-times the amount that his opponent, Representative Bob …
San Diego Top-Ten Most Eco-Friendly City In Nation
I know these top-ten surveys can get a bit old. Remember the one from the cheese-filled pretzel company, Combos, that ranked San Diego as the "least manly city" in the nation? Or, how about the one from Marketwatch which placed …
State Cuts Funding To AVID College Readiness System -- Schools Now Forced To Pay
Seems as if a new spending cut to education is discovered every day. While administrators and school board members across the state have grown accustomed to handing out pink slips, increasing class size, and selling off valuable school assets in …
Group Claims Responsibility For Hoax Press Release From U.S. Attorney Duffy
The group Federal Accountability Coalition has claimed responsibility for the bogus email which alleged that U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy is targeting illegal prescription drug sales at pharmacies in San Diego. The phony press release from the email address, [email protected] was …
Hoax Email Claims US Attorney Laura Duffy Now Targeting Storefront Pharmacies
I won't get fooled again...well I hope not. Turns out the story I posted this morning (below) about U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy targeting pharmacies was a hoax. A statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office denies any such initiative. The statement …
City Issues Partial Refunds To Residents in Greater Golden Hill
Residents in Golden Hill and South Park are finally receiving refund checks for assessments they paid to what was ruled an illegal maintenance assessment district. There is one problem; the checks do not include the first year's (2007-2008) assessments. The …
DeMaio Hires Former Democratic Chair As Campaign Consultant
If nothing else, this election's mayoral race has been interesting to watch. First Nathan Fletcher jumps ship on the GOP and now Carl DeMaio announces that the former chair for the County's Democratic Party has joined his campaign team. Today, …
City Attorney Warns City Against Formation of Assessment Districts
It wasn't easy, definitely no walk in the park, but after years of fighting the legality of their neighborhood assessment district, residents of Golden Hill finally seem to have convinced the City to reevaluate their approach to property and business …
Council To Vote To Expand Downtown Property-Based Improvement District
It's no mystery that executives at Downtown San Diego Partnership have wanted to extend the reach of the property-based improvement district, also known as the Clean and Safe Program, for quite some time. In the past year alone, the higher-ups …
Nathan Fletcher To Hold Fundraiser For Victims Of Aurora Shootings
If anyone expected Nathan Fletcher to a fade away after an unsuccessful bid for mayor, they were wrong. Earlier this week, Fletcher's decision to quit the GOP and turn independent was mentioned in yet another article in the New York …
Irwin Jacobs Praises Consultant For Their Work On Plaza de Panama Project
Nearly three weeks after city councilmembers, sans Sherri Lightner, gave the $45 million Plaza de Panama project the green light, Irwin Jacobs and the construction management firm he hired to be in charge of public outreach and planning are patting …
Sierra Club Sues County Over Feeble Attempt At Reducing Emissions
The County's Climate Action Plan has no substance, say representatives from the Sierra Club. In response, the environmental group has filed a lawsuit accusing the County of failing to implement a "comprehensive and enforceable" plan to reduce emissions. Instead, Sierra …