Moons Over Orange County
If full moons are your thing than you're in luck, because hundreds of them can be seen Saturday afternoon lined up along a stretch of train tracks outside the Mugs Away Saloon in Orange County. July 14 is the annual …
A Game of Drones: RoboSub Competition Comes To San Diego
On July 17, Students and professors from colleges around the country will be converging on San Diego to compete in the 15th annual RoboSub competition. The contest, held at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, is meant to find …
Pitchfork Reviews The Latest From San Diego Beach-Rocker Jeans Wilder
Andrew Caddick's latest album under the moniker Jeans Wilder is kind of a bum-out, in a good way. The album, Totally, a dark and brooding take on sunny surf music, was given a 6.3 rating out of a possible 10 …
Private-Sector Wages Are Up In San Diego
In a time when jobs reports are always accompanied with adjectives like dismal and dreary, there is some good news, if you look hard enough. A recent job index from PayScale found that San Diego has the ninth fastest growing …
Big Bay Boom Is A Big Bust
It was named the "Big Bay Boom"; the 2012 fireworks display that port officials said would bring excitement to the waterfront, make San Diego Bay a destination, and bring people to tenant businesses while generating revenue for the Port. Well, …
UCSD Faculty Member To Become Harvard's First LGBT Director
Vanidy "Van" Bailey, assistant director for education at UCSD, is leaving to become Harvard's first permanent director of bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer student life. Bailey, who currently oversees the resource center for bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer …
Senate Bill Would Allow Children To Have Multiple Parents
You know the saying, 'it takes a village to raise a child'? Well, it isn't quite a village but it would be a step in that direction. If approved, Senate Bill 1476, introduced by State Senator Mark Leno, would allow …
Big Tobacco To Participate In Trans-Pacific Trade Talks In San Diego
On Monday, government officials from Singapore, Chile, New Zealand, Brunei, Australia, Peru, Vietnam and the U.S. will converge on the Hilton Bayfront to discuss the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement which would promote trade between growing nations in Asia and the …
Decision On Quail Brush Power Plant Delayed, Again
Residents of Santee and northeastern San Diego who oppose a proposal to build a 100-megawatt, natural gas-fired power plant near the edge of Mission Trails Regional Park have spent months fighting against the project. They will have to keep fighting …
Lincoln Club Endorses DeMaio
This may come as a shocker; on the same day Chief Justice Roberts's decision to side with the liberal judges and uphold the Affordable Care Act was revealed, San Diego's conservative group the Lincoln Club announced the endorsement of republican …
Protests Planned For Trans-Pacific Trade Talks
Beginning on Monday, trade officials from Singapore, Chile, New Zealand, Brunei, Australia, Peru and Vietnam will meet at the Hilton Bayfront with representatives from Office of the United States Trade Representative for the 13th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks. …
Scott Peters Looks For Party Unity After Tough Primary
Democrats look to put the bitter primary race for 52nd congressional seat between democrats Scott Peters and Lori Saldana to rest once and for all. Today, the Peters campaign asked fellow Democrats to join together in the fight against incumbent …
SDSU Professor Connects Narcissism and Social Network Sites
Facebook and other social networks can connect long-lost friends and those in faraway places, but that's not all, they also allow the user to get in touch with the people they love the most, themselves. According to a new study …
Agency With Ties To Blackwater Running Training Facility In Otay Mesa After Another Name Change
Last week, Gail Collins, an op-ed columnist for the New York Times, wrote a story about privatization. In the article, Collins describes privatization efforts that haven't gone so well. Some examples she listed were privatizing prisons, educational facilities, and training …
Former KUSI Anchor To Serve As Bob Filner's Communications Director
Lena Lewis, former anchor and reporter for KUSI news, is returning to San Diego to become Bob Filner's new communications director. Lewis announced her new gig working for Filner on Twitter yesterday. "My new boss! Working for Bob Filner in …
Mt. Soledad Cross Case Not Supreme Court's Cross To Bear
The Supreme Court announced today that justices are staying out of the legal dispute over the Mt. Soledad Cross in La Jolla, refusing to hear an appeal of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court ruling which deemed the cross a public …
Imperial Beach City Council Forced to Address Pot Dispensary Ban
Proponents of prescription pot will once again converge on City Hall in Imperial Beach to ask the city council to end the current moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries and enact a new ordinance which allows dispensary owners to open shop …
San Diego Unified to Proceed with Sale of Excess Properties
Trustees at San Diego Unified approved a proposal to sell seven excess properties was approved during a board meeting on Friday. The proposal has had its opponents, including Trustee Scott Barnett, who said selling the properties for the estimated $26 …
Councilmembers Set To Vote On Old Town Transitional Housing Facility For Combat Veterans
At a city council meeting on Tuesday, counclimembers will make the final decision whether to allow a transitional housing facility for combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan to be built in Old Town. The "Aspire Center," a 40-bed facility would …
U-T San Diego Will Charge Fee To View Articles Online
Just in case you missed it, or if you've already viewed 15 pages of online content at utsandiego.com, the paper announced today that it will be charging for digital subscriptions, similar to policies at the New York Times and Los …