Cleaning Up Qualcomm
On Monday, San Diego city councilmembers will consider allocating an additional $575,000 for consultants and lawyers hired by the City to address the gasoline and other contamination from under Qualcomm Stadium. The pollution seeped from the Mission Valley Terminal site …
County Defends Neighborhood Reinvestment Program
The county's Chief Administrative Officer issued a response to six Grand Jury reports that were released during the past year. Each response will be reviewed by county supervisors during a June 28 meeting. One of those reports dealt with the …
Residents of Bird Rock Really Don't Want The Real World
It is the true story of hundreds of residents living in the quiet beach community of Bird Rock, forced to live next to the new cast of MTV reality TV show The Real World. The neighbors fear that they will …
Your Name Here: Fundraising for the Central Library
Mel Katz, chairman of the San Diego Public Library Foundation, appeared at today's Rules Committee meeting to update councilmembers on fundraising efforts for downtown's new central library. The update: there's a whole lot more fundraising to go. The presentation was …
Border Delays
As if traffic at San Ysidro's border crossing wasn't bad enough, now the 50,000-plus commuters that cross the border each day will have to wait even longer as construction at the port speeds up. The purpose of the San Ysidro …
School Bus Was Not The Target
The bullet that struck a moving school bus in the Rincon Indian Reservation on Monday was a stray bullet, found San Diego County sheriff deputies. The MAAC Project Headstart school bus, carrying six children and two adults, was heading down …
Waving The White Flag in PB.
Photo on left: Jerry Hall on Channel 10 News Pacific Beach residents looking to curb alcohol abuse in Pacific Beach are waving the white flag in an attempt to bring the community together. "There are many residents, businesses and civic …
Minkow Owes $584 Million
Ex-con man and anti-fraud investigator Barry Minkow owes $584 million to Florida-based homebuilder Lennar Corporation. The judgement, reported by the Dow Jones Newswire, was handed down this week after Minkow plead guilty to extorting the homebuilder and manipulating its stock. …
The Stench from Mt. San Diego
According to some residents living in Coachella Valley, they can smell San Diego County from their homes and schools. And, the scent is so bad that it has been said to have sickened dozens of school children at Coachella Valley …
City Wants $250,000 More for Kessler Lawsuit
On June 21, city councilmembers will consider appropriating $250,000 to the Brown Law Group to represent the City in a lawsuit filed by former deputy director of the Economic Development Division, Scott Kessler. If approved, the total cost of legal …
Expats Look To Improve Image of Baja
Ken Bell sees the impact that the decline in tourism to Mexico has had on the economy. As media reports of drug cartel violence increase, Bell has seen more businesses close near his home in Rosarito Beach, and he has …
No Beach Parking Fees
Charging for parking at San Diego's beaches is not the top recommendation for finding additional revenues, Independent Budget Analyst Andrea Tevlin said during the June 15 Budget and Finance Committee meeting. Tevlin was referring to a June 8 report that …
Wave of Support for Belmont Park
Residents of Mission Beach flooded council chambers on June 14 in support of Tom Lochtefeld (pictured at left), who leases Belmont Park. "I'm here on behalf of businesses that are adjacent to Belmont Park," said local business owner Mary Saska. …
If You Want a County Job, Get E-Verified
County supervisor Dianne Jacob wants companies that have contracts with San Diego County to register with the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify system to ensure that none of their employees are in the country illegally. Jacob announced the initiative to …
Americans for Safe Access Comments on Imperial Beach Ban
Nothing is going to stop Marcus Boyd from attending the Imperial Beach city council meeting on Wednesday. He will be the guy in council chambers wearing a "Take a Look Marijuana is Medicine" shirt. Boyd sits as the vice-chairperson for …
Ban? What Ban?
The ordinance being proposed by Imperial Beach City Manager Gary Brown doesn't ban the use of medical marijuana, it just, well, prohibits any dispensaries from distributing it. "Large-scale dispensaries are inconsistent with the City's character," reads a 617-page report to …
Parking Meters May Be Coming to Bays, Beaches, and Parks
San Diego city councilmembers are searching for ways to chip away at the structural deficit. A few months back, Budget and Finance Committee chair Todd Gloria asked his colleagues to send the Independent Budget Analyst both short-term and long-term solutions …
Water Under the Bypass Bridge
One day after Irwin Jacobs announced that he was putting a hold on the Plaza de Panama project, the Save Our Heritage Organisation couldn't hold back the excitement over the decision. "[Save Our Heritage Organisation] is grateful that the bypass …
San Diego SlutWalk
At 2 p.m. on Saturday June 11, thousands of self-proclaimed sluts will gather outside of City Hall for SlutWalk San Diego, a rally and march against sexual violence. The first SlutWalk was held last April in Toronto, four months after …
Filner Is In
It's official, after weeks of speculation Congressman Bob Filner has entered the race to become San Diego's next mayor. Filner is the first high-profile Democratic candidate to announce his candidacy. He joins Republican candidates Bonnie Dumanis, Nathan Fletcher, and councilmember …