Who's Saying What Behind the Scenes at San Diego's Redistricting Commission
The stakes are high over at the San Diego Redistricting commission, which is busy drawing up brand new lines for the city's eight traditional city council districts, plus a new one authorized by voters when they approved the city's so-called …
Navy F-18 Pilot Claims He Zapped His Mind on Video Game
Online CourthouseNews.com is reporting that a Navy pilot has filed suit alleging that the Sony Playstation 3 video game "Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls IV" cost him his flight status when the game's strobe-like effects gave him "a grand mal seizure …
Lawsuit: Navy F-18 Pilot Zapped His Mind on Video Game
Online CourthouseNews.com is reporting that a Navy pilot has filed suit alleging that the Sony Playstation 3 video game "Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls IV" cost him his flight status when the game's strobe-like effects gave him "a grand mal seizure …
Accused San Diego Cops Taking Their Licks on RateMyCop.com
Some users over at RateMyCop.com, a national website that bills itself "a powerful tool" for "monitoring police performance," have been checking in with their unvarnished opinions of the at least nine San Diego cops reportedly being investigated for a variety …
For GOP State Senator, Redevelopment Subsidies Begin at Home
The L.A. Times reported today that a key foe of Gov. Jerry Brown's move to abolish the state's redevelopment agencies is married to a consultant for developer Ed Roski Jr., the City of Industry multi-millionaire. Roski is counting on fat …
UCSD's Higher Surf to Beget Higher Tuition?
A house in the backwoods of Merced is a lot cheaper than one overlooking the surf in La Jolla, so why should tuition at their respective University of California campuses be the same? So argues UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. …
Tequila for the masses at UCSD tomorrow
Over the years the prestigious Institute of the Americas on the campus of UCSD has hosted its share of VIPs, including eleven Latin American presidents. But tomorrow the politically well-connected think thank--which until recently was run by ex-Clinton administration diplomat …
Bad Review for New Union-Tribune Publisher
This blog post by Ron Kaye, an ex-editor of the L.A. Daily News, has been making the rounds, but we wanted to pass it along for those who haven't yet read it. Bottom line, according to Kaye, new U-T publisher …
Apropos This Week's Cover, An Interesting Piece in the NYT re Waning Influence of Christians in the Middle East
This morning's New York Times has an interesting story about the waning influence of Christians in the Middle East, noting that many have immigrated, similar to the experience Tom Joubran describes in this week's cover story. "Christians used to be …
Platinum Equity Names New Union-Tribune Publisher with Reputation for Cuts
Beverly Hills-based Platinum Equity, which took over the Union Tribune last week, has announced that Ed Moss of L.A. will become publisher effective May 18. He's most recently been president and CEO of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, owned by …
Black Press's Red Ink Mounts
Yesterday brought yet another major debt downgrade of Black Press, Ltd., the Canadian-based outfit run by David Holmes Black, who is also a “senior advisor” and partner with Beverly Hills-based Platinum Equity in that firm's takeover of the Union-Tribune. The …
State's Professional Sports Teams Ante Up for May 19 Ballot Measures
Look who’s backing the May 19 ballot measures, specifically the Yes on 1A campaign being waged by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: The San Francisco Giants and Oakland A’s, along with the Golden State Warriors, San Jose Sharks, L.A. Lakers and Los …
City Auditor Blasts Qualcomm Stadium Management Over Missing Files, Gross Mismanagement, Unverified Revenue
San Diego’s City Auditor is out with an audit report on Qualcomm Stadium concluding that if the Chargers leave town, as is widely expected, taxpayers will have to shoulder $21.4 million in remaining debt. The report also concludes that the …
End of Yet Another Era: Burl Stiff to depart the Union-Tribune June 4
On the heels of yesterdays’ announced layoff of 192 employees at the Union-Tribune, society writer Burl Stiff, who has covered the doings of San Diego’s upper crust for the paper since 1976, says he is departing the U-T on June …
Tracking the Takeover: Union-Tribune layoffs on schedule
TV and other websites are full of the news. Less than a week after the U-T takeover by Platinum Equity was first reported here, the Union Tribune is laying off workers. Back in March, Don Bauder reported that the move …
Tracking the Union-Tribune Deal: Five parcels sold for a total of $51.2 million
Just how much in a hurry was David Copley to unload the Union-Tribune? The close of the sale to a Delaware affiliate of Beverly Hills Platinum Equity was announced Monday. Deeds showing the transfer of five real estate parcels were …
Olympic Snowboarder Allegedly Hits Some San Diego Snow
The Vancouver Sun brings word of yet another San Diego cocaine connection. This one involves Ryan Wedding, a 27-year-old Olympic snowboarder who placed 24th at the Salt Lake City Games of 2002 and hoped to compete in 2010 in Vancouver. …
Early Word on U-T Transition: Hope Winner Stays
Platinum Equity's Mark Barnhill has told Editor & Publisher that the company hopes Union-Tribune editor Karin Winner stays on board now that the buyout firm is in control. Platinum has yet to announce a publisher, and the role of Canadian …
Countdown to the Union-Tribune takeover by Platinum Equity
We're still waiting for the official announcement, but a spokesman for Beverly Hills-based Platinum Equity, which put together the buyout of the Union-Tribune from the Copley Press, says that the close of the deal is "imminent, maybe as early as …
Copley Bell Rings No More: Union-Tribune Sale Closes Monday?
The end of the Copley-era at the Union-Tribune apparently arrived yesterday when workers at the Mission Valley plant were photographed preparing to pry the huge bronze Copley Press "Ring of Truth" logo from the building. Next to go, reportedly today, …