Super Tuesday in San Diego: GOP party at the Westgate Hotel
County GOPers to party hearty at the Westgate Hotel downtown
The new gilded age lives on at the Westgate Hotel. Check in here for the county GOP's SUPER TUESDAY BASH But don't forget to RSVP at the link below. (And there are special room rates for that long night ahead.) …
Super Tuesday in San Diego: Democrats party at the Eagles Lodge
Eagles Lodge the locale for county Democratic party's party
Eagles Lodge the locale for county Democratic party's party. County Democrats are partying tonight at the Eagles Lodge, 3848 Centre St., San Diego. Live news coverage, election results from the Secretary of State's website, appetizers, a cash bar, and representatives …
Super Tuesday in San Diego: Obama wants poll watchers
Barack Obama campaign is looking for poll watchers.
The Barack Obama campaign is looking for poll watchers. "Just come by (1502 6th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101) Tuesday if you want to volunteer to do Poll Watching on election day." Afterwards, go to the party at 8:00pm – …
Super Tuesday San Diego Action: Clinton v. McCain
Okay, all you political junkies. Super Tuesday has arrived already. We'll be posting last minute events here all day.
Super Tuesday is here, and we're posting as many last minute campaign related events as come our way. Here are the first two. Click the time for link to more details: John McCain's California GOTV Rally at Jimsair executive jet …
San Diego's Low Literacy Rankings
Jack Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University, has produced a ranking of America's most literate cities by category, and San Diego doesn't do very well.
Jack Miller, president of Central Connecticut State University, has produced a ranking of America's most literate cities by category. As far as newspaper circulation goes, we're at 52 out of 69, no doubt due to the virtual collapse of the …
Should Balboa Park be Privatized?
Take a look at the controversial new report about Balboa Park and possible privatization of services there
San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders says he's a big fan of privatization of vital city services, but so far hasn't done that much about it. Now comes a report that suggests expanding the concept to Balboa Park and perhaps raising …
San Diego State's KPBS Lags, New York's WNET Leads
Unlike San Diego State's KPBS, New York's public TV station is in growth mode
Almost everybody has heard the sad story of San Diego State University's KPBS. Its individual donor base has stalled and the state of California doesn't have any extra money to further subsidize public TV in San Diego. The operation has …
New online collection of Iraq documents
Database documenting how the U.S. got into Iraq
Here's a great new resource for document hounds: an online database of U.S. government papers illustrating how the administration took the country into the Iraq war. Washington's Center for Public Integrity has put up about 380,000 words, including those of …
Great new online politics website
Here's a great new website for online politics and document digging: politicalbase.com
PoliticalBase.com is a great website for keeping up on breaking political stories and campaign contribution data. Put up by an ex-CNet guy, the site also has plenty of blogs and youtube links. It'll also generate code to paste into your …
David Copley's yacht is on the move again
David's Yacht is on the move.
Union Tribune publisher David Copley, who sold off all of his late mother's other papers, ostensibly to pay her estate taxes, is the proud owner of the yacht Happy Days. It's been spotted around the med this summer. Here is …
Flannery goes after Chris Reed
Flannery v. Reed
Pat Flannery really goes after Union-Tribune blogger Chris Reed in this recent post. Reed has kind of an interesting act. Very U-T centric kind of guy. Flannery's take is very funny. (You have to scroll down the blog to find …
L.A. Law, Cal Western style
Cal Western law students blog their studies
Want to know what's up with law students? Cal Western has three of their students blogging their experiences. Not exactly L.A. Law, but kind of interesting if you're curious about the minds of our future lawyers. Catch it here.
Union-Tribune: Kinder, Gentler
Just how conservative are the Union-Tribune editorial pages? Surprisingly little, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Media Matters, a self-appointed liberal watchdog group funded in part by billionaire commodities king George Soros.
Just how conservative are the Union-Tribune editorial pages? Surprisingly little, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Media Matters, a self-appointed liberal watchdog funded in part by billionaire commodities king George Soros. The group is out with a new web-based survey of …
Red Bull race plane collides with Pylon
Red Bull race collision in Monument Valley, Utah.
The Red Bull air race is coming to San Diego Bay on September 21 and 22. Here's a hit on a race course pylon in Monument Valley Utah in an earlier Red Bull event. (Sponsors of the race say its …
June '08 Primary Money, Round-One
City council wanna-be campaign reports are in, and some are doozies
Campaign filings for San Diego city council candidates were due yesterday and most of them were posted on on the city clerk's campaign filing web page by evening. The site isn't perfect, but it's a big improvement over the old …