The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday suspended San Diego attorney Robert C. Weaver, Jr. for his role in a scheme to sell phony shell companies. Weaver wrote "opinion of legality" letters and filled out …
November 14, 2014
News & Stories
No jail time, but a $114,000 fine
Congressman Peters and the dark arts
Before it began, San Diego power players predicted that victory in the battle between Democratic House freshman Scott Peters and GOP ex-city councilman Carl DeMaio would ultimately come down to big money and the dark …
November 14, 2014
Johnny Marr's Playland
Since the demise of the Smiths, Johnny Marr has worked on collaborations with feverish intensity, so it was no surprise that it took so long for his debut solo record to happen, but it is …
November 14, 2014
Quite the grand larceny, if proven true
Last evening (November 13), attorneys Mike Aguirre and Maria Severson filed a suit in federal court saying that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Southern California Edison took 17.4 million ratepayers' property (money) by …
November 14, 2014
JW-Jones has got your blues right here!
If you haven’t heard about Canadian bluesman JW-Jones, you’ve got to get out more. The Ottawa guitarist picked San Diego as the last stop on a ten-day West Coast romp and he made it perfectly …
November 14, 2014
I'm with Bill Clinton
San Diegan Daniel Christian Stanley Powell this week was convicted in Orange County federal court of fleecing investors of $5.2 million with his "reverse life insurance" scam. The federal judge who heard the case sent …
November 14, 2014
Horror House
Statement from San Diego State President Elliot "Moneyman" Hirsh: "We understand that some members of the University community — particularly those associated with the Kappa Delta sorority — are unhappy with our decision to go …
November 14, 2014
Manchester golf-course deal collapses
According to the publication Golf Digest, the plan by U-T publisher Douglas Manchester and pro golfer Phil Mickelson to buy Fairbanks Ranch Country Club has collapsed. The facility, which includes tennis courts and a clubhouse, …
November 14, 2014
Rediscovering the endangered five-dollar sandwich
I've driven by Grab & Go Subs I don't know how many times over the years, driving down Hawthorne into Little Italy, or on my way to the airport. I never once stopped prior to …
November 14, 2014
2014 San Diego Beer Week: Day 10
Barrel-Aged Victory at Sea Day: If ever there was a high-alcohol beer that’s palatable all day long, it’s Victory at Sea, a coffee-vanilla imperial porter from Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits. So, no matter when …
November 14, 2014
Yesterday's catch
November 13 dock totals H&M Landing 36 Anglers,3 Boats, 2 Red Rock Crab, 9 California Spiny Lobster, 4 Yellowtail, 3 Sand Bass, 21 Rockfish, 2 Bonito, 2 Barracuda, 5 Sheephead, 11 Vermilion Rockfish, 2 Lingcod, …
November 14, 2014