Stock of San Diego's giant Qualcomm plummeted 10.28 percent today (January 29) on a day when the overall market was strong. The company said that its Snapdragon 810 processor will not be in the upcoming …
January 29, 2015
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Qualcomm stock plunges 10.28 percent
Aw, baby, you're too skinny
When Jody Westberg opens the Dutch door of a cage made of plastic-coated chain-link fence, the reaction is immediate. Fat, shiny little sea lions rush the half-door barking at her. You have fish, they seem …
January 29, 2015
Taste the East at Lobster West
It was only a handful of months after he’d finished his lobster crawl across the island of Martha’s Vineyard (ingesting 9 lobster rolls in 11 days) that David discovered Lobster West in Encinitas. We were …
January 29, 2015
Bill and Hillary's California Peacock
As the 2016 race for the presidency nears, a recent move by University of California president Janet Napolitano has the potential to inject high-stakes Clintonian politics into the already controversial university system. At its meeting …
January 29, 2015
When the wires show
For all of his 51 years, Scotty Templeton has been allergic to reality. He can’t take anything seriously. Since he could never become an actual performer (because he’d have to take it seriously), he makes …
January 29, 2015
Don't mess with Texas' labor pool
On January 26, newly elected trustees of the Sweetwater Union High School District played to a packed house and a packed agenda, but the biggest upset did not come until after 10:00 p.m., when interim …
January 29, 2015
Indiana Jones in Coachella Valley
Horses in the desert? What?? The Coachella Valley already offers a ton of activities – from hiking to the infamous Coachella music fest to epic pool parties to camping locales like Joshua Tree. Growing up …
January 29, 2015
Painkiller overload
Former San Diego Charger Pro Bowl player and current ESPN personality Marcellus Wiley plus a handful of other former NFL players are appealing a federal court judge's decision to toss out their class-action lawsuit claiming …
January 29, 2015
Faulconer's State of the City: "Look at this adorable pug!"
Last week, San Diego Chief Operating Mayor Kevin Faulconer gave his annual State of the City speech before the city's Board of Governors Council, along with its largest shareholder-developers. (In a now-traditional display of corporate …
January 29, 2015
Swordsman in flames
A Borrego Springs man was hospitalized with severe burns Wednesday night, January 28, following an altercation with a neighbor that ended with the subject setting his mobile home ablaze. According to a report from sergeant …
January 29, 2015
Beer Touring: Legacy Brewing Tap & Kitchen
I wondered how a smaller Oceanside brewery would fare opening up a bar and restaurant in the relatively faraway Miramar community. Whereas larger, better-known North County brewing interests — Stone Brewing Co., Pizza Port, Rip …
January 29, 2015
Former public utilities president's home searched
The San Francisco Chronicle reported last evening (January 28) that agents of the state attorney general's office on Tuesday seized computers and other items from the Los Angeles County home of former California Public Utilities …
January 29, 2015
Rolling in the deep
January 28 dock totals H&M Landing 26 Anglers, 3 Boats, 2 Spider Crab, 2 California Spiny Lobster, 5 Red Rock Crab, 10 Vermilion Rockfish, 10 Bocaccio, 129 Rockfish, 1 Sculpin, 1 Sheephead, 55 California Spiny …
January 29, 2015