News & Politics
As the San Diego County Sheriff's Department real-time radio broadcast signal went radio silent for the public on January 11 — locals have been speaking up. "It did keep people informed of police and fire …
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week the beginning of what may be the end of leaded airplane fuel - the only kind sold at Montgomery Field in Kearny Mesa and Brown Field in Otay …
I found a couple more passport documents, one for a later trip that Glikeria made in 1919 to Sweden, of all places. And yes, there was yet another photo of her, this one less of …
As the failing bluffs at Del Mar play havoc with passenger and freight rail service, officials of taxpayer-subsidized Amtrak, otherwise known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, have been chronic no-shows at discussions to fix …
Lorena’s new gig Outflanked by ex-Assemblymember (and now California Secretary of State) Shirley Weber and her Assemblywoman daughter Akilah Weber, and fresh from a double mastectomy for breast cancer, Lorena Gonzalez abruptly vacated her state …
A parolee was wearing a GPS ankle monitor when he drove a car full of homies to shoot up a baptism celebration, according to a prosecutor. The shooting four years ago killed one man and …
In December, San Diego accumulated 2.58 inches of rain at the San Diego International Airport, almost an inch higher than our city’s 1.6″ December average. “Widespread heavy rainfall and mountain snow is forecast this week, …
The Del Mar City Council voted unanimously on Monday to support an initiative that would give the city more control over issues they've been grappling with - like where to put 113 low-income housing units. …
The 1950 census won’t be released until 2025, so it was impossible to follow the census trail forward any further. I figured the only more current record I would find on our couple was their …
For years, marijuana smuggling through the border flowed south to north, but since legalization in California things are changing. Some from Tijuana have found a market in the city that prefers to buy U.S.-grown marijuana. …
Merry, merry payoffs Chris Cate, San Diego’s only Republican city council member, got $5000 for his well-publicized annual Christmas Tree giveaway from city vendor CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. On November 3, CGI issued a …
A week or so after Christmas Eve parties and two days after New Year's Eve, piles of trash sitting in and around Republic Services dumpsters and trash bins throughout our county have yet to be …
A long-awaited environmental impact report for a sand mine along the Sweetwater River in El Cajon is up for public review. While developers say a local supply of sand will benefit the environment, opponents are …
Last week, I re-visited this street extension which has been under construction for more than three years. It was started in March of 2018. The 163 underpass extension would be connecting Hazard Center drive to …
Flash forward eight years to a couple of months ago. Harry L. and Keria Rogers jump into my mind as Lynne and I are poking through one of my old family lines on Ancestry. I …
Battle-weary posh He didn’t get combat pay, but House Republican Darrell Issa, widely regarded as the wealthiest member of Congress, took off for Beirut last month on a trip entirely paid for by the American …