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Babylon by airbus
They hope to make up for it in volume :)— June 20, 2015 8:01 p.m.
San Diego's convention center sails in choppy financial waters
"Comic-Con would probably prefer Hollywood propinquity. That would mean L.A. or Orange County." I think the "industry" crowd loves that Comic Con gives them an excuse to go hang out for a weekend on the San Diego waterfront. Have you been to a large trade show in Anaheim? Outside the confines of the convention center, that area is hot and ugly. The Hollywood actors, producers, writers and professionals who come to Comic Con (from all over the world) for fun and work are not pushing for a weekend in central Orange County, not when they can drive another hour south and be on the water in San Diego.— June 11, 2015 9:58 a.m.
Catching up with John
"IF you have facts about anything the Mayor has done that you think are newsworthy you should write an article yourself...just beware of that pesky old rule against defamation." Have you read that pesky old rule? Once the Mayor got elected to office, that pesky old rule changed and she would look like quite the thin-skinned ogre if she started tossing out threats of lawsuits against her critics.— February 1, 2015 6:31 p.m.
Aw, baby, you're too skinny
Gee, aren't we all supposed to be clamoring to shut down Sea World because they don't care about animals? Who would provide this level of care if not Sea World? Would the public even care as much as it does about marine mammals were it not for the shows and exhibits over the decades at Sea World, Marineland, etc.? I don't see the producers of Blackfish or the zealots of Greenpeace rescuing, only criticizing.— January 29, 2015 9:50 p.m.
How Qualcomm got a UCSD institute named after itself
"Just what sort of person would be a regular appointee?" A guy who did one semester of Automotive Technology at Southwestern College.— January 29, 2015 9:39 p.m.
Former public utilities president's home searched
If they're going to look into PUC affairs it would be interesting to know if they will investigate the apparent quid-pro-quo between UCAN and the PUC and SDG&E in which, on the surface, it appears that this so-called consumer group signed on off on some pretty bad deals for ratepayers in exchange for hefty intervenor fees. There's been so much dirty business at the PUC in recent years that nothing would surprise me. Maybe, just maybe someone will now shine a light into the dark corners. The PUC has been able to operate under the radar in many instances because the press generally didn't follow the PUC. The Los Angeles Times never seemed to pay much attention because LA had its own electric power company, not regulated by the PUC: the allegedly-regulated Edison handles all the surrounding suburbs, but not Los Angeles itself. Don's been chasing them since, I imagine, back before we worked to stop Edison from taking over SDG&E. Peevey was Edison's lead pit bull on that one and on the couple of occasions I met him in person he gave me the same uneasy feeling I got from some minor Mafiosos I'd encountered when I covered the downtown courts and DA's office fulltime in the 1970's - "Mike the Fixer" should have been his nickname.— January 29, 2015 4:57 p.m.
Super Bowl lies
Here's the story with the details on Glendale's woes: [click for AP story][1] [1]: http://news.yahoo.com/super-bowl-host-city-still-…— January 26, 2015 1:32 p.m.
Imagine Mission Beach underwater
Since the San Diego Foundation seems to devote most of its staff to fundraising, I suggest they start a campaign to buy Mission Beach property owners what they need most: stilts.— January 20, 2015 10:23 a.m.
Public relations — er, utilities commission chief speaks
Aguirre is doing his usual posturing, but Picker issued what may be an unprecedented confession of wrongdoing at the PUC. As for "sterner measures," well the revelation of "federal and state investigations, in which we are fully cooperating" indicates that outsiders with clout may have something to say about how Mr. Peevey did business. California Attorney General Kamala Harris wants to be a US Senator and if she approaches this Peevey affair with due diligence there's a nothing like a good political corruption case to help the public learn your name.— January 15, 2015 6:36 p.m.
Mayor Faulconer's folly
One thing to consider about a stadium is what a small percentage of local residents actually use it: I've seen numbers showing Charger season ticket holders at 40-60 thousand over the past decade or so: that would be, what, in the neighborhood of 1.5 percent of the county's population? We could assume that those, say, 50,000 seats are generally filled by the same people each game (acknowledging that some season tickets holders do let others use their seats). The remainder of the seats we could assume are filled by a rotating group of fans, but with the $466.20 average cost for a family of four to attend a Chargers games we can also assume that the non-season seats are generally being filled by folk from the upper economic strata or lower-income folk are willing to skip a car payment to see the NFL live (or dad goes by himseld and leaves the family at home). The bottom line is that a football stadium caters to a very small elite (not including the owners and players).— January 15, 2015 10:38 a.m.