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High Sierra search for Camp Pendleton Marine curtailed
The key comment to this story is "No one should be up there this time of year.” That area is so remote and rugged that at the best time of year (the summer or early fall) it is a real challenge. Not unlike many young Marine officers, or just young Marines of any grade, he was full of piss and vinegar and wanted the challenge. We can only pray that he somehow survived and will soon be back on duty. If he's lost to both family and the Corps, it is a true tragedy.— March 19, 2019 7:58 p.m.
Chula Vista police arrest three for buying minors booze
So, how much effort and man/woman hours did they expend to bust three offenders? I'd think just sending out enforcement personnel and warning--in no uncertain terms--that sales to underage buyers could be very costly might be just as effective. Or did that already happen and still some dopes were dumb enough to fall for it? Questions, questions.— March 19, 2019 7:48 p.m.
KFMB's Elisabeth Kimmel caught in Georgetown admission bribe
Elisabeth could have been a "legacy" applicant at either of the universities she attended. But, as private schools, their admission process can be whatever they want to make it. A big gift to the school often accompanies the acceptance of the kid. And some of those operations are sufficiently "transparent" to admit that money talks. Their rationale is that they always need more funds, and if a rich family is willing to buy their way in with donations it enables the university to offer admission to poor/minority applicants it would otherwise have turned away. Some undoubtedly do it that way, and others just say they do. The situation at USC was a bit different in that she didn't make a big donation, although she could/should have done it that way. The university, according to these filings, was unaware of what was going on, and their athletic department staff and coaches were accepting payoffs, rather huge ones at that, to bend the rules. So, to answer your question, she might have had some heavy influence used on her behalf at Harvard and Stanford and probably did.— March 19, 2019 4:38 p.m.
KFMB's Elisabeth Kimmel caught in Georgetown admission bribe
This woman is, unless the worth of the stations was way off when she disposed of them, a billionaire. In fact, it seems that years ago her or their wealth was estimated at over a billion. When you have that kind of loot just laying around, putting a few hundred thousand out to get your kid admitted to some "prestige" university is pocket change. I doubt that she ever imagined, in her worst nightmare, being arrested, handcuffed and hauled before a federal magistrate for a bail hearing. She kept an ultra-low profile in town: Even the U-T didn't seem to have a stock photo of her to run in their on-line report yesterday. I don't recall ever seeing a photo of her at a social event in town. There's a sleeper part of this story, and that's the corruption of both SAT and ACT testing. SAT has been so paranoid of its test results that it occasionally embarrasses itself. When those testing agencies respond, watch out! One reason for the federal interest is that much of the payoff money went to/through non-profits that claimed to be educational or charitable. Hence the person making the payoff could and probably did claim a tax deduction. In addition to the other criminal charges many of them face, there's a matter of tax evasion with fines, penalties and maybe jail time accruing. This is quite a story, and much more will be revealed in coming days, weeks and months.— March 13, 2019 8:52 a.m.
Kellen Winslow goes after 18-year-old after school, 77-year-old at Crunch Fitness
As Poppy Bush said, he's in deep, deep doo-doo. I know about the presumption of innocence, but this bail revocation says the judge sees too much solid testimony of him violating the conditions of his bail.— March 8, 2019 4:43 p.m.
Dockless bikes and scooters in San Diego get new rules in June
Alex, you may be right about the numbers of scooters and bikes declining soon. But I fear that some of them are here to stay. About three weeks ago I had some time to kill between my arriving flight and departure of a Coaster. So, I walked from the airport to the Santa Fe depot. That route takes you on the bay side of Harbor Drive, and I encountered many scooters. None were being driven in the street, not one. Every one was on the sidewalk. None were operated by a helmet wearer, and all of them were going too fast for the sidewalk, even if it was legal for them to be there, which it is not. Something's gotta be done; it isn't safe to walk the Embarcadero, and other parts of town.— March 7, 2019 4:14 p.m.
San Diego School District unites Democrats and Republicans
It's a pretty safe assumption that the board doesn't pay any attention the public comments, so whether they allow it at the start of the meeting or push it to the end really matter. The district is far too big to be run properly, and has been stumbling along for decades. The best idea would be to break it up into three or four districts that would be manageable in size and closer to the citizens in the area.— March 6, 2019 4:54 p.m.
North San Diego County – newspaper desert
One of the daily papers mentioned is the Vista Press. For most of its existence it was bi-weekly. But around 1980 its chain-newspaper owner decided to make it daily, and they changed the name to Daily Press. That didn't last long at all, and it went back to calling itself the Vista Press and publishing twice a week. It isn't just No County that is a news desert. The Light News does a dismal job of covering news in general. Many community papers and regional papers are just memories today in East County and South County and in beach areas.— March 6, 2019 4:43 p.m.
Irwin Jacobs' loyalist Todd Gloria gets his reward
If anyone needed to know why not to vote for Todd, Matt zeroed in on it. Irwin Jacobs has tried to buy mayors, and probably did get Sanders on board. Now he's taking care of Kev-boy, but Faulconer is so inept that he can't deliver for Jacobs.— March 6, 2019 4:33 p.m.
Clairemont still waits for Trader Joe's
Good points all. Actually, I don't think there's any reason that a retail store cannot legally check a customer at the door when he/she is exiting. That would not allow a search of the person, but a good eyeballing can be a fine deterrent for shoplifters. The reason few do that is the negative vibe it sends to its customers. I'd guess that the stores that don't react at all when someone rips them off are well known to shoplifters, and are thus heavily victimized. Word gets around, oh boy!— March 3, 2019 9:11 a.m.