Yes We Can Send You Back Where You Came From
Following Protest Over Naming, U.S. Navy Agrees to Employ Cargo Ship Cesar Chavez in Mass Deportation of Illegal Immigrants Representative Hunter: "It's like a free cruise." One-way to Cabo, trips available year-round except during strawberry season. HIDING IN A LIFEBOAT, …
President Obama Responds to SD on the QT Birth Certificate Story
Well, sort of. Says the HuffPo, "The Obama administration has created and staffed a new position tucked inside their communications shop for helping coordinate rapid response to unfavorable stories and fostering and improving relations with the progressive online community." Rapid …
Who Plays Who: Arellano Felix Trial Edition
In The Godfather, Marlon Brando played a crime lord who would not sully his hands with narcotics. Tijuana cartel kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix allegedly had no such scruples. In Spider-Man, Willem Dafoe played the Green Goblin, a villain who attempts …
Organ Donors Sought
City Council's Culture and Natural Resources Committee Debates Measures for Funding Salary of Civic Organist Dr. Carol Williams Councilman DeMaio: "Are you suggesting that no measure is too extreme in the struggle to keep the Spreckles organ pumping?" Councilwoman Zapf: …
Squeeze 'Em Out and Drop 'Em Off: La Mesa Elementary School Begins Offering "Full-Time" Kindergarten
"It's such a relief," says area mom. "Having a child was perhaps the most meaningful and fulfilling experience of my life. But raising a child? Pure drudgery. Screw that. I feel so much better just chilling with my friends, knowing …
Safety First!
San Diego City Department of Parks and Recreation begins installing "teeter-totter" alert signage near city parks that feature teeter-totters, merry-go-rounds, metal slides over eight feet in height, or other pre-OSHA implements of fun that may "involve increased risk of injury …
Who Plays Who: Bonus Bad Cop, Bad Cop Edition
In The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Casey Affleck played Robert Ford, a man who became famous for committing a despicable act. Officer Daniel Dana is accused of forcing a prostitute to service him orally. Branscombe …
Who Will Police the Police Police?
OTHERWISE UNREMARKABLE OFFICE BUILDING IN LITTLE ITALY - Voice of San Diego was right when it reported that Police Chief William Lansdowne quietly disbanded the San Diego Police Department's special anticorruption unit soon after his arrival in 2003. But what …
Picture Story: San Diego's Donovan State Prison Begins Court-Mandated Reduction of Its Inmate Population
"We are transferring them to the jurisdiction of Almighty God." Related.
Judgment Day Arrives
Yes, it might prove to be the Reader's "Dewey Defeats Truman" moment. But if the predictions are right, it's a killer scoop, and there wouldn't be much chance to post it tomorrow anyway, what with all the rapturing and judging …
New "School-Work" Program Gives Kids Real-World Job Experience
[Teachers to students: "Help us help you!"] BASEMENT FACTORY BENEATH LOGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED - Having already approved $114 million in cuts to his school district's budget, and faced with the prospect of cutting another …
Miracle of Science
[Six-day-old human embryo] $37 Million Grant from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to UCSD Researchers Results in Breakthrough Discovery: Injected Embryonic Stem Cells Aid in Embryo's Ability to Replace Previously Harvested Stem Cells. "This validates all our efforts."
New “School-Work” Program Gives Kids Much-Needed Real-World Job Experience, Helps to Close Gap in Education Budget
BASEMENT FACTORY BENEATH LOGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW EXISTED — Having already approved $114 million in cuts to his school district’s budget and faced with the prospect of cutting another $50 million, San Diego Unified superintendent Bill …
Who Plays Who: Southeastern Economic Development Corp Edition
Ray Winstone was once set to star in Last of the Ninth, a show about a cop attempting to investigate internal corruption. In an effort to prevent further scandal, SEDC interim head Brian Trotier has had to begin investigating the …
Redemption
May 2007: SDSU Alpha Phi sister Shirley “Jenny” Poliakoff dies following attendance at a sorority formal; post-mortem exams reveal the presence of cocaine and alcohol in her system. May 2008: Following the Poliakoff tragedy, SDSU and the United States Drug …