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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 …
Newly Released Journal Entries Suggest Radical Muslim Cleric Learned to Loathe America While at La Mesa Mosque
Where Is the Hate? LA MESA’S CHARMING TREE-LINED DOWNTOWN: Anwar Al-Awlaki is considered by some to be the most dangerous threat to the United States alive today. But in the late ’90s, he was the intellectual, soft-spoken leader of La …
Senior Students Skip in Plucky Protest Protest
Students ditch class after district cancels class trip to Grand Canyon MAY 13, SAN DIEGO (AP) — With shouts of “Arizona sucks! Why punish us!?” high-school seniors all over San Diego staged a massive lunchtime rally today before walking out …
Keeping San Diego Greens
Golf Tourney Planned for Water Conservation Campaign DOWNTOWN JOHNNY BROWN’S, TEN MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING (AP) — San Diego Water Department director Jim Barrett today unveiled details regarding San Diego’s possibly annual “Water Hazard Classic” Celebrity Golf Tournament, the latest of …