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Field of candidates for Mayor now at 16
As of August 30, 16 people, all males, have filed papers with the City Clerk's Office.
Update: A version of this story will be updated as more and more candidates enter the race: And they're off: As the number of Mayor Bob Filner's alleged victims grows, so to does the list of candidates vying to take …
SEC charges San Diego investment advisor with wrongly steering funds
Ian O. Mausner allegedly awarded profitable trades to funds in which he had his money
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today (Aug. 30) charged a San Diego-based investment advisory firm, J.S. Oliver Corp., and its president Ian O. Mausner, with a "cherry-picking" scheme in which Mausner got the cherries and his clients had their …
Heal the Bay releases End of Summer Beach Report Card
Local beaches fare much better in water quality during the summer months
Santa Monica-based environmental group Heal the Bay yesterday (August 29) released its 2013 End of Summer Beach Report Card, which compiles data from over 640 sites along the west coast and assigns letter grades of A through F. “California beaches …
Big Fletcher campaign cash arrives from out-of-city fat cats
Wealthy non-San Diegans, some with colorful pasts, open their checkbooks for former Republican as official GOP field has yet to gel
As an expected crash campaign by San Diego's richest man, Qualcomm Democrat Irwin Jacobs, ramps up behind the scenes for Nathan Fletcher's mayoral bid, money from some of San Diego's wealthiest neighbors is already starting to arrive in the former …
Women march for suffrage rights
Several dozen San Diegans gathered in Balboa Park Thursday afternoon (August 29) to celebrate Women’s Equality Day marking ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote in August 1920. Many participants in the seventh annual Suffrage Rally …
Shames effectively loses in libel suit against UCAN
Ruling tentative, but Shames's lawyer has already been knocked out
In a tentative ruling today (Aug. 29), Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Prager ruled for Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) in the libel lawsuit filed against it by Michael Shames, UCAN's former executive director. The court said that Shames failed …
Todd Gloria wields the ax, firing most of Filner staff
Move done in two steps
Acting mayor Todd Gloria today (Aug. 29) fired most of the staff of Mayor Bob Filner, who leaves office tomorrow (Aug. 30). Initially, the Human Resources department delivered the equivalent of pink slips to half the staff, including Chief of …
Enter number 14: More unknown candidates enter the race to replace Bob Filner
So far, as of August 29, fourteen potential candidates have filed papers with the City
Update: A version of this story will be updated as more and more candidates enter the race: And they're off: As the number of Mayor Bob Filner's alleged victims grows, so to does the list of candidates vying to take …
Hotel executive charged with embezzlement
Among many things, he turned in duplicate expense accounts
Kevin Kelso, former director of finance at the Westin San Diego hotel, was arraigned yesterday (Aug. 28) on charges of embezzling more than $500,000 from the Westin in the years 2010-2012. Among many techniques, Kelso allegedly submitted duplicate expense accounts …
Food service workers rally for $15 minimum wage
Up to 100 protesters gathered downtown this morning in support of “Fight for 15,” a nationwide one-day strike by fast food workers in 35 cities calling for a $15 minimum wage and the right to join unions without employer retaliation. …
Irwin Jacobs Balboa Park tram operation proceeding full speed ahead
Fletcher versus Coons in San Diego mayoral showdown assures fireworks over Jacobs Plaza de Panama power play will be a virtual certainty.
Until yesterday, the smart money in San Diego politics was eyeballing a somewhat formulaic race between Republican Carl DeMaio and former Republican Nathan Fletcher to replace fallen Democrat Bob Filner as mayor of San Diego. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/29/52299/ Though vastly different in …
Man sues the City over gopher infestation at Robb Field in Ocean Beach
Man stepped into gopher hole while playing football, suffered permanent damage to leg.
"Au revoir, gopher." A man is suing the City of San Diego after permanently damaging his right leg by stepping in a gopher hole at Robb Field in Ocean Beach while playing a game of football. Andre Walker's complaint, filed …
Thieves “intended to pay it all back”
California dentist and wife admitted stealing from patients
Dr. Edward J. Bodek was interviewed at the time of his arrest, according to a probation report. “He admitted that he and his wife conducted the fraudulent/unauthorized credit card transactions on patient credit cards, but they intended to pay it …
Number of mayoral candidates now stands at nine...make that 13
So far, as of August 28, thirteen potential candidates have filed papers with the City
Update: A version of this story will be updated as more and more candidates enter the race: And they're off: As the number of Mayor Bob Filner's alleged victims grows, so to does the list of candidates vying to take …
Ministry director blames Peters, staff, for not expediting his IRS tax exemption request
Local Congressman Scott Peters has come under fire from Children’s Ministries International, Inc., a group dedicated to “glorify God by training leaders and partnering with His global church to evangelize and disciple boys and girls around the world.” [emphasis in …
Hueso, Emerald reconfirm statements on DeMaio behavior
DeMaio claims charges are lies. Hueso says he answered Dalton queries truthfully
Carl DeMaio has taken the offensive, claiming on Channel 7 and to the Union-Tribune that the charge that he was caught masturbating in a City Hall restroom is "a lie" that could damage him and the City of San Diego. …
Gael Garcia Bernal to star in immigration film shot in Baja California
Movie to depict immigrants and American citizen taking border patrolling into own hands
Gael Garcia Bernal, a widely popular Mexican actor and film director, is set to star in a film that will be shot in Baja California, beginning in October. The film, Desierto, is a Spanish language film which will depict Mexican …
Redden silent about financial relationship with polygraph maker
Matt Potter tries to get Redden to talk, as did McClatchy earlier
The Reader's Matt Potter today (Aug. 28) tried unsuccessfully to get San Diego polygrapher Paul Redden to talk about his financial relationship with Lafayette Instrument Co., a maker of lie detector devices. Redden purportedly gave local politician Carl DeMaio a …
Number of candidates running to replace Mayor Bob Filner now at nine...rather 12
So far, as of August 28, twelve people have filed papers with the City Clerk's Office
Update: A version of this story was posted yesterday. The story will be updated as more and more candidates enter the race: And they're off: As the number of women accusing Mayor Bob Filner grows, so to does the number …
DeMaio polygrapher declines to talk about questioned sole source SDPD deal
Washington-based McClatchy News Service investigated alleged favoritism in police lie detector contract awards to Indiana company as San Diego cops stayed mum
A long-time provider of lie detector services to the San Diego Police Department has declined to discuss a report by Washington. D.C.'s McClatchy News Service about his work for Lafayette Instrument Co. Inc., an Indiana company that, accusers assert, has …