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Head of U-T's streaming TV network leaves job
J.R. Mahon will supposedly be a consultant
According to NetNewsCheck.com, J.R. Mahon, who has led U-T San Diego's $3.5 million, 24-hour live streaming video network since its inception in May 2012, is out. U-T Chief Executive John Lynch told NetNewsCheck that Mahon would have a consulting job …
California man accused of cooking wife is due in court Tuesday
Sixty-nine-year-old man denies killing 73-year-old wife
Frederick Joseph Hengl, 69, is expected to be brought into court in a wheelchair on Tuesday, August 20, in San Diego’s North County Courthouse. Hengl was arrested nine months ago and charged with murder and abuse of elder and criminal …
Sentencing delayed for California dentist and wife who stole from patients
Dr. Edward and Mary Rose Bodek used others' credit cards
Former dentist Edward J. Bodek, 60, and his wife Mary Rose Bodek, 56, have twice delayed their sentencing, since they admitting stealing from patients. Each defendant was charged with 45 felonies that alleged ID theft and fraudulent use of others’ …
Weekly protests at General Atomics pass the one-year mark
August 15 marked a milestone for a group of local protesters, as San Diego Veterans for Peace celebrated one year of Thursday afternoon demonstrations near the Poway facilities of General Atomics, manufacturers of the well-known Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial …
County unemployment rate rises to 7.8% in July
Jobs decline -- education down seasonally
The San Diego County unemployment rate was 7.8% in July, up from 7.4% in June and above the unadjusted national rate of 7.7%. The county lost 10,900 jobs in the period. Local government jobs dropped by 11,500, including educational jobs …
San Diegans could be last to know who's paying for Filner recall
No limits on amount of recall donations and lack of reporting make for big money mystery and uniquely San Diego-style media and political intrigue
Who is funding the big money recall effort to oust embattled San Diego mayor Bob Filner? So far, no one is saying, and - unless someone steps forward to sue the city to force greater disclosure - that seems to …
Balloon-mounted shark tracking camera launches in La Jolla
Windy, overcast weather presents challenge to researchers
After a handful of tests over the first half of the summer, Dr. Andy Nosal from the Birch Aquarium and assistants were able to launch their shark-tracking weather balloon to study the movement patterns of leopard sharks off the coast …
Vista teen ordered to pay $105,703 for her admitted acts of vandalism
City of Vista due to be repaid costs in 176 years
A teenaged graffiti vandal has promised to pay $105,703 to the City of Vista, at the rate of $50 per month, as restitution for “knowingly and with malice” destroying property. Ramona Elena Montes, 18, admitted five separate acts that caused …
Trial delayed for woman accused of putting pillow over man’s face
Ninety-two-year-old said he survived assault by 60-year-old woman
Ninety-two-year-old Benjamin Farber said that a former friend shoved a pillow over his face a year ago, but he survived to testify against her at a hearing in January of this year. Farber said 60-year-old Donna Lee Darling was visiting …
Palace coup? Filner could be locked out
Would be charged with creating "hostile workplace"
Monday -- or perhaps a later date -- could be critical for Mayor Bob Filner, according to excellent inside sources. It appears that an intergovernmental palace coup is underway. Today (Aug. 15), a great-grandmother, in an extremely bizarre appearance with …
Banners placed across Tijuana denounce abuse by state police
Messages ask governor to stop human rights violations
At least twelve handmade banners were placed across Tijuana and Rosarito with messages denouncing abuses by the state police, on Thursday, August 15. The banners displayed numerous messages, asking the governor to intervene in human rights abuses which are allegedly …
Hooters workers’ case rages in San Diego court; media mum
Big downtown developer law and lobbying firm long linked to U-T San Diego owner Doug Manchester does epic legal battle with allegedly underpaid and ill-treated young waitresses
Hooters, the big national franchisee of bars and eateries whose business model is based on a young female wait staff dressed in distinctively revealing outfits, has been making some big headlines in San Diego news media and among rightward leaning …
City Attorney and Lawyers from Jack in the Box say Mayor Filner's objections to North Park restaurant rebuild a ploy to divert attention from harassment scandal
Attorneys say Filner used issue to deflect attention from harassment case.
Lawyers for fast-food chain Jack in the Box and the City of San Diego have crafted their defense to a lawsuit from residents over the demolition and rebuild of a drive-through restaurant on Upas Street in North Park. Their legal …
Moody's puts SD transit under review for possible downgrade
At issue is possible loss of federal grants
Moody's Investors Service has placed under review for downgrade the ratings of 15 California transit agencies, including $41 million of San Diego Metropolitan Transit System pension obligation bonds. They are rated Aa3. The bonds are at risk of downgrade by …
Man who phoned in a shooting was arrested for a stabbing
David Diaz pleads not-guilty to murder charge
Carlsbad police responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting last week, but the medical examiner has declared that the victim died of “multiple incised and stab wounds of head and neck.” Asher Caleb Freeman, 24, was found “deceased at …
Who's more embarrassing? U-T or Filner?
Journalists debate U-T TV's gauche Filner dance video.
The Los Angeles Times has broken a story about U-T TV's juvenile, unprofessional post on the Filner controversy. TV Week and Huffington Post have also commented on the video. All should consider Matt Potter's excellent Reader post: when details about …
Complaint filed over proposed electronic billboard in Santee
Even if it were legal, proper studies weren't done, says Scenic San Diego
A local environmental group has lodged a formal objection to the “Negative Declaration” issued last month ruling that a proposed electronic billboard advertising a Santee used car dealership “.could not have a significant impact upon the environment.” Scenic San Diego, …
Manchester, Sempra, and Jacobs gave heavily to sexually accused Schwarzenegger
Big cash means big difference for two high-profile politicos accused of sexual harassment
Before Bob Filner there was Arnold Schwarzenegger, but besides their obvious physical differences, their crisis management skills and abilities also appear to be widely divergent While the GOP’s Schwarzenegger skated past a host of sexual harassment allegations - handily batting …
Lawsuit accuses Downtown San Diego Partnership of misusing assessment district funds
Suit alleges non-profit has spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer assessments on non-permitted items.
Executives at the Downtown San Diego Partnership will have to defend what some say is mismanagement and misuse of taxpayer funds in court. On August 12, government watchdog group, San Diegans for Open Government, filed a lawsuit against the downtown …
Oceanside police found deceased man in street
Requesting public's help regarding "suspicious" death
Oceanside police reported finding a man dead in the street before 6 a.m. on Wednesday, August 14, 2013. Responding to a 911 call, police went to the 600 block of Arthur Avenue and “located an obviously deceased adult male victim …