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CHP confirm man jumped from Coronado Bridge Sunday night
San Diego Harbor Police recovered a mans body from San Diego Bay after a reported fall from the Coronado bridge Sunday July 21, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Sanchez. At approximately 4:35pm passengers aboard the southbound 901 bus …
Cashing in on toilet upgrades
Water Authority promoting new, even lower-flow models with rebate offers
In the midst of what’s traditionally the driest time of year, the San Diego County Water Authority is pushing to publicize a new round of rebates being offered to local residents and businesses for upgrading their toilets. Rebates have been …
Neil Morgan, the sex scandal, and the prostitute's pee
Golden showers, Jerry Brown, Helen Copley, nuclear plant, Supreme Court reversal, and a municipal court judge all figured into now-ailing newspaper editor's sex scandal crusade
Now that the fat lady of sexual harassment scandals is singing, is it curtains for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner? San Diego and the world will find out more early this afternoon when heavyweight Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred steps …
Tijuana mayor asks U.S. to reconsider travel warning
State Department warns citizens to take caution when traveling in Baja California
The mayor of Tijuana, Carlos Bustamante Anchondo, has asked for the U.S. State Department to reconsider its travel warning for Baja California. According to the statement from Bustamante Anchondo, the numbers and progress in Tijuana speak for itself. The mayor …
Sliver of Copley land purchased
But the price is less than legal fees
According to assessor records, another Copley property has been sold. The buyer is the family of entrepreneur Tom Fetter, a neighbor of the late Helen Copley's Foxhill estate since 1960. Fetter, of T. Fetter & Co., explains that Helen Copley …
Scripps among largest subsidy grabbers
Burnham, Torrey Pines, Amylin make more inclusive welfare list
Good Jobs First, which is doing yeoman work showing the economic damage of big corporate welfare projects, is out with a new study, "Megadeals: the largest economic development subsidy packages ever awarded by state and local governments in the United …
Toyotas targeted in Poway
Pickup owners victimized in a string of thefts
Sheriff’s deputies and Crime Stoppers are warning Poway residents about a string of recent catalytic converter thefts and looking for tips that might help identify the culprits. Since July 13, authorities say, thieves have been targeting vehicles parked overnight on …
Murder suspect in custody three years with no evidence presented yet
David Leroy Lucero due for another mental competency hearing
A young man arrested on suspicion of killing his mother more than three years ago has not heard any evidence presented against him in the case yet. David Leroy Lucero, now 28 years old, was taken into custody in Arizona …
Jack in the Box hires lobbying firm for help with rebuild of North Park restaurant
Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton were hired to seek implementation of previously issued permits
Executives from San Diego-based Jack in the Box are calling in the big guns to continue with renovation, rather reconstruction, of their North park restaurant. The company has hired attorneys from Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton to grease the wheels …
Federal government to audit CPUC over San Bruno handling
San Bruno again calls for firing of CPUC head Peevey
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will audit the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to judge its ability to carry out pipeline safety, according to the City of San Bruno, which has …
Jury favored acquittal for man accused of abuse
Vote was eleven-to-one concluding trial for Raul Licon Jr.
A jury deadlocked on whether a California firefighter molested a boy in his care, and a mistrial was declared this afternoon, July 19, 2013. The jury of 5 men and 7 women deliberated more than one day, beginning early yesterday. …
Blame government for tight housing supply
The recently reported decline in real estate sales figures can be attributed to the decline in foreclosures and other “distressed” sales, according to the California-based market tracking firm PropertyRadar. Distress sales, including foreclosures and short sales, declined 46.5 percent last …
San Diego County Sheriff issues “intruder alert”
Warning: secure all doors and windows, even on hot summer nights
This morning, at 5:30 a.m., deputies received a call reporting an intruder in a home in the 1200 block of Calle Colnett in San Marcos. “The unknown male intruder fled from the bedroom of the caller's young daughter after she …
MTS sends warning about unlicensed taxis
The Metropolitan Transit System and San Diego Police Department are out with a joint statement cautioning residents about the unregulated nature of “ridesharing” services such as Lyft, allowing users to seek driving services from a source other than a city-permitted …
If you want streets repaired, it looks like you can forget it
Sadly for San Diego, corporate mendicants appear back in the saddle
A news release came out last night from Mayor Bob Filner's office. The headline: "Mayor Bob Filner Welcomes Comic-Con to San Diego and Backs Convention Center Expansion!!!" (The mayor's office has a grotesque habit of putting exclamation marks in its …
Animal rights activists sue the City for harassment and threats of arrest during demonstrations
Protestors claim they have been targeted for demonstrating against mistreatment of animals by the Ringling Brothers Circus.
Is the City Attorney's Office getting tired of those pesky demonstrators. The latest alleged crackdown involves animal rights activists protesting against the treatment of animals used in the Ringling Brother's Circus at the Sports Arena -- now known as the …
Pelosi and Papa Doug: strange bedfellows in anti-Filner follies
Fate of GOP La Jollan Manchester's multi-billion dollar downtown Broadway Complex remains in the balance as high-stakes game of strange bedfellows plays out in national media
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is out with her take on San Diego's Bob Filner, and it isn't positive. "Don't identify him as my former colleague," she snapped, according to an account in the Huffington Post, when asked at a …
Family of former Chargers player, Lewis Bush, sues NFL in federal court
Lawsuit is one of many from families against the NFL for misleading the public and players about the dangers of the game.
The family of former Chargers player Lewis Bush has joined the growing list of families suing the National Football League for failing to disclose the risks of the game. Bush, who played on the famed, at least in San Diego, …
Port, Sunroad sued over planned waterfront restaurant
California Coastal Commission also named in suit by environmental groups
Courthouse News Service reported today (July 18) that San Diegans for Open Government and the San Diego Navy Broadway Complex Coalition have filed a suit charging that a planned waterfront restaurant in San Diego Bay violates environmental laws. Defendants include …
Rural/Metro ambulance service has deep financial problems
Company missed critical bond payment this week
According to a detailed story in the San Jose Mercury News, Rural/Metro Corp., a privately-held ambulance operation serving San Diego County, is struggling to pay its bills. The Mercury News reports that Scottsdale-based Rural/Metro missed a crucial bond payment this …