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Papa Doug apparently too late for Boston Globe
Three others in final running
According to press accounts (including some in the foreign press), Papa Doug Manchester made a bid for the Boston Globe, but it came in too late for evaluation. Ergo, say these accounts, Manchester is not in the running. Apparently, the …
UCAN asks $535 an hour compensation for Shames
No mention that he was fired and UCAN and Shames are suing each other
Troubled Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) has asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to pay it $535 an hour for the work that its former executive director, Michael Shames, did on the general rate case of San Diego Gas …
Emails show Doug Manchester in no rush in bringing Grand Del Mar to code
UT San Diego publisher waited until the final days to pay fines.
At Doug Manchester's flagship resort, the Grand Del Mar, construction crews are working on bringing the resort into compliance with city code after six long years of permit violations. Of course, no one said it was going to be easy. …
Leader of Los Zetas believed to have been captured near border
Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales a.k.a. Z-40 captured in Nuevo Laredo early Monday according to sources
Rumors emerged that Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, a.k.a. Z-40, was captured in Nuevo Laredo early Monday, July 15th. @Obsermx posted the arrest picture on Twitter and the photo soon circulated on narco-blogs. An official statement has yet to be released …
It's a lynching until proven otherwise
Is Filner courting downtown crowd? No white hats, it appears
I was not at the press conference this morning (July 15), at which Donna Frye, Cory Briggs and Marco Gonzalez claimed to bring out more details on why Mayor Filner should resign because of sexual harassment. But it was described …
Vargas gathering support for "Hazel's Law"
The Child Protection Act of 2013, or “Hazel’s Law,” is gaining traction as one of the first bills introduced by Representative Juan Vargas, who in Novenber was elected to fill the seat of Bob Filner, who left the House of …
When the San Diego Union libeled Roger Hedgecock
False charges drew libel suit by then-San Diego Republican mayor, forcing GOP daily into front page retraction
Only in San Diego. It was the spring of 1984, and Republican mayor Roger Hedgecock was facing a re-election challenge from an unholy alliance of would-be political reformers; super rich real estate developers and bankers eager to grab more power …
PRI leader accepts defeat in Baja California governor’s race
Partial recount confirms Francisco Vegas as winner of election
A partial recount has confirmed results, which were deemed unofficial last week, in the Baja California governor’s election. A computer glitch halted the vote count in which Francisco Vega of the National Action Party (PAN) narrowly defeated Fernando Castro Trenti …
Filner won't resign, names Ekard interim chief operating officer
The mayor says the obvious: he is entitled to due process
"I'm not going to resign, and here's why," said Mayor Bob Filner in a written statement this morning (July 15). "As your elected mayor, I fully expect to be accountable to the citizens of San Diego for all of my …
When Goldsmith hit his wife, tossed items off the table
It happened in front of children, wife said in 1986 divorce case
If the accusers of Mayor Bob Filner are going to come forward this morning (July 15), as some are suggesting, then it is time to look at official public filings against those who, some say, should replace Filner. The mayor's …
Constituent says Mayor Filner sexually harassed her at monthly meet and greet event
Woman says Filner excused staff from room and kissed her without consent.
The sexual harassment allegations lodged against Mayor Bob Filner may be more far-reaching than previously reported. There are now claims that the mayor’s advances toward women were directed not only at members of his staff and city employees. The most …
La Jolla couple give generously to son in Congress
Political MoneyLine tells how it was allegedly accomplished
Political MoneyLine, a publication allied with Roll Call, says that Stephen and Susan Polis Schutz of SPS Studios in La Jolla found a way to ante up a bundle to their son, Rep. Jared Polis, D.-Colorado. In a recently-filed midyear …
U.S. University put on probation by WASC
This was another school bought by Michael Clifford
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) announced this month that it has put Chula Vista's United States University on probation. Rancho Santa Fe's Michael Clifford, who buys for-profit educational institutions, purchased it in 2009 when it had a …
Deportees kill five in Tijuana
Three men living in river canal alleged to have murdered multiple people
A group of three men, who were deported from the United States this year after serving prison time, have been arrested in connection with five Tijuana homicides. The men, Bricio Alberto Marroquín, Francisco Álvarez Guerrero, and Víctor Manuel Domínguez Ramírez, …
Leap Wireless shares zoom on AT&T purchase agreement
AT&T offers $15 a share, stock leaps higher than that
AT&T late today (July 12) agreed to buy Leap Wireless for $1.2 billion, or $15 a share. In after-hours trading, Leap's stock leapt to $16.73, well above that offer, and well over double the $5.82 closing in regular hours trading. …
The Downtown San Diego Partnership set to receive another $5.8 million in taxpayer subsidies to manage the Clean and Safe Program
The council will consider approving the budget for this coming fiscal year, despite complaints of mismanagement and lack of oversight.
On Monday, city councilmembers will once again sign off on the annual budget for the Downtown Clean and Safe program, releasing an estimated $5.8 million dollars in assessments to the Downtown San Diego Partnership to manage the Property and Business …
As office sex charges swirl, mayor reports getting new leather sofa
Furniture retailer owned by DeMaio backer provides Filner's office with stylish new office pieces, including "deep t-cushions on the seat for cool comfort”
The alleged sexual harassment case swirling around San Diego mayor Bob Filner has pretty well eclipsed - at least for the time being - city hall's previous preoccupation with the infamous Sunroad scandal, involving Filner's behesting of $100,000 by the …