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Student Paraglider killed during lesson.
Sheriff responds to a call of a man not breathing after crashing into rocks.
A 48 year old Colorado man was killed in a paragliding accident at the south end of Seacoast Drive in Imperial Beach Wednesday, June 26 according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. At around 4:15 p.m., deputies from the …
Beach bacteria report: low rankings for IB, southern beaches
The Natural Resources Defense Council, claiming to be “the nation’s most effective environmental action group,” has released its Testing the Waters 2013 report, a study on water quality at beaches typically considered prime vacation spots. California as a whole doesn’t …
Judge issues gag order in case of man prosecuted for scribbling anti-bank messages in chalk
Judge Howard Shore says media has exaggerated possible punishment and also admonished Mayor Filner for statements made in support of the defendant.
The judge in the case of the anti-Bank of America protester has issued a gag order, prohibiting the defendant or any witnesses from speaking to any members of the media. Judge Howard Shore criticized the media coverage in the case, …
Tapping the homeless lobby for Cole's political debt retirement
Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins and spouse Jennifer LeSar staging Cole political payback bash on Sunday at LeSar's San Diego consulting firm
With the blood money battle between the GOP's wealthy Lincoln Club and big labor all wrapped up in San Diego's fourth city council district, one of San Diego's poorest, it's time to pay the piper. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/27/48219/ Though a final campaign …
600 San Onofre employees receive layoff notices
1,100 of 1,500 workers overall to lose jobs as part of plant shutdown
The first round of layoff notices for employees of the now-permanently shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station went out yesterday (June 26). Six hundred non-union employees at the plant were handed walking papers, and another 500 jobs will be slashed …
Pizzeria employee admits embezzling half-million dollars
Susan Seibert expects four years prison
A 49-year-old woman admitted taking more than $500,000 from her pizzeria employer, in a plea deal in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse today. Susan Dawn Seibert was hired as bookkeeper for a chain of high-end pizza restaurants, Leucadia Pizzeria, …
Jurors selected, trial begins in case of anti-bank protester
First witness called but testimony cut short due to timing.
The trial in the case of the man who wrote protest slogans in children's washable chalk on a public sidewalk outside of three Bank of America branches has begun. The case has started more than one year after Olson made …
California rocker accused of hiring hitman gets court date
Tim Lambesis not due in court again until September
Timothy Lambesis, who is out of custody on $2 million bond posted last May, was in a San Diego courtroom today, June 26, setting his next court date for September 16, 2013. The divorce of Timothy Lambesis from his wife …
Playing follow the money with DeMaio vs. Peters
Military, cell-phone, conservative, and San Diego State University lobbies all factor in fast-paced, high-dollar San Diego congressional race
With Carl DeMaio set to kick off his campaign for congress this evening in the shopping aisles of Coles Carpets, the race for special interest campaign cash between the Republican former San Diego city councilman and his rival, incumbent Democrat …
Paraplegic man sues City of San Diego in Federal Court for lack of access to La Jolla Children's Pool
The issue of access at La Jolla Children's Pool will be floating into Federal Court. This case, however, is not just access to the water but gaining access to the beach itself for those with disabilities. On June 25, Jack …
Big bucks line up against greenhouse gas legislation
Those opposing give $25.1 million to senators
President Obama spoke today, as he did in the 2013 State of the Union speech, about limiting greenhouse gas emissions. He announced executive actions he can take. But MapLight, a group tracking how money flows through political bodies, points out …
SANDAG files suit against 20 financial institutions for rigging market
They allegedly manipulated the benchmark LIBOR rate
The Regents of the University of California and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) filed suits in separate federal courts today (June 25), according to Reuters. The Regents filed in San Francisco and SANDAG filed in U.S. district court …
CPUC group wants to protect consumers on San Onofre charges
Division of Ratepayer Advocates says Edison and SDG&E should remove nuclear facility charges from customers' rates
The Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), a wing of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), representing consumer interests, today (June 25) filed a motion urging the CPUC to direct Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) …
Chalking the plank: Judge won't allow bank protester to claim first amendment rights
Arguments are set to begin tomorrow morning.
The First Amendment has no place in Superior Court Judge Howard M. Shore's courtroom, not when it comes to vandalism with water soluble chalk. Today the trial began in the case of a San Diego man who is being charged …
“Mental competency” of man accused of killing mom is questioned
Court proceedings now suspended for Bryan Chang
A Los Angeles man accused of beating his mother to death in her ocean-view home in San Diego County will have a “mental health evaluation,” ordered this morning by a superior court judge. Bryan Chenhua Chang was brought before Judge …
Ethics watchdog instructs ex-San Diego mayor on how to cool off
Advice letter to former mayor Jerry Sanders comes after questions about Republican’s road trip to Mexico City with current Democratic mayor Bob Filner
The hottest days of summer are right around the corner, so what better time for craft beer-promoting ex-San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders to find even more ways to cool off? Of course, the advice might also have come in handy …