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Landslide of mailers in Chula Vista for one 80th district assembly candidate
Will the Lorena Gonzalez campaign gain more support with more mailers?
Residents of Chula Vista have received a deluge of mailers from the Lorena Gonzalez campaign. Gonzalez, former CEO of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO, is running against former Chula Vista council member Steve Castaneda for the …
Two homecare nurses sentenced to time already served
One defendant already released, the other to be released on probation today
This morning two men were sentenced to time already served, after jury trials decided two different cases in which both men were accused of badly handling the same autistic patient, in San Diego County. The Honorable Blaine Bowman, who heard …
Websense agrees to be purchased for $24.75 a share
Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is the buyer
San Diego-based Websense, which specializes in software to protect organizations from cyber attacks and data theft, agreed to be purchased today (May 20) for $902.88 million, or $24.75 per share, up from Friday's closing of $19.23. The buyer is private …
Rancho Guejito served with cleanup order
Controversial developer, backer of county GOP and downtown San Diego lobbying group, must comply by November, state agency says
Giant North County developer Rancho Guejito Corporation has been hit by a Cleanup and Abatement Order issued by the state's Regional Water Quality Control Board, requiring the firm to fix environmental damage caused by unauthorized road grading on the 22,500-acre …
Alleged sicarios apprehended in Tijuana police murder
Suspects confess to killing former chief in 2012
Two suspects have allegedly confessed to the 2012 homicide of a high ranking municipal police officer, Jesús Alberto Hurtado Estrada, after being apprehended by authorities on Saturday, May 18th. Municipal authorities released details on the arrest and confession after the …
Mexico vows to create missing persons investigation unit
Families on hunger strike convince authorities to create special unit
Mexico has promised to create a special unit to investigate missing persons after families of those missing staged a hunger strike for nine days. According to Agencia EFE, Mexico’s Government Secretariat and the federal Attorney General’s office will create the …
New desert power plant could ease stress of continued San Onofre shutdown
Gas-powered Coachella Valley plant online three months early
The Sentinel Energy Project, an 800-megawatt natural gas fueled power plant under construction in the Coachella Valley near Desert Hot Springs, is online three months early, private operator Competitive Power Ventures is reporting. The plant, which can provide power for …
City sued for halting construction on mixed-use project near SDSU
Mayor and Councilmember ordered halt after hearing complaints that project was more dormitory than residential development
As of now, the 332-unit, 10,000 square foot commercial space, mixed use development known as Centerpoint Luxury Apartment sits dormant at the intersection of 63rd and El Cajon Boulevard near San Diego State University. Progress has been halted by Mayor …
Encinitas man gets State prison for spitting on officer
Farzad John Daftari admitted felony resisting arrest in plea deal
Farzad John Daftari, 23, was sent to State prison a week ago, after he pleaded guilty to felony resisting arrest. Encinitas Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an assault last summer, in July of 2012. At that time, Farzad …
Vista woman admitted felony graffiti after two weeks in jail
Will get six months local jail time, according to the plea deal
Ramona Elena Montes, 18, made a plea deal in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse last week, admitting five different acts of graffiti as felony defacement of public property. At the time of her arrest, on April 30, 2013, a …
Tim Lambesis’ bail lowered to $2 million
But the heavy metal singer won’t make that bail either, his attorney said
A San Diego Superior Court judge lowered bail from $3 million to $2 million this afternoon for a man accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife. The accused man, Timothy Peter Lambesis, 32, is in the midst of …
New lawsuit challenges Todd Gloria's pledge to open government
San Diegans for Open Government want the Council President to turn over all emails and text messages from his personal device that pertain to City business
Just how transparent is Council President Todd Gloria? Not very, according to city watchdog group San Diegans for Open Government. On May 16, the group filed a lawsuit against the City after the Council President failed to respond to a …
Drawings depicting posh stadium for La Jolla billionaire family's NBA team released
Basketball's Kings franchise, long a popular venue for lobbyists’ wining and dining of California politicos, to get luxurious new home, per drawings released today by Sacramento mayor
As reported earlier today, members of La Jolla's billionaire Jacobs family are said by the Sacramento Bee to be among the new owners and leadership of the Sacramento Kings, the city's NBA basketball franchise. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/17/45764/ Family scion Irwin Jacobs, founder …
April county unemployment drops sharply to 7%
Are San Diegans drinking more?
The April unemployment rate in the county dropped to 7% from 7.7% in March as the 2800 jobs were added, according to the California Employment Development Department. The rate for April a year ago was 8.6%, as the county gained …
Qualcomm’s Jacobs family to sink big money into Sacramento NBA team, paper reports
Kings reportedly will stay in state capital, courtesy of taxpayer arena subsidy
For years, Irwin Jacobs and his family have done a lot of political business in Sacramento - example number one is their standard bearer, newly-minted Democrat Nathan Fletcher - and now it looks like they are going to own part …
Carlsbad broker suspended, fined for trust activity
After removing funds, Kent Houston didn't provide documentation to regulator
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (known as FINRA) has suspended Carlsbad's Kent Houston for two years and fined him $25,000 for failure to provide testimony, and additionally given him a consecutive one-year suspension and $50,000 fine for having outside business …
Suit alleges SEC wouldn't pursue Madoff-like probes
San Diego attorney Gary Aguirre handles whistleblower case
In late 2004, Kathleen Furey, a senior attorney in the New York office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), started investigating a financial advisor who, she thought, might have violated the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment …
Tim Lambesis set for new bail review, tomorrow
Heavy metal rocker held in lieu of $3 million now, accused of ordering a hit on his wife
A judge will hear new argument tomorrow, regarding the bail amount for Tim Lambesis, who is currently held in lieu of $3 million. Timothy Peter Lambesis, 32, who is lead singer for the band As I Lay Dying, was charged …