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Weekend road closures to affect Escondido
Amgen Tour of California bike race kicks off this Sunday
A host of road closures have been announced that will affect traffic and parking this weekend (May 11 and 12) in Escondido in order to accommodate the Amgen Tour of California road bicycle race as the 102.6-mile Stage 1 of …
Heavy metal rocker brought into San Diego court
Tim Lambesis denies hiring a hitman to kill his wife
The lead singer for a heavy metal band was brought into a San Diego County Superior Courthouse today and charged with one count of solicitation for murder. Timothy Peter Lambesis, 32, is facing a “maximum exposure” of nine years, according …
CPUC approves fat rate hike for SDG&E
Typical bill will jump 12.2%. Decision was unanimous
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today (May 9) approved a rate hike for San Diego Gas & Electric customers that will come to almost $10 a month for the average electric ratepayer. The vote of the commission was unanimous. …
U-T Manchester's foundation gives out of town
Newspaper and real estate magnate's charitable report valued 1.2 million Nextwave shares at $169,487
Mega-millionaire U-T publisher and hotel and real estate mogul Douglas Manchester also controls a relatively small non-profit foundation, which he has used over the years to stash various investments and hand out some six figure gifts of cash to favored …
City sues Regional Water Board over fuel tank spill near Qualcomm Stadium
City says water officials were wrong to grant permission of 1.26 million extraction effort.
1.26 million gallons; that's the amount of groundwater that Kinder Morgan would like to extract from the MIssion Valley Aquifer and discharge in nearby Murphy Canyon Creek on a daily basis as part of a remediation agreement to clean up …
San Diego Unified School District and Talmadge residents once again square off over issue of stadium lighting
SDUSD officials are forced to revisit stadium lighting after an appeals court ruled that the environmental review was insufficient and did not fall under Proposition S improvements.
It wasn't the first time that dozens of Talmage residents took seats inside Hoover High School auditorium to discuss the newly erected stadium lights and it won't be the last. On May 8, thirty or so residents attended an environmental …
State official: Eight crime cell lieutenants controlling narcotics and violence in Baja California
Official stated that local leaders and gangs have been identified, authorities working to stop them
Daniel de la Rosa Anaya, the Secretary of Public Security in Baja California, spoke briefly with the press on Wednesday, May 8th, in regards to organized crime in the state. The official stated that eight crime cell lieutenants are responsible …
Band singer arrested for trying to hire out a murder, Sheriff said
Timothy Lambesis allegedly "solicited an undercover detective to kill his wife"
The lead singer for a heavy metal band has been arrested in California on suspicion of soliciting murder, according to a statement from the San Diego County Sheriff. Timothy Lambesis, 32, was arrested when he “solicited an undercover detective to …
Levi Strauss pays big bucks to get 49ers' stadium naming rights
The $220 million for Levi's Stadium probably 4th highest in NFL history
Levi Strauss & Co. has signed a deal to pay $220.3 million to the city of Santa Clara and the San Francisco 49ers for naming rights at the new stadium, now under construction, in Santa Clara, according to MercuryNews.com. The …
Penny Pritzker's La Jolla adventure
Commerce nominee's company paid money to settle suit by retirees
Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, nominated by President Obama to be Secretary of Commerce, faces a grilling confirmation process. As media are pointing out (and I noted in a 2007 Reader piece), the Pritzker family has a background of consorting with …
Peters declares self-sequester, vows to donate portion of pay to senior center
Representative Scott Peters, named by Business Insider as the nation’s second-wealthiest freshman legislator, announced yesterday that in a symbolic gesture protesting the ongoing sequestration budget cuts he would begin donating eight percent of his monthly salary, or about $1,300, to …
UCAN wants Shames's suit thrown out, amplifies answers
Watchdog also slices pay of remaining workers in bid to keep going
Troubled watchdog Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) yesterday (May 6) filed a suit asking that the lawsuit earlier filed by its former executive director, Michael Shames, be thrown out on the ground that it is a "strategic lawsuit against public …
Economist regrets remarks about Keynes's sex life
Slurs made at presentation in Carlsbad
Harvard professor and economist Niall Ferguson, a stern critic of Keynesian economics, has apologized profusely for linking the late economist's alleged sex life to his economic ideas, according to today's (May 7) New York Times. At a Strategic Investment Conference …
Grand Jury finds San Diego Unified School District's website too political
Grand Jury report says San Diego Unified had political messages on website. District officials blame insufficient staffing.
San Diego Unified School District's website is meant to educate and inform the public of its policies not its politics. It's the latter that has caught the attention of the San Diego County Grand Jury in a new report released …
City Auditor says City and Zoo can keep better track of property tax revenues
City Auditor suggest better monitoring of property tax revenues used by San Diego Zoo
The San Diego Zoo is essentially on the lamb...rather lam...free to do whatever it chooses with $10.5 million a year from property tax subsidies paid for by San Diego residents, says a new report by San Diego's City Auditor. The …
Congresswoman stays at the Taj on free junket to Bangalore
Top traveled San Diego representative and husband hit the road again, racking up $17,096 in travel tab paid for by corporation-backed think tank
San Diego Democratic congresswoman Susan Davis, who last summer was ranked by a database maintained by Washington-based Legistorm.com as the 17th biggest spending congressional free traveler, including both the House and Senate, has taken off again, this time on a …