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Dumanis draws first re-election opponent
Heavily backed by Evans hotel family and other local financial interests, incumbent District Attorney already out fundraising for 2014
San Diego county District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis - who badly lost her bid for mayor last year, but has already proclaimed her candidacy for re-election next year - has her first official opponent, according to an April 4 filing posted …
City and Police Chief sued for civil rights violations at Children's Pool in La Jolla
Man says police targeted him for his pro-seal views.
Children's Pool isn't just a safe spot for Harbor Seals to breed and raise pups. It also is a first-rate view for seals to witness the legal dustup between hundreds of residents fighting over public access to the beach, seal …
Edison pushes for quick approval of plan for June 1 restart at San Onofre
Formal license amendment submitted to NRC, utility wants answer by May 24
Southern California Edison, operator of the long-idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, confirmed yesterday afternoon (April 8) that it had submitted a formal request for a license amendment to its operating license to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The request …
$350 million casino to rise in Jamul, Dulzura area
Joint project of Jamul Indian Village and Penn National Gaming
Jamul Indian Village, which has six acres of trust land, plans to build a Hollywood-branded $360 million casino 20 miles east of San Diego, off Route 94, along with Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. According to the plans, there …
Jury shown video clips alleging abuse of autistic adult
Courtroom observers wonder what is actually seen in the grainy video
Michael Dale Garritson, who has been a Registered Nurse for thirty years, is accused of felony abuse in his handling of a 23-year-old autistic man in his care, last summer. Evidence in a jury trial began this morning, April 8, …
Whistleblower David Peffer resigns from UCAN
Board continues to cover up financial wrongdoing, he says
David Peffer, who informed the board of Utllity Consumers' Action Network of financial irregularities, has resigned, saying the new board continues to cover up the mess rather than try to straighten out the organization. Peffer, a lawyer, originally informed the …
El Cajon tobacco dealer gets four years in prison
Salam Kalasho evaded state excise taxes
El Cajon's Salam Kalasho has been sentenced to four years in prison for evading state excise taxes in the sale of tobacco products, according to the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of California. According to documents introduced in …
U.S. grant for "urban surveillance" drone run from Point Loma naval base
University of Arizona professor working on "tracking and shepherding " drone overseen by San Diego naval research office
The robotic birds aren't flying over Point Loma just yet, but according to a document posted online by Muckrock, a Boston-based public records request service, the U.S. Office of Naval Research here is overseeing at least one experimental drone research …
Jamul casino finds new backers
Dormant since last year, new investors say construction could start late 2013
Cue the East County land battles: Jamul Indian Village, the Kumeyaay tribe with a small six-acre reservation in the rural community of Jamul, southeast of El Cajon, has entered into a new partnership agreement to build and operate a casino. …
New evidence in Brittany Killgore murder case
More documents said to be handwritten by defendant Dorothy Maraglino
The District Attorney’s office gained access last week to more evidence, said to be handwritten documents created by one of the defendants in a high-profile, notorious murder case. A “pile” of documents was hand-delivered to a former defense attorney for …
Alleged L.A. child rapist possibly seen in Tijuana
Tobias Summers possibly spotted in Zona Norte
The Associated Press reported, in the early hours of Sunday, April 7th, that authorities are still looking for an alleged Los Angeles child rapist in Tijuana. Tobias Dustin Summers, the 30 year old suspect, was possibly sighted in the Zona …
Older man accused of harming autistic man in his care
Defense attorneys complain that video evidence has been selectively edited
Opening statements are set to begin Monday morning, in a jury trial for an adult care-giver accused of harming an autistic man in his care. In other widely publicized cases, when caregivers are accused of abusing their patients, the situation …
Report: Bilzerian, one-time Spanos associate, stashed bucks offshore
Spanos involved in takeover with him before Bilzerian went to prison
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has released a devastating study of offshore tax havens, indicating that as much as $32 trillion -- the size of the U.S. and Japanese economies combined -- may be stashed in secrecy and tax …
Local nonprofit receives $100,000 grant for homeless, disadvantaged youth services
Embrace, a nonprofit dedicated to “the promotion of social and physical wellness programs that serve underprivileged communities,” announced this week that it is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from Alliance Healthcare Foundation. The Mission Support grant is the third …
San Diego hotel mogul's political reach extends to Big Apple
Evans Hotel executive, key fundraiser behind San Diego council's Todd Gloria, contributes cash to New York's bribery-torn mayor's race
Robert Gleason, the CFO and general counsel at Evans Hotels - one of three homegrown San Diego hotel empires behind the lawsuit filed against Democratic mayor Bob Filner in an unsuccessful effort to force him to sign a city funding …
KPBS investigation: U-T discounted anti-Filner ads
Practice appears to be violation of campaign finance rules
KPBS and inewsource, in an excellent investigative report released this morning (April 5), reveal what many San Diegans suspected: the barrages of anti-Filner ads run in the Union-Tribune prior to the mayoralty election were discounted. KPBS and inewsource audited ads …
“La Jefa” drug queen nabbed in Tijuana
Alleged top drug trafficker arrested by state police
The Baja California state police carried out an operation, on April 4th, that resulted in the arrest of an alleged top drug trafficker in the area. The suspect, 52 year old Aida “La Jefa” Moreno Castillo, was arrested in the …