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Fox Sports lobbies up in ongoing civic war over Padres TV blackout
Southwest Strategies reveals new lobbying client late the same day city council passes resolution in baseball cable dispute
As reported here yesterday, Time Warner Cable has retained the services of San Diego super lobbyist Paul Robinson in the seemingly forever battle over whether Padres games should be aired on all cable TV operations here. Now another local big …
City of San Diego hopped up on craft breweries; proposing zoning changes to allow for tasting rooms
City ready to allow breweries to attach tasting rooms and other dining areas greater than 3,000 square feet.
Craft beer is big in San Diego. New craft brews are hopping up throughout the City and County. In recent years, San Diego's burgeoning craft beer scene has been featured by the New York Times and Esquire Magazine. Now, even …
Oceanside couple admit abusing their niece in plea deal
Accused of hiring out girl and keeping her as a servant
An Oceanside couple accused of sexually assaulting their 12-year-old niece more than ten years ago made a plea deal in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse yesterday, according to a prosecutor. Marcial Garcia Hernandez, 45, and Inez Martinez Garcia, 44, …
Major League Baseball sues alleged supplier of performance-enhancing drugs to Padres' Grandal
Instruction on avoiding MLB detection accompanied purchases, league claims
Major League Baseball has filed suit against Biogenesis of America, an “anti-aging” clinic in southern Florida that the league claims provided suspended San Diego Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal and others not only with banned performance-enhancing drugs but with instructions on …
GOP super-lobbyist long tied to U-T San Diego publisher enters Padres TV fray
Growing intrigue over possible ties between "Padres to the People" bid and Time Warner Cable trench cut fee deal
As first reported here last July, U-T San Diego columnist Matt Hall kicked off his "Padres to the People" campaign - an effort to get San Diego cable operators to carry the team's baseball games - with a sidewalk rally …
L.A. native gets 43 year sentence for killing two people near Ensenada
American working for cartel killed a man and woman, seriously injured another woman
A United States citizen, working as a hitman in Mexico, was sentenced to over 43 years in prison on Monday, March 25th. Daniel Sánchez Núñez, the 29 year old criminal from Los Angeles, killed a man and woman in June …
Year to date hotel occupancy rates are actually up in San Diego, despite missed marketing opportunity
Report shows that occupancy rates so far this year actually rose by 2 percent compared to the same time last year.
Hotel occupancy is down in San Diego. In a March 25 article in the UT San Diego, Joe Terzi from San Diego's Tourism Authority placed most of the blame on Mayor Bob Filner and his decision to hold off on …
SD average home prices top metro areas' yearly gain
San Diego values up 9.8% year over year
Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price values for January, released this morning (March 26), show San Diego County values rising 9.8% over the last year, topping the average of 8.1% for the 20 largest metro areas. However, from December to January, …
Home sales volume increasing, but still short of last year's pace
Rising values mean more borrowers avoid short sales
The total number of existing homes under contract to be sold rose last month as compared to January, but sales numbers still lag behind 2012 averages, according to a new report from the industry trade group California Association of Realtors, …
Prosecutor: Marine admitted killing in his handwritten journal
“Murder is justice” written on the first page
Investigators found a composition notebook labeled “personal journal of Kevin Coset” and on the first handwritten page the writer specifically admitted killing Alvin Bulaoro, according to evidence presented in San Diego’s North County Courthouse today. NCIS special agent Jason Keller …
Jury favored acquittal for Fallbrook man accused in death of toddler
Mistrial declared today in 8-year-old case charged as fatal child abuse
The jury was deadlocked with the vote at 9 to 3 favoring acquittal, for a 29-year-old Fallbrook man charged with murder in the death of a toddler, 8 years ago. Public defenders are predicting that all charges will be dropped …
Owners of dogs that killed housecleaner will not be charged
Five dogs were destroyed and three dogs from the Fallbrook home were adopted out
There will be no charges brought against the owners of eight dogs that reportedly caused the death of a housecleaner in Fallbrook last year, according to a spokesman with the San Diego County Department of Animal Services. “After a thorough …
Faulconer returns with new ordinance banning oversized vehicles and trailers on City streets
Options include a pilot program as well as a citywide ordinance.
Councilmember Kevin Faulconer is back in the driver's seat, hoping to steer San Diego closer to an ordinance that would regulate parking RV's, boats, and trailers on city streets. Faulconer has tried for years to get oversized vehicles off the …
City ethics commission won't release Maas investigation documents
Executive director turns down public records act request for emails and other material, saying, "Commission could decide to re-open a closed matter"
It's without a doubt San Diego's most sensational political story so far this year: yesterday's UT San Diego exclusive about developer Fred Maas and his efforts to dig up and publicize alleged dirt about then-GOP city councilman Carl DeMaio in …
Hot time in the old vice district this Wednesday
Free vibrators to be given out at Stingaree hot spot
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, pimps and prostitutes prowled San Diego's Stingaree district south of Broadway, roughly bounded by 1st and 5th Streets, and Market and K. This Wednesday, March 27, more modern forms of pleasures of …
Over 10 tons of drugs seized in Baja California Sur
5 tons of crystal meth and 5 tons of marijuana confiscated near San Ignacio
More than ten tons of narcotics were seized over the weekend near the remote Baja California Sur town of San Ignacio. The Ministry of National Defense released information regarding the seizure on Sunday, March 24th, but did not disclose the …
Former mayor sues Escondido over alleged misappropriation of funds
City spent $20,000 advocating for two ballot measures in November 2012 election
Former Escondido Mayor Jerry Harmon is suing the city, its sitting mayor Sam Abed, the city council, and a handful of other officials, claiming the group illegally used public funds to promote two ballot propositions last November. Prior to the …
Mayor Filner's Special Events Committee collects cash to pay down State of the City and Inaugural Events
The committee received more than $6,000 from Bridgepoint Education, Republic Services, and SDG&E
Mayor Bob Filner's State of the City address and inauguration event were brought to you, in part, by Bridgepoint Education, waste-management company Republic Services, and San Diego Gas and Electric, according to a new disclosure filed by Mayor Bob Filner …