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Mayor Bob Filner releases more details on draft medical marijuana ordinance
Ordinance would enact a two-percent tax on all purchases while easing zoning restrictions for dispensary operators.
Mayor Bob Filner's goal to improve access for patients in need of "compassionate use of medical marijuana throughout San Diego" just may be achieved if city councilmembers agree to adopt the Mayor's draft medical marijuana ordinance at a council hearing …
Payment for Illumina's patent suit loss one of nation's largest
However, investors don't seem to be worried about $96 million judgment
On Thursday (March 14) a jury in Tacoma, Washington found that local biotech Illumina, maker of genetic analysis equipment, infringed the patent of Washington-based Syntrix Biosystems on synthetic matrix and array technology. The Washington company's law firm believes it could …
DNA of both Louis Perez and murder victim found on “stun baton”
Investigators collected evidence from homes and cars of suspects
Shelley Webster, a forensic biologist, told a judge she found the DNA of Louis Perez on the strap and handle of a “stun baton” that was collected as evidence in the murder case of Brittany Killgore, who went missing almost …
Caterer sentenced for tax evasion
Peltier to pay restitution, serve home incarceration and detention
Robert Peltier, one of two principal owners of Ranch Catering, was ordered to pay $222,822 in restitution today (March 15) for tax evasion in operation of his business. Federal Judge Janis L. Sammartino also sentenced him to serve six months …
Top cartel operative apprehended in Tijuana
Alleged second in command of Arellano Félix Organization arrested
The Mexican Army carried out an operation for over an hour in the Colonia Juárez in Tijuana, on Friday, March 15th. According to local authorities, the operation resulted in the apprehension of the alleged number two ranking member of the …
Institutions not propelling SD home sales
But big buyers pushing L.A., Vegas, Phoenix, Sacramento sales
Here's good news for the San Diego economy. For the year ended December of 2012, large institutional buyers accounted for only 9% of county home sales, according to Radar Logic Research. By contrast Phoenix (19%), Las Vegas (19%), Sacramento (14%) …
Drone Protests hit six month mark, model Reaper drone unveiled
San Diego Veterans for Peace, a group which has been holding weekly protests outside General Atomics’ drone manufacturing facility at Scripps Poway Parkway and General Atomics Way in eastern Poway for six months, unveiled a new 1/5 scale model of …
Two local lawyers charged in pump and dump fraud scheme
Carrillo, Huettel fraudulently helped Canadian touts, says SEC
San Diego attorneys Luis J. Carrillo and Wade Huettel, along with their firm, Carrillo Huettel LLP, have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with complicity in a pump and dump fraud scheme that allowed a group of …
Teen rescued from captor in Tijuana
Another teenage girl rescued after being held against her will
A 15 year old girl was rescued in Tijuana on Wednesday, March 13th, after police were notified she was being held against her will. According to authorities, a 33 year old male suspect was apprehended at the residence. The suspect, …
Former law colleagues of judge in moguls' case against Filner gave big money to DeMaio
Sheppard Mullin lawyers heaped cash on failed mayoral campaign of local Republican stalwart against Democratic mayor now under fire in GOP hotelier's suit
Attorneys at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton - the big downtown law and lobbying firm where San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy B. Taylor worked for two decades before being appointed to the bench by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in …
UCSD Associated Students votes for divestment in suppliers of Israeli army
Students for Justice in Palestine successful on fifth attempt to pass measure
Students for Justice in Palestine at the UC San Diego campus were successful in a bid on March 14 to pass a resolution through the Associated Students body calling for the divestment of the university from corporations including “Northrop Grumman, …
Community group crashes Carlsbad banking convention
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment says Wells Fargo is failing in offering borrowers loan modifications
The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) caused a chaotic scene this morning when sixty or more protesters stormed the Best Practices in Retail Financial Services Symposium being held from March 13-15 at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in …
Remember Blackwater? Documents reveal it was a CIA extension
Tiny town of Potrero fought Blackwater and county bureaucracy -- and won
Back in 2007, the little town San Diego County town of Potrero, right near Tecate and 45 miles from the City of San Diego, took on mercenary firm Blackwater USA, which wanted to build an 824-acre training facility only three …
Doctor testified in hearing regarding Brittany Killgore murder
Evidence confirmed statements in handwritten note found with one suspect
Dr. Craig Nelson, a forensic pathologist, testified today that 22-year-old Brittany Killgore was killed by ligature strangulation. The doctor first observed the body where it was found, in the dirt alongside a road near Lake Skinner, in a remote area …
Mexicali celebrating 110 years as a city
Capital of Baja California founded in 1903
Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, is celebrating 110 years as a city on Thursday, March 14th. The city, with an estimated municipal population of over 950,000, has been the capital of Baja California since 1914. The city began developing …
Doug Manchester moves forward with mixed-use development at UT San Diego's Mission Valley headquarters
Owner of UT San Diego to start preparing environmental documents necessary for project to move forward
The uptick in the real estate market that Doug Manchester was waiting for appears to have arrived. Yesterday, the City of San Diego gave notice that the developer and owner of the UT San Diego is moving closer to building …
Judge in Filner case discloses link to Tierney, denies knowing Gloria or hotelier
Timothy B. Taylor declines to remove himself from mayor's case after making disclosure to parties regarding facts first reported here
He's never returned our phone calls, but the judge in the San Diego hotel moguls' case against mayor Bob Filner has issued a statement regarding our report last week that his nominating petition was circulated by veteran city hall political …
Rosarito police officer arrested for exploiting teen
Six arrested and teen rescued by Tijuana police
A municipal police officer from Playas de Rosarito was arrested, along with five other accomplices, for sexually exploiting a teenage girl on Wednesday, March 13th. An anonymous caller notified police, from the colonia Camino Verde, of cries for help coming …