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Archbishop of Buenos Aires named Pope
Jorge Mario Bergoglio chooses name "Francis"
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, has been named Pope. The white smoke appeared in Rome at 11:06 a.m. West Coast time, and the new Pope appeared a little more than an hour later.
Brown’s Mission Valley grading violation goes unreported by neighboring hotel magnate’s paper
Owners of San Diego's biggest newspaper and Mission Valley's biggest hotel complex hatch plans for development of flood-prone San Diego River
U-T San Diego publisher Doug Manchester and Atlas Hotels president C. Terry Brown - who is leading a Manchester-backed legal war against mayor Bob Filner – can be said to have at least four things in common. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/13/41829/ Both are …
Lawsuit filed against Sol Orchard's proposed solar plant in Ramona
Lawsuit filed by Ramona citizens and Union over Sol Orchard
A group of Ramona residents and a labor union have joined forces to fight a 42.7-acre solar plant proposed for the southern portion of Ramona. The group, Concerned Ramona Citizens, and Laborers International Union of North America Number 89, along …
Will Koch brothers help Papa Doug buy LA Times or parent Tribune Co.?
Rumors racing; Manchester, Kochs would probably return Times to bad old days
Today (March 12), rumors are flying on the web that the arch-conservative, multi-billionaire Koch brothers, Charles and David, may financially help Papa Doug Manchester buy the Los Angeles Times or its parent, the Tribune Co., which recently emerged from a …
Bridgepoint Education revenue, profits fall
But company's profits top Wall Street expectations; stock rises
Controversial Bridgepoint Education, the for-profit university operation that is being probed by government bodies and is having trouble with accreditors, suffered a fourth quarter drop of 30 percent in net income, as enrollment dropped about the same percentage. For the …
Ex-supervisor gives $250,000 of leftover campaign cash to San Diego Opera
Slater-Price, who got major campaign cash from culture executives during county career, turns over remaining six-figure re-election stash to arts and other groups
During her many years as a member of the San Diego county board of supervisors, Pam Slater-Price generated her share of controversy for taking free trips and tickets from local cultural groups to which she helped direct taxpayer subsidies. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/12/41652/ …
Mexico hopes to weaken world’s richest man Carlos Slim with competition bill
New bill to lower costs and weaken monopolies
Mexico plans to go through with a bill that would allow more competition in markets that are dominated by one company. The nation’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, presented the plan Monday, March 11th, which is intended to help prices and …
People's Power Assembly decries police violence
A group organized by the Committee Against Police Brutality filled the World Beat Center in Balboa Park on Saturday, March 9 for a San Diego People’s Power Assembly, modeled after a national format that came to life through the Occupy …
Suspected killer tracked by text messages, credit card, and surveillance video, investigators say
Marine corporal pleads not guilty to murder of Army reservist
The family of Alvin Bulaoro said he left home about 9 p.m. December 21, 2012. Alvin’s brother reported him missing December 23; he told investigators that Alvin was homosexual and “under financial stress.” On January 3, the family reported they …
Sad details of Marine wife's last day before her killing
Court testimony of strange goings-on at home in Fallbrook
Brittany Killgore was a lonely young woman, packing up her things to move back home to Pennsylvania, when she got talked into going out with a man who soon killed her, according to a prosecutor who is calling witnesses this …
Suspected teenage hitman apprehended in Tijuana
17 year old allegedly killed 9 victims in less than a year
A suspected teenage hitman was apprehended in Tijuana on Saturday, March 9th, after pulling off a brazen attack which killed a man at La Ruta de la 6 bar in la Zona Centro. The attack occurred around 7:30pm, which also …
Confidential email reveals Irwin Jacobs's powerful hand in Balboa Park project
Qualcomm billionaire wanted mammoth parking garage to be "almost human-free," spurned idea his money could be used to fix potholes
San Diego's richest man, Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, always said that since he was putting up the money for his now-defunct Balboa Park traffic and parking makeover plan, there should be no arguments about how he wanted to spend it. …
Judge Prager OKs convention center expansion tax
Ruling tentative; San Diego's plan was based on one used in San Jose
Judge Ronald Prager of Superior Court ruled today (March 11) that the scheme concocted to evade a citizen vote on the tax assessment for the $520 million Convention Center expansion meets legal requirements. San Diego voters had twice turned down …
Activist sues to block private CPUC huddle
March 20 meeting breaks open meeting law, says her lawyer
Masada Disenhouse today (March 11) filed suit in superior court after she was not permitted to attend a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) meeting March 20 meeting at Scripps Seaside Forum. The subject will be cleantech. So-called "stakeholders" will be …
Organizer of Rock-n-Roll Marathon files suit against the American Cancer Society
Active-lifestyle event company wants over $1.6 million for alleged breach of contract
The collaboration between the American Cancer Society and Competitor Group Inc, the owner and operator of the Rock-n-Roll Marathon, has run its course. The San Diego-based company, recently purchased by private equity firm Calera Capital, filed a lawsuit in federal …