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Del Mar again extending ban on food trucks
City looking to other coastal locales over a 10 month span while considering special laws to apply to mobile vendors
After extending a 45 day moratorium on issuing licenses to food truck vendors to 90 days last month, the Del Mar City Council is now planning to pass another extension of the ban, this time for 10 ½ months. Interim …
Did genes condemn O'Connor to gambling compulsion?
Late father of ex-San Diego mayor brought down by $1 billion in gambling debts was celebrated San Diego bookie
Jerome O'Connor was laid to rest in September 1992 at the age of 87, followed just thirteen days later by his wife Frances Shinnick O'Connor, 78. St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mission Hills overflowed with mourners, including their daughter, Maureen, …
Physicians: heal thyselves, says state medical board
Kickbacks, sexual advances, drunken rampage allegedly involved in charges
The Medical Board of California has made charges against three San Diego County physicians. M. Tarek Kady is charged with referring patients to White Cross Pharmacy and in return getting kickbacks of $90,000. In 2009, Dr. Kady allegedly prescribed a …
Public Utilities Commission rejects complaint of over-billing at San Onofre
A complaint filed February 13 alleging that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station operator Southern California Edison potentially overcharged by as much as $100 million for installation of new steam generators (that failed less than two years into their service life …
"Mayor Mo" stole $2 million from late husband's foundation
She made, then lost $1 billion in gambling, lost even more, and plundered funds
Maureen O'Connor, mayor of San Diego from 1986 to 1992, entered into a "deferred prosecution" agreement today (Feb. 14) for plundering $2.088 million from a foundation set up by her late husband, Robert O. Peterson. She was a trustee of …
Foundation at heart of O'Connor scandal was big donor to San Diego police; John Burton Foundation
The R.P. Foundation, one-time funnel for the charitable giving and wheeling and dealing by late Jack-in-the-Box millionaire Robert O. Peterson, plays major role in ex-mayor’s case
At the center of today's breaking federal case against former San Diego mayor Maureen O'Connor is a foundation deeply rooted in her past relationship with her late husband Robert Oscar Peterson, the founder of the Oscar's hamburger chain, and later …
FreePB lawsuit tossed by federal court judge
Group is not a victim of discrimination due to city's denial of event permit request
Free Parks and Beaches for San Diego, the group behind the FreePB.org site, has been denied in its quest to sue the City of San Diego over an event permit moratorium that prevented the group from hosting its “Leisure Olympics” …
Capitol Hill's top two personal debtors hail from San Diego, analysis finds
North County mega-millionaire Republican and newly elected La Jolla Democrat not eager to talk about places on congressional debtor list
Two San Diego county congressman rank at the very top of the list of Congress's biggest debtors, but neither are eager to provide details about their personal high finances, according to a report posted online today by OpenSecrets.org, a Washington-based …
Complaint alleges overbilling on San Onofre generator replacement
Utility could have charged up to $100 million too much based on incorrect inflation calculation
The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility on February 13 filed a complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission alleging, among other things, that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station operator Southern California Edison is guilty of “multiple violations of California and federal …
Ex-Sanders aide gets $6,000 a month for Balboa Park centennial role
Former mayoral staffer who played key role promoting city-funded Balboa Park centennial plans and failed parking makeover now working for project's non-profit sponsor, co-chairman says
An ex-Union-Tribune reporter who left the paper to become a top aide to GOP mayor Jerry Sanders is now working for the nonprofit group making plans for a megamillion-dollar corporate-sponsored 2015 celebration of Balboa Park's centennial. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/13/40105/ Gerry Braun, who …
Hit-and-run driver gets 2 years State prison
Korean immigrant ran over bicyclist in Rancho Santa Fe
A Korean immigrant was sentenced to 2 years in prison today, for a hit-and-run collision in which he killed an 18-year-old bicyclist, last summer. Jin Hyuk Byun was 19 years old when he drove his black pickup truck into Angel …
UT San Diego's sale of the North County Times campus in Escondido in limbo
Well after the 90-day escrow, the charter school has yet to obtain a permit or funds for the campus.
It didn't take long for Doug Manchester and John Lynch to start selling assets that came with the $12 million purchase of the North County Times in September 2012. Unfortunately for them, it's taking a lot longer than expected to …
Car burglars captured in Santee
Sheriff's Department seeking other potential victims of duo captured Monday
Sheriff’s deputies in Santee are asking victims of recent car burglaries in and around the city to come forward following the arrest of two men suspected of having committed multiple vehicle break-ins in recent weeks. On the morning of February …
State releases rail plans, calls public meetings for feedback
California’s railroad planners are set to release their long-term plans for the future of rail in the state, including the controversial and costly voter-approved high-speed rail corridor that would run from San Francisco through Orange County but stop short of …
San Diego ranked 2nd safest large city in U.S.
Recent list compiled on FBI statistics gives California cities high rankings
A recent list released, created by CQ Press and compiled on FBI statistics, ranks San Diego as the 2nd safest city in the United States with a population above 500,000. The annual list was compiled on crime statistics to rate …
Oops! NFL team official slips up and tells the truth
"Unwise investments [subsidized stadiums] are strictly for the taxpayer saps."
The Miami Dolphins football team is seeking a $200 million subsidy for renovation of its stadium -- at a time when enraged taxpayers are paying 80% of the cost of a ballpark for the horrible Miami Marlins baseball team. There …
FINRA disciplines two brokers
Also charges unauthorized use of customer's credit card
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has announced discipline against two San Diego County brokers, both of whom neither confirmed nor denied the charges. Jon Herbert Green of Escondido was suspended for two years for obtaining a $6,000 loan from …
So is Manchester negotiating to buy LA Times?
La Jolla Patch says that Manchester misunderstood a question
The La Jolla Patch reported at almost midnight Monday (Feb. 11) that U-T San Diego publisher Papa Doug Manchester mistakenly told a Republican women's group yesterday that he was in negotiations to buy the Tribune Co., owner of the Los …
Kiss statue returns to San Diego Bay
Installation began Monday, February 11 of a bronze recreation of Unconditional Surrender, the controversial statue depicting a sailor kissing a nurse in celebration of the end of World War II, on the San Diego bay front near the U.S.S. Midway …