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San Diego retiree healthcare 3% funded
That compares with 55% in Los Angeles, according to Pew Center study
According to the publication PublicCEO.com, Pew Center on the States has issues a 40 comments
How TaylorMade drove past neighbor Callaway
Golf market shares completely changed as Callaway management blundered
The Wall Street Journal has a comprehensive story in the weekend edition (dated Feb. 9) on how Carlsbad's TaylorMade left Carlsbad's Callaway weeping at the tee in the golf equipment business. TaylorMade now has 47% of the market for woods, …
Day after Jacobs speaks, Plaza de Panama lobbying deal with Shepard ends
Public Policy Strategies Plaza de Panama lobbying gig with Turner Construction is dropped the day after Qualcomm billionaire pulls out of controversial Balboa Park road and parking makeover
It didn't take long for the announcement by Qualcomm billionaire Irwin Jacobs that he was pulling out of his controversial big-money plan to remake Balboa Park with new roads and a huge parking garage to impact an influential player in …
Skirmish over security contracts at Qualcomm Stadium
Elite and Staff Pro fight over paying employees living wages
The scuffle between Elite Show Services and Staff Pro over two open security contracts at Qualcomm Stadium rages on. At the center of the debate is allegations that Staff Pro is trying to avoid paying their employees living wages. Now, …
Local municipalities pushing to get cats sterilized ahead of peak breeding season
County, six local cities offering $100 vouchers for free spaying
The late winter months of February and March mark the primary breeding season for cats, which leads to the dubbing of springtime at local animal shelters as “kitten season,” a time when the number of unwanted young housecats are abandoned …
Tijuana police on watch for Dorner, suspected cop killer
Man suspected of killing three people could be traveling near Mexico border
The Tijuana municipal police have setup operations near the United States border incase alleged cop killer, Christopher Dorner, attempts to cross into Mexico. Authorities in Tijuana were put on alert after Dorner allegedly spent the night in the San Diego …
City of Chula Vista sued by woman who fell as a result of a broken City sidewalk
Woman's husband files lawsuit against the City for injuries caused by a broken City sidewalk.
San Diego is not the only City in the County trying to answer to a massive backlog of street and sidewalk repairs. Chula Vista, the second largest municipality in the County, is also hundreds of millions of dollars in the …
Lobbyists use Twitter to rip Filner over downtown banquet speech
With transcript yet to surface, tweets provide unusually candid glimpse of how hardball special interest politics is played in San Diego
But how do they really feel? Prolific tweeters among the ranks of San Diego's real estate and development lobbyists and political consultants have been burning up the Internet over remarks reportedly made by new Democratic mayor Bob Filner at a …
Sheriffs in Ramona visit the "Chicken Ranch"
Compound was used by burglary ring to hide and process stolen property
Sheriff’s deputies served a warrant Tuesday on a Ramona property known as the “Chicken Ranch,” which a gang of burglars was reportedly using to hide and dismantle stolen property before attempting to offer it for sale. Concluding a two month …
One way to negotiate: threaten to blow up the plant
Platinum Equity owns French company hit with layoff unrest
A French plant owned by Beverly Hills-based Platinum Equity, former owner of the Union-Tribune, is experiencing real labor unrest: the workers are threatening to blow up the place, according to the publication Testosterone Pit. Tuesday (Feb. 5) the 168 remaining …
Massachusetts nails LPL Financial
SD firm will pay $2 million to investors plus $500,000 fine
San Diego's LPL Financial has been hit with an order by the Massachusetts Security Division to pay more than $2 million to investors who had bought shares of non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). LPL will also pay a $500,000 …
Rick Perry's La Jolla super PAC down to its last $946
San Diego committee backing California job-poaching Texas governor isn't so super anymore
Self-styled San Diego business leaders aflutter about Texas governor Rick Perry's recent California job raiding forays can rest easy about one thing: his La Jolla-based super PAC. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39694/ At one point during the run-up to the 2012 presidential election season, …
Alleged San Marcos gangster brought before a judge
Accused of ramming his car into another man
An alleged gang member was arraigned on charges of attempted murder and felony assault, in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse, late yesterday. Jorge Alcantara Colin, 21, is accused of driving his car into another man, after that man intervened …
Man walks into the Imperial Beach Sheriff Station and says he just killed his wife
Woman's body found in husbands Nissan pickup truck
Just before 4:00 pm Wednesday February 6, William Barker was driving home from work when several San Diego Sheriff cars fell in behind him sirens blaring. Before he could pull over the patrol cars stopped in front of the sheriff's …
Boxer, Markey demand San Onofre investigation
Senator, Congressman say new information indicates SCE overlooked safety
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer of California and Democratic Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts today (Feb. 6) wrote the federal Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC) urging it to investigate new information indicating that Southern California Edison (SCE) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries were …
Kilroy Realty throws one-million dollars at city lobbyists to help with permits for One Paseo
The developer hopes the money will result in permits needed to start on massive mixed-use project
Kilroy Realty is sparing no expense trying to convince elected officials and city staffers to approve One Paseo, their 23.5 acre mixed-use development in Carmel Valley. Executives at Kilroy have a tough road ahead of them. Kilroy acquired the property …
One SDGE expense account: $71,158 in 2011
SDGE chief exec raked in $2.93 million in compensation; Sempra chairman $11.8 million
San Diego Gas & Electric executives were reimbursed for some fat expenses in 2011, according to the GO-77M report filed with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). One manager had an expense account of $71,158. A vice president had expenses …