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City Attorney says Filner did not need approval from council before firing state and federal lobbyists
Opinion comes weeks after Mayor Bob Filner did not need to ask council before firing state and federal lobbying firms
Mayor Bob Filner was fully in line with the law when he fired the City's longtime state and federal lobbying firms, writes the City Attorney's Office. In a January 29 memo, Deputy City Attorney Carrie Gleeson determined that Filner didn't …
La Costa's Merv Adelson admits mob ties
He is also just about broke, says Vanity Fair
For decades, Merv Adelson, a Vegas/Hollywood entrepreneur who financed the building of North County resort La Costa with three other dubious characters, has denied his organized crime ties. But in the March 2013 issue of Vanity Fair, Adelson -- who …
Atheist advocacy billboard erected in Lemon Grove
The San Diego Coalition of Reason, a collection of local groups of non-theists and church-state separation activists, has teamed up with American Atheists, a national organization, to purchase ad space on a billboard off the SR 94 freeway near College …
La Mesa liquor store clerk strikes robbery suspect in head with bottle
Suspect grabs bottle of his own and strikes back.
A liquor store clerk in La Mesa and the suspect in an armed robbery are both likely nursing head wounds today suffered following blows delivered via glass bottle. On Monday night, La Mesa Police officers responded to a robbery call …
Three men stabbed at party advertised on Facebook
Sheriff's investigators say no suspect yet, after huge brawl at remote California home
Three men were stabbed at a house party in Rainbow earlier this month, and investigators have no suspects yet in the case, according to San Diego County Sheriff's detectives. “All party-goers were gone by the time we arrived,” Sheriff’s Sergeant …
Another delay for arraignments in South Bay corruption probe
Will the venue be changed again?
Fourteen defendants of alleged corruption in three South Bay school districts — Sweetwater, Southwestern and San Ysidro — appeared in a South Bay court this morning only to be told the trial might be moved back to the San Diego …
UC students, workers to protest fat executive pay
Union to picket, deploring huge top management pay, pensions
"They get golden handshakes when they retire, and we get cat food!" That will be the rallying cry tomorrow (Jan. 31) as University of California workers and students stage protests at UC medical facilities and all ten UC campuses. The …
Public invited to power plant demolition in Chula Vista this Saturday
The Port of San Diego is inviting members of the public to a demolition party, as the South Bay Power Plant meets its maker via implosion this Saturday at 7 a.m. The plant, a bay front fixture since the 1950s, …
Booze, golf, and lobbyists hallmarks of Vargas bi-coastal fundraisers
Breakfast admission in Washington starts at $1500; Friday afternoon Mission Valley golf affair just $1250
As previously reported, freshman Democratic congressman Juan Vargas has been first off the blocks in the House fundraising race for 2014, scheduling a Capitol Hill breakfast bash next month at Johnny’s Half Shell on North Capitol Street. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/30/39262/ “Using organic …
Council President Todd Gloria's campaign committee sitting on $54,000 in donations
Gloria spends less than $4,000 on political causes and donations in the weeks before and after election
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith isn't San Diego's only politician who has stashed away tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions. Add city council president Todd Gloria to the list as well. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/30/39261/ Gloria, who like Goldsmith ran unopposed in …
Padres's Grandal linked to Florida drug lab
But bigger names such as A-Rod getting the most sports coverage
In November, Major League Baseball suspended Padres's catcher Yasmani Grandal for 50 games for testing positive to testosterone. He had taken over the starting job in the middle of the season and done well. His suspension applies to this year. …
Documentary on Juárez to open at Regal Rancho del Rey on Feb. 1st
Film to feature former Tijuana police chief Julián Leyzaola
A documentary, which tracks the decline of violence in Ciudad Juárez, will begin showing on Friday, February 1st, at the Regal Rancho del Rey movie theater in Chula Vista. The film, which is directed and produced by Charlie Minn, is …
National economy shrinks in fourth quarter
Defense spending plunges, but may not be bad portent for San Diego
The U.S. economy declined in the fourth quarter for the first time since the Great Recession, as growth inched down at a 0.1% annual rate. For the full 2012, the economy grew 2.2% versus 1.8% in 2011 and 2.4% in …
Mayor Filner backtracks on enforcement of medical marijuana dispensaries
Mayor and City Attorney agree to draft a new zoning law allowing medical marijuana and present it to city council
It appears as if the City's fight, and the lawsuits, against medical marijuana dispensary owners is back on. Today, Mayor Bob Filner met with City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and city councilmembers to discuss the fate of the cases after the …
Oceanside man charged with shooting death of neighbor
Twenty-year-old pleads not guilty to shooting two persons in the middle of the street
A man was shot dead and his girlfriend was shot in the face, because a neighbor got fed up with petty thieving from the man who lived across the street, it was suggested in courthouse testimony today. Diego Arturo Martinez, …
Padres honcho says it with cash: Anybody but Filner
Mega-millionaire beer distributor gave big to DeMaio and Fletcher, along with brew merchants political committees, Major League Baseball PAC, and Mitt Romney
Ron Fowler, the politically-wired California beer distribution magnate who assembled the wealthy group that took over the Padres last year, has made it clear that he's no fan of mayor Bob Filner. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/29/39218/ That might not come as a surprise, …
Carlsbad Police program targets parents of unruly kids
Instruction offered to parents of 5 to 10 year-olds on avoiding drugs and gang life
The Carlsbad Police Department has announced new training classes aimed at the parents of unruly five to ten year-olds, with the hope that early intervention will help deter children from drug abuse or gang violence later in life. “Loving Solutions” …
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith spends campaign donations on trip to Florida and Las Vegas
Goldsmith still sitting on a lump of cash left over from the two previous elections.
San Diego City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and his campaign committee is sitting on a wad of cash left over from the November election. Now, three months later, despite paying for posh accommodations in St. Petersburg, Florida for the Republican National …