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UCAN board meeting gets testy
Insults fly -- still no consensus on what happened at so-called watchdog
The board of beleaguered Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) met last night (Jan. 9) in both an open and closed session. In the open session, members discussed how, through a change in the bylaws, longtime board member Niel Lynch was …
Teachers' fund to dump firearm investments
CalSTRS becomes first public pension fund to to divest gun maker stocks
The investment committee of the $154.3 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) voted unanimously today (Jan. 9) to sell any investments in companies making firearms that the state bars private citizens from owning, as well as makers of high-capacity …
U-T offers settlement related to complaints about gift certificate business
Class action suit argues illegal expiration dates, deceptive practices from "Daily Deal" provider SignOn San Diego
The U-T San Diego yesterday sent a notification to individuals who had subscribed to its “Daily Deal” vouchers announcing a proposed class action settlement in response to an August 2011 complaint filed by Linda Low in federal district court. Low …
Mayor's protocol officer is daughter of Gregory Canyon solid waste magnate
Filner contributor is deeply rooted in San Diego lobbying, real estate development, and political fundraising, both Democratic and Republican
When Democratic mayor Bob Filner unveiled his new executive staff on Monday, one of the most intriguing names on the list was that of Molly Chase, daughter of Filner campaign contributor and Gregory Canyon solid waste disposal site promoter Nancy …
Escondido child-abuser transferred to Los Angeles County
Twenty-four-year-old man admitted sex with 12-year-old girl
A 24-year-old man who admitted to having intercourse with a 12-year-old girl in Escondido had his case transferred to Los Angeles County, last week. Christopher Bradley Nutt had only recently moved to San Diego County, from San Dimas, before the …
Fraudster impersonated California Highway Patrol officer
Elderly San Diego couple were targets of a scam
It was a warm, pleasant morning in San Diego, about 11 a.m. last October, when Peggy got an upsetting phone call. The man on the phone said he was Sergeant Perry with the California Highway Patrol. The sergeant told Peggy …
Eighteen-year-old woman admits driving stolen vehicle
Judge finds "stupid" good cause to reduce felony to misdemeanor
The deputy said he first noticed the car because it was driving so slow, and then he saw that the occupants kept turning around to look at his patrol car. Because there were four persons in the back seat of …
San Marcos man accused of stealing beauty cremes
Man reportedly wrestled to the ground for Oil-of-Olay and Loreal products
The “corporate security” man for a retail grocery store said he observed the customer put two jars of beauty crème into his jacket before he left the store, without paying for the items. Witness Miguel Rivera testified that it was …
SANDAG Board of Directors' annual retreat
Elected officials invited to attend annual retreat at Barona Casino
Elected officials throughout San Diego County who sit on SANDAG's Board of Directors have just three days left to sign up for the agency's annual Board of Directors retreat. This year's all-expense-paid retreat will be held at Barona Casino from …
San Diegan guilty of basketball heist
Fan kidnapped, robbed after UTEP game
San Diegan Brandon Lawrence Jones and El Paso's Jesus Manuel Gallegos have pleaded guilty to kidnapping and carjacking a man leaving a basketball game Nov. 5, 2011, beating him and emptying his bank accounts, according to the Federal Bureau of …
Democrats rule in lucrative Filner committee appointments
New mayor fills extra-pay association of governments committees with himself and fellow partisans, disclosure shows
It's official. Democratic Mayor Bob Filner wants to appoint himself to the board of directors and the executive committee of the San Diego Association of Governments, otherwise known as SANDAG. And Filner, a former member of Congress and veteran of …
Developer proposes expansive La Jolla mansion
Colton Sudberry, president of Sudberry Properties, submits application for a 15,250 mansion in La Jolla
The uptick in San Diego's housing market is one sign of the local economy is on the mend. A more sure fire sign, though, are new proposals from large scale developers to build multi-million dollar mansions in La Jolla. That's …
Gonzalez fundraising tops $100K in less than a month
Labor leader amassing political war chest for state Assembly run
The campaign for local labor leader Lorena Gonzalez has hit the ground running in her bid to take over the 80th District California Assembly seat potentially being vacated by Ben Hueso, who himself is gunning for Juan Vargas’ former state …
Filner sticks to staff decision to deny Earth Day use of Balboa Park...for now
Filner releases a statement on the Earth Day Fair.
Carolyn Chase finally got the meeting she was hoping for. Unfortunately, it wasn't the outcome she wanted. Today, Chase met with Mayor Bob Filner to discuss the City's decision to deny Earth Day permits to hold the event at Balboa …
Fallbrook deputies found the hidden gun
Two suspects were recorded wondering if the gun had been found, a deputy said
Fallbrook deputies did not know about the hidden gun until they heard the man ask his female friend if they had found it. Sheriff’s deputy John Klimek said he put Angel Chavez and Araceli Diaz in the back seat of …
Escondido police arrest "suspicious" man
Meth in his hoodie, pills and Sig Sauer pistol in his silver Cadillac
Escondido Police officer Jake Houchin said he was called to an apartment complex at 101 South Spruce Street on a report of a “suspicious person in the area.” It was just before 10 p.m. on a Wednesday night, December 19, …
Baja California poverty rate high due to migrants
Jobless migrants from southern Mexico hiking poverty numbers across state
According to recent reports, the Mexican state of Baja California has over 320,000 people living in some form of poverty. The Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (National Institute of Statistic and Geography or INEGI) census reported that 13% of …