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Labor Council to support David Alvarez for Mayor
Labor council organized a campaign committee on behalf of councilmember David Alvarez
What's an election without an endorsement, and major campaign contributions, from big-labor? On Thursday September 12, San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO, hinted at their endorsement of who they want to see replace former-mayor Bob Filner. Despite dogged …
Senior San Diego Police captain departs for greener pastures
Low rates of pay have long been a complaint among San Diego Police officers, with many lured away to other departments after undergoing a costly training process. Yesterday (September 12), the City of Eureka in northern California announced it would …
Downtown San Diego Partnership takes $100,000 in assessments for defense in lawsuit over misuse of assessments
The Clean and Safe advisory board voted to allocate $100,000 to fight lawsuit
Let's start with a general summary: A non-profit paid to administer an assessment district is sued for misusing assessments collected from local property owners. Members of the assessment district's advisory board, which includes the President and treasurer of said non-profit, …
His T shirt revealed his illegal profession
He admitted it in court today
Martell Davis admitted in federal court today (Sept. 12) that he transported a 17-year old girl from San Diego to Yuma so she could engage in commercial sex acts. He had been arrested when he picked up the prostitute at …
GOP and Koch-backed think tank operative gives Nathan Fletcher funding assist
Republican fundraiser who worked with Dick Cheney and Rudy Giuliani now pulling in dollars for newly minted Democrat
Sometime it's hard to tell a Republican from a Democrat in San Diego's mayors race without a program. As reported here yesterday, Irwin Molasky, an old friend of the late mobster Moe Dalitz and a big backer of Nevada Democratic …
Wells Fargo beats the Vista merchant who can't speak or read English
Forum selection clause upheld, but case will be appealed
North County Superior Court Judge Timothy Casserly ruled in favor of Wells Fargo Bank in a case that I wrote about in my July 31 column. Vista's Casiano Hernandez-Venegas, who neither speaks nor reads English, was pitched by a Wells …
Repeat felon expects 8 years for assaulting woman
Kenneth Wayne Welch made a plea deal
A repeat felon accused of trying to run down his girlfriend with his truck last June, this morning pleaded guilty to one felony assault charge. Kenneth Wayne Welch, 42, reportedly got into an argument with his girlfriend while they were …
Phoenix lobbying firm opens in San Diego -- with baggage
Ron Ober has history with DeConcini, Keating
Policy Development Group, the lobbying, public affairs and crisis communications firm based in Phoenix, has hired Paul Worlie to head its new California office in San Diego. The firm has a client list including Toyota Motor Sales and promoted the …
La Jolla nonprofit plans pricey Cuba visit
La Jolla’s Institute of the Americas, which is housed on the UC San Diego campus and bills itself as an “impartial and independent nonprofit organization” that “promotes cooperation between the public and private sectors to improve the economic, political and …
Bailed-out burglar is a no-show for court date
Bail bond was forfeited and judge issued bench warrant
An experienced burglar was arrested after he leaped from the second story of a home where he had been considering the loot, Carlsbad police reported. It was after 3 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, August 29, when officers arrived at …
City Attorney's Office responds to sexual harassment lawsuit on Filner's behalf
Denies any wrongdoing and says Irene McCormack Jackson only exacerbated the problem.
Just four days removed from office, former Mayor Bob Filner and City Attorney Jan Goldsmith had crafted their response to claims set against him by former communications director, Irene McCormack Jackson. On July 22, McCormack Jackson appeared before a crowded …
San Diego FBI building financed by Chinese seeking U.S. visas, senator says
Posh FBI field office, built by Las Vegas developer with ties to late mobster Moe Dalitz and San Diego GOP candidates Carl DeMaio and Kevin Faulconer, was financed by funds from U.S. visa-seeking Chinese investors, Sen. Charles Grassley says
A costly new FBI headquarters in San Diego, built by means of a lease-back arrangement with the United States government by Las Vegas developer Irwin Molasky, was financed by investors from China seeking immigration visas, according to a July letter …
City emails show employees scrambling to justify North Park Jack in the Box permits
Fast-food chain was not the only one scrambling to find a way around the building code.
A few feet taller, with new exterior and interior walls and fresh coats of paint, and a nice new parking lot, The Jack in the Box on Upas and 30th Street in North Park is now open for business. It's …
Come to Petco, buy a ferret...errr...guinea pig
“Pet ferrets are a fun way to help young students learn these important skills at home so they’re ready to take on the new school year,” proclaims a release from animal and animal supply retailer Petco bearing a San Diego …
Arrest warrant issued under seal for Kristin Rossum's Australian lover
District attorney kept the conspiracy charge under wraps for years
Authorities have filed a felony conspiracy complaint and issued an arrest warrant under seal against Michael Robertson, former boss and lover of convicted murderer Kristin Rossum. Robertson has continued to live free and work as a forensic toxicology consultant in …
Drugs, guns seized in massive police sweep
Yearlong narcotics investigation ends with 65 arrests
Various law enforcement agencies were kept busy yesterday morning (September 10), serving a dozen search warrants between 6 a.m. and noon that resulted in 65 arrests and sizeable drug and weapons seizures. The sweeps, dubbed “Operation Mountain Shadow,” are the …
San Diego County deputy said she got body-slammed
Anthony Garcia denies throwing deputy to ground before she shot him
“He basically body-slammed me on the ground,” said deputy Michelle Storms. The pale brunette said the man with whom she had been scuffling picked her up bodily and walked her backwards, and then threw her onto a concrete walkway. Deputy …
To gift or not to gift. City Attorney's Office questioned donation of homeless shelter but was silent for Sunroad land giveaway
Lawsuit challenges the City's donation of public land to developer Sunroad Enterprises.
Donating a city-owned building for use as a homeless shelter is bad but giving away city designated park space to a wealthy developer seems to be just fine. That appears to be the case in San Diego and the impetus …
Solana Beach woman arrested on numerous fraud charges
Property manager allegedly stole over $900,000 from Simi Valley HOA
A Solana Beach property manager and her Los Angeles area cohort were arrested yesterday on charges of embezzling over $900,000 over a period of just one-and-a-half years from a community homeowners’ association she oversaw in the Ventura County community of …