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51 narco-tunnels destroyed during last 6 years in Baja California and Sonora
Outgoing General oversaw discovery and destruction of drug pipelines
In the last six years, according to outgoing General Alfonso Duarte Múgica, 51 narco-tunnels were discovered and destroyed in the Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora. General Duarte Múgica, who left his military post on January 4th for a …
Murder suspect arrested in Oregon
Man allegedly followed woman home from Lemon Grove bar, shot her in the head
Authorities have identified a suspect in the murder of a woman last week in Lemon Grove, leading to the arrest of 32 year-old Casey Tschida, who had fled to his mother’s house in Happy Valley, Oregon. San Diego Sheriff’s Homicide …
New narco-tunnel discovered in Mexicali
Sophisticated smuggling tunnel uncovered along border
Another narco-tunnel, which are used to smuggle narcotics and humans from Mexico to the United States, was uncovered in Mexicali on Saturday, January 5th. According to the Mexicali police chief, Marco Antonio, the tunnel is 10 meters deep and 30 …
Jefferson and the bar
Local law school last in state in students passing bar
Columnist Staci Zaretsky of the publication "Above the Law" has published a list of how the state's 21 American Bar Association-accredited law schools did in the July 2012 bar exams. In first place was Stanford, as 93.7% of its grads …
Shames sues UCAN
Co-founder of watchdog claims character assassination, says news service
The Courthouse News Service said today (Jan. 4) that Michael Shames has sued Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), the organization he once headed, for a "systematic and calculated plan of character assassination and economic harassment." (I have not yet seen …
City denies permits to San Diego's annual Earth Day event
Filner deputy chief of staff tells organizer they are standing by staff's decision
San Diego's Earth Day is under attack and event organizers are scrambling to obtain the necessary permits and save the Earth Day celebration at Balboa Park. Today, Mayor Bob Filner's deputy chief of staff Allen Jones, called Earth Day organizer …
Guaderrama out as Paso Robles police chief
Veteran San Diego police captain withdraws candidacy for $160,000 job in wake of son's preferential treatment controversy
Manny Guaderrama, the longtime San Diego police captain who was set to become police chief of the Central California wine country town of Paso Robles, has bowed out in the wake of controversy over alleged preferential treatment of his son …
The Navy's new assault on bath salts
Navy uses scare tactics to reduce use of bath salt in new public service announcement
The Navy has announced an offensive on a new enemy; bath salts. The announcement comes more than a year after 64 sailors, 49 of which were on the USS Carl Vinson, were busted for possession of the synthetic cannabinoid, Spice. …
Peregrine accountant defrocked
San Diego's major accounting scam happened a decade ago
Effective Dec. 26, 2012, the California Board of Accountancy has taken the certified public accountant license of Daniel Stulac, who now lives in Racine, Wisconsin. In February of 2003, Peregrine Systems restated $509 million of revenue that it had improperly …
Fallbrook deputies saw the body in the back
Family said they noticed the car of missing man parked at shopping center
The family of a man reported missing two weeks ago found his car in a Fallbrook shopping center, and when deputies investigated, last night, they noticed the body in the back. San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies saw a man “zipped …
East Village seeks entryway sign
Community boosters: "We're not the Gaslamp!"
Like their southern neighbors in Barrio Logan, the community of East Village at the southern edge of San Diego’s downtown area is seeking proposals for a prominent new neighborhood entryway sign in the fashion of Mid-City neighborhoods such as Hillcrest …
National unemployment rate stays at 7.8%
U.S. adds 155,000 jobs in December, slightly below November
The nation added 155,000 nonfarm jobs in December, about the same as the 161,000 gain of November, the Labor Department said today (Jan. 4). The jobless rate stayed at 7.8%, down almost a percentage point from a year ago but …
Would-be-robber of Carlsbad pizzeria wants probation modification
Judge denied Thomas Scott Ruth's request in Superior Court yesterday
The owner of a pizza shop in Carlsbad made national news when he wrestled a loaded handgun away from a would-be robber in February 2011. Almost two years later, the man who admitted the attempted robbery is requesting modification of …
City to dole out another $250,000 for legal representation for Anthony Arevalos
Council asked to approve spending up to $250,000 for outside legal representation in the cases against Anthony Arevalos
Former San Diego Police Officer Anthony Arevalos continues to cost the City for the sexual assault crimes he committed on unsuspecting women in San Diego's Gaslamp District over a two-year period from 2009 to 2011. On Tuesday, city councilmembers will …
Murder suspected in Lemon Grove
Unidentified woman found on roadside with head injuries, later succumbs to her wounds
Sheriff’s deputies in Lemon Grove are searching for information regarding an apparent homicide this morning. Around 2 a.m., deputies were patrolling the 7600 block of Pacific Avenue when they found a woman lying on the side of the road. Stopping …
New York hits Qualcomm with political money disclosure suit
Comptroller alleges San Diego cell phone giant obscures its political spending
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Democrat, has announced that he is suing Qualcomm, the San Diego-based technology company founded by La Jolla billionaire Irwin Jacobs, in an effort to "to inspect the company’s books and records to …
Longtime local GOP political operative to leave party
President of the Clairemont Town Council, Ryan Trabuco, to leave the Republican Party to become an independent.
The sting from the November election continues to burn for some members of San Diego County's Republican Party. Bob Filner's win, Scott Peters defeat of GOP congressman Brian Bilbray, the election of David Roberts to the County Board of Supervisors, …