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Baja disappeared persons misrepresented in PGR reports
Only 15 people declared missing in Baja California despite much larger numbers
Statistics recently released by the Centro de Investigación y Capacitación Propuesta Cívica, which allegedly reflect official statistics by the Mexico attorney general’s office, have revealed the massive number of disappeared persons in Mexico over the last 6 years. According to …
SD unemployment rate drops
County gains 7,600 jobs in month, 24,600 in year
The county's unemployment rate dropped to 8.3% in November from a revised 8.6% in October, according to the Employment Development Department. A year ago, the rate was 9.4%. Local government jobs surged 2,100 in the month, primarily from the education …
Scott Peters tapped to join House Armed Services Committee
Joins local Duncan D. Hunter, projects San Diego will be spared from most of the coming spending cuts
Congressman-elect Scott Peters, who narrowly defeated incumbent Brian Bilbray in last month’s contest for the newly-drawn California 52nd District, has one of his first committee appointments. On Thursday the Democratic Caucus tapped him to join the House Committee on Armed …
Tourism up in Baja California
Numbers showing positive results overall for the state
Tourism numbers have slowly risen during 2012 for the Mexican state of Baja California, showing a 5% increase over the year. Juan Tintos Funke, the secretary of tourism for the state, released the positive numbers on Thursday, December 20th. Results …
Sportin' life: how billionaire owners make out
Billionaire-dominated NFL owners have raked in $18.6 billion of taxpayer funds
Bloomberg News has an excellent story today (Dec. 20) noting that since 1992, taxpayers have committed $18.6 billion to National Football League owners in the cost of building stadiums, foregone real estate taxes and the like. There are 32 teams …
Mayor Filner accused of caving to "NIMBY" concerns. Stops construction on University Ave
Filner stops transit friendly project years after project was approved.
For years planners at the City have been pushing for a more pedestrian, bike, and transit friendly city. During that time, North Park's busiest thoroughfare, University Avenue, became the number one target to make that happen. In early 2010, City …
San Diego wins one
CPUC thumbs down SDGE's attempt to get customers to pay 2007 fire costs
Quick action by irate San Diegans was almost certainly a factor in today's (Dec. 20) decision by the commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to turn down San Diego Gas & Electric's attempt to get ratepayers to cough …
Report says downtown bias colors debate over costly new San Diego city hall
San Diego auditors say they can't substantiate claim that most downtown city workers use public transportation
San Diego city auditor Eduardo Luna is out with a report challenging the prevailing wisdom of basing so many city workers downtown and building an expensive new city hall to hold them all, long a pet project of ex-mayor Jerry …
San Diego's Church of Latter Day Saints Temple looks to expand
Church officials propose new 18,000 square foot visitor center on the 7.2 acre site near La Jolla.
Members of the Church of Latter Day Saints visiting San Diego's ornate temple may have a new 18,000 square-foot visitor center to enter upon their arrival. The church has submitted an application to the City for the necessary permits needed …
Outrageous scam by CPUC
Last-second maneuver by regulator may permit SDGE to pick your pocket of $1 billion
I have been reporting on financial fraud for almost 50 years and seldom if ever have I seen a scam like the one that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) appears to be pulling on San Diego utility ratepayers. San …
Arellano Félix kidnapping kingpin caught
Wanted criminal apprehended after years on the run
The leader of a feared kidnapping ring was arrested after years on the run by Baja state police in Tijuana on Tuesday, December 18th. Juan Diego Alcaráz Muciño, also known as “El Yeyo”, has had numerous arrests warrants since 1996 …
The 411 on San Diego's 311 "pothole" app
The contract for the one-stop shot smartphone app has expired and the Mayor has not given any word whether he plans to renew it.
San Diego 311, the smartphone app that allows residents to report potholes and graffiti by snapping a picture on their smartphone camera, appears to have fallen into the cracks left by changing of the guard at City Hall. The contract …
Sports scam
But it's not the owner extortion racket: two indicted for defrauding fans.
The U.S. Attorney's office announced today (Dec. 19) that San Diego twins Anthony and Leopold Casias were arrested yesterday by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents for defrauding sports fans. According to documents related to indictments, the two got clients of …
Disbarred attorney leaves San Diego County
Divorce attorney took money from two clients’ trust accounts
An attorney who admitted taking funds from two trust accounts has failed to make a single restitution payment, and recently requested a jurisdictional transfer to another county where she has a new home, according to documents in her court file. …
Gun seizures, assaults, and rapes escalating at SDSU
Latest monthly San Diego State University police report sheds new light on school's chronic crime problems
As Don Bauder noted here last month, San Diego State University was high on the list of "The 25 Most Dangerous Colleges in America," as compiled by Business Insider magazine, with 27 violent and 575 property crimes per year. The …
Homeless man released from custody
Admitted attempted theft near Oceanside pier
A homeless man has been released from custody, after he admitted an attempted theft from a female passerby, near Oceanside pier last summer. Moore was taken into custody the same day as the alleged incident, August 22, 2012. Calvin Grey …
Edison grilled by federal regulators over San Onofre restart proposal
Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission grilled Southern California Edison representatives yesterday regarding their plan to restart one of two nuclear reactors at the long-idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station at a Commission meeting held yesterday in Maryland. A main …
Home values keep rising
San Diego tops nation in monthly, yearly gains
San Diego area home values rose 1.3% in November, topping the nation's 0.6%, according to Zillow.com figures released this morning (Dec. 19). San Diego's year over year gain of 7.3% also beat the nation's 5.2%. The median value of a …
Guns for groceries trade offered by Sheriff's Department
No-questions-asked event offers to trade guns for grocery store gift cards this Friday
Looking for a way to get a few extra bucks for groceries this holiday season? Have a gun? The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has got a deal for you. This Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. deputies will be …