| September 2008 |
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9/25 |
A New Message for a Familiar Face in District 7
The primary race between April Boling and Marti Emerald for the District 7 San Diego City Council seat was in large measure a battle of resumes.
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9/24 |
Talking Toilet to Tap
The Surfrider Foundation, Biocom and San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a forum Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m. to talk about the future of sewage recycling as a drinking water source in San Diego.
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9/24 |
Council Settles on Homeless Shelter Location
San Diego City Council today unanimously approved a vacant lot at the corner of 16th Street and Island Avenue as the location for an emergency homeless shelter this coming winter.
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9/23 |
Let's Talk Redevelopment
In the wake of San Diego's redevelopment scandals, a raft of local groups is hosting a forum to discuss the city's neighborhood revitalization efforts.
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9/23 |
Night Flyers
Under a new, unique accord to be announced this morning, the San Diego Fire Department’s two firefighting helicopters, Copter I and Copter II, will be allowed to fly water-drop missions at night over state-controlled lands in certain circumstances.
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9/19 |
Ready to Buy, Got Money, Few Takers
Bargain prices on foreclosures have drawn a host of the region's first-time homebuyers out into the house hunt.
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9/16 |
City Leaders Appear to Favor Keeping SEDC, CCDC
With its two showcase redevelopment authorities slogging through a summer of scandal, leaders at City Hall appear to be favoring incremental changes rather than dissolving their unique nonprofit structures.
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9/16 |
Speak Your Mind on Navy Broadway Complex
The Navy is letting some court-ordered rays of sunshine into its plans with Doug Manchester to develop the Navy Broadway Complex.
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9/15 |
SDG&E's Fire Problem
CalFire tanker pilot Mike Venable had just finished reloading his airplane with flame retardant and was returning to fight the Harris Fire. It was just after noon on Oct. 21, 2007, the unforgettable Sunday when San Diego County turned into an inferno.
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9/12 |
Criminal Charges Brought Against Nancy Graham
City Attorney Mike Aguirre's office has charged former Centre City Development Corp. President Nancy Graham with three misdemeanors, alleging that she improperly used her position and failed to disclose her potential conflicts-of-interest.
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9/11 |
Iconic Downtown Project Scrapped in Scandal's Midst
The Centre City Development Corp.'s board voted unanimously Wednesday to terminate a proposed $409-million, 41-story downtown hotel and condominium project, citing the need to restore public trust in the beleaguered redevelopment agency.
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9/10 |
Anti-immigration Groups Allege Quality-of-life Impacts
The hotter the debate over illegal immigration gets, the better for groups like Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS).
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9/10 |
Emerald 2.0
City Council candidate retools her campaign after a poor primary showing.
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9/10 |
Audit Finds 'Fraud,' Details SEDC Problems Beyond Bonuses
A wide-ranging audit examining the Southeastern Economic Development Corp. released this morning found that the redevelopment authority's hidden system of bonuses and extra compensation rises "to the level of fraud."
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9/10 |
What Is Behind All This Talk of Reform?
Their biographies differ, and they come from varying points on the political spectrum. But most of the candidates for San Diego City Council are sending the same message to voters: I will reform City Hall.
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9/9 |
Complaint: New School Inaccessible
One of the newest high schools in San Diego Unified is not easily accessible to the disabled, according to a civil rights complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education in January.
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9/5 |
Amid Troubles, Downtown's Biggest Condo Building Nearly Done
The biggest residential building ever to be built in downtown San Diego will celebrate its topping-off early this month, as construction teams pour concrete for the top floors of the building. And soon its construction crane, one of the only ones left in the air downtown, will come down.
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9/5 |
Labor Council: No City Attorney Endorsement
The San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, an umbrella organization that represents more than 100 local unions, won't endorse either of the candidates for city attorney, the group's political director, Evan McLaughlin, just told me.
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9/4 |
New City Council Probables Promise Scrutiny of New City Hall
For a few weeks in August, the proposal for a new sail-shaped City Hall seemed to have a chance at relatively smooth ride through the machinery of San Diego city government, with both Mayor Jerry Sanders' office and City Council President Scott Peters sending positive vibes.
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9/3 |
State accuses SDG&E of trying to delay report on 2007 wildfires
San Diego Gas & Electric failed to properly inspect and maintain power lines implicated in three of the wildfires that ravaged the county in October, then obstructed the investigation into what happened, state officials said in a report released late yesterday.
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9/3 |
Ushering In a New Era at SEDC
The four new Southeastern Economic Development Corp. board members installed Tuesday by the City Council have been tasked with restoring confidence in an agency reeling from a bonus scandal, entangled in a number of high-profile lawsuits and searching for a new leader.
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9/2 |
Bonuses Beefed Up SEDC's Retirement Accounts
Carolyn Y. Smith, outgoing president of the Southeastern Economic Development Corp., will leave office in October with a retirement account that has been boosted significantly by hundreds of thousands of dollars she approved in hidden bonuses and extra compensation for herself.
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| August 2008 |
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8/30 |
With Another Resignation, CCDC's Conflict Cloud Expands
The scope of potential conflicts of interest at the Centre City Development Corp. once again expanded Friday, a day when the agency's attorney resigned and one of the city's largest proposed hotels withdrew from downtown.
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8/29 |
U-T on Slim-Fast Buyout Plan
Like a debutante slimming down before meeting with suitors, The San Diego Union-Tribune is shedding more employees as it seeks a buyer during the newspaper industry's historic slump.
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8/29 |
How Graham Unraveled Her Own Story
In 2002, Nancy Graham was summoned to Miami to negotiate a condominium deal with one of the richest men in America.
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