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by Liam Dillon / Voice of San Diego / July 18, 2011
The two-year-old allegations are as scandalous as they come: Mayor Jerry Sanders or one of his deputies fired a high-level city of San Diego employee because he was helping investigate contracting involving one of the mayor’s supporters. And the lawsuit that makes those allegations doesn’t show signs of going away.
Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.
Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home.
By East County Magazine / July 16, 2011
Home foreclosures in the City of San Diego are costing local governments hundreds of millions of dollars, in addition to billions lost by neighboring homeowners, a study by the Center on Policy Initiatives shows.
by Jared Quient / Two Cathedrals / July 18, 2011
Opponents of Marriage Equality are getting desperate. Between last month’s awe-inspiring leadership by Governor Andrew Cuomo that led to the state legislature legalizing same-sex marriage in New York and the latest court decisions here in California, the march towards marriage equality for all seems for the first time in our history, wonderfully inevitable.
Heck, even the San Diego Union Tribune’s editorial board (not exactly a bastion for progressive ideals) realizes that opponents of Marriage Equality are running out of options.
By Surfline / July 18, 2011
Ocean Experience Surf School and Braille Institute San Diego unite for the 11th annual surf camp for visually impaired students on Monday, July 18 – Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Located at Mission Point and South Mission Beach Jetty, this three-day surf camp truly breaks the barriers faced by Braille Institute students.
By Kit-Bacon Gressitt / Excuse Me, I’m Writing/ July 17, 2011
San Diego Pride
San Diego’s Pride Parade was Saturday 16 July, and its images are telling.
On Friday, July 15th, leaders of the Pelican Bay hunger strike unanimously rejected a proposal from the California Department of Corrections and Rehab (CDCR) to end the strike. In response to the prisoners’ five, straightforward demands, the CDCR distributed a vaguely worded document stating that it would “effect a comprehensive assessment of its existing policy and procedure” about the secure housing units (SHUs). The document gave no indication if any changes would be made at all.
Religious Coalition Says California’s Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement is Tantamount to Torture
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the ongoing hunger strike by inmates incarcerated in multiple California prisons, Rev. Richard Killmer, Executive Director of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, released the following statement:
“Hunger strikes are the last resort of prisoners protesting inhumane confinement conditions….”
by Cesar Diaz /California Federation of Labor / July 14, 2011
According to a recent report, Sempra Energy’s plan to offshore green energy production to Mexico would result in as many as 15,000 lost U.S. jobs and nearly $300 million in lost local, state and federal tax revenue. 90% of the direct job losses would occur in Imperial County, which had the highest unemployment rate in the nation as of April 2011 at 27.9%
By Beth Driscoll
I am a Local Coordinator for a High School Foreign Exchange Student program, and I am proud to be part of something that I feel truly makes a difference in how America is becoming a more diverse, accepting society. The Council on International Educational Exchange gives people the opportunity to show America through our eyes.
While negotiations with Ralphs, Vons, and Albertsons continue and the United Food and Commercial Workers union keeps fighting to protect their members’ health benefits, grocery workers need our support. In the spirit of solidarity, please join us as we stand united with the grocery workers on Friday at noon.
Solidarity Rally
12 p.m. on Friday, July 15, 2011
at
VONS (off Aero Dr.)
3550 Murphy Canyon Rd., San Diego 92123
By James Palen / The Daily Transcript / July 13, 2011
Based largely on feedback from two public forums thus far, a single, preferred design has been selected on which to base the redevelopment of Horton Plaza and adjoining Horton Plaza Park.
The winner: the Cabrillo Arch plan.
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