… What is blight?” Schnaubelt asked. “Well, blight is whatever the government says it is. All of Coronado is ‘blighted.’ San Diego once declared a Ferrari dealership as blight,” he argued.National City Mayor Morrison pointed to job creation, a statewide economic catalyst he pegged at $40 billion a year, and voter approval to defend redevelopment.“It [...]
… I lost a baby. But for you to stand on this floor and to suggest as you have that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous,” Speier said.San Diego Republicans Duncan Hunter, Darrell Issa and Brian Bilbray all voted in favor of [...]
Remarkably, Gainsborough also expresses solidarity with these women — virtually all of whom led lives of tabloid-worthy scandal. Just being an actress, like Siddons, was to put oneself in league with prostitutes. Ford’s father twice had her arrested for publicly playing the viola, held between the musician’s legs. Lady Spencer lived happily in a ménage [...]
Hedda may see herself as a caged bird, but Chao plays her as I see her: spoiled brat turned victimizer, with hostility oozing out of every pore. Naturally gorgeous, Chao looks both fabulous and unapproachable, and Alina Bokovikova’s sleek and slinky costumes make her look even better – and more frosty.Anderson’s George, with his naïveté [...]
Addiction has many stages. The complexity of the drug problem in Tijuana increases year after year. I’ve been working with addicts and women in jails since 2008, and I have heard many stories — most of them end with someone being locked up, a heart broken, a missing family member, or someone feeling guilty for [...]
RAMONA: A minor was arrested at 2:30 a.m. Feb. 13 on Main Street on charges of resisting an officer by force, battery, being drunk in public and violating curfew. The victims were a 41-year-old man who appeared to have suffered minor injury and two sheriff’s deputies.SAN MARCOS: The theft of $450 in clothing was reported [...]
The best-known case of Westerners being held hostage in Somalia was that of Paul and Rachel Chandler, a British couple held for 388 days. The two, who were captured while sailing in their private yacht, were released in November.The Adams – who are members of the Marina del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, [...]
The Adams – who are members of the Marina del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, California – run a Bible ministry, according to their website, and have been distributing Bibles to schools and churches in remote villages in areas including the Fiji Islands, Alaska, New Zealand, Central America and French Polynesia.The Adams carry [...]
… WOW, check that out.” I say as we reach the Children’s Creative & Performing Arts Academy, which, according to their banner, accepts students from Pre-School to High-School age. “Here’s what I don’t understand, how can they have a school of any sort right across the street from a strip joint”? “Can an establishment like [...]
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A former Camp Pendleton Marine accused of strangling a masseuse in a downtown San Diego massage parlor more than 35 years ago pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a murder charge.Leon Johnson, 57, is accused in the death of Luz Borrayo.Though the defendant was arraigned Tuesday, the setting of a trial date [...]
