SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The late San Diego Chargers coach Sid Gillman made an appearance in a U-T column by sportswriter Bill Pinella entitled “From Pages Past”: Fifty years ago this date, Gillman was recuperating from surgery on varicose veins on his right leg. “I’ve got to get back on my feet,” he groused. “It’s a fast moving world and I might miss something.” … Thirty years ago there were rumors that owner Donald T. Sterling was planning to move basketball’s then San Diego Clippers to Los Angeles. His non-answer at the time: “You known I’m not the spokesman for the club. You have to talk to Arn Tellem.” And Tellem’s comment? “Possibly.”
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San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, interviewed on news channels, thanked residents in the Fairbanks Ranch, Rancho Santa Fe, and other communities for their prompt cooperation with police in evacuating homes threatened by the Bernardo Fire on Tuesday, May 13. There were no deaths and no structures burned in the first day of the wildfire, and Zimmerman said residents helped public safety officials by cooperating.
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California Gov. Jerry Brown was at San Diego City Hall on May 13 to discuss his $107.8 billion budget proposal. From Sacramento, columnist Steven Greenhut wrote that the plan had some bad news for Senate President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg: No additional $1 billion to be tacked onto the spending plan for universal pre-school, as Steinberg has proposed. Brown said if the Legislature thinks an extra front-end year of schooling is needed, it should fund it from the current budget, and presumably make cuts in other programs.
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Voice of San Diego reprised an Op-Ed written Nov. 14, 2013 by Mel Katz complimenting Scott Peters for joining such bipartisan congressional groups as “No Labels” and the “United Solutions Caucus.” The re-publication was part of a package of stories by Voice of San Diego examining the career of Peters, who faces opposition in the November election from Republican Carl DeMaio.
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Preceding compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff