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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – Mayoral Candidate Bonnie Dumanis on Wednesday released a detailed business plan she said was designed to raise the standard of operational excellence, increase efficiency and save taxpayer dollars at City of San Diego.   The Transparency, Excellence, Accountability and Monitoring (TEAM) System is an adapted version of the General Management System (GMS) currently […]

By Jenn Sanders SAN DIEGO–The Hillcrest Town Council voted 24-3 on Tuesday evening, March 13,  to recommend to the San Diego City Council that Blaine Street be renamed as Harvey Milk Street after the gay San Francisco City-County supervisor who was slain along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone in 1978 by former  supervisor Dan

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Former San Diego County Sheriff Bill Kolender announced his endorsement this week of Solana Beach Deputy Mayor Dave Roberts to be the next Third District Supervisor for San Diego County. “Dave Roberts works diligently to promote safe communities,” said former Sheriff Kolender. “He has been a great friend of the

EDITOR’S NOTE–On both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are groups of people whose families either practiced some form of Judaism secretly– a holdover from the days of persecution under the Spanish Inquisition –or whose families converted to Christianity and now wish to return. Among them is Ysmael Escudero Tisnado(Coronel) II, who writes in Ladino about

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Two influential public safety groups have endorsed Mathew Kostrinsky for San Diego’s 7th District City Council seat. The San Diego Police Officers Association and the San Diego Association for Lifeguards are throwing their support behind the Del Cerro resident, who is a former U.S. Senate and Chamber of Commerce aide.

By Elad Morad SAN DIEGO —  I attended the “Islamophobia: A Mainstream Ideological Formation” lecture on March 8  at UCSD university. The lecture was sponsored by the Middle East Studies program, part of the Social Science department and the speaker was Stephen Sheehi from the Arab Culture and Comparative Literature Department from the University of South Carolina.

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)- National and local Latino leaders came out to support Congressman and Mayoral Candidate Bob Filner Saturday, March 10, at Chicano Park. Congressman Luis Gutierrez (IL- 4), Congressman Charles Gonzalez (TX-20) joined local Latino leaders in endorsing Bob Filner for Mayor of San Diego. More than 25 supporters met Mayoral Candidate Bob

  SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced guilty verdicts on Monday, March 5,  in the trial of Brendan O’Rourke, who opened fire at Kelly Elementary School in Carlsbad in October 2010 with a handgun and wounded two girls. O’Rourke was found guilty of seven counts of attempted murder with premeditation