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Video From Smart Streetlights Goes Dark
San Diego’s controversial smart streetlight program is facing a new setback.
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Advocates Demand Immediate Stop to Citations and Clearing of Homeless Encampments
“Targeting unsheltered individuals is terrible public policy, and directly endangers the lives of thousands of San Diegans,” advocates say.
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Helping San Diego's Homeless Will Protect All of Us from the Coronavirus, Advocate Says
Earlier this week, city and county officials announced an ambitious plan for the homeless amid the coronavirus outbreak. The focus is on moving the homeless off the streets and into the city’s Golden Hall auditorium, the downtown Convention Center, and vacant hotel rooms. But on Thursday, homeless advocate Michael McConnell was still unsure if that strategy was working for...
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Sheriff Will Not Close San Diego County Gun Stores
Sheriff Bill Gore said gun shops provide a “valuable public service” during the coronavirus pandemic and will be allowed to remain open, even though they are not included in the state government’s list of “essential businesses.”
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Testing…Testing: State and Local Governments Still Waiting on Coronavirus Test Kits
More than 111,000 people have been tested for the virus in the 50 states and Washington D.C. Of those, 12,377 tested positive. The numbers do not show whether other factors, such as incomplete or defective test kits, contributed to the relatively low number of positive test results.
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Prosecutors Use Photos, Receipts to Argue for Ex-Rep Hunter's Longer Prison Sentence
Days before former Rep. Duncan D. Hunter is scheduled to be sentenced for campaign finance misuse, federal prosecutors argued his “wide-ranging and dangerous assault on our system of justice” warrants a 14-month prison term. “Rather than admit his guilt and resign his seat… Hunter chose to mislead the more than 700,00 people who reside in the 50th congressional district,” government…
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Ex-Rep. Duncan Hunter Renews Effort to Disqualify Prosecutors
Former Congressman Duncan D. Hunter’s attorneys have again asked a federal judge to dismiss the charges against their client or remove local prosecutors from the case. The request for dismissal or recusal was filed one week before Hunter’s scheduled sentencing for campaign finance violations. The ex-congressman admitted in December 2019 that he misspent more than $150,000 in campaign contributions for…
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New Charges Against Alleged ‘Fake Doctor' Accused of Sex Assault
Prosecutors filed new criminal charges Monday against a North County man accused of impersonating a doctor to sexually assault four women at Del Mar Cosmetic Contouring.
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Prosecutors: Hunter Still Claims Misspending Was Just ‘Carelessness'
Former Congressman Duncan D. Hunter continues to argue that “carelessness” and a reliance on his wife “to ensure that their finances were in order” caused him to misspend more than $150,000 in campaign funds for personal use. That information is revealed in a legal motion filed Thursday by federal prosecutors, who asked Judge Thomas Whalen for permission to submit a…
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That ‘Fast Cash' Loan Could Have Hidden Costs
Just like your family budget, cash flow can be a problem for small businesses. And there is no shortage of lenders offering fast, temporary financial relief.
