SAN DIEGO–The San Diego City Council last October enacted a new pedicab ordinance to better regulate the pedicab industry and restore the safe, orderly flow of traffic in congested areas. Since that time, and pursuant to the requirements of the ordinance, the City of San Diego began issuing approximately 250 restricted zone decals to pedicab owners and [...]
Unidentified suspects sought for grand theft
March 25, 2010 By
San Diego County Crime Stoppers and Investigators from the San Diego Police Department’s Western Division are asking for assistance from the public in identifying two suspects wanted for grand theft. Investigators said on March 8 at approximately 7:45 p.m., a female victim had her purse stolen while she shopped at Vons grocery store at 3645 [...]
Creative Solutions Alliance launches LEAP prize
March 25, 2010 By
By Gina Yarbrough LA JOLLA–Marking the 80th anniversary of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s historic glider flights in San Diego, the Lindbergh’s grandson Erik Lindbergh announced the launching of the Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize (LEAP) during a news conference March 19 at the Torrey Pines Gliderport in La Jolla. Lindbergh, founder of Creative Solutions Alliance, a [...]
Diverse activities at UC San Diego commemorate life and achievements of César Chávez
March 24, 2010 By
By Christine Clark LA JOLLA–The legacy of César E. Chávez, a labor leader and champion of human rights, will be observed with a month-long series of diverse activities during April at the University of California, San Diego. Chávez, a principal figure in the Chicano Civil Rights Movement who defended working families and advocated for nonviolent [...]
Fresno County to benefit from ICE strategy to enhance the identification
March 24, 2010 By
FRESNO, Calif. – On Tuesday, law enforcement agencies in Fresno County began employing a new information-sharing capability that modernizes the process used to accurately identify criminal aliens in the community. Developed by the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security (DHS), the information-sharing capability is the cornerstone of Secure Communities, a U.S. Immigration and Customs [...]
Experian: Large businesses showing greatest signs of improvement
March 24, 2010 By
(PRNewswire)–Experian®, the leading global information services company, today announced the results of its monthly Business Benchmark Report. In February, the national average commercial risk score was 58.15,* improving by 1.8 percent over January’s number. Businesses with 250 to 499 employees have shown the greatest change in the percent of delinquent dollars, seeing a 5.7 percent [...]
Letter carrier saves two dogs from canal
March 24, 2010 By
RANCHO SANTA FE–While rain, snow, and dark-of-night will not prevent a letter carrier from completing his (or her) appointed rounds, two Chihuahuas struggling to survive in a flooded ditch are a different matter. Now “Spring” and “Rain” are available for adoption at Helen Woodward Animal Center (HWAC). “A letter carrier in Visalia was driving her [...]
Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee to appear at Rock’n Comic Con 2010
March 24, 2010 By
LOS ANGELES–FAME LA , Vanguard Productions, and Animation Ink, in cooperation with Desert Wind Comics, announce the Los Angeles Rock’n Comic-Con 2010 at the Pasadena Convention Center featuring the legendary Marvel Comics creator Stan “The Man” Lee. Lee will launch the major new convention with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and will be honored during the [...]
San Diego business receives 2009 Best of Business Award
March 24, 2010 By
SAN DIEGO–The Small Business Commerce Association (SBCA) is pleased to announce that Accurate Engineering Integrated Construction Services Inc. has been selected for the 2009 Best of Business Award in the Commercial and Industrial Buildings category. Aldrica Lattimore, President/CEOAccurate Engineering ICS Inc., is a woman owned construction firm specializing in design build commercial construction projects including [...]
Red Bluff diversion project uses stimulus funds to help Central Valley
March 24, 2010 By
RED BLUFF, Ca–Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor broke ground Tuesday at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam on Diamond Avenue as part of the largest Department of the Interior economic stimulus project in the nation. The ground breaking marks the beginning of construction of the Fish Passage Improvement Project [...]
