Susan Myrland sent us: “Announcement - City Council meeting Monday”
From: Donna Frye
On Monday, May 2 at 11am, there will be a City Council hearing to decide whether the upcoming mayoral vacancy shall be filled by political appointment or by a special election. It is critical that the public participate by attending this hearing. Tell your […]
From Forbes’ Most Expensive ZIP Codes 2005:
We have 5 of the 150. We quote Forbes:
The list is testament to the costs of living in California, with half of our top ten ZIPs in that state, and nearly two-thirds of our top 25. It’s not such a shock when you consider that California home prices […]
Lt. Smash aka The Indepundit actually calls his City Councilman, or at least her Communications Director, and urges that auspicious body to go the Special Election route rather than the appointment route in replacing Dick Murphy in the Mayor’s office.
If you agree, and you live in San Diego, I encourage you to contact your […]
So the music industry settled a lawsuit with the State:
To address unfair competition in the sale of Music CDs, Attorney General Bill Lockyer, other state attorneys general and private counsel sued five major music distributors and three national chain stores alleging a price-fixing scheme that prevented other retailers from advertising discount prices. As part of […]
Continue reading San Diego’s Schools and Libraries Take In “Loot”
Voice of San Diego has a trio of new articles today on the issue of Mayor Murphy’s resignation and a new mayor. These articles are worth a read: Won’t You Be My Mayor — an overview of some possible candidates, including Donna “not enough filled bubbles” Frye; a Jim Goldsborough column (previous flamewar about JG […]
Illegal Immigration is a big part of the culture and economics of San Diego, as well as California in general. San Diego Magazine has a story called A Smuggler’s Life: Former “coyotes” reveal a rare and fascinating glimpse inside the risky practice of carrying undocumented aliens across the Mexico border. It is indeed a fascinating […]
From LA Weekly, and previously, LAVoice.org comes this:
Two San Diego entrepreneurs figure they have the perfect software-outsourcing scheme: Moor a ship just offshore from Los Angeles with hundreds of foreign developers aboard churning out code on the cheap.
With 24-hour operation, the best (and least costly) coders on the planet, plenty of short-deadline gigs, and […]
Continued decline in radio ratings.
Have something to say about the resignation of Mayor Dick Murphy and what it means for the city of San Diego as well as where we should be headed? Here’s your chance. Mary Ann Eger from Envision San Diego writes:
What are your great ideas for the future of this region?
Mayor Murphy has stepped down. What […]
Worried about West Nile Virus in San Diego? The County has a special website for all your west nile fears: SD Fight the Bite dot com
via www.voiceofsandiego.org
Some people are apparently pretty upset at Mayor Dick Murphy, upset enough that people want to recall the mayor , now whether this will be as successful as the recall of Governor Gray Davis, who knows? For now, there’s a yahoo group called “RecallMayorDickMurphy.”
Holy cow! My SDUT news alert says that he will resign!
Mayor Dick […]
Two traveling penguins from Seaworld in San Diego went through regular airport screening at Denver International Airport recently. Here, Pat and Penny are removed from their carry-on case so they can walk through the metal detector. (Pat is the good looking one)
link: .thedenverchannel.com
via boingboing
The effervescent air bubble of THE BiPeDs have resurfaced from the watery grave of broken-up bands and lost causes. Their website has been stagnant for years. Their sound is still awesome and rocking. The Bipeds are an amalgam of rock music gone psychotic and entering the land of Oz. Perhaps that’s a bit […]
A friend of mine sends me this:
KPBS-FM’s signature local program, “These Days,” is now available on demand via podcasting to personal MP3 players and computers. KPBS is the first news station in San Diego to podcast local content; in fact, there are only a handful of public radio stations in the country that are […]
The NCAA decided Wednesday that having two bowl games in San Diego is much more desirable than having one in San Jose. The NCAA subcommittee that certifies bowl games licensed the proposed second bowl game in San Diego and did not renew the license of the Silicon Valley Football Classic.
The development keeps the postseason bowl […]
Denise Rich sent us: the rich artist
I have been painting off and on for 15 years, but seriously concentrating on it for about two. I have not had any shows yet, but will hope to in the future. I am an actual San diego Native, born here, well El Cajon actually, taken painting classes here […]
Al sent us: RadioActive San Diego
RadioActive SanDiego is a collective, non-hierarchical organization formed to pioneer a new internet radio station. We plan to build a model for the post-corporate, autonomous, community media of the future by offering revolutionary media production and distribution that creates positive social and economic change. RASD rejects the narrow formats of […]
Mark your calendar for the next San Diego Blog Meetup! May 12th, 5:30pm, Rock Bottom, La Jolla
Apparently there’s gonna be a House of Blues branch here in San Diego — it’ll be at 1055 5th Avenue downtown. Not exactly in the Gaslamp (it’s North of Broadway), but close. It’ll be a stone’s throw from 4th & B. Here’s the press kit and advance news about HOB San Diego. You can […]
via socalTECH.com: Sony Jumps Into Online Auction Market
San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment announced this morning that it has launched an official auction site, geared around auctioning items from Sony Online Entertainment Games. The company’s new Station Exchange puts an official blessing on selling characters, items, and virtual money for its EverQuest II massive multiplayer […]
Continue reading San Diego based Sony Online launches Station Exchange
