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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for May 24, 2013

Posted on May 24, 2013 | Leave a comment

This morning at 10:00 AM notorious Mexican cartel leader Eduardo Arellano Felix is expected to plead guilty in San Diego’s federal court. Eduardo is one of the four brothers that ran the Arellano Felix Organization or A-F-O. The 56-year-old is charged with money laundering, racketeering, drug trafficking, and he is believed to be responsible for at least three murders. Benjamin Arellano-Felix and Francisco Javier Arellano-Felix are in American prisons serving time for racketeering, drug trafficking and money laundering. One of the brothers … Francisco Rafael Arellano-Felix … is back in Mexico after he was imprisoned in the United States for six-years on cocaine charges.

This morning is the fifth annual Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast. San Diego’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Center is hosting the event. They will honor Oregon’s former Governor Barbara Roberts and writer Dustin Lance Black.

The Navy is getting 47 new officers today. Members of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps will get their commissions in a ceremony at the University of San Diego’s Jenny Craig Pavilion at 11 AM.

Two fun things to do tonight…First at 5:00 PM the San Diego Jazz Festival starts its three-day run at the La Costa Resort and Spa.

And finally tonight also at 5:00 the Helen Woodward Animal Center is hosting its Second Annual Puppy Prom. Puppies will compete in a Best Dressed King and Queen competition.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for May 17, 2013

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Protesters will gather at San Diego’s Federal Building at noon for 550 San Diego janitors that say they could lose their jobs without immigration reform. The protesters believe that the janitors would be eligible for the “pathway to citizenship” if congress was able to move on immigration reform. They will call for the President to suspend I-9 employment terminations until congress acts.

Also at noon San Diego City Council President Todd Gloria is announcing that the California State Historic Resources Commission named the North Park Water Tower an official historic site.

Today is National Bike to Work Day. In San Diego organizers expect over 7000 people to hop on their bikes this morning. Hundreds of pit stops have been set up all over San Diego County for the riders. Even County Supervisor Dave Roberts is getting in the act… He’s riding from Solana Beach to San Diego.

Camp Pendleton is hosting the Fifth Annual Recon Challenge this morning. Beginning at 4:00 AM participants will jump from a tower into a pool, assemble an M240 rifle underwater, and then race over an obstacle course.

More than 3000 students are graduating at Cal State San Marcos this morning at 10:30. And over the weekend more than 9000 student will walk at San Diego State University’s commencements.

And finally tonight at 6:00 El Cajon’s Recreation Department is hosting a “Kids Night Out Pool Party”. Parents and their children will be whooping it up at the Fletcher Hills Center and Pool at 2345 Center Place in El Cajon.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for May 16, 2013

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This morning at 10:00 Federal immigration officials are talking to the media about human trafficking. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) representatives will talk about how people are tricked by smugglers and then enslaved. They are also going to talk about training available for local law enforcement and community groups that help victims become survivors.

Military firefighters are clearing brush today in a controlled burn at Marin Corps Air Station Miramar. Smoke and flames may be visible in the area from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

The University of California at San Diego is opening its new trauma center 10:00 AM

Remember the Sprinter commuter train from Northern San Diego County? It was shut down because of brake problems. Well it is going to start running again and the North County Transit District is going to tell us when this morning at 10:30 at the Oceanside Transit Center.

Back down South in San Diego the Metropolitan Transit System is awarding 40 high school seniors laptops for winning an essay contest about creative ways to increase public transit ridership.

San Diego City Council is having a special closed session meeting at 5:00 tonight to talk about labor negotiation. However public comment is scheduled on this at some point as well.

And finally a groundbreaking at 4:00 this afternoon for Montgomery High School … They are getting new classrooms, gymnasium, science lab, and lunch area.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for May 10, 2013

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Breaking news…. This morning just before 4:00 AM a smuggling boat came ashore near the children’s pool in La Jolla. Reportedly over a dozen immigrants fled into the upscale neighborhood. Authorities called in the chopper … searched the neighborhood … arrested some…. more details will follow

Regional government is busy today.

First at 8:00 am the Port of San Diego Board of Commissioners is meeting to talk about its budget for next fiscal year.

Then this morning at 10:00 San Diego’s City Council is finishing up its examination of Mayor Bob Filner’s proposed budget, and then open discussion this afternoon.

Finally at 10:00 AM San Diego Association of Governments Board of Directors is meeting about the regional plan for the county.

A new Red Cross Blood Services Center is opening up this morning. The center will be a hub for planning community blood drives, recruiting blood donors and volunteers, and distribution. The grand opening is at 10:30 AM at 4229 Ponderosa Ave.

If you get out of work early drop by the Central Library at 2:30 PM and take in a movie. They are continuing their 2012 Oscar winner’s film series. Today they are showing Django Unchained.

Big concert weekend starting today.

First the 12th Annual Gator by the Bay Zydeco and Blues Festival starts this afternoon at 3:30. Over the next three days more than 60 acts are going to perform at Spanish Landing. It all starts this afternoon at 3:30

And finally Chula Vista’s own American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez is headlining Channel 933′s Summer Kickoff tonight at 6:00 in Chula Vista’s Sleep Train Amphitheatre.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for May 8, 2013

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San Diego’s Mayor Bob Filner is in the news a lot today…

First he announced that former Republican presidential candidate and La Jolla resident Mitt Romney agreed to help with a San Diego/Tijuana Olympic bid. The Mayor hopes that Romney’s experience getting the 2002 Winter Olympics will help with a bi-national bid for the 2024 Olympics. To win the bid the Olympic Organizing Committee will have to change the rule and allow one bid from two countries.

Today at 9:00 Filner’s budget proposal is continuing to be examined. But the controversial part isn’t until this afternoon. The mayor wants to cut City Attorney, Jan Goldsmith’s budget by 1.4 million dollars. Goldsmith and Filner are political rivals. There have been several public scuffles including one time when the Mayor interrupted one of Goldsmith at a press conference … yelling at Goldsmith from the audience. The proposed cuts mean 13 people could lose their jobs.

The sentencing for voice of Charlie Brown is this afternoon at 1:30 in San Diego’s downtown courthouse. 56-year-old Peter Robbins pleaded guilty to stalking and making criminal threats. His sentence could be anything from probation to over three years in prison. Robbins is the voice of the iconic character for several of the famous Peanuts films including “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.“

Also … In front of the downtown courthouse at 11:00 this morning family of Rabecca Zahau is talking to the press. They want to tell us about their “continuing efforts to identify and hold accountable those responsible for Rebecca’s untimely death.”

And finally today at 10:00 AM doctors from Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego will perform a groundbreaking surgery using magnetic rods to help kids with sever scoliosis. The surgery is only for extreme cases.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for May 3, 2013

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San Diego’s Red Flag Warning continues today. For all of Southern California the hot and dry weather warning is in effect until 6:00 tonight. At 10:00 AM Mayor Bob Filner and Fire Chief Javier Mainar are talking to the press about being prepared for wild-fire season.

San Diego Unified School District Board of Education is reviewing the punishment given to over 30 high school students for making a video of themselves “twerking”. For my fellow old fogies out there … Twerking is a new and sexual explicit dance.

The students made the video and put it on YouTube. Then someone at Scripps Ranch High School found out and suspended many of the students, forbade some from graduating and going to the prom.

At 10:00 propionates of AB 900 will talk to the press. AB 900 is a California Assembly Bill to exempt “skilled nursing facilities” from Medi-Cal cuts started in 2011.

In court two things of note

First at 8:00 AM the Arraignment of Lance Wright, he is an ex-security guard that is accused of falsely reporting that he got into a gun fight.

Then at 2:00 PM the sentencing for Kevin Kenniston … convicted of posing a police officer and pulling people over.

This afternoon at 2:30 the San Diego Public Library is beginning their Oscar 2012 film series. Today they are showing Argo.

And at 5:00 tonight the 30th annual Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo is starting its three day run. They’ve got all kinds of things going on celebrating Mexican culture in San Diego.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for May 1, 2013

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Today is May Day and for San Diego that means immigration activists and labor leaders are taking to the streets this afternoon at 2:00. They will march from San Diego’s Civic Center Plaza in downtown to Chicano Park under the famous Coronado Bridge. The marchers are rallying for immigration reform. At 3:00 PM there is a similarly themed rally in Vista at the Vista Courthouse.

For San Diego politics two big things on the agenda.

First the City Council is starting a review of Mayor Bob Filner’s proposed $2.75 billion budget. The big item of contention is the delay of infrastructure bonds, meaning the city won’t be able to pay for pot holes and other infrastructure things to be fixed.

The second big item on the City Council’s agenda for 2:00 PM is the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee thinking about banning retail sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits. This amendment to the municipal code would make it illegal to buy those pets from pet shops unless that dog, cat, or rabbit comes from a “city or county animal shelter or animal control agency, a humane society or a nonprofit rescue organization.

This morning at 11:00 AM the guy that runs the recently raided marijuana collective One on One Patients Association is talking to the press. Kenneth Cole, President of the collective says he is following state and local laws. He will be at the now closed collective at 11:00 AM in downtown San Diego at 923 6th Avenue.

Mayor Bob Filner is trying to get the Olympics to come to San Diego. His idea is to have San Diego and Tijuana host the event in 2024. However the International Olympic Committee says that their rules may prohibit the event to be hosted bi-nationally. But Filner says he is “undaunted”.

Southern California Edison says it is going to consider closing one or both of the reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The UT San Diego reports that in an conference call Edison made the announcement blaming rinsing costs linked to the reactors 15-month long outage.

At 9:00 AM at the San Diego County Office of Education the state Department of Education is continuing to meet about school performance and testing. Local law enforcement is honoring those they have lost in the line of duty today at noon at the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.

And finally today is the start of National Bike Month. Local leaders including the Mayor are going to a ride bike from 401 B St. to the County Administration Center beginning at 9:00 AM.

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Fresh Off Of Smuggling Boat Undocumented Immigrants Arrested At Torrey Pines State Beach

Posted on April 29, 2013 | Comments Off

This is video from a San Diego freelance videographer.

He was Johnny-on-the-spot getting video of the 18 undocumented immigrants just before they were carted away by federal authorities.

The 18 men and woman caught at Torrey Pines State Beach were brought across the border by a panga boat.

According to Wikipedia Panga Boats were created by Yamaha as part of a World Bank project in the 1970′s as a low cost skiff for poor island fishermen all over the far east.

They are cheep to make and easy to pilot at sea.

They are also very popular with smugglers around the world.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for April 29, 2013

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This morning the USS Mobile Bay is returning home to San Diego. The guided-missile cruiser and its 5000 sailors spent their 8-month deployment in the Middle East and Western Pacific attached to the Johns C Stennis Strike Group. Making a brief stop in San Diego with the Mobile Bay is the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis. They are on their way to their home port of Bremerton Washington.

At 11:00 AM today labor leaders, immigrant rights activists, and politicians are talking to the media about their plans for May Day. May Day is the internationally celebrated Labor Day and traditionally a day of pro-labor protests. In San Diego the immigrants’ rights movement has attached itself to this day because of our proximity to the border.

And this afternoon at 1:00 the County of San Diego is going to talk about a joining new program called “Text4Baby”. The statewide wide program sends text messages to pregnant woman and new mothers promoting healthy lifestyles.

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Mexican Authorities Talk About How Tobias Summers Was Apprehended

Posted on April 25, 2013 | Comments Off

Rodolfo Luna Secretary of Public Security spoke with Tijuana Press about the arrest of Tobias Summers while he tried to check into a drug and alcohol rehab facility in La Mission just south of Rosarito Beach in Baja Norte, Mexico.

According to the Tijuana Press story Summers was reported to Mexican authorities by an American living in the small community.

Summers was wanted in connection with the assault of a child.

The LA Times did a good story with some great background on the manhunt.

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