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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for May 17, 2013

Posted on May 17, 2013 | Leave a comment

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 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 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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Missing teenagers found safe, reunited with family

Posted on April 12, 2013 | Comments Off

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San Diego - Two teenage girls who went missing earlier this week were found uninjured and reunited with their parents, San Diego police said.

Jessica Olachea, 16 was last seen by her mother on Tuesday at 8:20 a.m.

Police suspected she headed to Tijuana with 14-year-old Graciela Matilde Gonzalez.

"Tijuana police found both girls Friday night and brought them to the San Ysidro border crossing to be reunited with their parents," police said.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for April 8, 2013

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Today is day four of the hotel workers hunger strike. It all began when the Hilton hotel started using e-verify to confirm the immigration status of their workers. Six workers quit and nine have yet to be verified. The nine say they are allowed to work in the states and that they only make $8.40 and an hour … all combined this is causing their families great pain. The nine are hopping to find out today at 5 pm if they can go back to work.

Six to nine foot waves will pound San Diego beaches today according to the National Weather Service. A six to nine foot wave means theses waves will have 12-18 foot wave faces. That’s huge. Along with the high surf rip currents are expected as well. Together they are very dangerous, just watch from the shore today.

Opening statements in the case against two men allegedly caught on surveillance video abusing an autistic man begins this morning at 9:00 AM in Vista.

At 9:30 the USS Cowpens is arriving at Naval Base San Diego. The Cowpens has been based in Japan for 13-years.

Sentencing at 1:30 this afternoon for the man shot by police inside a movie theater after he threatened his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint.

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Ex-border officer admits working with smugglers

Posted on March 29, 2013 | Comments Off

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SAN DIEGO -- A former Customs and Border Protection officer who took cash bribes and cars in return for letting illegal aliens into the United States through his inspection lane at the San Ysidro Port of Entry pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to conspiracy to bring in aliens for financial gain and to receive bribes.

Hector Rodriguez, 45, will be sentenced July 1 by U.S.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for March 25, 2013

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First thing this morning at around 5:00 AM over 170 young adults will be learning about what it means to be a firefighter. The 16 to 21 year olds will be given realistic firefighting experiences like freeing someone from a trapped vehicle … It’s all part of the California Fire Exploring Academy.

Traffic is going to be heavy getting into downtown San Diego from the 94 this morning. 102 year old water pipes are being replaced. So cars will have to squeeze into one lane along F Street between Park Boulevard and the 94 off ramp.

This morning at 8:45 the preliminary hearing begins today for Kevin Coset. He is the Marine Corporal accused of murdering a Navy veteran and leaving his body in the sailor’s SUV stuffed in a sleeping bag.

This afternoon Episcopalians from San Diego and Los Angeles will be caravanning to Friendship Park along the US / Mexico border in an attempt to bring attention to the plight of immigrants. They will be arriving at St. John’s Episcopal Church at 760 First Ave at around 1:00 PM

And the San Diego County Taxpayers Association is holding a casting call for its annual city parody video. They are meeting at the U.S. Grant Hotel Presidential Ballroom at 4:30 PM.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for March 20, 2013

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The San Diego City Council’s Rules and Economic Development Committee is meeting today and will consider a resolution in support of the immigration reform proposed by the bipartisan committee “The Gang of Eight“

At noon today the California Public Utilities Commission is meeting at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography … during the meeting the Environmental Health Coalition plans to rally for solar energy outside

In court today Cindy Altamirano Garcia will be arraigned. She is accused of going on a robbery spree with her ex-firefighter husband … that culminated in a gun battle with San Diego Police at which her husband was killed by police.

And at noon there will be another rally this time federal employees will be out front of the 32nd Street Naval Base. The American Federation of Government Employees is organizing about 100 of these rallies across the country. They are upset over how the budget sequestration will affect their members. They are meeting at the corner of Yama and Main Streets near the 32nd Street Naval Base.

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AM Briefing from Bowlersdesk.com for March 12, 2013

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Southeast San Diego County voters are electing a new state senator. The seat was left vacant when Juan Vargas won his congressional race. There are fore candidates hoping to win the seat. Democratic State Assemblyman Ben Hueso, business woman Xanthi Gionis, real estate agent Hector Gastelum, and nurse Anna Nevenic.

If one of these candidates gets more that 50 percent of the votes they win … if not there will be a runoff election on May 14. If Ben Hueso wins there will be a special election to fill the San Diego City Council seat he’ll leave vacant.

In court today Jesus Arteaga Garcia will be sentenced for murdering his pregnant wife by stabbing her in front of her four and six year old kids. Garcia attacked his estranged wife in December of 2009 then fled to Mexico. He was extradited to the U.S. however in order to do that U.S. authorities had to promise not to seek the death penalty. The death penalty is outlawed in Mexico and Mexican nationals that commit crimes in other countries can be extradited if the nation seeking extradition agrees not to seek the death penalty. Garcia was found guilty of second degree murder.

Financial problems continue to plague the San Diego Unified School District. Tonight the Board of Education will meet to talk about a resolution that questions if the district can meet its obligations over the next couple years. The district must issue a resolution that says how confident they are in their finances for next year.

There are three levels for the district’s financial outlook. The best is a “positive” the middle “qualified” and the worst “negative” The meeting starts at 5 PM tonight at the Eugene Brucker Education Center at 4100 Normal St.

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