Amita Sharma
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Do Housing Costs Deserve Some Of The Blame For California’s Plummeting Fertility Rate?
The state’s birth rate has dropped to near-record lows, about 1.76 children per woman. → Read More
Six Women Accuse San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Of Sexual Misconduct
A San Diego County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said Deputy Richard Fischer has been placed on “administrative assignment” pending a criminal investigation on sexual misconduct charges. → Read More
Judge Tentatively Orders MTS To Unblock Doorway At Bus Terminal In San Ysidro
The blocked doorway forced travelers in San Ysidro, next to the border with Mexico, to take a long detour to and from the bus terminal and the McDonald's trolley station building. → Read More
Mexican Billionaire Drops Potential Bombshell Against Former DA Dumanis One Day Before His Sentencing
A Mexican billionaire convicted of illegally funneling hundreds of thousand of dollars to San Diego candidates said he informed Bonnie Dumanis that he was a foreign national during her 2012 mayoral campaign. → Read More
State Regulators To Consider SDG&E's '07 Wildfire Cost Reimbursement Thursday
The company's request to be allowed to bill customers $379 million for costs related to the 2007 wildfires has angered some ratepayers. → Read More
San Diego Public Safety Committee To Discuss Use Of Police Canines
The planned talk was sparked by a video that went viral in July, showing a handcuffed African-American being bitten by a San Diego Police dog. → Read More
San Onofre Settlement Deal Could Be Headed To Court
Consumer lawyer Mike Aguirre has asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to send his lawsuit to overturn the settlement over the nuclear plant to San Diego federal court. → Read More
Bid To Learn Why Former US Attorney Duffy Was Recused From Azano Case Fails
A federal judge has refused a defense request to release information on why former U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy recused herself from the illegal campaign-giving case against Mexican businessman Jose Susumo Azano Matsura. → Read More
Former Prosecutor Seeks Interim DA Post And Promises Not To Run For The Job Next Year
Adam Gordon is asking other interim applicants to also promise not to pursue the office in next year's district attorney's race. → Read More
Trump Presidency Inspires Reactivation Of San Diego Black Panther Party
The group says police practices are also a factor in the resurrection of the party. → Read More
History of San Diego's Black Panther Party Marked by Social Work and Police Clashes
While San Diego State University was the birthplace of the local Black Panther Party 50 years ago, the group was conceived several miles south where most of the city’s African-Americans lived. → Read More
Lawyer Calls Traffic Fines Punishment Of The Poor
The age of debtor’s prisons may be over. But some say punishing the have-nots is not. They say the cost of being poor in one San Diego County traffic court may be getting expensive. → Read More
Q&A: An El Cajon Activist On Counseling Women Who Escaped From ISIS
Dilkhwaz Ahmed runs a local nonprofit group for domestic violence victims. She has traveled to Iraq several times over the last two years to counsel Yazidi women who have fled from ISIS. → Read More
Prosecutors Want To Retry Azano On Gun Count
The jury deadlocked in September on whether Jose Susumo Azano Matsura illegally possessed a gun, and the judge declared a mistrial. → Read More
Authorities Look To San Diego Hotels For Help In Fight Against Sex Trafficking
Law enforcement believes the region's hotels and motels can help battle the sex trade business by ensuring their staff are trained in detecting and responding to signs of trafficking. → Read More
MTS Lawsuit Over Doorway Creates Hassle For San Ysidro Passengers
The dispute has triggered accusations of racism and raised questions about how a public agency is using its land, clout and money. → Read More
San Diego's Measure E: A Post-Filner Way To Boot Politicians
Next month's ballot measure creates procedures for removing officials from office. → Read More
Conflicting Poll Numbers In California's U.S. Senate Race
Attorney General Kamala Harris boosts her lead over Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez in the new Field Poll, but the lead shrinks in the latest survey from the Public Policy Institute of California. → Read More
Two Dozen Donors In Dumanis' Mayoral Run Linked To Key Figure In Azano Case
The donors are tied to former San Diego Police Det. Ernie Encinas, who was scheduled to be sentenced Monday in connection with the campaign finance scandal involving Mexican businessman Jose Susumo Azano Matsura. → Read More
U.S. Senate Candidate Sanchez Criticizes Opponent Harris On San Onofre Probe
Rep. Loretta Sanchez said Attorney General Kamala Harris has “failed” in her inquiry of the shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and that’s why a federal investigation is needed. → Read More