True and false

Signature gatherers are selling voters a whole lotta hooey

Though both are still in the signature-gathering phase, fans and foes of two proposed local ballot measures are already calling each other out for making false claims.

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Wednesday, June 15,2011
News

Bankers blight

Ordinance would address issue of poorly maintained foreclosures

By Kelly Davis

Starting with the zip code 92154, Corinne Wilson, a researcher with the Center on Policy Initiatives, has been studying the costs of foreclosures in San Diego.

Wednesday, June 8,2011
News

A simple 'yes' or 'no'

Advocates for troubled homeowners question Juan Vargas’ motives

By Kelly Davis

If not for her careful record keeping and a friend who’s a financial consultant, Rosa Sanchez might have lost her house by now.

Wednesday, May 25,2011
News

'A little pebble in the road'

Recently housed Aaron McBride hopes his arrest won’t deter him or Project 25

By Kelly Davis

Two months ago, McBride was enrolled in Project 25, a collaborative program between city and county agencies, the United Way of San Diego County and St. Vincent de Paul.

Wednesday, May 11,2011
Summer guide

Summer Guide 2011

Choose your own summer adventure

By Alex Zaragoza, Kelly Davis, Kinsee Morlan, Sammi Skolmoski, Carissa Casares, Jenny Montgomery, Sasha Orman, Kaitlin Perry, Anders Wright, Martin Jones Westlin, Jim Ruland, Dave Maass

We’ve taken a few pages from the Choose Your Own Adventure books that inspired us as kids and present our stab at interactive fiction. Here’s how it works: Start reading and whenever you’re presented with a choice, jump to the section with the corresponding number. And now, let the adventure begin:

Wednesday, May 4,2011
News

No Good?

City facility for the homeless slated to close July 1

By Kelly Davis

If the pending closure of the Neil Good Day Center doesn’t offend folks’ moral sensibilities, maybe it’ll offend their sense of smell.

Wednesday, April 20,2011
News

Hey, big spender

How ‘taxpayer watchdog’ Carl DeMaio uses your money

By Kelly Davis

San Diego’s self-proclaimed “taxpayer watchdog” has, for the last two years, outspent his colleagues on things like postage, printed materials, technical services and office supplies.

Wednesday, April 13,2011
Food Issue

Gab and grub

Here are the restaurants where community leaders gather to lead the community

By Dave Maass, Kelly Davis, Peter Holslin

Movers and shakers are also chewers and swallowers. Whatever the community, its leaders have to eat, and your best chance to get a word in might be when their mouths are full.

Wednesday, April 6,2011
News

The guy next door

Critics say sex-offender alert system will do more harm than good

By Kelly Davis

The California Public Defenders Association (CPDA) says a proposed law that would allow people to be notified, via email, every time a registered sex offender moves into their neighborhood “will breed hysteria and vigilantism” and create a false sense of security.

Wednesday, March 30,2011
News

New religion

El Cajon homeless-services program cuts ties with its problematic past

By Kelly Davis

In his office, Harold Brown has mug shots of El Cajon’s homeless chronic drinkers posted on a bulletin board. Part of a city program to curb serial inebriation, the photos are handed out to liquor-store owners to stop them from selling to folks on the list.