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Council reserve accounts aid community, members say

7/5/2009 4:00 AM

San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio plans to donate $25,000 in city funds to help build the Rancho Bernardo history museum. Where would he get the money when the city is broke and facing deficits that are projected to exceed $100 million a year? The money comes from a reserve account that DeMaio controls. ...Read More

The Week: Stories and photos from June 28 - July 4

7/5/2009 4:00 AM

San Diego's descent in the population rankings this decade has been swift. First it was Phoenix that knocked the city from its No. 6 notch, and a few years later, along came San Antonio, dislodging it from No. 7. Now Dallas has pushed San Diego to No. 9, according to population estimates released Wednesday by the Census Bureau. ...Read More

Sub damaged in fatal crash rejoins fleet in S.D.

7/5/2009 4:00 AM

Almost two weeks after the Navy submarine San Francisco struck an undersea mountain, Dan and Vicki Ashley visited a dry dock in Guam to view the shredded bow of the boat on which their 24-year-old son died. Even in their grief, the couple marveled that a sub so badly damaged could have limped 360 miles back to port. ...Read More

Going to the well

7/5/2009 4:00 AM

Water officials across the county are looking skyward, seaward and inward to scrounge up enough drinkable H2O to supply their customers. Just beneath the ground's surface, from Oceanside to the border and from the coast to Interstates 805 and 15, are groundwater basins that few cities have explored because the water is mostly brackish – sli...Read More

The Fourth is a good day to sit down – for a parade

7/5/2009 4:00 AM

Paul Austin left his Coronado house before 5 a.m. yesterday to get a Fourth of July essential – a spot in the Orange Avenue median from which his family would take in the Independence Day parade. ...Read More

Council reserve accounts aid community needs, members say

7/5/2009 4:00 AM

A life touched by Lou Gehrig — and the disease named for him

7/4/2009 4:00 AM

Robert Tierney may be the last person alive who played catch with baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Those throws in 1939 make for a moving story now, but not the one the Oceanside octogenarian imagined way back when. ...Read More

Star-spangled Fourth of July celebrations planned all over

7/4/2009 4:00 AM

Independence Day will be celebrated throughout San Diego County today. Some communities are hosting Fourth of July parades and picnics during the day. And plenty of fireworks shows are planned for tonight. ...Read More

No rain, but marine layer may obscure fireworks

7/4/2009 4:00 AM

Since weather records began in San Diego in 1850, there has never been measurable rain on July 4. That 159-year streak isn't threatened today. ...Read More

Suspect in sex crimes found dead in jail cell

7/4/2009 4:00 AM

The double life of Thomas James Parker ended yesterday when the 39-year-old family man and serial sex-crime suspect hanged himself with a bedsheet in his jail cell. ...Read More