Archive for July, 2010
Comic-Con Draws Successful Crowds of Over 140,000
By Chris Furguson For five cooler than normal days in San Diego, over 140,000 fans, retailers, celebrities and professionals spent time mingling and celebrating the popular arts at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. This year, fans lined up for hours to get glimpses of their favorite celebrities or artists. Hall H, the convention center’s largest area, saw one line that crossed into the next block due to the popularity of some panels. People waited hours to see glimpses [...]
Imperial Valley College Asking Voters to Extend Measure L
Imperial Valley College will be asking voters to extend Measure L to develop funding for a new phase of its 10 year facilities plan that includes new job training and workforce development facilities as well as continued modernization of the 50-year-old campus. The measure, which will be on the November General Election ballot, would raise up to an additional $80 million over the life of the extended taxing authority. There would be no increase in existing property tax rates. "We desperately [...]
Thwarted Smuggling Attempt Results in Arrest of 24
El Centro, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents and members of the Imperial Valley Border Enforcement Security Task Force arrested two alleged smugglers and the driver of a pickup truck used to smuggle illegal aliens. On July 22 at approximately 9:20 p.m., El Centro sector Border Patrol agents attempted to pull over a pick-up truck which failed to yield near Keystone Road and Highline Road, southeast of Brawley, Calif. The truck was later found off of Gonder Road near a [...]
Probe Launched Into Excessive Local Government Salaries
Spurred by the outrageously high salaries paid to public officials in the city of Bell, Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today launched a joint investigation with CalPERS into the compensation paid by Bell and other local governments throughout the state. "These outrageous salaries in Bell are shocking and beyond belief," Brown said. "With record deficits and painful budget cuts facing California cities, astronomical local government salaries raise serious questions and demand a [...]
Hate Crimes in California Drop 20% in 2009
Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released an "encouraging" 2009 annual report showing that hate crimes in California fell by more than 20% last year, but he warned that we are still a long way from ending bigotry and prejudice. "While the drop in these crimes is encouraging," Brown said, "hate has certainly not been banished from California. The sheer total of incidents motivated by hate is a reminder of how much harder we need to work to overcome prejudice, bigotry and [...]
