By Arturo Castañares
Editor-at-Large
A local City Councilwoman who runs a political consulting firm has never reported her employer's clients which could pose conflicts-of-interest as she serves on the City Council.
Andrea Cardenas, who was elected to the Chula Vista City Council in November 2020, lists her employment as “Director of Community Engagement” for Grassroots Resources Inc. on her annual Form 700 Economic Interests disclosure forms filed with the City of Chula Vista in 2021 and 2022.
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<p>A San Diego power couple lobbied for the approval of a development team to rebuild the Sports Arena property but failed to file public disclosure forms until after the City Council selected their team from among three bidders. </p>
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<p>Federal funds allocated to help deal with sewage coming into the US from Mexico along the San Diego border may finally be spent to keep pollution from closing local beaches.</p>
<p>Two separate federal funding mechanism are now in place that could bring more than $400 million to build projects aimed at controlling raw sewage that flows into San Diego from Tijuana.</p>
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<p><span><span><span>Over coffee with San Diego Loyal head coach Nate Miller during the holiday season, veteran midfielder and San Diego native Joe Corona contemplated his future. </span></span></span></p>
<h6>Pictured: Female US Border Patrol Agent at border. Source: Getty Images</h6>
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By Arturo Castañares
Editor-at-Large
San Diego State University suddenly removed references to a new position created for a well-connected perennial political candidate after media requests for information, and the school now has posted an application process to fill the position that seems custom tailored with one person in mind.
By Arturo Castañares
Editor-at-Large
The process to fill a vacancy on a local City Council has revealed an interconnected web of financial relationships between powerful political figures involved in steering the selection process.
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<p>The husband of a woman missing for more than two years was ordered this week to stand trial for her murder even though there is no trace of her body.</p>
<p>Larry Millete, whose wife, May "Maya" Millete disappeared during the night of January 7, 2021, had been arrested and charged with her murder that prosecutors allege happened because she was seeking a divorce from him.</p>
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<p>A locally based private airplane with three people on board made an emergency landing on a Carlsbad beach early Thursday morning.</p>
<p>The airplane, a single-engine Piper-PA28R-200 Arrow registered to Christopher J. Sluka of San Diego, departed Montgomery Field Airport at 7:31 am and landed on the beach at approximately 7:44 am. All three people on the airplane survived with no major injuries.</p>
<p>It is not clear if the owner was the pilot at the time.</p>