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<p>The former highest-ranking City of San Diego staffer has come forward as the whistleblower who first exposed over $15 million in profits hidden within the controversial 101 Ash building lease deal.</p>

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<p><span><span><span>One of the principals of the City’s landlord company and the City’s pro bono real estate broker mislead the City’s then-Chief Operating Officer about $9.4 million in undisclosed payments made to the broker on two controversial building leases.</span></span></span></p>

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<p><span><span><span>The highest-ranking City staffer at the time the 101 Ash building was evacuated in January 2020 has now admitted she leaked documents to a reporter while investigations into the controversial lease were underway.</span></span></span></p>

A single-engine, vintage military-style plane crashed in Fallbrook, killing the passenger and leaving the pilot critically injured.

San Diego man pleaded guilty this week to the murders of the woman and her fetus.

City of San Diego hopes to establish child care facilities on city-owned properties.

The settlement includes a paragraph that declares that Elliott has given written and verbal advice to the Council to reject the agreement.

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<p>RIVERSIDE, CA — During the five years it took Richard “Cheech” Marin, who played half of the 1970s comedic duo <a href="https://www.cheechandchong.com/">Cheech and Chong</a>, to work out the kinks of what it takes to have his own art museum, he looked for a “sign.”</p>

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