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San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and Cox Communications agreed yesterday to pay nearly $17 million to settle claims by state investigators that their shoddy maintenance led to three huge North County wildfires two years ago. SDG&E also apologized for obstructing investigators looking into causes of the fires.
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Federal regulators yesterday seized the parent company of San Diego National Bank, making it the largest local bank to fail during the nation’s financial crisis. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over FBOP Corp., parent of San Diego National and eight other banks across the country, and sold the assets to U.S. Bank in Minneapolis, a division of US Bancorp.
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GUATAY: Two abandoned horses have joined the herd at an East County horse sanctuary. San Diego County Department of Animal Services placed the animals this month at Horses of Tir Na Nog after they were declared abandoned.
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A rare expanse of prime, view-rich property in La Jolla — 22 acres above the La Jolla Country Club that have never been built on — is on the market for $22 million. The listing agent, Greg Noonan of Prudential California Realty, said he’s already receiving inquiries from potential buyers who talk about building a “grand, dream-home estate.”
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San Diego’s former downtown redevelopment chief, Nancy Graham, made her first public appearance yesterday since resigning amid controversy last year. Graham attended a court hearing about financial records for an ethics investigation involving her time as president of the Centre City Development Corp., a nonprofit city agency.
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Villa Montezuma, a cultural landmark on the National Register of Historic Places, has been shuttered since 2006 because of structural safety concerns. Since then, tourists and fans of the Queen Anne-style architectural gem have often wondered when it will reopen to the public.
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NATIONAL CITY: The city’s Police and Fire departments are hosting a free public safety day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Kimball park, at East 12th Street and D Avenue.
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Despite the economic recession, crime continues to drop, with countywide statistics for the first half of 2009 showing a slight decrease in the overall crime rate, and a big decline in property crime.
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If not for community clinics like the Logan Heights Family Health Center, Benito Jiménez said he wouldn’t know where to take his two small children for medical care.
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CHULA VISTA: A man was beaten during an attempted robbery at a Chula Vista trolley station yesterday morning, and two suspects were caught after their car crashed during a pursuit, police said.