Auditors flag city’s fed grant managing
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San Diego may have to repay the federal government more than $1.8 million, as auditors have found the city mismanaged grant money meant to help poor neighborhoods and low-income residents.
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Playoff tickets offered, but beware of fraud
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Chargers fans who have the cash and determination to see their team play the Steelers in Pittsburgh on Sunday have a friend in Gil Saidy. He owns Aer Travel, the San Diego agency that handles the Chargers’ travel arrangements. For $799 to $925, Saidy is promising lower-level seats at Heinz Field, a booster party the night before the game and something special.
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Short Takes: School bus problems cause students to be late
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SAN DIEGO: Buses for an estimated 300 San Diego Unified School District students ran late yesterday because drivers had trouble starting the coaches after the two-week holiday break, director of transportation Alexandra Robinson said.
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Port’s new president starts today
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At a time of economic jitters for Unified Port of San Diego tenants #8211; from waterfront hotel operators to souvenir shop owners #8211; port officials have hired a new president with no background in real estate.
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Obituaries: For the record
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New job delivers gift for woman: her long-lost dad
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Call it the #8220;Miracle on 54th Street.#8221; A couple of days before Christmas, Angelica Fernandez, 30, started working as a housekeeper at the Jacob Health Care Center skilled-nursing home on 54th Street in San Diego after answering an ad on the Web site craigslist.
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A sales tax disparity
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Residents in the small, unincorporated pocket of Lincoln Acres identify with the early American colonists #8211; they, too, are paying a tax they didn’t vote for.
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For the record
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La Ni#241;a blamed for more drought
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San Diego had its wettest November-December combo in 23 years, yet the dreaded #8220;D#8221; word keeps popping up. Yes, meteorologists are still talking about continued drought in their long-range predictions. La Ni#241;a is the culprit.
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Public Safety: Car rolls several times, killing man, injuring two
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SAN DIEGO: A 20-year-old man was killed early yesterday and two others were injured when the car they were in veered off the road in Kearny Mesa and flipped several times.
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