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Report: 2022 Most Dangerous Year for Journalists in Mexico
timesofsandiego.com > crime...In 2022, Article 19 recorded 696 crimes against media workers, ranging from intimidation and harassment to kidnapping and murder, the organization... ...Last year was the most violent on record for journalists in Mexico, the free-speech group Article 19 said on Tuesday, citing security forces and... ...and Central America director Leopoldo Maldonado told Reuters.... ...The tally includes 33 "stigmatizing statements" made by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in his daily news conference, Maldonado said, part...

Couple Pleads Guilty to Smuggling $2M in Dangerous Pesticides ...
timesofsandiego.com > crime...Otilio Rodriguez Toledo and Alicia Aispuro Hernandez acknowledged in their guilty plea that they had been smuggling the pesticides and drugs since... ...and veterinary drugs for distribution across the United States.... ...Chad Plantz, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego, said the smuggled chemicals "posed a significant health and... ...A Times of San Diego article last year reported that Sofia Mancera Morales was the ringleader of the smuggling organization, which brought in pesticides...

Wounded Warrior Homes Opens First House for Female Veterans in ...
timesofsandiego.com > military...Roseberry, executive director of Wounded Warrior Homes.... ...Wounded Warrior Homes has opened its first house for female veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress in North County, officials... ...Wounded Warrior Homes" veterans can stay up to two years in the home on an as-needed basis while they receive support such as counseling and rehabilitative... ...Times of San Diego Uses Cookies...

Gov. Newsom Signs Controversial Bill to Probe Oil Industry Profits in ...
timesofsandiego.com > politics...The bill, Senate Bill X1-2, which would authorize the California Energy Commission to investigate and potentially cap oil industry profits, passed... ...Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill he championed to fight alleged price gouging by oil companies in California.... ...Brian Jones of Santee, the minority leader in the state Senate.... ..."There's a new sheriff in town in California, where we brought Big Oil to their knees."....

Report: 2022 Most Dangerous Year for Journalists in Mexico
timesofsandiego.com > crime...In 2022, Article 19 recorded 696 crimes against media workers, ranging from intimidation and harassment to kidnapping and murder, the organization... ...Last year was the most violent on record for journalists in Mexico, the free-speech group Article 19 said on Tuesday, citing security forces and... ...and Central America director Leopoldo Maldonado told Reuters.... ...The tally includes 33 "stigmatizing statements" made by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in his daily news conference, Maldonado said, part...

Drunk Driver Sentenced for Crash That Killed Menifee Man in ...
timesofsandiego.com > crime...Douglas Lee Payne, of Carlsbad, pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and other charges for causing the death of Juan ... ...According to the California Highway Patrol, Payne's vehicle veered out of the freeway lanes at around 11:15 p.m.... ...The impact sent the Explorer into the victim, who authorities said was a resident of the Sun City neighborhood of Menifee in Riverside County.... ...City News Service contributed to this article. Times of San Diego Uses Cookies...

Tom York on Business: San Diego Rents Still Rising, But ...
timesofsandiego.com > business...Housing continues to be a top-most concern for many San Diegans, and the recent news gives continued cause for worry.... ...Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and New York-Newark-Jersey City were the three least affordable rental markets... ...El Cajon-based CigarBros Humidors says it has made a "breakthrough" in the U.S. hotel market by partnering with Resorts World Las Vegas and landing...

Opinion: It Turns Out Anti-Gig Economy Law AB 5 Was Tarnished by ...
timesofsandiego.com > opinion...Former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego received a scathing rebuke from the 9th U.S.... ...Circuit Court of Appeals on March 17 for her blatant "animus" and "pure spite" directed at Uber and other companies when crafting her disastrous... ...In attempting to defend the many inconsistencies of AB 5 to the 9th Circuit, the state's deputy attorney general, Jose Zelidon-Zepeda, withered under... ...Gavin Newsom signed AB 5 into law....

Opinion: It Turns Out Anti-Gig Economy Law AB 5 Was Tarnished by ...
timesofsandiego.com > opinion...Former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego received a scathing rebuke from the 9th U.S.... ...Circuit Court of Appeals on March 17 for her blatant "animus" and "pure spite" directed at Uber and other companies when crafting her disastrous... ...In attempting to defend the many inconsistencies of AB 5 to the 9th Circuit, the state's deputy attorney general, Jose Zelidon-Zepeda, withered under... ...Gavin Newsom signed AB 5 into law....

Layoffs Begin at Disney with Elimination of Metaverse Team
timesofsandiego.com > business...Disney CEO Bob Iger started the metaverse team to explore interactive ways to tell Disney stories using new technologies.... ...The metaverse division of Disney has been shut down and all the people on the team were laid off Monday, according to a report in the Wall Street... ...The third and final round is anticipated to begin before the beginning of summer. -- City News Service. Times of San Diego Uses Cookies... ...Iger previously announced a plan to lay off around 7,000 Disney employees in three stages. The first wave started on Monday....