San Diego CityBeat | David Silva

Miramar Landfill Swallows Great Whalenew

San Diego officials are faced with the timeless question of what to do with the carcass of a really big animal.

San Diego CityBeat | David Silva | 03-04-2009 | Animal Issues

Tags: animal issues, San Diego, Miramar Landfill

Marines Dump Donations in the Miramar Landfillnew

For years, Jeff Seymour collected donations of reading materials and other items from area businesses to be shipped to U.S. troops overseas. Now he wants the Marines to explain to him why they unceremoniously dumped thousands of the donations into the Miramar Landfill.

San Diego CityBeat | David Silva | 02-25-2009 | War

Tags: Iraq, Marines, charity, Jeff Seymour

Election '08: San Diego's Greens Are Blue (And They're Blaming Ralph Nader)new

While Nov. 4 yielded a mixed bag for the GOP and the Dems, it provided nothing but a great big sack of rotten potatoes for just about every other political persuasion. Here, as elsewhere in the nation, adherents of the boutique parties saw their candidates routed on nearly every front. And no party performed so poorly in San Diego County as the Green Party.

San Diego CityBeat | David Silva | 11-19-2008 | Politics

Tags: 2008 presidential election, Ralph Nader, Green Party, San Diego, Cynthia McKinney, third-party candidates

There's No Evidence That Shows Popular Youth Curfew Laws Worknew

San Diegoâ€™s juvenile curfew law was enacted as a way to cut down on gang violence, and by that standard, it has failed. After 11 years and thousands of curfew citations and arrests since the law took effect, gang-related crimes are up 23 percent this year over last, and gang-related homicides increased 61 percent during that same period.

San Diego CityBeat | David Silva | 06-18-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: San Diego, youth, crime & justice, public policy issues, curfew laws, gang violence