AltWeeklies Wire
TV Weatherman Thinks Global Warming is a Scamnew
John Coleman, KUSI weatherman and founder of The Weather Channel, declared global warming to be "a non-event, a manufactured crisis and a total scam."
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
11-14-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
A Marine Returnsnew
Corporal Seth Reil talks about his service -- and how even the military dogs are suffering from PTSD.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
11-14-2007 |
War
Fires Produce Conflict Between Cops and Medianew
California law allows reporters complete access to disaster areas, as long as they do not interfere with emergency operations, but there are questions about whether these guidelines were overstepped by police in the recent fires.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
10-31-2007 |
Media
A New Generation Copes With Breast Cancernew
Among women ages 15 to 54, breast cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers, and it's estimated that one in eight women will get breast cancer at some point in her life. If those were your chances of winning the lottery, your heart would be racing with excitement.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
10-31-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
California Fires: Anxiety in Fallbrooknew
Residents of the agricultural area north of San Diego evacuate for the first time in memory.
San Diego CityBeat |
AnnaMaria Stephens |
10-24-2007 |
Disasters
California Fires: Uncertainty in Jamulnew
The unincorporated county municipality 25 miles south-southeast of San Diego was a ghost town as Harris fire sped toward Spring Valley.
San Diego CityBeat |
Pat Sherman |
10-24-2007 |
Disasters
California Fires: My Overnight Stay at the Evacuation Sitenew
At Qualcomm Stadium, once someone started answering questions, it became hard to stop.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
10-24-2007 |
Disasters
California Fires: What Mattersnew
Maybe the Buddhists are on to something with their no-possessions mantra.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
10-24-2007 |
Disasters
California Fires: Four-Legged Evacueesnew
Horse owners scramble to find emergency boarding space.
San Diego CityBeat |
Pat Sherman |
10-24-2007 |
Disasters
Blackwater Keeps its Eye on a Tiny California Enclavenew
The company hopes to open a 824-acre paramilitary training facility in Potrero, but wooing the town's 850 residents has been a dicey game.
San Diego CityBeat |
Pat Sherman |
10-10-2007 |
War
Mayor Has a Change of Heart on Same-Sex Marriagenew
San Diego's mayor, a Republican who in the past has pledged support for same-sex civil unions but not marriage, changed his position and signed a resolution that allowed San Diego to join 19 other California cities and counties in collectively submitting a legal document known as an amicus curiae brief in a state Supreme Court case.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
09-26-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Hopeful News for Schizophrenicsnew
An experimental drug from Eli Lilly so far has shown that it can ease symptoms of schizophrenia without the serious side effects associated with Thorazine and Zyprexa.
San Diego CityBeat |
Staff |
09-05-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Border Crossingsnew
To get to America, some people have climbed fences, hiked through deserts, lied their way past border agents or legally entered by wading through mounds of confusing paperwork -- these are the stories beneath the statistics.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan, David Rolland and Eric Wolff |
09-05-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Animal Activist Freednew
Danae Kelley, the 23-year-old animal-rights activist who was jailed after an Aug. 18 protest of Huntingdon Life Sciences, was released from custody last Wednesday after the District Attorney's Office chose not to file charges against her.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kelly Davis |
08-30-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
San Diegans Protest Clear Channel's Elimination of Progessive Talk Radionew
Protesters show support for KLSD 1360-AM as top execs consider a change to an all-sports format.
San Diego CityBeat |
Eric Wolff |
08-30-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
