BRUCE K. HUFF / Union-Tribune
Officer Diane Saulsbury wasted no time, punching out a ticket downtown for an SUV that overstayed its metered time by 19 minutes. |
U-T SPECIAL REPORT | THE PERILS OF PARKING IN PARADISE
Every day's a fine, fine day
San Diego tickets about 500,000 vehicles a year
By Eleanor Yang Su
STAFF WRITER
and Danielle Cervantes and Agustin Armendariz
STAFF DATA SPECIALISTS
Within a couple of minutes of the red flag snapping into place, a parking enforcement officer was whipping out a ticket. “Hold on,” Brandon Peters yelled as he jumped up from an outdoor table at Buon Appetito in Little Italy and ran the few feet to his silver rental car.
2008 VOTE: PRESIDENTDemocrats reach deal on Florida, Michigan
Decision gives delegates at convention half a vote
By Katharine Q. Seelye and Jeff Zeleny
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON – To jeers and boos that showcased deep party divisions, Democratic Party officials agreed yesterday to seat delegates from the disputed Florida and Michigan primaries at the party's convention in August but give them only half a vote, dealing a setback to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Network news feels pain of fractured audiences
By Karla Peterson
STAFF WRITER
The “Today” show said goodbye to Katie Couric two years ago yesterday in a televised bash designed to reduce the departing host to tears. Couric didn't cry then, but as the ratings for her “CBS Evening News” broadcast continue to drop, she has plenty of reasons to cry now. And plenty of company to cry with.
June events to pump millions into local economy
But economists say impact is overstated
By Dean Calbreath
STAFF WRITER
A poet once described June as the “month of leaves and roses.” But in San Diego, this June is also the month of a marathon, a convention, a golf tournament and a fair that will bring tens of thousands of visitors and millions of dollars into the local economy.
2008 VOTE: CITY ELECTIONS
Pension mess still elephant in the room for candidates
By Craig Gustafson
STAFF WRITER
Where were you as San Diego's pension crisis festered? Former TV reporter Marti Emerald was “investigating how to get the best deals at local garage sales” – not exposing the city's financial problems.
