NANCEE E. LEWIS / Union-Tribune Klingon characters portrayed by Joseph Tremaine, 14 (left), and Dennis Hanon stood in a transporter display that is part of the “Star Trek” exhibit.

The San Diego Air & Space Museum is boldly going where it hasn't gone before: hosting a Hollywood-style “Star Trek” exhibit mounted by a for-profit company. Usually, the Balboa Park museum is more History Channel than SciFi Channel.

SAN DIEGO – Mayor Jerry Sanders is running into some trouble on the last city contract where you might expect it – a consultant on city contracts. Sanders wants the San Diego City Council on Monday to approve $1.1 million for a consultant he hired to oversee managed competition, a program he has touted as a way to cut costs by contracting out some city services.

CAMP PENDLETON – Marine prosecutors yesterday said they will appeal a military judge's decision to dismiss charges against a battalion commander whose men killed two dozen Iraqi civilians in late 2005.

SAN DIEGO – His body is no stranger to punishment and grind. George Martin, after all, spent 14 years playing professional football. But at age 55, he put it to the test again. Because people he considers to be true heroes are hurting.

SAN DIEGO – The list of plaintiffs suing San Diego Gas & Electric over the role power lines played in the October firestorm grew by one more yesterday. San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre filed a lawsuit on behalf of the city seeking compensation for damage to city property, the cost of suppressing the Witch Creek fire and potential claims from firefighters or other city employees.

Work has started again at the Caltrans Park and Ride lot in El Cajon that has been closed for about seven months. The lot on East Washington Avenue near Jamacha Road that Just Fix It wrote about this month was closed for resurfacing and other improvements