NANCEE E. LEWIS / Union-Tribune
San Diego Trolley general manager Peter Tereschuck has seen the system grow from 15.9 miles in 1981 to more than 53 miles today. He will retire tomorrow from his job. |
'It's been a very good ride'
Trolley system's manager retires
By Steve Schmidt
STAFF WRITER
Peter Tereschuck was there at the creation, and it wasn't always pretty. Standing next to a set of San Diego Trolley tracks on a recent afternoon, he recalled with a grin the glitches that dogged the 1981 debut of the light-rail system.
Suit filed on toll road report
Environmentalists fault federal wildlife agency
By Terry Rodgers
STAFF WRITER
Environmentalists are challenging a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report that says extending a toll road to link Orange and San Diego counties would not irreparably harm endangered species.
Mexico criticizes shooting at border
U.S. says agent fired after rocks thrown
By Debbi Baker, Kristina Davis and Sandra Dibble
STAFF WRITERS
SAN YSIDRO – The shooting of a Mexican man by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a rock-throwing incident west of the San Ysidro border crossing drew a rebuke yesterday from the Mexican Consulate in San Diego and a demand that U.S. authorities conduct a “thorough investigation.”
Cheney drops by base for tour of operations
VP was between fundraising stops
By Steve Liewer
STAFF WRITER
CAMP PENDLETON – Vice President Dick Cheney made a brief visit to Camp Pendleton yesterday before heading to Orange County for a fundraiser. He flew on Air Force Two from a campaign stop in Colorado and reached the base at 2:22 p.m.
Democrats, colleagues lend councilman support
Tuesday was a great day for Steve Castañeda. Castañeda is the Chula Vista councilman who was acquitted in April of perjury charges related to accusations that he used his position to seek free rent or a reduced price on a condominium.
