National City News

The San Diego Union-Tribune By Janine ZAoA iga Friday, November 6, 2009 at midnight [Excerpts] The wife of National City Mayor Ron Morrison has filed for legal separation, alleging her husband of nearly 35 years has a "history of domestic abuse"... When reached for comment yesterday, Ron Morrison vehemently denied any history of violence... "I ...

The wife of National City Mayor Ron Morrison has filed for legal separation, alleging her husband of nearly 35 years has a a oehistory of domestic abuse.a Morrison was served with court papers before the start of a City Council meeting Tuesday night.

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:22 a.m. CHULA VISTA - A man who may be responsible for at least two convenience store robberies in Chula Vista was arrested by National City police this morning, police said.

Dragon Jones, 41, was detained following an investigation conducted by National City police working with other local police departments as well as agents from the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

A man suspected of robbing at least 19 businesses in San Diego County since late September was behind bars today, authorities said.

The public safety agencies will join with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the San Diego Sheriff's Department, the San Diego Harbor Police and other groups for activities and demonstrations.

The predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club took two different tacks in its endorsements in City Council races at its regular meeting October 22.

It has been very discouraging in recent days to see articles, an editorial and letters to the editor and Daily Transcript articles on the attacks against Poseidon's Carlsbad desalination plant.

San Diego police released a photo Friday of a serial robber they are calling the Back Room Bandit, who is suspected of committing 15 commercial robberies around the county over the past several weeks.

The Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a not-to-exceed $853,305,629 cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide support in the Trident II missile production and deployed system support in an undefinitized contract action.

Last week, the high school was broken into and a computer and two cameras worth $1,900 were taken, National City police said.

SHORT TAKES DeMaio analysis: Drop library to save millions 2:00 a.m. October 20, 2009 Peter Iglesias of National City enjoyed his lunch break along the San Diego River Floodway near Mission Bay yesterday.

A driver is under arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after slamming his SUV into a parked semi-trailer Monday.

The godfather of American conceptualism John Baldessari, being celebrated at Tate Modern, is still breaking boundaries Behind a heavy wooden door under the warm sunshine of Venice in western LA, where young people ride by in beach cruisers and Mexican families shop for food, lies John Baldessari's studio.

A 62-year-old state prison inmate was charged Thursday with murdering a Naval corpsman who went missing 22 years ago, and whose remains were discovered only last year.

The bikeway is built off the main traffic roads for a safe and secure bicycle ride attracting hundreds of riders daily, some of whom use the path for recreation and others who use it to commute to work.

Authorities asked the public on Wednesday for help in finding a man wanted in connection with a six-month series of armed commercial robberies.

U.S. space agency officials say they've signed a patent license agreement with a California firm to improve medical access to hyperbaric chambers.

Three mastiffs mauled a woman on a National City street, knocking her to the ground and rendering her unconscious.

Posted October 8, 2009, 12:46 p.m. The San Diego County Taxpayers Association released a study dated today showing that the cities in San Diego County with the biggest pension burdens are the ones raising taxes.