National City News Archives

A pair of law enforcement operations targeting alcohol abuse resulted in 10 people being arrested for drunken driving in the South Bay, and 35 others cited for having open containers of alcoholic beverages on North County beaches, it was announced Sunday.

See how teens from libraries across the state documented the often overlooked parts of their communities in a new online exhibit of photography and writing sponsored by the California Council for the Humanities.

San Diegan takes viewers on a TV tour of county's neighborhoods 2:00 a.m. September 24, 2009 San Diego can be a transient place, known more as a vacation spot than a place where folks set down roots.

California 's attorney general and San Diego County 's district attorney have launched probes into allegations of voter registration fraud by staffers of ACORN .

The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to support a joint investigation by the D-A and Attorney General's office into alleged irregularities in voter registration forms generated locally by ACORN.

Authorities released the name of an 82-year- old woman fatally struck by a pickup truck in National City.

The controversy over ACORN workers who answered questions about starting a prostitution business while being secretly videotaped has moved to Echo Park.

A sign for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN is seen at a rally in front of the Rev.

A 24-year-old man is behind bars on suspicion of murder in the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in National City over the weekend.

San Diego is one of five cities that whose ACORN chapters have a black eye -- Owing to the undercover work of filmmaker James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles , posing as 'players' in 'The World's Oldest Profession'. "Yeah, we're gonna have a house with about a dozen underage prostitutes," O'Keefe tells the staffer, identified as Juan Carlos Vera .

The chairman of the Republican Party in San Diego County and a Republican member of the Board of Supervisors have joined Gov.

The video appears to indict its subject. It shows a National City ACORN employee discussing ways to smuggle young girls across the border.

NATIONAL CITY a ' A 25-year-old man was arrested in the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy early Saturday, police said.

A San Diego ACORN employee is fired after what appears to be damaging remarks he made on a hidden camera.

Political fallout continues to rain over ACORN as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for a state investigation into the liberal activist group.

Sept. 16:A Internal investigationA orderedA after a video tape showed several workers for the group encouraging unethical practices.

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A San Diego ACORN employee who appeared to give human-smuggling advice to a pimp and prostitute in an undercover video made by conservative filmmakers has been fired.

ACORN officials in San Diego have fired an employee caught on video providing advice about human smuggling to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute.

An ACORN employee in National City offered a two people posing as a prostitute and her pimp advice on getting 12 young girls across the border from Mexico.

Grass-roots organizing has gotten a black eye on the national stage, after undercover videos involving " ACORN " a controversial group with a local office that got a visit from the hidden-camera crew.

Due to budget cuts imposed on the University of California system, estimated undergraduate enrollment for the fall quarter at UC San Diego is expected to remain relatively unchanged from last year's 28,500 students.

The Star of India will be towed back to its berth at the Maritime Museum of San Diego tomorrow after undergoing three weeks of repair at a dry dock in the South Bay.

Three companies that previously sought National City's towing contract are asking the city to investigate Mayor Ron Morrison's assistant, who they claim had a conflict of interest when she allegedly acted on behalf of a towing company that has the city contract.

Posted September 3, 2009, 9:23 a.m. This community used to have its own department stores, furniture stores, drug stores, supermarkets.