The weekend is almost here, and Mario and Victor just left to the RedBull Air Race to get us some video. While we wait for them to report back lets recap some of this week’s major headlines.

Get your rain gear out, a powerful Storm Closing In On San Diego and expected to hit this weekend.
The [...]

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has recently been made aware of several complaints from pet owners and veterinarians that certain brands of jerky treats manufactured in China have been making pets sick. Symptoms of illness have included vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy. When the press release was released on the 14th no deaths have been [...]

Wildfire in eastern San Diego County may be contained Saturday
Giant panda cub born at San Diego Zoo is a girl
David Wells gets some redeption, LA Dodgers beat San Diego Padres 6 - 3
San Diego gets OK to control public housing
Parents to be tried in death of infant son
More Birds in San Diego Area Positive [...]

Kyla Ebbert, a Mesa College student and Hooters waitress, was asked to take a later flight by a Southwest Airlines employee because of her outfit. She says a gentlemen by the name of Keith asker her to come with him to the front of the plane and said:
I am sorry but you are going to [...]

The U.S. Census Reports that San Diego is the third richest city of cities with 500,000 people or more.
The Center on Policy Initiatives produced a full CPI analysis brief which reveals that the rich have gotten richer.
San Diego County has considerable income disparity, the census data reveals in its first county-by-county use of the [...]

The Gaslamp Quarter was swarmed by Comic-Con attendees last week dressed up as superheroes and other creative costumes. For the first time in its history, Comic-Con tickets were sold out Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately for Geoff Boucher, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, this Comic-Con will be memorable because of the stitches he [...]

This week, Google unveiled Blackle, a version of their search engine with an inky background.
The company says it’s for environmental reasons - a darker screen uses less energy and could potentially save thousands of dollars and also, important resources like oil. In January 2007 a blog post titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours [...]

Wal-Mart is venturing into a genre of toys usually left for the specialty shops. Now I know from shopping for toys for a young child you will notice that they become more violent or promiscuous. Some of the Bratz dolls are dressed with less clothing than most girls at a downtown club, and [...]

On Thursday the US Senate voted 46 in favor, with 53 opposed to end debate about the immigration bill that would have provided a path to US Citizenship to illegal immigrants in the US.
According to Congressional Quaterly, if passed, the immigration bill would have allowed millions of illegal immigrants to stay, receive legal status [...]

Photo by Kenneth Lu
The government warned consumers today to stop using toothpaste made in china because it may contain a poisonous chemical diethylene glycol (DEG), which is used in antifreeze. It’s minty fresh, not coolant fresh.
The FDA identified the following brands of toothpaste from China that contain DEG and are included in the import [...]