Ken Stone
Times of San Diego
La Mesa, CA, United States
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Jury Hears KUSI Staff Accounts, Others on Sandra Maas Once Leaving Newscast
The jury ended the day with no alternates left after a juror informed Judge Ronald Frazier his wife had just headed to the hospital to deliver their first child. He was excused from the case. → Read More
KUSI Seeks to Bar Press, Public from Parts of Sandra Maas Equal-Pay Trial
McKinnon Broadcasting Co. asked Judge Ronald Frazier to close parts of the civil trial dealing with KUSI finances, especially how much it pays on-air talent. → Read More
Delayed No More, Trial Nears in Sandra Maas Pay-Equity Case Against KUSI-TV
Josh Gruenberg, Maas' lead attorney, says he expects the downtown Superior Court trial to last two weeks. "Cases still come to trial in this city," Gruenberg said. → Read More
Drenching Rain Can't Douse San Diego's Spirits as MLK Parade Returns With Class
The parade returned to the downtown streets Sunday after being canceled in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID pandemic. → Read More
Top 22 Videos of '22: Times of San Diego Witnessed History Lighthearted, Heavy
Times of San Diego posted 67 videos in 2022, touching on everything from the silly to the sublime. → Read More
La Jolla's Harry Litman Prophesied AG Naming a Special Counsel to Probe Trump
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named Jack Smith as a special prosecutor to investigate Trump's involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection and the taking of White House documents to Mar-a-Lago, the former president's Florida home. → Read More
Campbell, Montgomery Steppe, Moreno Near Council Re-Election; Lee Leads Rival
Incumbent Jen Campbell led dentist/professor Linda Lukacs, a Republican, 56.5% to 43.5% in the district encompassing Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma and Clairemont neighborhoods. → Read More
John McCann Leads Campa-Najjar Early in Bitter Race for Chula Vista Mayor
McCann raised doubts about Campa-Najjar's residency (which he has rejected) and a Democrat accused McCann of violating campaign finance reporting rules. → Read More
Jared Smith, 17, Stops Joe Biden Cold at MiraCosta — Brothers in Stuttering
President Biden advised Jared Smith, with 1,000 fellow Democrats looking on, that a stutter "cannot define you. It will not define you." → Read More
Boosting Levin in Oceanside, Biden Declares: 'We're Gonna Free Iran'
Rep. Mike Levin preceded Biden in speaking, drawing his biggest applause for saying people don't want a second term for former President Donald Trump and that Congress should codify "a woman's right to choose." → Read More
Judge Signals KUSI-TV Will Face Jury in Sandra Maas' Pay-Equity, Bias Lawsuit
On Thursday, San Diego Superior Court Judge Ronald Frazier issued a tentative ruling on several motions by McKinnon Broadcasting Co. He denied them all. → Read More
San Diego's OAN Slams Denver Judge, Seeks Her Recusal, Reversal of Rulings
On Tuesday, the far-right outlet facing billion-dollar lawsuits said Judge Moses made a number of rulings that should be overturned. → Read More
'Diane Sawyer of SD' or Crabby Anchor? Sandra Maas' KUSI Suit Could be Killed
Maas was let go after 15 years for good reason in June 2019, says KUSI owner McKinnon Broadcasting Co. in new court papers seeking to avoid a December trial in her pay-equity and gender/age discrimination lawsuit. → Read More
GOP-Endorsed Mayor Hopeful Sends Mailer as La Mesa Dems' 'Clear Choice'
The San Diego County Democratic Party has endorsed Arapostathis, a popular teacher and youth theater figure known as Dr. A who ran unopposed in 2018 after ousting longtime Mayor Art Madrid in 2014. → Read More
San Diegans Recall Queen Elizabeth II's Blockbuster 2-Day San Diego Visit in '83
On Feb. 26, 1983, the queen arrived at Broadway Pier aboard the royal yacht Britannia on a cold, rainy and windy morning, he writes in the SDSU Press-published "The Associated Preston." → Read More
'A Living Wage' Mulled for U.S. Track Athletes, Says USATF's Willie Banks
In a startling revelation a week shy of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, the Olympic triple jumper said the sport's national governing body is mulling how to put top performers on the payroll. → Read More
Ex-USD Student Ups Ante, Sues San Diego Unified, Former Lawyers for Defamation
He alleges that San Diego Unified staff and students began posting defamatory photos, videos and audio clips of him coaching the Scripps Ranch water polo teams and student teaching at Johnson Elementary, Baker Elementary, Wangenheim Middle School and Lincoln High School. → Read More
Robert Brom Dies at 83; San Diego Catholic Bishop Oversaw Diocese Bankruptcy
"Bishop Brom was a pastor, teacher and servant leader of the Catholic community in San Diego and Imperial Counties for 23 years," Bishop Robert McElroy said in a statement. → Read More
Long Jump Record Man Mike Powell, 58, Again Vows Age-Group World Best
"When I go look at the (basketball) rim, I can jump up and grab the rim with both hands. Easily. That's how I know I can jump." → Read More
'Gut Punch': 3 Congress Members Tell Abortion Allies How They Really Feel
Twenty-four hours after stunning news dropped about a draft opinion of the U.S Supreme Court spelling the end to a half-century of legal abortion in America, the Democrats office-holders channeled disgust and dismay at a downtown rally Tuesday. → Read More