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San Diego police are developing a composite sketch of a man who sexually assaulted a woman Sunday morning in a parking structure in the Gaslamp Quarter, but the victim did not get a good look at her attacker.

Benchmarking to peers could mean raises trigger raises for city managers whose contracts guarantee standing among colleagues.

The top-paid municipal manager in the region is not the one that runs the county government serving 3.2 million people or even San Diego city government serving 1.4 million.

Dick Frazar is an former Marine. He knew there was only one place for him to be this week, on the shoreline of Lower Otay honoring a part of his father’s legacy, a rare World War II plane that has sat at the bottom of the lake for more than 65 years.

Members of the Sweetwater Authority water board earn more money making public appearances and attending conferences than they do governing, The Watchdog has found.

Imperial Beach officials will celebrate the start of construction of a long-awaited city skate park Monday at 4 p.m. with a ground-breaking ceremony at Sports Park, 425 Imperial Beach Blvd.

The county has awarded more than $315,000 to local faith-based organizations and groups with religious ties during the past two fiscal years, The Watchdog has learned.

The son of Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Solana Beach, is running for a seat on the Imperial Beach City Council in one of four races that could fundamentally change the makeup of the city’s governing body.

By her 52nd birthday, Sheila Wheatley had nearly run out of wishes.

Irwin and Joan Jacobs discuss their pledge to give away half their fortune.

Jovan Jackson has been cutting men’s hair since he was a teenager. But a few years back, he decided to take a sharp detour from the barber trade and try a different vocation.

After the kamikazes and the chaos, after Iwo Jima and Nagasaki and the Battle of Midway, it was finally over.

There’s never a dull moment inside Kid Ventures.

The La Mesa First United Methodist Church in La Mesa is holding a garage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at 4690 Palm Ave.

The Lemon Grove Historical Society will hold its summer rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at The Parsonage Museum, 3185 Olive St.

It’s down to two now in La Mesa.

Grossmont College was one of 13 around the country — and the only one in the county — selected this year by Scholarship America for a three-year grant worth up to $75,000 aimed at helping students cope with unexpected expenses.

The muckraking editor and publisher of the San Diego Herald was never one to mince words. A self-proclaimed expert in “the gentle art of truth telling,” Abraham Sauer frequently used his weekly newspaper to assault in print the political high and mighty of San Diego.

The inability of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board to reach a quorum is starting to hamper business — and the problems are likely to worsen.

Grossmont College’s Office Professional Training program recently received a $5,000 donation from U.S. Bank.