Archive for December, 2005

Designated Drivers

December 31st, 2005

Drunken drivers and their vehicles will be offered free trips home over the New Year’s holiday weekend.

Damaged Plane

December 31st, 2005

No one was injured Friday when a jet taxiing around
another plane clipped a light pole at Lindbergh Field.

Lynndie England burned in kitchen mishap at prison in San Diego (South Coast Today)

December 31st, 2005

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Lynndie England, the U.S. soldier who posed for some of the most infamous pictures of detainee abuse at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison, suffered burns at the prison where she is serving her sentence, her family said yesterday.

Lynndie England burned in kitchen mishap at prison in San Diego (North County Times)

December 31st, 2005

SAN DIEGO — Lynndie England, the U.S. soldier who posed for some of the most infamous pictures of detainee abuse at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison, suffered burns at the prison where she is serving her sentence, her family said Friday.

Traffic tickets down 40 percent in San Diego (North County Times)

December 31st, 2005

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Police Department wrote 40 percent fewer traffic tickets this year, primarily because of a sharp drop in the number of officers available for traffic enforcement duties, it was reported Friday.

San Diego Zoo’s baby panda makes public debut (North County Times)

December 31st, 2005

SAN DIEGO — Su Lin, a 21-week old giant panda cub, made her public debut Thursday at the San Diego Zoo. Tourists in town for the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl flocked to catch a glimpse of the cub.

San Diego’s biotech industry aims to maintain dominant presence in ‘06 (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)

December 31st, 2005

The stage is set for a great year in 2006 for the biotech industry, especially in San Diego County. But, 2005 is going to be a hard year to top.

The continuing development of plans for San Diego’s bayfront were top stories in 2005 (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News)

December 31st, 2005

Expanding development of San Diego Bay’s front porch from Harbor Island in the north to Chula Vista in the south was a top story in 2005, and the Port District was in the middle of it all.

Giant panda cub Su Lin sleeps while her mother Bai Yun watches spectators pass by enclosure they share at San Diego Zoo (AlertNet)

December 30th, 2005

Su Lin (R), a four-month-old giant panda cub, sleeps while her mother Bai Yun (L) watches spectators pass by the enclosure they share at the San Diego Zoo December 30, 2005. Su Lin, whose name means “A little bit of something very cute” in Chinese went on public display December 29.

Giant panda cub Su Lin yawns during a nap in enclosure she shares with her mother Bai Yun at San Diego Zoo (AlertNet)

December 30th, 2005

Su Lin, a four-month-old giant panda cub, yawns during a nap in the enclosure she shares with her mother Bai Yun at the San Diego Zoo, December 30, 2005. Su Lin, whose name means “A little bit of something very cute” in Chinese went on public display December 29.