An eleventh-hour, grass-roots effort to save the San Diego Police Departments mounted patrol attracted some backers and about $30,000, but the idea is apparently dead in its tracks.

The power of ChefTec Software will be on display at Booth #7728 at the 2010 Golf Industry Show on February 10-11, 2010 at the San Diego Convention Center. All of the newest functionality available in the recently released version upgrade, ChefTec MMX (2010), will be featured at the Show

Torrealba gets a $750,000 salary this year under Monday's agreement, and the deal includes a $3.5 million mutual option for 2011 with a $500,000 buyout

Remaking the school district budget based on chosen priorities such as diversity and a balanced curriculum helped San Diego Unified officials scrounge up nearly $39 million more in potential savings -- but it won't be enough to close the gap unless California slashes less than expected.

Movements in the world of baseball Tuesday:

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday failed to advance President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to the National Labor Relations Board, as the debate and vote became a test of union clout in Congress.

RISMEDIA, February 10, 2010Home values across the country declined again in the fourth quarter of 2009, as the Zillow Home Value Index fell 5% year-over-year, and -0.5% quarter-over-quarter, to $186,200. That marked the 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines, according

Boston (4)Signed Marco Scutaro, ss, Toronto, to a $12.5 million, two-year contract; signed Mike Cameron, of, Milwaukee, to a $15.5 million, two-year contract; signed John Lackey, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to an $82.5 million, five-year contract; signed Adrian Beltre, 3b, Seattle, to a $10 million, one-year contract. Chicago (5)Signed Omar Vizquel, ss, Texas, to a $1,375,000, one-year contract ...

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit announced today that Citi has joined forces with the Local Initiatives ...

To the U.S. public at large, especially those younger than 25, snowboarder/skateboarder Shaun White is the only widely recognizable name in these games. His flowing shock of red hair adds to the celebrity status the San Diego native has acquired on the professional circuits. You also might remember him from Turin, Italy, four years ago when he won the gold in the half-pipe competition at the ...

A new federal program has helped more than 100 North Countyfamilies avoid becoming homeless this winter, and several hundredmore families are expected to receive assistance over the nextthree years.

Last year, at the time, that was the option that I wanted most, Peppers said. Now its not. Hendrickson joined the Orioles last season after pitching for Toronto, Florida, Tampa Bay and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 56-68 with a 5.00 ERA in 268 career games. Baltimore also agreed to a minor-league contract with left-hander Will Ohman, who was invited to big-league spring training camp.

There's never been a simple test to diagnose post-traumatic stress, but a group of Minnesota scientists say they've found a high-tech way to identify people who have the disorder.

Some students in Julian are no doubt happy Tuesday night -- schools will be closed Wednesday.

The second she speaks, you begin to sense NPR's Sylvia Poggioli is from Italy. Same thing with TV chef Paula Deen and the South. Not so easy, though, with other Americans and that bothers commentator Rawlins Gilliland.

Bismarck State women's basketball coach Len Stanley has never put too much emphasis on finishing first in the Mon-Dak standings.Stanley's focal point is getting the top seed in the Region 13 tournament.

Arizona ace Brandon Webb threw off the mound Tuesday for the first time since undergoing right shoulder surgery.

The Miami Dolphins had their choice of free agent quarterbacks four years ago with Drew Brees and Daunte Culpepper. The Dolphins chose Culpepper and Brees has not looked back since. Brees most recent success took place Sunday when he and the New Orleans Saints defeated the Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV. Brees was named MVP after completing 32 of his 39 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns ...

The struggling Horned Frog basketball team will welcome another squad that has fallen on tough times, the Utah Utes, to Daniel-Meyer Coliseum tonight. Both teams have lost four of their past five games with a win over Air Force, the common denominator for both.

One in five housing markets entered a second leg of home price declines in late 2009, after showing price increases for nearly half of last year, according to a report released Wednesday by Zillow.com, a real-estate Web site.

Gilroy's Robert Guerrero knew he had made the right decision to withdraw from the biggest fight of his career when he entered the Stanford Hospital room of his wife, Casey, to break the news.

K-States Clemente honored Kansas State guard Denis Clemente was selected the Oscar Robertson national player of the week on Tuesday.

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Its easy to get jaded with professional sports. There is too much money and hype, too many games that seem to run together, an endless cycle of contract disputes and free agent signings. Too many people are more concerned with commerce than sport. Too many times when you wonder how it got so crazy. Truth be told, I grew bored with the Super Bowl a long time ago, the annual monument to excess ...

The former skipper of the L.A. Dodgers holds court at fundraiser for UCSB Gauchos and the S.B. Foresters

By Julie Haviv

The breakthrough came on a lingering San Juan summer day, as the boy reeled in the first fish hed ever caught, with a new friend at his side.

Tony Award-winning actor Michael Rupert steps back into the role of Professor Callahan in the national tour of the Tony-nominated musical Legally Blonde at the Buell Theater in Denver.