Local San Diego News From Around The County

He may be the target of at least one labor organization, but county Supervisor Ron Roberts is telling voters that he once was a union member.

For nearly a year, Chula Vista City Councilman John McCann was counting the days until he could return to the life he had before being deployed to Mosul, Iraq.

San Diego Councilman Tony Young had one opponent when he was elected in a special election in 2006, and he won with 72 percent of the vote. Four years later, he has one opponent again — Brian “Barry” Pollard.

Kevin Faulconer doesn’t want to assume too much. The San Diego councilman knows it’s just not good politics. But the odds clearly favor his re-election in Tuesday’s primary.

The state Senate passed legislation this week that would create a greenbelt along the south side of state-owned Del Mar Fairgrounds as a buffer between the site and the San Dieguito River.

A determined and virtually united crowd opposing the long-planned but still-unrealized Gregory Canyon landfill in North County jammed the San Marcos Senior Center on Thursday night.

Supporters of Proposition D, which would make permanent the “strong mayor” form of government in San Diego, have a pretty strong fundraising edge, too.

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman enjoys a 2-to-1 lead over state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner for the Republican nomination for governor as the most expensive primary election campaign in California history draws to a close, according to a new Field Poll.

Early voting before Tuesday’s primary election is being offered Saturday at the San Diego County Registrar of Voters office in Kearny Mesa.

The unanimous passage of Chelsea’s Law by the state Assembly on Thursday drew thanks and congratulations from Brent and Kelly King, whose slain daughter’s name is on the legislation.

The state Assembly on Thursday unanimously approved Chelsea’s Law in an effort to keep convicted child molesters behind bars longer.

Discuss the June 8 primary with Union-Tribune editor Michael Smolens at 11 a.m.

An Escondido citizen has filed a complaint against Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler with California’s political watchdog, the Fair Political Practices Commission.

Trash, water and sacred Indian sites will be on the table tonight when a large crowd is expected to gather in San Marcos to discuss the long-proposed Gregory Canyon landfill in rural North County.

The Campo Indian band is calling off its controversial proposal to build a big landfill on its reservation, an hour from San Diego.

It’s done in 15 of the top 25 counties in California, but not here in the second-largest.

Trendsetting California is on its way to becoming the first state to ban plastic shopping bags.

San Diego’s city attorney said in a report made public Wednesday that Mayor Jerry Sanders should seek a coastal development permit for a permanent rope barrier at Children’s Pool beach in La Jolla using the normal process, which could take months.

Got a question for the governor? Keep it to 140 characters and he may just get back to you Wednesday.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner on Tuesday declared his opposition to Proposition 14, the open-primary initiative on the June 8 primary election ballot.