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“Take Down That Sign Or Go To Jail”… Having lived in California my whole life I am often embarrassed to admit that’s where I live. It is stories like this that show what weak minded and weak stomached citizens we have in the state. National City officials are upset over the picture of an AR-15 being on a gunstore sign. Apparently the mere sight of a gun is just too much to handle. Via Freedom Outpost: Ares Armor is a small tactical company that operates a store in National City, California. Recently the town of National City disapproved of a...

Burka bandit tries to hold up National City bank, CBS8 San Diego, August 2, 2013 A woman tried to rob a bank in National City, and officials sought the public's help locating her. The attempted robbery occurred at around 6 p.m. Thursday at a Wells Fargo Bank branch at 1199 Highland Ave., according to FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth. "At the time of the robbery, the woman entered the bank and stood in the teller line until summoned by a teller," Foxworth said. "Upon arriving at the teller counter, the woman presented a demand note." The teller read some of...

A struggling Hawaii bank received a $135 million federal bailout last fall two weeks after staff from the office of Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, a big investor in the bank, called federal regulators about the aid application, according to a report in ProPublica Tuesday. Bank regulators had designated Central Pacific Financial as a marginal candidate to receive federal assistance, according to documents cited in the report. But soon after the phone call from Inouye's office, the Treasury directed millions of dollars to bolster the bank's capital reserves. Inouye, D-Hawaii, owns shares in the bank that totaled between $350,000 and $700,000...

National City, Calif.—A San Diego-area boxing gym that serves at-risk kids is showing what it takes to fight for what is right and to win.  A trial is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 14, 2011, to decide whether National City, Calif., may declare nearly 700 properties—including the gym—“blighted,” thus freeing the city to bulldoze these properties and make way for luxury condos among other private developments.  The trial will be held before the Honorable Steven R. Denton, Superior Court of California, Hall of Justice, 330 W. Broadway in San Diego, Calif. The Community Youth Athletic Center (CYAC) has had...

Just more evidence that your common criminal is just plain retarded: On October 1st, 2009 California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that an investigation had been opened into ACORN’s activities in California, resulting from undercover videos showing employees seemingly offering to assist the undercover film makers with human smuggling, child prostitution and even tax advice to boot. Although ACORN has denied any wrongdoing, some of the employees involved were terminated, and ACORN has publicly stated that they would fully cooperate with any investigations that followed. Interestingly, the local head ACORN organizer in California, David Lagstein was caught on tape earlier...

In the months leading up to last fall's historic presidential election, one Imperial Beach man was registered to vote at least 21 times. In a dozen other cases, San Diego County residents reported that they never authorized voter registration cards submitted on their behalf. “The registration filed is BOGUS,” Rancho Bernardo resident Walter Cobb wrote to complain. “Fraudulent. Signature not mine.” The complaints all stemmed from a big voter registration push by ACORN, the low-income advocacy group fighting for its existence following an undercover sting by a conservative activist. After the voter complaints were filed last year, the California secretary...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp's shareholders approved the bank's takeover by rival Wells Fargo & Co on Tuesday, bringing one of the largest mergers stemming from the financial crisis near to completion. Separately, regional bank PNC Financial Services Group Inc said its planned takeover of National City Corp was approved by shareholders of both banks and is expected to close by December 31.

Merger will create fifth largest U.S. banking deposit franchise PNC to further strengthen capital position The PNC Financial Services Group and National City Corporation today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for PNC to acquire National City for $2.23 per share, or an aggregate fixed amount of approximately $5.2 billion in PNC stock. Additionally $384 million of cash is payable to certain warrant holders. Total consideration approximates National City's market capitalization as of the close of business on October 23, 2008. National City shareholders will be entitled to 0.0392 share of PNC common stock for each share of...

According to a report in Thursday's Wall Street Journal, National City Corp. (NYSE: NCC) is in talks with two banks to discuss a possible sale. The WSJ cites unnamed sources "familiar with the situation." It names Pittsburgh's largest bank, PNC Financial Services Group Inc., and Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada as among the potential buyers.

NATIONAL CITY The mayor on Saturday declared this small city just a few miles from the Mexican border a "sanctuary" for illegal immigrants. Mayor Nick Inzunza made the proclamation at City Hall as a few hundred supporters rallied on the sidewalk outside, said police Lt. Lanny Roark. Backers were met by a smaller group of anti-illegal immigration protesters, including members of the Minutemen civilian border patrol group, Roark said. The rallies were "loud and tumultuous" but peaceful, he said. There were no arrests. As a result of the declaration, city funds will not be used to enforce federal immigration laws....

Another big immigration rally is planned in National City this weekend. Mayor Nick Inzunza has signed a proclamation making National City a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Last weekend there was a protest over the idea that nearly got out of hand, 10 News reported. This weekend people who support Inzunza's proposal are planning their own rally. At the advice of law enforcement, Inzunza said he will not attend.

National City was the scene of a fight over illegal immigration Saturday. Critics of mayor Nick Inzunza are upset with what they see as a plan to declare National City a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Saturday, local minuteman clashed with Inzunza's supporters. On one side of the street there was a minuteman rally. On the other side were migrant suporters. In the middle were 130 officers who were called in to keep the peace, and law enforcement needed every one of them. Things got very heated early on in the rally when small group dressed as clowns crossed over onto...

NATIONAL CITY – More than 100 police officers and deputies used a median on National City Boulevard yesterday to separate hundreds of people gathered to respond to Mayor Nick Inzunza's push for the city to declare itself a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Police were called in from across San Diego County to patrol the rally, which originated as a protest of Inzunza's proposal. It was organized by the San Diego Minutemen, which began as a group of volunteers attempting to stem illegal immigration by patrolling the border.

National City was the scene of a fight over illegal immigration Saturday. Critics of mayor Nick Inzunza are upset with what they see as a plan to declare National City a sanctuary for illegal immigrants. Saturday, local minuteman clashed with Inzunza's supporters. On one side of the street there was a minuteman rally. On the other side were migrant suporters. In the middle were 130 officers who were called in to keep the peace, and law enforcement needed every one of them.

NATIONAL CITY – In response to Mayor Nick Inzunza's declaration that he wants National City to become a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, the city's police union stated that its members will continue to comply with state and federal law and not fall prey to the “political whims of a misinformed politician.” * Letter: National City police During Tuesday night's City Council meeting, Dennis Leach, president of the National City Police Officers Association, read aloud a letter addressed to the council, city manager, city staff and “conspicuously absent mayor.”

Mayor Nick Inzunza's proclamation that National City is a sanctuary city is, we presume, a gesture of gentleness to illegal immigrants. But if he had first consulted the City Council and clarified what he means by sanctuary city, he might have accomplished more than a headline. Apparently, his focus is not on turning National City into a Maywood. That Los Angeles County city has dismantled its traffic-enforcement police because it arrested too many unlicensed drivers and impounded their cars. That's a relief. No city in California has so few drivers – and so few bad drivers – that it can...

NATIONAL CITY – While other cities in the county aggressively attempt to rid their communities of undocumented immigrants, local activists are planning to turn National City into a “sanctuary city.” Such a classification means city funds will not be used to enforce federal immigration laws, which is already the case in National City. Mayor Nick Inzunza declared in an interview on National Public Radio last week that he wants National City to be a sanctuary city, a designation being promoted through a grass-roots effort in other parts of California and the country. However, the other City Council members are irritated...

NATIONAL CITY – While other cities in the county aggressively attempt to rid their communities of undocumented immigrants, local activists are planning to turn National City into a "sanctuary city." Such a classification means city funds will not be used to enforce federal immigration laws, which is already the case in National City. Mayor Nick Inzunza declared in an interview on National Public Radio last week that he wants National City to be a sanctuary city, a designation being promoted through a grass-roots effort in other parts of California and the country. However, the other City Council members are irritated...

The city of San Diego, with its much-admired downtown ballpark and Horton Plaza projects, has long been the poster child for the wise use of eminent domain: the right of government to seize private property, with just compensation, for what it deems public benefit. But after two outrageous stories in two weeks, a pair of local government bodies may find themselves held up as poster children for eminent domain's misuse – and deservedly. First came a report on the San Diego Model School Development Agency's push to seize and demolish 188 homes in the thriving City Heights neighborhood to build...