Ken Stone

La Mesa

Contributing Editor at Times of San Diego

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Nutsy squirrel junk journalist, paid question asker, masters track blogger and slow sprinter who enjoys reading and taking naps.

Articles

Trump donor Adam Gordon reportedly named San Diego interim U.S. attorney

1 week ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

La Jolla’s Adam Gordon, whose political contributions in 2024 included $2,000 to Donald Trump, has reportedly been named interim U.S. attorney for the San Diego region. The San Diego Union-Tribune on Thursday reported that Attorney General Pam Bondi has tapped Gordon, an assistant U.S. attorney here, to succeed Tara McGrath, among those fired by Trump. But as of 12:15 p.m. Friday, the DOJ’s Southern District of California website still lists Andrew R.
Trump donor Adam Gordon named San Diego interim U.S. attorney by AG Bondi

1 week ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

La Jolla’s Adam Gordon, whose political contributions in 2024 included $2,000 to Donald Trump, has been named interim U.S. attorney for the San Diego region. As first reported Thursday by The San Diego Union-Tribune, Attorney General Pam Bondi tapped Gordon, an assistant U.S. attorney here, to succeed Tara McGrath, among those fired by Trump. Friday afternoon, Gordon was sworn in by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Cynthia A. Bashant, the office reported.
GOP leaders decide DeMaio staffer, 22, can stay on party's Central Committee

2 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

Despite credible doubts about his recent residency, Joseph Raymond Linares will keep his seat on the San Diego County Republican Party’s Central Committee. The local GOP’s Executive Committee on Monday voted 15-0 not to declare his District 3 seat vacant after members sought to show proof Linares, 22, was living in Riverside when he was sworn in Dec. 10.
In San Diego, NASA unfazed by SpaceX rockets blowing up before Artemis trips

3 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone |Chris Stone

Twice this year, Starship rockets built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX have blown up. A version of that biggest-ever booster is slated to launch the manned Orion spacecraft to the moon in the Artemis III and IV missions. Is NASA worried? Not according to a La Mesa-born astronaut and the NASA official in charge of last week’s testing of Orion capsule recovery off San Diego.
Trailblazer Lynn Schenk at 80: Former Congresswoman Still Makes Herstory

4 weeks ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

In the summer of 1993, Democratic Rep. Lynn Schenk flew home to La Jolla with talking points on her lap. Reading them, she felt the urge to laugh or cry. Having just voted for President Clinton’s deficit-reduction package containing $250 billion in tax increases over five years, the first female member of Congress south of Los Angeles saw this: Only the top 1% of taxpayers would get a tax hike.
Did DeMaio Staffer Join SD Republican Central Committee as Riverside Resident?

1 month ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

Joseph “Joe” Linares, a 22-year-old employee of Assemblyman Carl DeMaio’s Reform California, was elected in March 2024 to the county GOP’s Central Committee. He was sworn in Dec. 10. On that much, everyone agrees. But local Republicans are bitterly split over whether Linares was a San Diego County resident when he took his oath to represent supervisorial District 3. And Paula Whitsell, the resurrected GOP chair, is being blasted for refusing to hold a special meeting to hear evidence of fraud.
Canadian Adriana Leon Helps SD Wave Beat Utah 3-2 in Club's Home Opener

1 month ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

In her home debut and first start with the San Diego Wave, Canadian international Adriana Leon notched her first goal Saturday as the Wave defeated the winless Utah Royals 3-2 at Snapdragon Stadium. Teammate Gia Corley tallied her second goal and first assist of the season, and Maria Sánchez scored her first of the year for San Diego (1-0-1, 4 points).
The Real Story of Becca Taylor's Death: How Nevada Crash Took SD Dem Chair

1 month ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

Tanner Mark Boyer was driving his gray 2020 Hyundai Sonata sedan southbound on Interstate 15 in the Nevada border town of Mesquite last July when he rear-ended a black Harley Davidson low-rider motorcycle. Boyer called 911. The Harley’s female rider was taken to St. George Regional hospital 40 miles away in Utah, where she was declared dead.
Issa Sues State, Saying Counting Mail-in Ballots After Election Day Violates Law

1 month ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

Rep. Darrell Issa, the North County Republican, has sued the state of California in federal court to stop mail-in ballots from being counted after Election Day.
4 Indonesians Sue San Diego's Bumble Bee Seafood, Alleging Forced Labor

1 month ago | timesofsandiego.com | Ken Stone

Bumble Bee Seafood was sued Wednesday by four Indonesian men who allege horrific treatment and forced labor aboard boats that supply the San Diego-based tuna company. Citing violations of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 2000, the men represented by Greenpeace and and a lawyer from San Diego are seeking unspecified monetary damages in San Diego federal court.