By Kelly Paice | inewsource
The courtroom was packed to watch the auction unfold as Scripps Health went head-to-head with Sharp HealthCare to purchase San Diego Hospice’s Hillcrest property. After 50 bids back and forth, Scripps beat out Sharp by $50,000, winning the hospice’s most valuable asset. Scripps bought the eight-acre property for a final price of $16.55 million. Sharp will act as a back-up bidder.
Attorneys for San Diego Hospice and its … Read More »
By Ryann Grochowski | inewsource
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner accused City Attorney Jan Goldsmith and several city council members of taking bribes in the form of campaign donations from hotel owners interested in keeping the proposed hotel occupancy tax alive, but an inewsource review of contributions shows the mayor exaggerated his claims.
The “tens of thousands of dollars” Filner asserted were far less than that, according to an analysis … Read More »
By Claire Trageser and Ryann Grochowski | KPBS/inewsource Investigations Desk
Employees of the city of Chula Vista can earn an extra $100 a year if they pass a test showing they’re bilingual. Firefighters and police officers in Coronado get $775 and $850 a year, respectively, to spend on their uniforms. And National City police officers get an extra 7 hours of overtime a week for taking care of their police dogs.
By Kelly Paice | inewsource
In a surprising turn of events in the San Diego Hospice bankruptcy case Wednesday, the attorneys for the hospice and its creditors approached the judge side-by-side agreeing to work together on selling the hospice’s most valuable asset, its Hillcrest property.
The unsecured creditors’ legal counsel formally withdrew its motion to appoint an independent trustee to the case, a third party who would … Read More »
By Kelly Paice | inewsource
San Diego Hospice faces off today in bankruptcy court with its creditors to determine whether a third party will step in and take over management of its remaining assets.
It’s a drama that’s been playing out for weeks in motions filed in court. The unsecured creditors, who are owed money but don’t have collateral, claim they can’t trust the hospice to act in their interest. … Read More »