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Highlights YouTube: The battle with TV is already over Man had smoke, rum before nearly drowning Dolphins may concede state dollars crime A judge on Thursday granted a $100,000 bond to the man accused of killing four in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 95 - but Willie Dumel won't be getting out jail anytime soon.

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Those watching the Big Bay Boom in San Diego's Glorietta Bay witnessed what was either an accidental fireworks display -- or a very disappointing fireworks show. About 5 minutes before the show was supposed to start, a sudden burst of fireworks shot into the air near the bay.

Rick Hoffman has stepped down as the president and chief COO of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in San Diego following an ongoing restructuring of the national real estate company, firm officials said. Marty Conrad, regional vice president for Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in San Diego and Inland Empire, will be closely involved in San Diego operations, a change that took place last month.

Former Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson has listed his Scripps Ranch home for $650,000. - via the MLS Former Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson, who recently signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is selling his Scripps Ranch home, public records show.

A neighborhood in Carmel Valley. - Howard Lipin / Union-Tribune staff Check out the U-T San Diego's hottest housing stories in June, compiled by residential real estate reporter Lily Leung. The rankings were based on total views. Have story tips, a hot property listing or a question? Email me: [email protected].

Here's a roundup of headlines that got people talking during the past week in San Diego and beyond: Home prices on the rise: San Diego was among 19 of the 20 cities in the monthly index to see an increase in home values from March to April, (1.4 percent,) according to the latest S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index report.

About a year ago, then-schoolteacher Donna Marvel saw friend after friend get pink slips from the San Diego Unified School District. The grueling experience and the specter of more layoffs led her to take a $20,000 pay cut for what seemed like more-stable work at an online school.

Nat Bosa, the Vancouver developer responsible for many of San Diego's downtown condo towers, says his next project will top all those. He's planning a 41-story, 232-unit tower at the southeast corner of Broadway and Pacific Highway. Estimated to cost $250 million and projected for completion in 2016, this would not be the tallest, by floor count, in the city.

Confident as they are about their eateries, San Diego's top restaurateurs confess to a love-hate relationship with websites like Yelp that offer instantaneous diner reviews, good, bad and otherwise. Ultimately, though, no matter how successful a restaurant is, customer feedback cannot be ignored, agreed a panel of restaurateurs who spoke Tuesday morning to a group of local professionals at the Hall of Champions.

Home prices gained footing in San Diego and most of the nation's major metro areas in April, possibly signalling more upticks to come, according to Tuesday's S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index report. San Diego was among 19 of the 20 cities in the monthly index to see an increase in home values from March to April, (1.4 percent.)

SDSU TV games so far Sept. 1: at Washington, Pac-12 Networks, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8: vs. Army, NBC Sports Network, 4:30 p.m. Oct. 6: vs. Hawaii, CBS Sports, 5 p.m. Oct. 20: at Nevada, CBS Sports, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 3: at Boise State, CBS Sports, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10: vs.

San Diego County saw a flurry of home sales last month, particularly in the single-family resale market, which makes up the bulk of all transactions. According to real estate tracker DataQuick, a total of 3,750 homes were sold in the local market, a more than 20 percent increase from a year ago.

CEO pay continued to rise for the heads of San Diego County publicly traded companies, jumping on average 18 percent. Here are the top 10 highest-paid CEOs.

A now-defunct San Diego company that handled home appraisals across the nation failed to pay appraisers in Arizona at least 171 times within the past 18 months, a Phoenix judge recently concluded. AppraiserLoft, the company in question, has been at the center of several non-payment and late-payment claims from appraisers, former employees and other parties, before and after it shuttered suddenly in October, according to public records.

Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera planned to rejoin the team in Seattle Tuesday night after his domestic violence trial was abruptly canceled Monday afternoon in Arizona. Prosecutors dismissed the case against him Monday in court, allowing him to return to the team in time for Tuesday's game against the Mariners.

Bank of America agreed to pay $161,180 to settle accusations that it refused to refinance an Irvine woman's mortgage because she was on maternity leave, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.

SDSU baseball coach Tony Gwynn talks with fans before a game against Cal State Northridge on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. (Photo by K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune) Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tony Gwynn, who has joined an ownership group seeking to buy the San Diego Padres, owes more than $400,000 in unpaid federal income taxes, according to tax notices.

Christopher Habig, 25, and Anne Weingarten, 58, don't know each other, but they represent two sides of a perplexing new problem that could roil the housing market in years to come. Back in the fall of 2009, Habig, a marketing consultant in Indianapolis, was on the verge of buying a home with savings and mortgage financing after graduating from Butler University.