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NOVEMBER 17, 2009
THE BRAIN DRAIN in local media continues. This time, it’s one of the longest-reigning anchormen in San Diego TV news. Marty Levin confirms newsroom rumors that he’ll leave NBC 7/39 in late spring. Levin, who started his broadcast career in radio in 1966, has been a fixture on local TV news for 30 years. He joined Channel 10 here in 1977; went to Washington, D.C.’s ABC affiliate in 1980; returned in ’83 and joined Channel 8; and has been co-anchor at NBC 7/39 for the past 22 years. As for life after TV news, Levin says, “I haven’t gotten that far, but a bunch of things sound fun.” In February, he says, he’ll take a three-week leave from 7/39 to go to Vancouver, where Levin and his wife, Gail, have volunteered for worldwide press operations at the Olympics News Service.
THE NEWS NOSE: In the wake of Buick’s bailout this year, the Century Club is still negotiating for a new title sponsor for its invitational golf tournament. But plans proceed apace for the tourney’s annual gala, benefitting the Monarch School for homeless kids. The dinner/auction, set for January 23 with TV’s Jay Leno as headliner, is sold out, with just a few $15,000 sponsorships still available ... Good news this week out of Denver, home of that other AFC West team: On its Web site this week, following the Broncos’ ignominious loss to the Redskins, the Denver city magazine, 5280, was already asking, “Is the Season Over for the Broncos?” Yes ... One saving grace for San Diego’s economy in the ongoing recession: a rebound in military and defense spending. A study by the National University System Institute for Policy Research shows our city reversing a trend — we lead the nation in total military spending and rank fourth in defense contract work.
QUOTEWORTHY: Chris Barnhart forwards excerpts from his new favorite book, Disorder in the American Courts, a compilation of the extraordinary things uttered in our courtrooms and collected by court reporters. My favorites among Chris’s favorites:
Attorney: “The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?”
Witness: He’s 20 — much like your IQ.”
Attorney: “How was your first marriage terminated?”
Witness: “By death.”
Attorney: “And by whose death was it terminated?”
Witness: “Take a guess.”
Attorney: “She had three children, right?”
Witness: “Yes.”
Attorney: “How many were boys?
Witness: “None.”
Attorney: “Were there any girls?”
Witness: “Your honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?”
LIVING LABORATORY: Among the $11.5 million in grants awarded to San Diego State University through the government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: a half-million dollars in funding for a study called “Disclosing Contents of Drinks: Experimental Test on Natural Consumption Behavior.” The study will be conducted by the university’s Alcohol and Other Drug Initiatives chairman, James Lange, whose primary focus is preventing alcohol and drug abuse among SDSU students. And most of the research, not surprisingly, will be done in and around the university campus and the bars and nightclubs of Pacific Beach.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Okay, yes, only 12 animal rights activists turned out at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach on Sunday to protest Michael Vick’s appearance in the Chargers-Eagles game. But they had a better day than Vick. He barely showed up at Qualcomm Stadium — in for one play, throwing just one pass. Incomplete.
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