JOHN R. McCUTCHEN / Union-Tribune In one of the “Break Rooms” at Sarah's Smash Shack, Cassandra Thomas of Bankers Hill got ready to demolish a bottle.

DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO – Mortgage payments. Smash! Gas prices. Boom! Ten-hour workdays. Crash! At Sarah's Smash Shack, a new business in downtown San Diego, everyday frustrations often join the plates, glasses and photo frames patrons pay to hurl against a wall.

By agreement of the candidates, these Ground Rules for Future City Attorney Debates shall be read aloud by a neutral party at the start of each joint appearance by Michael Aguirre and Jan Goldsmith. 1. The candidates pledge to comport themselves in a manner befitting the dignity and importance of the Office of City Attorney.

LA JOLLA – At least 13 percent of emergency loans granted through a special program for UC San Diego employees were based in part on fraudulent documents, according to a campus audit that looked at lending over a one-year period.

SAN DIEGO – One of the city's two troubled redevelopment panels got new board members yesterday, but the other didn't. Four new members of the Southeastern Economic Development Corp. board were confirmed by the San Diego City Council, as Mayor Jerry Sanders moved forward with a housecleaning after the agency's unusual pay and budget practices caused a crisis this summer.

Ridgewood Neighborhood Park in Rancho Peñasquitos finally has new playground equipment. As Just Fix It wrote in June 2007, the city of San Diego had removed aging equipment in fall 2006 but did not replace it.