Today's top stories from sunny San Diego:

Constituents take Hueso's ambitions in stride -- SDUT
City Council President Ben Hueso may want to run for state Assembly next year, but his district is offering a collective shrug in response.

Questioning the Wisdom of Pension Bonds -- VoSD
Officials from both the county and Chula Vista believe the pension bonds they've issued will pay off. But they are relying on the performance of financial markets, a dicey proposition these days.

Housing bargain doesn't always bring low property taxes -- NCT
Assessors use 'market price' of similar homes to determine homeowner levies

Complicating San Diego's Water Crunch: All Those Condos -- VoSD
Residents could be hit with higher rents or HOA fees if their buildings don't reduce consumption. But measuring water use in multi-family housing is difficult.

Southwestern to rework training contract with Xe -- SDUT
CHULA VISTA: Southwestern College's governing board voted last night to renegotiate its decision to send its police academy cadets for weapons training to a South County firing range owned by Xe, the company formerly known as Blackwater.

2 districts looking at Otay River for water -- SDUT
Two water districts searching for new sources for their South County customers are studying whether it's worthwhile for them to extract the precious fluid from the brackish Otay River near Chula Vista. 

Curbside recycling reconsidered -- SDUT
Eight years after this coastal community turned its back on curbside recycling, a growing number of Mission Beach residents are calling for the city to institute the service that every other neighborhood in San Diego has

Nonprofit tries to weather 'nerve-wracking' period -- SDUT
The state's financial problems have hit particularly hard for an organization trying to restore the San Diego River in Lakeside.

OCEANSIDE: Council looks at its own spending for possible cuts -- NCT
Citywide, employees are looking for ways close an anticipated $3.7 million spending gap in the fiscal year that starts July 1. The city manager has told most departments to cut costs by 10 percent. Police and fire have been told to cut 5 percent.