'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would …
December 19, 1974
Thursday, December 19
I am the Santa Claus in the Mission Valley Shopping Center
Joan Sutherland – not a shred of drama in her soul
There has been a universal orgy of congratulation and self congratulation over Joan Sutherland’s Lucia di Lammermoor at the San Diego Opera. These feelings are understandable. When one has waited all year to hear a …
December 19, 1974
Thursday, December 12
In 1973-74, 40,000 bicycles were reported stolen
When Vittorio de Sica, the Italian movie director, conceived his now classical film, Bicycle Thief, he was praised for his "neo-realism" in which a simple theme — the stealing of a bicycle — took on …
December 12, 1974
Thursday, December 5
Monument Road – a quiet place overshadowed by Tijuana
The peaceful atmosphere along Monument Road is astonishing. Only 15 or 20 minutes from Downtown, a ride along southernmost San Diego's Monument Road is like flipping through a book of Dorothea Lange photographs. A rundown …
December 5, 1974