Before starting his own insectary north of Escondido, Jim Davis Worked for a big citrus grower in Corona, near Riverside. At one time, this grower, like most of his peers, spent a lot of time …
June 30, 1994
News & Stories
San Diegan raises insect assassins
The heat in jalapeno peppers
Dear Sefior Matthew: Why do jalapeno peppers taste hot? At least we call it "hot.” But since even room-temperature peppers scald your tongue, they're not really “hot,” so what is “hot," anyway? — Robert C., …
June 30, 1994
Black holes of radio reception in San Ysidro and Mount Soledad
Dear Matthew Alice: What causes the “black holes" of radio reception at the international border (Tijuana-San Ysidro) and on top of Mt. Soledad? I travel frequently to both places, and my radio goes berserk every …
June 30, 1994
Meltzer leaves L.A., tosses Ornette, Parker, Dolphy, Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Lester Young, Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor
Getting rid of records, right, because of the goddamn quake. Like bricks, dead albums fall heavy. They fell and they fell — hard — and in five months of aftershocks have fallen some more. Less …
June 30, 1994