1. The Story of Hernando Alonso Ciudad de Mexico, 1528 — A bell clangs and he, with the great difficulty of an old man with stiff limbs and creaking bones, sits up in the dark, …
July 31, 1997
News & Stories
Tacos and manna: Tijuana's Jewish community
Our man at Hillcrest bar parses the legend of Andrew Cunanan
Twenty-four hours later, it was official. The loose cannon full of secrets had safely - for the closeted, the monied, and the nervous - checked out of the equation.
July 31, 1997
Watching the Bishop School's response to Cunanan media has been like watching a tortoise retract into its shell
'What do you make of the whole Cunanan story?" I asked. The bartender at the Whaling Bar in the big pink La Valencia Hotel leaned toward me. "I'm glad he's dead. That way, we won't …
July 31, 1997
Susan Golding has Alex Spanos and John Moores (Padres) on her Senate team
How much does it cost to shut down expansion of a convention center? Late last month the City forked over $250,000 to contractor Golden Turner to stop expansion work that hadn't even begun. Sources say …
July 31, 1997
Matt Lickona on his son as chunker
I want to eat my baby. I want to press him to my chest until he is a part of me, which of course he already is. This is love — seeking union with the …
July 31, 1997
Homes build right on San Diego's Highway 163
"When they were first building these houses, we would go up the freeway and say, 'Who the hell would ever buy a house over there?’ and we ended up buying one," says Patty Williamson of …
July 31, 1997