When the first hard contraction hit my wife Deirdre, buckling her at her middle and squeezing from her lungs a shocked cry, her first thought was, “I don’t know if I can do this without …
December 23, 1998
News & Stories
The Bradley Method of natural childbirth taught in San Diego
San Diego author's African-American family surrounds dying brother
The medical team in Tijuana had told André that blood transfusions would give him strength. Back at Kaiser, he had two and found they did. I was there when he came home after his third transfusion.
December 23, 1998
A year of questions for Matthew Alice.
No whining. You've had a whole year to prepare. If you broke up into study groups as I suggested, you should have no trouble. If not, consider adding this to your New Year's resolution list, …
December 23, 1998
Hike through the dry confines of Anza-Borrego's Harper Canyon and emerge in spacious Harper Flat.
A long and leisurely ramble up the sinuous course of Harper Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park leads hikers to Harper Flat, a four-square-mile valley hidden from casual view by rock-strewn ridges and peaks. The …
December 23, 1998
Paul Theroux on V.S. Naipaul
I wasn’t happy when I found a book I’d written, inscribed by me to another writer, for sale at Powell’s in Portland. But I did not have to be embarrassed in the way that Theroux must have felt embarrassed.
December 23, 1998
San Diego's St. Vincent de Paul shelter on "God's Birthday"
Rosa came west from Pennsylvania -- "two and a half, three years ago" -- with her new husband. Her ex-husband "was really abusive toward the kids. He threw my son through a wall. My husband …
December 23, 1998
Who's trying to smear San Diego's Judge O'Rourke?
When Superior Court judge Terry Byron O'Rourke was allowed a glimpse at the accusations against him, he admits he gulped. "The candidate is viewed as having one of the worst temperaments among San Diego judges," …
December 23, 1998
Susan Golding give speech at Heritage Foundation
This hasn't been the easiest of years for wealthy Rancho Santa Fe denizen Allen Paulson, what with the September blow-up of his deal to take over the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas and the October …
December 23, 1998