The first thing Dino DeLuke does when I ask him about his heavy metal/alter-native hard rock band Sledd — after making sure that I know the band is in the studio recording a CD and …
February 19, 1998
News & Stories
Sledd In the canyon of envy
Old Town's Pizza Bella man has WWII Italy atrocity story to tell
John Abatecola, owner of Pizza Bella in Old Town, is proud of his pizza and quick to tell you about the time he won a three-way bake-off on a morning TV show for the "best …
February 19, 1998
New ways to fatten cows - just outside El Centro
Fat is plentiful. Fat is cheap. What's more, it's "energy dense," according to Dr. Richard Zinn, a professor of animal science at the 280-acre University of California at Davis Desert Research and Extension Center just …
February 19, 1998
Fat in San Diego: Are you known as a Two-Ton Tillie, Big Daddy, or Big Whopper?
The ad was a big mistake. It was meant as a call to overweight men and women willing to talk about what it means to be fat. Pot bellies, love handles, slow-spreading thighs — humdrum …
February 19, 1998
Michael Schaeffer, ex-San Diego city councilman, runs for Sonny Bono's seat
Watch out Palm Springs, here comes Michael Schaeffer. The 59-year-old ex-San Diego city councilman (1965-1971) with a long rap sheet as a slumlord and wife abuser, has just bailed into the desert community from Las …
February 19, 1998
Behold the Imp?
At eight months, Fin has taken a turn for the mysterious. Who can know the ways of Fin in his babyness? Who can know the source of the straight-faced, emotionless screams that fly from his …
February 19, 1998
Alice McDermott's Child of My Heart
Ms. McDermott writes in Child of My Heart a horrible, grisly, bloody scene with a cat. The scene was so well-wrought in all its bloodiness and horror that I found myself looking away from the page.
February 19, 1998
When was the first time San Diego appeared on an official map?
Hi, Matthew When was the first time San Diego appeared on an official map? This summer in Europe I bought a late-1700s French print depicting the North American hemisphere. It is quite detailed, but sunny …
February 19, 1998
Why are the prices on gas pumps always in fractions?
Matthew: What's going on with the prices shown on gas pumps? They're always in fractions-- $1.29 9/10. -- No Name, faxland For this we'll have to fuel up the time machine and motor back, back, …
February 19, 1998
Why don't the French like Americans?
Matthew Alice: Why don't the French-- or is it just their government-- like us Americans? Or is it just our government they don't like? Re: Several fugitive extraditions refused; murder, rape. Also prohibitions on use …
February 19, 1998