Jesse may not talk about what he did as a SEAL in Nam because he doesn’t have anything to talk about. Why does the media let Jesse get away with this?
December 2, 1999
News & Stories
Was Jesse Ventura a SEAL or a UDT guy?
The Hmong of San Diego
He pointed out the apartment where, in 1992, two Hmong boys had been shot by Crips. With his finger Vang traced the path across the lawn that one boy had taken as he tried to escape.
December 2, 1999
Dove-killing etiquette near the Chocolate Mountains
At 6:00 a.m. it’s light enough to see across the field in front of us, even though the sun hasn’t yet risen. A shotgun report rings out 50 yards to our right.
December 2, 1999
What happens to dead ants?
Oh, Matthew Alice: My gears turn in wonder when I see ants and one of them has a dead fellow ant in its jaws. Why do they carry away these dead ants? Where do they …
December 2, 1999
What if I am deaf, blind, and in a wheelchair and for some reason I end up getting 10 to 20 at Sing Sing?
Dear Matthew Alice: Please activate your criminal mind to answer this: What if I am deaf, blind, and in a wheelchair and for some reason I end up getting 10 to 20 at Sing Sing. …
December 2, 1999
San Diego Convention Center board votes down public art
The San Diego Convention Center board of director's vote was tied Friday, November 19, three for Nancy Rubins's proposed Harbor Drive sculpture -- the 102-foot-high, 100-ton arch of 60 cabled-together fiberglass boats -- and three …
December 2, 1999
Chris Burden and city of San Diego disagree on water art
If any artist could be considered rough and tough enough to take on San Diego's city hall, it's probably big, bad Chris Burden. The famed L.A. performance artist and sculptor first made his name back …
December 2, 1999
Ex-Playmate Patricia McClain will not run against Bob Filner
Could Democratic congressman Bob Filner be brought down by a Playboy centerfold? Apparently, state Republicans thought so. No, not that way. The plan, however implausible, was to import ex-Playmate Patricia McClain, a 43-year-old legal secretary …
December 2, 1999