Things we’ve saved and saved and SAVED. For all the stupid reasons you or I or anybody saves things. You can’t take them “with you,” not all, not any, but chances are what’s left is …
January 28, 1999
News & Stories
Richard Meltzer on Robert Christgau, the Fugs, Moby Grape,the Germs, Joy Division, Jaki Byard, Ernest Tubbs, Gershwin, Lavender Hill Mob, Lester Bangs
Can you be arrested for shooting/killing an alien (ET)?
Señor Mattolio: Some questions people ask you are pretty weird. I have one that you'll probably think is weird, but I think it could happen, because people from other planets or from somewhere in space …
January 28, 1999
Can birds smell?
Matt: I was contemplating my parakeet the other morning when my wife was cooking something very aromatic, and it occurred to me -- can birds smell? I've never seen Woody sniff his dish of seeds …
January 28, 1999
Perfect Match employee's car explodes on La Jolla Scenic Dr.
Raymond Chandler never had it so good. His town, La Jolla, is becoming notorious for bizarre murders that don't get solved. And somehow people are always killed in their cars. The case of world-renowned neuroscientist …
January 28, 1999
Dan Lungren-Gray Davis race gets scanty San Diego TV coverage
San Diegans who relied on TV news as their main source for information on state and local politics during last year's campaign for governor of California were shortchanged, says Martin Kaplan, Ph.D., associate dean of …
January 28, 1999
Old stock ponds at Escondido's Daley Ranch fill to the brim after winter rains.
With more than 20 miles of trails for self-propelled travelers, the 3058-acre Daley Ranch offers more than any casual visitor should try in a single day. This former cattle spread and dairy is now Escondido's …
January 28, 1999
At night on the Ocean Beach pier with the Mackerel Queen
The walk down the Ocean Beach fishing pier is longer than I remember it. Three years ago I lived in an apartment building close to the land end of the pier, and I walked it …
January 28, 1999
San Diego Zoo switches from horse meat to beef for lions and tigers
Now that Proposition 6 has taken effect, the animals at the San Diego Zoo are eating better. Prop 6 makes it a felony in California to sell horse meat for human consumption; until its passage …
January 28, 1999