Looking at the mortal remains of an 86-year-old Portuguese man in his coffin at the Beardsley-Mitchell Funeral Home in Ocean Beach on a fine spring afternoon I scrutinize his powdered and bald head, his thin …
October 28, 1999
News & Stories
John Brizzolara crashes funerals in Ocean Beach, La Jolla, East San Diego
Anne Albright family barfs and barfs
While I tried to console the two cranky babies, four-year-old Angela had taken her younger sister Lucy and Adrienne’s two- and three-year-old upstairs to play “Fort.” Every few minutes, I called, “Are you guys doing okay up there?”
October 28, 1999
Listen to the pitter-patter of falling acorns along Palomar's Fry Creek Trail.
The beautiful but sometimes hard-to-follow Fry Creek Trail circles the head of a densely wooded drainage on Palomar Mountain, reminding anyone on it (at least at this time of year) that vivid autumn colors really …
October 28, 1999
Dick Murphy announces San Diego mayor candidacy at Mission Trails
On the day Judge Dick Murphy officially announced his candidacy for mayor of San Diego, a lazy Santa Ana wind meandered through Mission Gorge. In the main parking lot at Mission Trails Regional Park, a …
October 28, 1999
San Marcos Sheriff gun buy-back disappoints
What if you threw a party and nobody showed up? How would you feel? Or, worse, what if you threw a party and the only people who showed up weren't invited and you had to …
October 28, 1999
John Moores raises money for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley
Padres owner John Moores is delivering on his million-dollar fundraising promise to Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley by getting some of San Diego's most well-wired business types to open up their checkbooks for the ex-basketball …
October 28, 1999
What the heck is the difference between Dead End, No Exit, Not a Through Street, No Outlet, No Way Out?
Dear Fountain of Wisdom and Truth: What the heck is the difference between Dead End, No Exit, Not a Through Street, No Outlet, No Way Out, and all the myriad ways to tell drivers that, …
October 28, 1999
Why does the sun bleach things and what are the laws that cops have to follow?
Matthew: Two questions that plagued me on a drive home from LA a couple of days ago. First of all, I have this blue pad of paper on my dashboard, and during one of the …
October 28, 1999