In and out, in and out – it reminds me of my grandmother darning the toe of a sock as the needle came and went, except these are lunch trucks see from far away: white, …
July 29, 1999
News & Stories
Moody's, Fiesta, Hector's bring lunch to San Diego worksites
Climb to the boulder-studded summit of Twin Peaks in Poway.
Twin Peaks, a scruffy, boulder-studded promontory rising amid Poway's suburban streets, is less known for its own existence than for the street named after it: Twin Peaks Road. At the close of a warm summer …
July 29, 1999
Cleveland Forest Pine Creek cabins on endangered list
About a dozen federally protected endangered species, including the southwestern willow flycatcher and the Laguna Mountains skipper butterfly, live in the Cleveland National Forest, the 424,000-acre woodland preserve that stretches across the rugged backcountry of …
July 29, 1999
Parskys, Linden Blues, Manchesters, Jovanoviches, Giannoulases give money to Bush campaign
In the wake of the Grand Jury vs. Susan Golding dust-up, some local politicos are going after the Grand Jury in a big way. Steve Peace, a Democratic state senator from Chula Vista, is promising …
July 29, 1999
What is brominated vegetable oil and why do soda companies put it in their drink?
Mr. Matthew: Here is a query that has been torturing the curiosity lobe of my poor little brain for months. What, exactly, is brominated vegetable oil, and why do soda companies put it in their …
July 29, 1999
What does (sic) mean?
Hi, Mattster: (Qic) question for ya...What does it mean when they put one of these (sic) in a story? I'm sure I could probably look it up in my local dictionary, but it's more fun …
July 29, 1999
The U.S.S. Bennington: Policy or Personnel
Under an overcast sky, at 10:30 a.m. two dull explosions—a “rumble like distant thunder” — echoed across San Diego Bay. Steam erupted through the Bennington s deck amidships. Men splayed about, “tossed by the detonation.”
July 29, 1999