T. Jefferson Parker stares out the window of his Fallbrook office. What he sees is eucalyptus. “And then,” he said, “beyond the eucalyptus, there’s the tangerine tree and the two orange trees and a lemon …
April 3, 2003
News & Stories
T. Jefferson Parker, the man who planned the Point Loma murder
Rebecca started stealing all my skinny clothes
A slow migration has begun in my house. About six months ago, my oldest daughter, Rebecca, started borrowing my clothes. Rebecca has borrowed my clothes before. To play dress-up. Over the years, dresses and suits …
April 3, 2003
Maybe When the Fedayeen Have a Gun to Your Baby's Head
The first rule of counterguerrilla warfare is never set a pattern. This is so because the guerrillas are always watching for a weak point to hit. You can go anyplace and do anything two days …
April 3, 2003
Developers Eye Sleepy Descanso
It's only 35 or 40 minutes from downtown San Diego to the junction of Interstate 8 and State Route 79. And just a couple of minutes north of there lies the rural town of Descanso. …
April 3, 2003
Military board complex
When Richard Perle decided to step down last week as chairman of the Pentagon's influential Defense Policy Advisory Board, the move drew fresh attention to the shadowy organization. It turns out that two members of …
April 3, 2003
Stroll along a silvery brook at Oak Canyon in Mission Trails Regional Park.
Oak Canyon, tucked into a relatively pristine corner of Mission Trails Regional Park just west of Santee, has come alive with a thin stream of gurgling water, owing to the recent decent (if not quite …
April 3, 2003
Is there an old-fashioned photo booth in town?
Hi Matt: There used to be a picture booth in the arcade inside Mission Valley mall-- one of the good, old-fashioned ones that printed a vertical column of four successive shots. My little sister and …
April 3, 2003
I love you, you love me.... I love you, you love me.... I love you, you love me...." Earworms!
Dear Matt: What's the deal with this knack we humans have for hearing a song, especially a really annoying one, and then going around with it playing in our heads all day? And why does …
April 3, 2003