“That’s how America has been built: you start your own business when you know your trade well enough. But you’ve also got to know how to sell.
July 22, 2004
News & Stories
Ralph Genovese's custom home construction on Del Dios Highway
Whazzup? North
Matt: On a recent road trip I was navigating while my friend drove. At one point, I turned the map upside down, since we were going south and I was having trouble remembering to switch …
July 22, 2004
The Presidio's Pentagram
Hi, Matt: As a punk rock kid, up to absolutely no good, I used to hang out in the parking lot of Presidio Park and drink cheap beer. Well, in the parking lot across from …
July 22, 2004
The why of fingerprints
Heymatt: What's up with fingerprints? Why do we have them? Other than using them to catch crooks, what good are they? -- Knight Life, San Diego You should be grateful every time you pick up …
July 22, 2004
Sex and cash
San Diego State University is known the world over as one of America's biggest party schools. The academic playland has made the list of Playboy's ten most sexually active campuses twice over the past decade. …
July 22, 2004
Bad News for Sizzling San Diego
It's not a question of if there is a real estate bubble. It's a question of whether it bursts or slowly leaks air. It may expand for more than a year, if interest rates only …
July 22, 2004
Enjoy salt-laden breezes and abundant bird life along the shore of Batiquitos Lagoon.
Just beyond the placid north shore of North County's Batiquitos Lagoon, white flecks of shell glint in the sunlight where the land begins to rise. Prior to around two centuries ago, and back as far …
July 22, 2004
Matthew Lyons and Kristina McDonald
“He told me that he had a thing for Japanese girls. I grew up in Okinawa and moved here when I was 11. I told him, ‘I’m only half Japanese, so it wouldn’t work out.’”
July 22, 2004