An Amtrak passenger train operating from San Diego to Los Angeles Sunday night, September 27, experienced a delay near Sorrento Valley that may have been due to an engine fire. At about 8:45 p.m., a …
September 29, 2009
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- Some Musings On Our Fast-Food Culture...
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- Innocence of the moonlight
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- Roman Polanski...Be Grateful You Were Not Extradited To Poland!
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- San Diego Home Prices Continue to Improve
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- Vision Restored for the Blind
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News & Stories
Train Chatter
Psych!
A patient who reportedly escaped from a nearby psychiatric facility was successfully apprehended by San Diego police officers late Sunday night, September 27. Police dispatchers first reported that the patient was sighted on the 4000 …
September 29, 2009
Diverted
On Friday, September 25, the San Diego Police Department conducted a curfew sweep in the Mid-City area. Forty-three juveniles under the age of 18 who violated the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew were picked …
September 29, 2009
Suddenly Sydney
I first met Australia in her city of Sydney. The date was January 26th, and could have been any other day. But I quickly learned of my erroneous judgment — it being Australia’s Independence Day. …
The Palio, Siena, Italy
Shoulder to shoulder, hour after hour, you stand amongst thousands, waiting. Weeklong celebrations are at their medieval historic peak. The horses approach the starting line: a deafening roar from the crowd. The honor belongs to …
Tikal National Park, El Petén, Guatemala
An ancient Mayan civilization inhabited Tikal around 800 B.C., flourishing for over a century amid the subtropical rainforest of El Petén, Guatemala. Their extinction became legendary – a Lost City until the mid-19th century, when …
September 29, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand: The Land of Smiles
I moved to Thailand straight after college graduation with my philosopher boyfriend and our $100,000 degrees to do something different. We knew nothing about the country except what our Lonely Planet guidebooks told us on …
September 29, 2009