While at the Starbucks in Pacific Beach this week, I overheard some of the employees saying that the La Jolla Starbucks was selling the new, $7-per-cup "Geisha" coffee. The new brew getting a lot of …
December 14, 2012
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- Valid Tears
- Peter Jackson announces plan to divide Tintin sequel into three films
- Art and Trees: Tijuana's DIY Market and Music Festival
- Sempra inks power deal
- UC logo "suspended," UCSD chancellor makes big outside bucks
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- Street.Art.Prophets at Circle Circle dot dot
- Hot Buttered Run
- Rapid 10K
- 27 years ago this week: The Dead Kennedys at the California Theater
- High school half
- Opening this week
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- Copley land still for sale
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- Charger’s Head Coach- Norv Turner and GM AJ Smith
News & Stories
No Starbucks Geisha coffee in La Jolla
Julian apple pruning class
The December 8 meeting at the Peacefield Orchard on Wynola Road was described by the Julian Apple Growers Association as a lesson in pruning trees. About 30 people showed up. Ray Meyer, acknowledged as the …
December 14, 2012
Bulgaria in Translation
“Wind of Change” by the Scorpions was on Bulgarian radio again. I listened while staring out the window at Sofia’s graffiti-speckled buildings on the taxi ride back to my downtown apartment. The next song sounded …
December 14, 2012
Battle Born, by the Killers
Nevada's finest are back in action with guns blazing. After nearly four years, the Las Vegas-based alt-rock band the Killers released their fourth studio effort, Battle Born. After the band's previous release, Day & Age, …
December 14, 2012
Chris Isaak a-crooning, ladies a-swooning
The “Chris Isaak Christmas Show” rolled into town for two nights at the Belly Up in Solana Beach. The Stockton, California, native and swoon-worthy crooner charmed a sold-out crowd with an energetic set that ranged …
December 14, 2012