Farmers regulate the markets in San Bernardino. In San Diego it's a free-for-all.
May 30, 2012
Blog Entries
- Lift Up Thine Eyes Unto the Hills
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- Newest Kebab Shop! (Sprechen Sie Deutsch?)
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- Nonprofit News Donor and Qualcomm Founder Irwin Jacobs Backs Prop 29 Tobacco Tax Measure
- Inept When Hoping
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- Eating at Small Bar
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- David Shively: Solo Percussion at Space4Art, June 4
- Sizist Snow White Doesn't Stand Up for Little People
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- Café Virtuoso in Barrio Logan
- What is the Constitutional Oversight Posse?
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- Cattle Decapitation Make the Cut on Metalocalypse
- Tycho
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- Prop A Could "Adversely Impact" State Funding For San Diego, According to Fitch Ratings
- Heh.
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- No crowds or cameras
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- DUDES Get C.O.S.M.i.C.
- Comedy Club Owner Goes Missing in San Diego
- Michael Tiernan Wins Some and Loses Some
- Judge May Sanction Robbins Geller Firm
- U.S. Fraudster Caught in San Felipe to be Extradited
- Storied Mobster's Associate Gives Big to Prop B and DeMaio Campaigns
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- The Suicide Chords: Four Nice Boys from San Diego
- Dirty Little Freak
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- Handful of Vargas Bills to State Senate Floor
- Simply the Best Tamales I've Ever Had
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News & Stories
Who Buys and Who Sells at San Diego Farmers' Markets
New Off-Road Bicycle Park for Ocean Beach?
Freeride Famosa, the group behind the effort to create a bicycle park in Ocean Beach is gaining momentum, according to an article published last month in the Peninsula Beacon. The organization has asked the San …
May 30, 2012
Ms. Fortune on Deck
All that clunking and banging, that’s not normal,” Dad said. “Yeah, it sounds like my car when I try to gun it in neutral,” I said. “We’re a little too close to that pier for …
May 30, 2012
Chernobyl Diaries: No Discovery, No Development, No Surprise
What a wasted opportunity. Somebody — presumably writers Oren Peli and Carey and Shane Van Dyke — had the fine idea of capitalizing on the current anxieties surrounding nuclear power in a post-Fukushima world (hello, …
May 30, 2012
Filip Mandaric's Presence Halfway Around the World
Filip Mandaric finds across the pond an influential fan of his band Capital Grey.
May 30, 2012
Dark Cloud
Kelly Formaldehyde Facebooked that Ruby Room personnel were rude rude to her. OMG! There went that relationship.
May 30, 2012
New San Diego Bands and Reunions
Summer promises a bumper crop of new local band launches, as well several notable reunions. Eighties garage band Mystery Machine reunited in early May to record four tunes with Carl Rusk, Ray Brandes, Mark Zadarnowski, …
May 30, 2012
Tom Karlo Targets the 11% at KPBS
Tom Karlo, the general manager of public broadcasting operation KPBS, owned and operated by San Diego State University, makes $215,262 a year, according to state salary records obtained by the Sacramento Bee under the California …
May 30, 2012
The Wise Foolishness of I Wish
I wish there were more films like I Wish: films that capture the wise foolishness and foolish wisdom of children without making them into miniature adults. Films that take seriously the efforts of children to …
May 30, 2012
Cops Seek to Protect Their iPads
In days of yore, the best way for San Diego cops to keep track of intelligence picked up on the street was to take it down in their little white notebooks. Clearly those days are …
May 30, 2012
Why the fat lady sings best; how to build a chocolate-covered cherry
Your Mattness: Why are opera singers fat? Maybe they’re not all fat, but some of the old school ones were whales, though they do sound better than whales. Is there some advantage to all that …
May 30, 2012
West Coast Superfood
Tiger! Tiger! Yeah, yeah, craft beer…and mushroom-lentil sandwiches?
May 30, 2012
The Incredible Accessible Uke
There’s a uke craze in the Kelly home. The ukulele comes everywhere: in the car, to school, to the beach. Our oldest son begged for one for months. “It’s so convenient and portable,” he pleaded. …
May 30, 2012
AMLO calls Jaime Bonilla From Chula Vista to Mexico
It’s been only a few months since controversial South Bay water board president Jaime Bonilla stepped down from the Otay Water District, but it’s easy to see that his former position is just a speck …
May 30, 2012
A Cat in Paris: Standard-Issue Action, Except Slower and More Colorful
I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that I always ask, “Why animate?” when I run into an animated feature. But good or bad, I do it. Jean-Loup Felicioli and …
May 30, 2012
Tour Divide: Nothing to Win or Lose But Honor
You think the Tour De France is crazy? Try the Tour Divide.
May 30, 2012
The Big Noise: The Free Speech Fight of 1912, Part Two
At the Free Speech Fight of 1912, soapboxes were kicked out from under speakers.
May 30, 2012
J.D. Boucharde Would Like a Few Words with George W.
Interview with J.D. Boucharde, music teacher and no fan of American Idol.
May 30, 2012
In Borrego, Prices Are Low, Anyway
Development of Borrego Springs still hinges on water supply.
May 30, 2012
Where Do We Go Now? A Battle of the Sexes, Both Whimsical and Deadly Serious
In his book Democracy in America, French sociologist Alexis de Tocqueville claimed that in our fair country, religion had a greater influence on women than it did on men. This was well and good, he …
May 30, 2012
The Go Lounge
Leopard-print pool table and a temporarily dismembered mannequin at the Go Lounge in La Mesa, a part of the dive-bar scene.
May 30, 2012
Brazen BBQ’s Blazin’ Sunrise
The bar manager at Brazen BBQ, Grey Lockwood also moonlights as a commercial advertising photographer. So, naturally, when he develops a drink, he’s looking for that Kodachrome moment — say, turning a regular old sunrise …
May 30, 2012
Hike to San Diego County’s Eagle Rock on the PCT
Be amazed by a rock formation that really looks like an eagle!
May 30, 2012
Pork-Belly Hash with Poached Eggs and Chili Hollandaise
I’ve always been a fan of really fresh food. I grew up in Ohio and went hunting and fishing with my dad. Nothing tastes fresher than catching a fish and cooking it over an open …
May 30, 2012
Nacho Mama’s Blog – Life, with Extra Cheese
Address: nachomamasblog.com Author: Margo Porras From: Hillcrest Blogging since: 2010 Post Title: “Trigger” Foods — I can’t prove they’re laced with crack.... Post Date: May 13, 2011 So...tomorrow is my Weight Watchers meeting. Which means …
May 30, 2012
Broncho: “It’s actually ‘Bron-cho’”
“It’s actually ‘Bron-cho.’” Right off the bat, I’ve mispronounced the band’s name. The ch, it turns out, is soft. “A lot of people make that mistake,” says Jonathon Ford, the band’s bassist. He’s on the …
May 30, 2012
Mogwai Is Too Good for Background Music
Grad school meant hours and hours of reading by myself. Music kept me company, but it had to be a certain kind of music. Lyrics would distract me from my studies, so almost anything with …
May 30, 2012