When I was released from prison in June of 2008, I received $200 in cash. They call it “gate money.” It’s the standard issue for all parolees leaving California prisons, and it does not matter …
November 7, 2012
Blog Entries
- Yasmani Grandal Suspended 50 Games
- Is Filner just working for the Affordable Housing interests?
- Baja & Border News Translations: Baja California Leaders Visit Samsung in Seoul; $2 Million Discovered in Detonated Home
- Interview with The Loneliest Planet Writer-Director Julia Loktev
- Baja & Border News Translations: Free Mammograms are Offered; Two Arrested for Credit Card Fraud
- Issa committee used taxpayer funds to attack Obama, says reform group
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- Baja & Border News Translations: New Tourist Area Security Patrols Established; Man Tries to Poison Sister with LP Gas
- Toni's Weincakes: Post-election comfort food?
- Cattle Decapitation singer allegedly punched by Six Feet Under frontman, quits tour
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- Three defendants accused in Brittany Killgore slaying, in court today
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- Tribe of Kings celebrate 15 years of irie vibrations
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- Pro-union political committee headed by Michael Zucchet gives local Democrats $280,000
- Street Style Encinitas: UGG Boots are Tragic
- Qualcomm stock soars after-hours on dismal day
- Chula Vista's board of ethics to get independent counsel
- Police failing tests allowed to stay on forces across Mexico
- SWEETWATER UHSD COMMUNITY FORUM THIS THURS NOV 8 AT 7PM AT EASTLAKE HIGH
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- Beer Week Basics: AleSmith
- Your Week: November 8-14
- Copper thieves target Poway street lights
- Late GOP money includes $5,000 from San Diego TV station owner
- A closer look at the promo photo for Last Vegas
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- Coda to Mr. M's post on Bud Flight ("Tastes great! No swilling!")
- Gangway to Hell: The Love Boat sails again
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- Mr. Chick
- Led Zeppelin Celebration Day local screenings Nov. 13
News & Stories
Released from Pelican Bay to San Diego with $200
Gas Truck Rear-Ends Car On I-15
On November 3, at approximately 1:10 p.m., a motorist was injured on the southbound I-15 between the Centre City Parkway on-ramp and Via Rancho Parkway off-ramp. A gas-cylinder delivery vehicle was unable to stop in …
November 7, 2012
Natural peanut butters
Sometimes you like to get raw and wild with your peanut butter.
November 7, 2012
Queen Cheese
The Cheese Shop doesn’t specialize in cheese, they were too embarrassed to tell Mr. Cleese.
November 7, 2012
Fall Forward
Autumns are short in America’s Finest City. The transition from summer’s dog days to mall-Santa season seems like it happens in the blink of a sunglass-shielded eye. But it’s worth taking time to enjoy this …
November 7, 2012
Now you know: Penis Hickey
All about Penis Hickey, “an anarchic steel-toe to your earballs.”
November 7, 2012
Daley Ranch Pond View Trails
The cooling, welcoming sight of a pond while hiking in the chaparral on a hot day.
November 7, 2012
The Sea and Cake
Sam Prekop checks in by phone from his home in Chicago. I gather he is rocking in the proverbial sense, meaning in an old-fashioned chair. Every so often, I hear the tell-tale creak of wood …
November 7, 2012
Back to School
You’d think I’d remember the layout better,” I said to the top of David’s smoothly shaven head, which was hovering over a small map of San Diego State University’s campus. “Then again, I was only …
November 7, 2012
Titus Andronicus rethinks punk
Punk is getting interesting again. This year, the Russian provocateurs in Pussy Riot proved that punk is still a polarizing political and cultural force. But, musically, punk is thrilling in a way it hasn’t been …
November 7, 2012
They'll spank you at Babycakes
Babycakes is a good place to start the day with a cocktail, a pastry, and a spanking.
November 7, 2012
Singing for their supper
Commercial local media outlets are increasingly forced by the economy and the disruptive impact of the internet on reading, viewing, and listening habits to cut staff, but San Diego State’s taxpayer-backed KPBS public broadcasting operation …
November 7, 2012
Why we say “bless you” when people sneeze
“Bless you,” San Diego’s crooked 30th Street, horsepower, all explained
November 7, 2012
South Park's crooked 30th Street
Heymatt: Why in the world does 30th Street morph into Fern Street between Juniper and Ash streets? Not only that, 30th doesn’t disappear during its run as Fern but actually continues as an entirely separate …
November 7, 2012
It's a raid!
Show Palace gets raided by multiple agencies on night of Alejandra Guzman show. Nothing was found, show proceeded. Insiders suggest state bureau of Alcoholic Beverage Control was exerting pressure.
November 7, 2012
Let them eat Chargers tickets
It’s Chargers football season, time once again for San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders to quietly give close friends and political allies free tickets to premier seats at Qualcomm Stadium. For the October 15 game with …
November 7, 2012
All about horsepower
Heymatt:Why are car engines measured in horsepower? What does horsepower mean and how much horsepower does one horse generate? — Motorhead, Escondido Engines have been measured in horsepower since James Watt, who refined early steam …
November 7, 2012
Lobsters and mustard
Axe body spray pays Ninja Love for use of a song in a South American ad campaign.
November 7, 2012
Fewer people than ever are reading newspapers; electronic media are not making up the difference.
Increasingly, American newspapers are trying to deliver the news electronically: online and by smartphone, tablet, Twitter, e-reader, you name it. But newspapers — particularly large metro dailies — are still having a rough time. Profits …
November 7, 2012
Goodbye, college boy. Hello, Pink Floyd Experience
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” takes Tom Quinn, of the Pink Floyd Experience, to a beautiful place.
November 7, 2012
King of the road Bob Woolly
Name: Bob Woolly Cars: 2012 Ford Mustang GT 5.0; 1969 Chevrolet El Camino How did you decide to buy the GT? When I came back from Vietnam, I bought a ’68 Shelby 500 KR. “KR” …
November 7, 2012
$7.6 million city parking contract, not priceless
Money may be tight, but San Diego’s mayor and city council have no shortage of ways to spend tax dollars, according to a list of top contracts posted online by the City’s purchasing department. The …
November 7, 2012
San Diego transit plan includes more air pollution
In October 2011, the San Diego Association of Governments adopted the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan, a document intended to guide development of transportation infrastructure — from freeways to bike paths to road construction to bus …
November 7, 2012
Dead
Whichever neighborhood has no clergyman I shall die there. Let no one see how beautiful Are all the things I have, my feet, my hair. In the name of the dead, free and immaculate, A …
November 7, 2012
Resonate. Local
Metallic skinny pants and G-ma prints — San Diego fashions just around the bend?
November 7, 2012