Ron Paul, a 12-term congressman from Texas, is attracting an intense and dedicated cadre of voters in the 2012 primary election season. But, to date, at least, their numbers suggest he is not a viable …
April 4, 2012
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- Thai Pepper: Into the Hot Pot
- Wealthier Counties Are Healthier Counties
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- Mitt Romney's Son: Dad's La Jolla House Is "Pretty Small"
- Calling all Mamalukes: Raging Bull II Wants You!
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- Free Barbershop Quartet Lessons at the Church
- Thomas Dolby Brings A Map of the Floating City to Anthology
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- Special Titanic 3-D Sneak Preview Screening!
- Padres Set Roster
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- Critics Barred from Bringing Starbucks into AMC Fashion Valley
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- Nathan Fletcher Still Raising Corporate Cash in State Political Fund
- Catching Up with Pizza Port Carlsbad at Local Habit
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- Is Jack Back?
- Reviews!
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- Fight Over Old Town Transitional Housing Facility For Combat Veterans Continues
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- California 70.3
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- Local Firm Purchases Rights to Patented Cannabis Ingestion Method
- Port Offers Sponsorship to Business Generators
- The Day Elvis Made History in San Diego - 56 Years Ago Today
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- Self-Titled Delta Spirit Self-Assured
- Boat Boy
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- Saved by a Beer
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- View From the Press Box
News & Stories
Why San Diegans like Ron Paul
Jerk 'Em Around
I fished my Evil Hello Kitty bejeweled phone out of my purse, saw my sister’s face on the display, and answered, “Yo, we’re standing outside of Long Island Mike’s waiting for Dad, what are you …
April 4, 2012
Chula Vista Considers West-Side Apartment Complex
Chula Vista’s Design Review Committee will soon consider a six-story apartment complex on the city’s west side. The “Urbana” proposal includes 266 apartments and is situated on H Street between Third and Fourth Avenue. Last …
April 4, 2012
DJ Mark E. Quark Confesses to Spending Time in the Naked Castle
DJ Mark E. Quark recalls Len Paul, owner of Soma, telling him things such as “Play more industrial,” and “You’re playing too much of that techno shit.” Quark admits he pretty much ignored the suggestions, …
April 4, 2012
Ramona Grasslands Preserve
Between Interstate 15 and the town of Ramona lies a new gem for San Diego outdoor enthusiasts. Only recently opened to the public, the Ramona Grasslands Preserve allows hikers, joggers, and horseback riders to explore …
April 4, 2012
I Heart Slacker
“Local artists,” says Ofek Hayon, “can come onto Rockcityclub.com, upload content, and [potentially] be heard by millions of listeners on Slacker.” Hayon is the chief business development officer at Las Vegas–based Rockrena, owners of Rockcityclub.com. …
April 4, 2012
In Cahoots
Let’s face it, line dancing is about as exciting as singing “Who Let the Dogs Out?” in American Sign Language, which is to say, not terrible, provided there is drink. Luckily, In Cahoots dancehall and …
April 4, 2012
Tiger’s Back on Top, or So They Say
Here it is, Thursday, D-Day for the 2012 Masters. And here is Tiger Woods stepping up to the tee for his first drive. The man does have a hold on us. Only Tiger Woods could …
April 4, 2012
Your Child Is My Child
The first time I try to meet up with Makeda “Dread” Cheatom, she doesn’t show. I leave her a note. An hour later, she calls to apologize, and we arrange a new time for later …
April 4, 2012
A World Away from Old Town
"The usual,” she says. Kellie’s ahead of me in line. We’re standing between a bank of Canadian coffee dispensers and a Parisian street. Okay, a pretty darned convincing Parisian scene — on the wall. “I …
San Diego Gas & Electric: Fat Profits, Fat Pay
Sempra Energy, the San Diego–based utility, is wealthy by comparison with other utilities. It is obsessed with handing out its riches to its shareholders (particularly its own top executives) at the expense of its customers. …
April 4, 2012
Page's Six-String Sibling
Gregory Page’s music may not have troubled the charts just yet, but the same doesn’t hold true for his acoustic guitar, a 1953 Guild M-20. Long his favorite instrument, Page recently learned that the guitar …
April 4, 2012
Fornology
Post Title: The Water Tower — Digging Up the Past Post Date: September 16, 2011 Hello from Washtenaw County, home of The University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. I am in Michigan doing research …
April 4, 2012
Voice of San Diego. let go reporters Emily Alpert and Adrian Florido, photographer Sam Hodgson
Don’t ask Scott Lewis about the layoffs at Voice of San Diego. It’s not something the chief executive cares to discuss. Back in early December, the nonprofit news organization let go reporters Emily Alpert and …
April 4, 2012
The High Cost of Local Politics
The 2012 election season is quickly shaping up as one of the busiest in recent years, and by all indications, San Diego political consultants have just begun to rake in big bucks from a variety …
April 4, 2012
Mikan Zlatkovich on Jazz
“You know what a drummer once told me? That I’m a drummer’s pianist,” says Mikan Zlatkovich. “Meaning that I’m percussive. The piano has to keep the time as well.” We meet in a café in …
April 4, 2012
Redeveloped Ethics
The Downtown San Diego Partnership, a pro-redevelopment lobbying group run by Kris Michell, ex–chief of staff to GOP mayors Susan Golding and Jerry Sanders, quietly settled up with the City’s Ethics Commission last month. Seems …
April 4, 2012
Movie Reviews: Mirror Mirror, Wrath of the Titans, Free Men, Delicacy
It’s easy to imagine some Hollywood exec seeing certain scenes from Tarsem Singh’s The Fall and thinking, “Holy Tentpole, boys, here’s a director who has rediscovered the art of the breathtaking vista! And look what …
April 4, 2012
Bowerbirds Sing at the Casbah
Today’s folk-rock is typically made to sound like a product of the predigital age, but the success of bands such as Fleet Foxes, Mumford & Sons, and the Avett Brothers proves that the early 21st …
April 4, 2012
The Shins' Port of Morrow
This is a new Shins, not the band that gave us the delicious acoustic-pop of Chutes to Narrow and Oh Inverted World. Nor the band that released Wincing the Night Away five years ago. The …
April 4, 2012
Soda Bar Serves One-Man Bands
Following a compelling backstory as long as the song itself, Floridian emcee Bleubird launched into “Giehe 1977,” which chronicles a small Italian village and the home in which his great uncle was shot by Nazis. …
April 4, 2012
A New Gaijin-neration
I wasn’t sure what to think when I first heard about Gaijin Noodle + Sake House. Taken literally, the word “gaijin” means “foreigner.” In actual usage, it means “non-Japanese.” But growing up in Hawaii, “gaijin,” …
April 4, 2012
Inside the Easter Basket
I snagged an invitation to Easter in La Jolla this year, so I decided to bring the host some fancy Easter baskets for her two lovely daughters. I started with the basket. Joe at World …
April 4, 2012
Paradise, Thai-Style: Beaches and Islands of the Andaman Sea
I first became intrigued with the beaches and islands of Thailand while reading an account about a family selling their home in those halcyon days when the real estate market was skyrocketing. They intended to …
Rubblebucket, Live in San Diego
It’s Alex Toth, the trumpet-playing founder of Rubblebucket on the phone. He’s just finishing breakfast in Columbus, Missouri, a long way from home in Brooklyn. His band is touring in support of their latest, Live …
April 4, 2012
I Think You’re Wonderful
I think you’re wonderful. I’m driving my car and your name is on every mailbox. I’m kissing you and my shoes crawl away in darkness, sweet gadgets sing in my wrists, the life I dumped …
April 4, 2012
Chabad Jewish Synagogue Center of La Jolla
Membership: 120 Rabbi: Baruch Shalom Ezagui Age: 34 Born: Montreal, Canada Formation: Rabbinical College of Montreal, Canada; Yeshiva Geloda Lubavitch, London, England; Educational Institute Oholei Torah, Brooklyn, NY; Yeshiva Gedola of New Haven, Conn., Rabbinical …
April 4, 2012