"This is Steve Reed with the DEA," said the man on the phone. “You called the DEA several months ago about a possible irrigation line you found in Cuyamaca State Park,” he continued. “I have …
February 8, 2012
Blog Entries
- No. 1 LCC Edges No. 6 El Camino in Overtime – Again
- THE COHERENT PLOT OF GABRIEL CONROY (V)
- Crazy, Interesting Lives: The Honkys
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- Arrow Wars on Fifth
- David Borgo, A.J. Racy explore the "Roots Of Reeds" in Carlsbad
- Mayor Sanders Shows Support For Bonnie Dumanis In YouTube Video
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- Bayu's Ethiopian: Say "No" to Forks!
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- The City's Plan on Deferred Maintenance
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- Off the Beaten Path: Mystic Mocha
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- Building Trades' Family Housing Corporation Re-Elects Board Members
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- Talise Trevigne: San Diego Opera Moby Dick (1 of 2)
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- Reviews!
- Changes in Myanmar a welcome relief
- Giffords Shooter Doc: Giffords Shooter Making Heroic Progress Toward Full Recovery
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- A Safe Supping Gamble at Sycuan
- Lack of action in Syria a stain on the world
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- Workforce Index Rises for Fifth Straight Month
- Penny Stock Brokerage Disciplined
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- Stooge Larry Fine on Performing During the First Super Bowl Half-Time Show
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- Give Your Sweetie the Gift of Cinema & Free Popcorn This Valentine's Day
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- tuesday's eggs over easy
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- Filner Vietnam Trip Paid for by Lawyers Group
- DeMaio, Filner Are Likely Runoff Candidates in Mayoral Race
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- Local Music Database Hits 3,000 Bands, 10,000+ Musicians, more
- Rahon Helps Torrey Pines Earn Payback Against Poway
News & Stories
Hikers stumble upon marijuana plantation in Cuyamaca State Park
A walk on the boulevard beyond the race track
I went back to Tijuana last week to participate in a poetry reading at a small university. I say “back” because, from 1999 through 2007, I lived there pretty much full time. I still rent …
February 8, 2012
Strange Musings, Awesome Humans, and Nonsense Spewing
Address: jannairons.com Author: Janna Irons From: Encinitas Blogging since: 2011 Post Title: Match.com, No Thanks. Post Date: August 12, 2011 Profile Translator “I’m looking for a woman who is loyal, honest, and genuine.” TRANSLATION: “I …
February 8, 2012
Fries Included
"What’s that guy eating?” yells Carla. “It looks ginormous!” “Say what?” “I said…” We’re shouting at each other at the new Nicky Rottens place in Coronado. Carla wanted to meet here at the bay end …
Now You Know: Room E
Dan Harumi (aka Room E), a 26-year-old Bay Area native, recently released his debut full-length, Penguin Child, which makes use of live and electronic sounds in what he calls a “dilettante-style instrumentation” — a pastiche …
February 8, 2012
Was 2011 the Year of the Sax?
By the end of last year, music journalists were tagging it the Year of the Sax. Why? Because Lady Gaga hired Clarence Clemons to play on “Born This Way.” But that’s not all: Odd Future …
February 8, 2012
91NEXT!
The man who helped 91X regain its mojo, Garrett Capone, is leaving the station to work in artist development with the New York–based Crush Management company, which handles acts such as Train, Wavves, Gym Class …
February 8, 2012
Basshenge
Burning Man is all about building rad things in the middle of nowhere, Nevada, partying in them for a week, and then dismantling or incinerating them at the end of the festival. It’s in this …
February 8, 2012
You! Me! Dancing! Los Campesinos
The first time I heard the Los Campesinos song “By Your Hand,” I was shocked. I mean, this is a band with a reputation for being twee (all the members go by first names only, …
February 8, 2012
Fed H-1B Visa Probes May Help American Engineers
American computer professionals who complain that they lose jobs or get lower pay because of imported tech workers may have reason to smile. Government regulators are cracking down on alleged fraud in worker visa programs. …
February 8, 2012
Kehoe’s China Adventure
Democratic state senator Christine Kehoe, barred by term limits from running again for her seat, has continued to collect contributions for her so-called officeholder account, a means that state law sanctions to tap special interests …
February 8, 2012
Movie Reviews: The Woman in Black, The Flowers of War, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
My first reaction to The Woman in Black was “all nerves, no heart.” But I have a weakness for the sort of nerve-stretching that the film employs. The sort that comes from a long shot …
February 8, 2012
Downtown San Diego Clean and Safe hires Marco LiMandri
In 2009, a few downtown residents discovered that they, along with over 2600 other downtown property owners, had been overcharged by the property and business improvement district in which they lived. The assessment district, also …
February 8, 2012
Get Out of Jail Free Cards
San Diego County sheriff Bill Gore is looking for a few good legal researchers to help the denizens of his jails throw off their chains. “The inmates’ right to conduct legal research has been determined …
February 8, 2012
Dave Good Doubts the Features
The Features are indie rockers from Sparta, Tennessee, an eighth-grade startup born of small-town boredom. Coming of age in a cultural backwater of less than 5000 had its limitations, and a lot of the Features’ …
February 8, 2012
Murdoch and Bren Contribute
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Group gave $1000 to the reelection bid of liberal San Diego Democratic assemblywoman Toni Atkins on December 22. Meanwhile Orange County’s Irvine Company, owned by Republican billionaire Donald Bren, stepson of the …
February 8, 2012
Mountain Palm Springs
The best place to visit accessible desert palm groves in the southern Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is Mountain Palm Springs, found at the foot of the Tierra Blanca Mountains. Six oases with well-established trees provide …
February 8, 2012
Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent
I have Dewey Not-His-Real-Name Pienkey on the phone. He’s a Nevada friend from olden days. Third generation, born and raised in Searchlight, a town of 550, an hour’s drive south of Vegas, known for the …
February 8, 2012
Old-school in Wheeling, West Virginia
There was a time when Wheeling, West Virginia, had more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. Once the capital of “newly restored” Virginia and the new state of West Virginia, it was …
February 8, 2012
Classically Hip Grant Clarkson
“It’s almost impossible to make a living playing original music in San Diego, but there are other ways a player can make money,” says bassist Grant Clarkson. “Look at all the musical theater and opera …
February 8, 2012
When Is a Sardine a Sardine?
Hey Matt: There has been a question bugging me since I worked at the O.B. Pier bait shop years ago. Is there a breed of fish called a sardine, or are they called that only …
February 8, 2012
DVD Favorites: Misfits, Dear Zachary, Liberty Heights
Hilary Andrews Student, San Diego State University If Heroes and Skins were combined into a single series, you’d get Misfits. Misfits is a British TV show about five delinquent social outcasts who become unlikely friends …
February 8, 2012
Fletcher Hills Presbyterian Church
Membership: 310 Pastor: Kevin Womack Born: Melbourne, Florida Age: 40 Formation: Bethel Seminary, San Diego; Talbot School of Theology, La Mirada Ordained: 11 years San Diego Reader: What is your favorite subject on which to …
February 8, 2012
Ready to Kill
Ten minutes now I have been looking at this. I have gone by here before and wondered about it. This is a bronze memorial of a famous general Riding horseback with a flag and a …
February 8, 2012