Tony McCoy found his bookie through a friend of a friend. It was October 2011, four weeks into football season. He’d spent all of last season testing a new betting system he’d created, and it …
January 4, 2012
Blog Entries
- Beat Farmers Reunion Saturday, January 7, at the Belly Up
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- San Marcos Clips Oceanside to Repeat Result
- THE CRITICAL RECEPTION OF GABRIEL CONROY (V)
- Local Company's "Sound Cannons" Garner Praise From Police, Claims of Injury From Protesters
- Catching UP: Urban Plates
- Vancouver Pianist Paul Keeling @ 98 Bottles
- Jesse James Drank Here
- Dragon Lounge 14 Year Anniversary
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- A Room with a View and Cocktails, Too: Candelas Coronado
- Kensington Video Now Closed Sundays
- Former Ritual Tavern Chef Is Off to Liberty Station
- Vatican Appoints New Bishop to Diocese of San Diego
- Eminem Goes to Coronado
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- Controversial "Love Hormone" Trial Conducted at UCSD
- Rebirth of the Cool: The Strange Plethora of Jazz Jams in San Diego
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- Do You Know Who Chip Franklin Is?
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- Turner Triumphant
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- Oceanside to Consider Opening Roads to Gourmet Food Trucks
- First of Three New Brian Malarkey Restos Opening January 9
- Sweet: Friday’s the Day
- Sempra Adds to Its Holdings with Mississippi Utility Purchase
- Final Edition of Too Cool for Karaoke Jan. 9 @Whistle Stop
- No. 10 El Camino Blows Past No. 6 Vista to Maintain Upper Hand
News & Stories
Philadelphia Eagles and San Diego Chargers made him money this year
On The Strip: Las Vegas, Nevada
I don’t get it. I’m an avid people-watcher. But I’ve never been a Las Vegas fan. Seems contradictory, right? So when a friend of mine announced a birthday weekend in Vegas, I decided to give …
January 4, 2012
Charges Filed Against Current and Former Sweetwater Union HS District Officials
Two press conferences were held today pertaining to charges against current and former members of the Sweetwater Union High School District. At 10:00 a.m., district attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced that charges were filed against five …
January 4, 2012
We're Here For Mrs. Doe
It was toward the end of my shift. I remember because I gauge the time of day by what type of hungry I am. When I wake up, it is milk on my Special K …
January 4, 2012
Oyster Stuffing
Recipe by Nick Shinton, Chef, Truluck’s I was introduced to the healing powers of food at an early age. My mom was a nurse and she got me a job in the hospital kitchen. There …
January 4, 2012
Champion Chew
"More people worldwide are killed by donkeys than die in plane crashes every year. True, or shit?” Tom’s standing on the stage where the band Napoleon Complex will be playing later tonight. This is Wednesday …
January 4, 2012
Record-Release Roundup
The release party for A Scribe Amidst the Lions’ new split seven-inch happens at the Casbah on Saturday, January 7. “The other band is Sour Soul from Mexico City,” says lead Scriber Kris Towne. “We’re …
January 4, 2012
We Are Stars: Subsurfer
“We call our music ‘grit pop,’” says Subsurfer bassist/singer Deric Fernandez. “Really gritty with a pop sensibility.” After making their live debut in January 2011 at 710 Beach Club in PB, they released their debut …
January 4, 2012
Buddy Blue Reunion
Who’s in the Buddy Blue Reunion Band? All of the original players, says Joe Dyke, aka Sweetlips Mysterioso — with the exception of Blue himself, who died in 2006. “We try to get as many …
January 4, 2012
A Dozen Roses: The Best Movies of 2011
A regular Top Ten feels skimpy for 2011. It was a good year at the movies, if you knew where to look. I offer 12 roses, some laurels, and a weed patch. Roses 1) Buck. …
January 4, 2012
The Source of All Math Rock
“There seems to be a lot of freaks here,” according to guitarist/vocalist of Dead Animal Mod, Aaron Legrow. It appears San Diego’s reputation of being a garage-pop mecca has evolved to include genres yet to …
January 4, 2012
Future Sounds of San Diego
“Living in San Diego, you hear that there is no scene here, that there is nothing going on,” says musician and freelance graphic designer Miguel “Miguex” Vega, who recently compiled a glimpse of the local …
January 4, 2012
Ghost Mountain
A rugged one-mile trail up the Ghost Mountain ridge leads to Yaquitepec (elev. 3215 feet), the ruins of an adobe home built by poet/author/artist Marshal South and his wife Tanya on top of waterless Ghost …
January 4, 2012
The Young, A Mysterious Young Band
The internet makes it easy to find new bands...maybe too easy. It’s hard to feel the thrill of discovery and connection with a new band when you can come across 50 new bands a day …
January 4, 2012
"I Promise" Benefit Show
“San Diego is such a volatile music scene,” says Jesse Kranzler, an organizer of the three-day “I Promise” Che Café benefit show. “One venue or group of bands usually keeps it going, especially in the …
January 4, 2012
Over, Under, Through
The Old Globe staged Tracy Lett’s August: Osage County and did a masterful job. Also at the Globe, Adrian Noble turned Shakespeare’s The Tempest into a musical with “wood notes wild.” The La Jolla Playhouse …
January 4, 2012
One Last Piece of Mail at Las Colinas
Marion M. Lopez was picked up on a warrant sweep on February 23, 2011, and found herself in Las Colinas women’s detention facility in Santee. It was the 42-year-old’s third time in jail. On the …
January 4, 2012
The San Diego Foundation's $400,000 Man
Last month the San Diego Foundation had a big success on its hands when the $275,000 in matching funds it put up for its “giveBIG” event resulted in more than $2 million worth of contributions …
January 4, 2012
Gone Fishing with Darrell Issa
As GOP congressman Darrell Issa’s seniority, power, and influence have grown in Washington, so has the bank account of his leadership political action committee, “Invest in a Strong and Secure America—ISSA PAC.” According to its …
January 4, 2012
Snug and Smug at the Hotel Del
Gary Aguirre heads a San Diego law firm that since February has specialized in representing whistle-blowers, those who blow the whistle on financial fraud — often inside the companies they work for — and government …
January 4, 2012
Gay Right
Union-Tribune owner Doug Manchester is famous for his financial contributions to Proposition 8, 2008’s successful ballot drive to overturn same-sex marriage in California. Not so well remembered is his backing of GOProud, a Washington, D.C., …
January 4, 2012
New Year's Eve at the Lafayette
New Year's Eve festivities at the Lafayette Hotel drew an interesting mix of guys who never wear suits wearing suits and femme fatales in arch-destroying heels. The condensed heat of the Lafayette Room was the …
January 4, 2012
Conatus, by Zola Jesus
Born Nika Roza Danilova, Russian-American singer/songwriter Zola Jesus issued two EPs in 2010 that created a buzz around the young artist. In 2011, Zola Jesus compiled the stylistically impressive full-length Conatus, which ranges from synth …
January 4, 2012
San Diego: Dialed In
Title: San Diego:Dialed In Address: sddialedin.com Author: Rosemary Bystrak From: Kensington Blogging since: 2003 From Twitter, December 24, 2011: Two paychecks haven’t come. Spending the last $5 to my name with @kenclubtuesday. Yay, freelance! Yes! …
January 4, 2012
Reluctance
Out through the fields and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view And looked at the world and descended; I have come by the highway home, …
January 4, 2012