The first edition of the San Diego Holiday Half Marathon is sold out. However, there will be additional spots up for grabs at Road Runner Sports this Saturday, December 28. The event will take place …
December 23, 2013
News & Stories
San Diego Holiday Half Marathon sells out
Who's he think he is? Santa Claus?
Congressman Scott Peters spent Friday morning, December 20, making a few public appearances in the downtown area, stumping for policies to promote access to food for the disadvantaged and elderly at each. Peters started the …
December 23, 2013
The Nutcracker's incorrect notes
I went to The Nutcracker on Friday night at the Civic Theater. The production was by California Ballet and I have to admit that I was impressed. Of course, I'm not an expert when it …
December 23, 2013
Christmas praise for Del Cerro's Madra Dog
Janet Mika placed a Christmas tree near Madra Dog, the 30-inch tall rottweiler statue at the end of her Madra Avenue driveway, and posted a December 8 invitation on the dog's Facebook page. She invited …
December 23, 2013
Spencer Epps on...everything.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever had a chance to look at a picture of the cosmic microwave background. It’s basically the afterbirth of the Big Bang. This is sort of an interpretation of that, …
December 23, 2013
Puddles mandate shuttles to Friendship Park Posada
County sewage-spill warning signs that say "keep out" were put up on Monument Road in Border Field State Park recently without the county's okay and without testing the puddles of water. The bright yellow warning …
December 23, 2013
Lucha Libre straddles the line between real and good
San Diegans reserve a special sort of judgment for Mexican food — one where quality is less associated with fine dining as it is a feeling that the food could have been wrapped up and …
December 23, 2013
Dumanis campaign guru arranging TV spots for Faulconer
Led by a familiar face in county politics, a campaign fund backing Republican city councilman Kevin Faulconer for mayor is arranging to purchase TV commercials ahead of this coming February's special election in which Faulconer …
December 23, 2013
Big Screen Christmas Mailbag
When you consider all the questionable "bile" this column pumps, I am amazed to report that one Joseph Genoese has decided to take offense to a goof column written under the guise of "Earl Stiff." …
December 23, 2013
Lamb’s Players Festival of Christmas: Catch a Falling Star
You get the feeling Ella Eden wants something to go right, just this once. With good reason: her father no longer recognizes her — Alzheimer’s. All he can recall is the moment, years ago, when …
December 23, 2013