Local preservationist group Saving Our Heritage Organisation has issued a call for participants in a renewal of its Adobe University program to train modern amateur craftsmen in the art of adobe construction. According to a …
May 15, 2013
Blog Entries
- Padres sweep Orioles in short series
- Proposed Expansion Could Bring Trolley to UC San Diego
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- Downtown: Red trolley, green eats
- Bridgepoint says internal controls weak, could affect stock
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- Parker Trio live in the East Village
- Regulatory double-speak clouds future of San Onofre public hearings
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- Dancing Strangers "Nightwalker" video takes a noir trip through Tijuana's red light district
- Add' adds new wine director
- Amidst intrigue, San Diego GOP sets early endorsements for 2014 races
- Three-year-old case for Phillip Miller delayed again
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- Papa Doug Manchester changes name to Big Poppa D, announces formation of hip-hop record label UTSounDs
- Report: Michael Bay furious at being passed over for directorial duties on Angry Birds films
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- How to cure sexual obsessives
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- Massage parlors raided in La Mesa
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- A place for your money
- City Attorney prepares council for a vote on increased water rates
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- Spot the Fake Title Quiz: Cartoon Edition
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- Spot the Fake Titles Quiz: The New Batch
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- Tijuana teachers to block San Ysidro lane in protest of national reforms
- Padres down Orioles with last-minute heroics
News & Stories
SOHO seeks volunteer craftsmen for Adobe University
Campus Style at San Diego Mesa College
Stripes have always been in. Your grandmother once rocked stripes and probably still does. They are as much of a wardrobe staple as a crisp white button-down. Whether they are subtle, chunky, thick, pin,zig-zag, horizontal …
May 15, 2013
San Diegans who refuse to modernize
The Printer “My buddy in San Francisco got his finger smashed in an old printing press. It actually turned the bone to powder. He had no phone in his warehouse to call for help, so …
May 15, 2013
Chula Vista exhibit documents WWII Japanese internment
A cot, a hand-hewn chest of drawers, and tight quarters for six men — this is the display that dominates the visual and conceptual space of the current exhibit in the Chula Vista Heritage Museum. …
May 15, 2013
Maizbaan cooks up one hot stew
Maizbaan’s Pakistani cuisine is so good, Ed returns days later for another meal.
May 15, 2013
Margarita mixer matchup
‘If life gives you limes, make margaritas,” I sang, channeling my best Jimmy Buffett. “If life gives you hordes of guests, buy margarita mixes,” responded my man Patrick. We were in the midst of planning …
May 15, 2013
Booming bivalves at the Brig
Depending on who you believe, the origins of the Baja-style fish taco will take you two places. Fans of entrepreneurial success stories will favor the narrative popularized by San Diego restaurant mogul Ralph Rubio, who …
May 15, 2013
Ilan Rubin: exhibitionist
Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin talks about his band Regime’s EPs.
May 15, 2013
Kona Kai relaunch
Former Humphrey’s talent-buyer Shawna Aguirre hopes to revitalize Kona Kai as the hotel’s entertainment director.
May 15, 2013
Super Water Sympathy
A busy year ahead for Super Water Sympathy: the band is hitting the road in support of their second full-length, Hydrogen Child, and then picking up a couple months of Warped Tour road work that …
May 15, 2013
Piranesi’s hoard of haunted spaces
The Arts of Piranesi, on view at the San Diego Museum of Art until July 7. 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, 619-232-7931; sdmart.org You can’t always get what you want, and you can’t always determine …
May 15, 2013
Heavy-hitters from the peace-and-love generation
Slightly Stoopid enlists Bob Weir, a couple Neville Brothers, Tommy Chong, and Karl Denson for their new live CD/DVD, Slightly Stoopid & Friends: Live at Roberto’s TRI Studios.
May 15, 2013
Dammit, Jim
Star Trek into Darkness is a showcase for director J.J. Abrams at his most J.J. Abrams-y. Do you identify Abrams by his fondness for lens flares? You will not be disappointed. Lens Flare spends enough …
May 15, 2013
Squirrelik the Red
Dad thought I was kidding when I warned him that I wouldn’t be able to restrain myself if he lured that squirrel any closer. “David says I have a Snow White complex, but he doesn’t …
May 15, 2013
Bubble butt history
Heymatt: Okay, I’m sure there are more pressing questions out there but, what causes bubble butt? For some people, it’s like their body weight accumulates disproportionately around the hips and booty, even if they don’t …
May 15, 2013
Ugly at 30
Mike Stax of the Loons to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his publication Ugly Things at the Casbah over Memorial Day weekend.
May 15, 2013
Unforgettable: Floating Target, part 1
A recounting of the WII experiences of YP-346, a San Diego tuna boat known as the the Prospect before it was conscripted into the South Pacific war effort.
May 15, 2013
Homeland security blanket
Whether or not it makes the citizenry feel more secure or not, the City of San Diego is looking for a few good Homeland Security Coordinators, according to an online job notice. The new hires …
May 15, 2013
Ugly, yellow, truncated domes for the disabled
Dear Matt: Please help my poor husband solve his ongoing perplexity. When there are perfectly good and relatively new wheelchair ramps on each corner of an intersection, why do we see crews tearing them out …
May 15, 2013
Music critic snobbery
Local tribute Rushed is a band in demand now that Rush is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
May 15, 2013
SDSU's criminal state
The good news out at San Diego State University is that through March of this year there has been only one rape, compared to last year’s five during the same period. Robberies were also down, …
May 15, 2013
Stonewall Peak Loop
Follow this switchback trail to granitic 5730-foot-high Stonewall Peak for views of Cuyamaca Reservoir and the nearby peaks of Cuyamaca, Middle, and North.
May 15, 2013
Owl Serenade
A blogger who’s learned lessons from owls and people who have behaved like owls.
May 15, 2013
Eternal flame of freebies
Maybe it was because they were still recovering from New Year’s Eve, but state legislators seemed to go easier on the receipt of corporate freebies during the first three months of this year. That’s not …
May 15, 2013
Ben Hueso's taxi cab conflict
Before he became a congressman, Ben Hueso threw his taxi-business-owning brother a bone.
May 15, 2013
Letters to the Editor
Nuff Said Regarding “We Spend Every Dime on Our Costumes." Best cover ever! Thomas Coynevia email Sound the Alarm The Don Bauder article on Michael Clifford and for-profit colleges is not enough (City Lights: “For-Profit …
May 15, 2013
The Great Wall of China
for Sue After a day of paving, we sit on our new patio to appreciate our results. For five minutes we enjoy our silence, but then you ask me, “What are you thinking?” I say, …
May 15, 2013