Some Ramona residents don’t like at all the plan to install 42 acres of solar panels on a neighboring property…mostly for aesthetic reasons, despite assurances, promises, and revised plans from the contractor.
May 29, 2013
Blog Entries
- Nurses charged with misconduct, including sex assault
- Psychologist gets 21 months for falsifying records
4 comments
- Heroic enough: San Diego Symphony (2 of 2)
- Grand Jury investigation transcripts for South Bay school districts released
28 comments
- From another message board – Police Shakedown!!! Cabo San Lucas
1 comment
- Mussels Wednesday at Saltbox
- Man denies abusing girlfriend's daughter
- Disney Lone Ranger give wampum to American Indian College Fund
2 comments
- DEA official claims Arellano Félix Organization dead, despite current activity in Tijuana
2 comments
- Vedder Cup closer to remaining in San Diego as Padres down Mariners
2 comments
- Autobots, roll out! New high-octane photos from Michael Bay's Transformers 4
- He Took a Knee with Me
- Sempra spends big, lobbies Rand Paul's anti-regulation bill
- Passengers perform Parameters at Space 4 Art
- Council to consider placing a cap on party campaign contributions
- The Incredible Shrinking Newspaper
- San Diego High School holds annual Film Festival at Landmark's Ken Cinema
- Prepping for a Pig Out
1 comment
- Guess Who I Found on the PCT!
2 comments
- Coronado falls off "best beaches" list
1 comment
News & Stories
Ramona fights solar panels
Tom yum and pizza on Park
Ed visits Bahn Thai and Red House Pizza in University Heights…eats tom yum and pizza for lunch.
May 29, 2013
The Mar Dels are 30 years strong but still backup-singer-challenged
“December 31, 1982, was the last New Year’s Eve that we didn’t work. Last year we played the Hotel Del. We’re booked to go back again this year.” Mar Dels founder Doug Allen admits he …
May 29, 2013
Pier improvements in Imperial Beach
Strollers at the Imperial Beach Pier were recently greeted by a sign at the entrance proclaiming that improvements — mainly refurbishing and replacing worn, warped, wooden planks — are being carried out “at no cost …
May 29, 2013
Parquet Courts
Light Up Gold could very well land in the stack of contemporary records that we will be listening to, and drawing inspiration from, in the coming decades. That’s a hot topic of late on social …
May 29, 2013
A Dog's Purpose, by Bruce Cameron
What are you reading? “A Dog’s Purpose, by W. Bruce Cameron. I’m a graduate student in Speech and Language Therapy at SDSU, and I was reading it for one of my clients. It’s trying to …
May 29, 2013
Zero competition
Sensori Collective cofounder Phil Sergi (aka Five05) aims to start a beats academy in Barrio Logan, Golden Hill, North Park, or University Heights.
May 29, 2013
NCAA baseball is a pig
The latest NCAA Division I baseball rankings have the University of San Diego at number 54 in the nation. Not bad, since there are, depending where you look, 296 or 298 schools in the Division …
May 29, 2013
Pomp and Resistance
It had been cold and cloudy when I’d dressed that morning, and the commencement ceremony wasn’t scheduled to begin until 4:30 p.m.; it never occurred to me that I might find myself trapped for over …
May 29, 2013
Before Midnight: For starters, you’re crazy
As Before Midnight draws near to its titular hour, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) gets a mid-argument chance to make a list of his beloved Celine’s (July Delpy) flaws. “Well, for starters, you’re fucking crazy,” he begins …
May 29, 2013
Let it breathe
San Diego jazz artists Leonard Patton and Joshua White are heading to NYC to make a record with members of Pat Metheny’s Unity Band and other big-name musicians.
May 29, 2013
Go time: Rosarito to Ensenada
Minnie mice and proud inebriates on the road to Ensenada.
Lakeside's River Park
This hike features the work of a local conservancy to restore this section of the San Diego River.
May 29, 2013
Yacht shopping
Heymatt: Where can I get a huge yacht like the one the Russian billionaire has parked in the harbor? I doubt you can just go down to the yacht store and pick one up. Is …
May 29, 2013
New Orleans poaching
There’s been a bit of argument lately in San Diego over how and how much tourist tax money to spend promoting San Diego to out-of-towners as a visitor destination, but meanwhile the State of Louisiana …
May 29, 2013
It was always about animals
From helping your hound die happy to equine acupuncture, veterinarian Cynthia Redfield makes house calls for ailing animals.
May 29, 2013
Star Wars fanboy question
Heymatt: Now that Disney owns the rights to Star Wars, do you or one of your Ewoks know if they are going to release the original, unmolested Star Wars movies IV-VI? As far as I …
May 29, 2013
Staying awake behind the wheel
Heymatt: I do a lot of long-distance driving and keeping myself alert and wakeful is always a challenge. Drinking coffee and caffeinated energy drinks like Red Bull and whatnot is a pretty good strategy to …
May 29, 2013
Gone drummer gone
Female-fronted garage-rockers Gone Baby Gone are once again minus a drummer. “Truth be told, our drummers seem to have commitment, health, or mental issues that keep them from playing shows, rehearsing, or touring,” says singer …
May 29, 2013
Teaming up with Sempra
The Teamsters Union’s public affairs council and utility giant Sempra Energy have something in common: Both gave $2500 last week to the San Diego County Democratic Party, only the recent of many off-year special-interest contributions …
May 29, 2013
Border sewage plant logs two violations since February
The border sewage plant that treats Mexican sewage, which the International Boundary and Water Commission oversees, has had two violations of treatment standards since February — far fewer than preceding years. One of the violations …
May 29, 2013
El Cajon takes tax revenue from the county
Does El Cajon gobble more than its share at the tax trough?
May 29, 2013
Scripps institution of mystery
A replacement for Tony Haymet, the former director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and a global warming champion with close links to Democratic ex–vice president Al Gore …
May 29, 2013
Blue Monday, or: Finding Serenity in San Diego
A San Diego visitor finds the place is good for uncluttering your mind.
May 29, 2013
Reader letters
Will Work for Suckers I just picked up the May 23 Reader, and I’m looking at the “artwork” on the cover, “She Gave Her Son an Ocean-View House, a New Lexus, and $130,000.” Whom do …
May 29, 2013