Passionate, with longing in my eyes, Searching wide, and seeking nights and days, Lo! I behold the Truthful One, the Wise, Here in mine own House to fill my gaze. That was the day of …
November 19, 2013
News & Stories
Five Sayings of Lal Ded
All My Friends here to stay
The early start of the fourth edition of the All My Friends festival at 2:00 p.m. saw barely any patrons when the first band started playing on a stage that was set up poorly on …
November 19, 2013
Organic juicin' in El Cajon
Cruising down Los Coches Road in El Cajon, right off I-8, I would have never guessed there'd be an organic wheatgrass grower in the vicinity. There it was, though, their dirt driveway weaving past a …
November 19, 2013
Ex-San Diegan Art Laffer goes to Texas, blasts California
Supply-side economist Art Laffer, whose Laffer Associates was based in San Diego until 2007, was part of a California hate-fest yesterday (Nov. 18) in Austin at a meeting of the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation. …
November 19, 2013
San Ysidro School District bonds downgraded
Fitch Ratings yesterday (Nov. 18) downgraded San Ysidro School District bonds: $82 million of general obligation bonds were dropped to BB+ from BBB+ and $29.1 million of certificates of participation were downgraded to BB- from …
November 19, 2013
Faith scammer loses appeal to get out of prison
In 2008, John Harrell was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay $40.6 million in restitution to his victims. Harrell had been a leader of a group that used religious pitches to …
November 19, 2013
The Most Not-Cussing Fella
I caught a performance of The Most Happy Fella at Point Loma Nazarene University on Saturday night the 16th of November. It was good. What stood out to me the most in this production was …
November 19, 2013
SD Planning Commission to tackle sticky pot-collective issues
For years, medical marijuana patients and dispensary owners have been forced to occupy a netherworld, often operating in retail spaces in nondescript buildings throughout the city. State law allows dispensaries and their patients to be …
November 19, 2013
The Irwin Jacobs newsroom votes to unionize
Workers at San Diego State University's taxpayer-funded broadcasting arm, KPBS radio and TV, have voted to sign up with SAG-AFTRA, the big media union affiliated with the AFL-CIO, according to an online posting by the …
November 19, 2013
All Things BBQ: Kansas City Barbeque
Where’s a better place to start a San Diego barbecue excursion than Kansas City Barbeque (600 W. Harbor Drive), the place most famous for appearing in the movie Top Gun? There’s no escaping the anecdote …
November 19, 2013
Car stereos stolen from Vista church group
Early Sunday morning, November 17, a Jehovah's Witnesses prayer group that was holding a meeting in a home on Calinda Drive returned to their parked vehicles afterward to find many had their car stereos stolen. …
November 19, 2013
Convicted domestic offender won't get his guns back
A federal appeals court on Monday (November 18) upheld a law prohibiting individuals convicted of domestic violence from owning a gun unless the conviction is overturned. As a result, a San Diego man will not …
November 19, 2013
Ethics Commission fines PAC backing councilmember Myrtle Cole
The city's Ethics Commission has handed a $5000 fine for violating the city's campaign-finance laws to the local American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) association as well as the political action committee …
November 19, 2013