Eastlake boomed and then busted in the housing crisis.
July 31, 2013
Blog Entries
- Baja California’s drop in murder rate confirmed by government statistics
- Ex-hospital head pleads guilty to embezzlement
- No known witnesses yet in Jackson lawsuit, says Filner's lawyer
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- Hitting the G Spot: G Street Deli
- Allison Adams Tucker: Django unchained Aug. 4
- Former council candidate Phil Thalheimer has $1.1 million in outstanding loans he gave to his campaign
- Casting Katy Perry's Blade Runner sequel the right way.
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- HERE IS...
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- Builder touts "green" component of massive Mission Valley development
- Everyone complains about the weather...
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- Dept. of Final Bows: Jonathan Winters and Orson Welles
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- 4th row center: Begging for a movie
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- Not a story, says Maienschein of his lobbyist dating
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- Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood to take on Supervisor Bill Horn in 2014
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- Manning supporters rally in wake of verdict
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- Mexico’s cruise stops struggling to maintain
News & Stories
Rooftop solar users worry SDG&E will raise rates
There are no plans to raise rates for rooftop solar users, SDG&E spokeswoman Stephanie Donovan said in a July 30 interview. "There is nothing in the current proposed rate design," she said. The prospect of …
July 31, 2013
Bat ray caught at Oceanside Pier
Roscoe Riddle, 18, of Murietta, fought for 30 minutes with a large bat ray before it was hoisted onto the planks of the Oceanside Pier on July 28. The catch drew a steady stream of …
July 31, 2013
Scotty Ziegler and his Vault
San Diego painter and "builder of all things cool" has a sweet facility downtown that's immune to the effects of sun and moon.
July 31, 2013
Polite Provisions' Ocean Side
While Noble Experiment is the worst kept secret among San Diego saloons, its sister ship, Polite Provisions, has a number of secrets yet to be discovered. “Here at Polite Provisions,” says bartender Aaron Zieske, “we’re …
July 31, 2013
Grace Ann Piano brings visual story of indigenous cultures to Queen Bee's
Detroit native takes her solo exhibition to Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center in North Park.
July 31, 2013
Tijuana meat quality called into question
Tijuana's La Segunda newspaper this week offered a report that sanitary meat — be it beef, chicken, or pork — is out of control in Tijuana, devoid of any kind of quality control or review. …
July 31, 2013
Late-night breakfast at Swami's Cafe
Two things catch my attention: First, the song coming out of this eatery — “You Don’t Own Me.” Leslie Gore. I know it ’cause Carla sings it every time she thinks I’m pushing my weight …
Green Valley Falls Loop
Easily accessible falls and multiple crossings of the Sweetwater River through chaparral, riparian, and meadow habitats.
July 31, 2013
Concert kryptonite
Both concert venues RIMAC and Jenny Craig Pavilion (at UCSD and USD, respectively) have had a sharp decline in shows presented there, largely due to the fact that booze can’t be sold when school is in session.
July 31, 2013
Messengers of love
Everything you always wanted to know about honeybees but never thought to ask is answered in the sweet documentary More than Honey. Who knew that one-third of what we eat would not exist without these …
July 31, 2013
All shook down
Shakedown club booker Josh Barnes goes independent because new owner Anilee Griffin has changed the way things are done too much.
July 31, 2013
Work. Party. Brawl.
Escondido taco-shop owner Juan Rivas got into an altercation with his employees a week before Christmas. Though he claimed not to have been an instigator, he did go to jail for slashing at employees with a utility knife/tool.
July 31, 2013
A road trip goes Sideways at La Jolla Playhouse
They’re wedded to avoidance behavior, abetted by gallons of vino fino.
July 31, 2013
Purple Filner eaters
Does icPurple, that so-called independent expenditure committee set up by La Jolla computer mega-millionaire Ted Waitt to back Nathan Fletcher’s run for mayor last year, have a big future? Ex-Assemblyman Fletcher, who switched from Republican …
July 31, 2013
Vargas reaps Filner's sweetest fruit
When Democrat Bob Filner was a congressman, he could always count on plenty of campaign cash from the Falics, a well-heeled Florida family who own a string of duty-free shops along the U.S.-Mexico border all …
July 31, 2013
Wells Fargo sells credit card terminal to Oceanside swap meet seller
A Vista resident who can't read English says he's victimized by a bank's fine print.
July 31, 2013
Sound clash
Reggae may seem forgotten in San Diego, but it’s not. Upcoming shows and DJ acts prove it.
July 31, 2013
Anybody got their ears on?
Correction Last week’s cover photo incorrectly identified the girl in front of Panca’s mural as Panca. We regret the error. — Editor Defending Marines On your recent cover (“Baja Is Back,” July 25) you made …
July 31, 2013