El Jefe says Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant (4050 Adams Avenue, 619-282-4413) has great hamburgers. He says they taste of the plancha, that it gives them that certain je ne sais quoi, like the one at Benny’s. …
September 25, 2013
Blog Entries
- At Uncle's in TJ: Smoke signals!
- Club Purple five-year birthday boogie with Myrryrs
- Minkow may face criminal charges related to his former church
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- Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street pushed back to 2014?
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- This is a Wasteland: Pierce the Veil's world tour soon to be released on film
- The one-hundred year-old public park that never was and may never be
- The Frank Sinatra clock
- Mayoral battle joined as billionaire Jacobs goes for Fletcher
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- Best airport to be stranded: SAN
- Mayoral candidates and their committees collect big-time donations
- County officials admit success dealing with prison realignment
- Grant monies to fund parks on border in Imperial Beach, Tijuana
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- Diamondbacks get by Padres in extras
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News & Stories
The Tacoburger: Part Three
Tijuana, graveyard of the godforsaken gringos
Expatriate T.B. Beaudeau, a resident of Tijuana, relays tales of others like him; and the stories of those who met tragic/grim ends south of the border.
September 25, 2013
The Second Empress, by Michelle Moran
What are you reading now? “I’m one of those people who reads seven books at a time. I’ll read things from different genres. I’ll think, I need to feel good. I need a good romance …
September 25, 2013
Cheese-grabbing and wine-slurping in Tijuana
Ed visits Tijuana’s La Faraona, grabs cheese, slurps wine, learns about Aunt Lupita, who provides blended wines, homemade cheeses, and bread to her entrepreneurial nieces and nephews.
Teen Spring Valley girl caught with heroin at border
An 18-year-old Spring Valley resident was arrested on Monday, September 23, after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered what they suspected was heroin in the trunk of her car as she entered the United …
September 25, 2013
Alchemy's Patron's Saint
Already known for a menu informed by a free association of tastes, Alchemy continues to maintain the element of surprise by offering shrubs. No, not the kind arranged, designed, and sold by Monty Python’s medieval …
September 25, 2013
Shoot a glock, punch the clock
See the job, do the job. Shoot a Glock, punch the clock. Based on a true-life, precinct-clearing scandal that rocked the Philippines, On the Job tells the story of high-ranking politicians who employed the services …
September 25, 2013
Cheats and Liars
"Hey, do you know a guy named Max McEvil? He dropped your name, said he might be doing some work with you.” I raised my brows as I re-read the name, which I didn’t recognize. …
September 25, 2013
Wish rock
Heartbreak, wishes, and advice from Cathryn Beeks, musician, promoter, and host of ListenLocalsd.com for the past ten years.
September 25, 2013
Savage rocks the boat
Red Not Chili Peppers bassist Jonathan Savage organizes “Rock the Boat,” a paddleboat cruise party on Mission Bay to benefit Marine veterans.
September 25, 2013
Mission Trails, Oak Grove Loops
The highlights of this short hike include the transition from grasslands and coastal sage scrub habitats to small shaded oak woodland with majestic coast live oaks and rare Engelmann oaks found along a stream where …
September 25, 2013
The Standells
No one among us (with the possible exception of our parents) underrated the place of the Standells’ “Dirty Water” in rock and roll history. Years later, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would include …
September 25, 2013
Almost Free Beer at Amplified Ale Works
OK, now that you’re paying attention, I’ll admit to crafting a title geared to garner a click or two. What I’m actually talking about is beer that is almost gluten-free. Yes, again. Two weeks ago, …
September 25, 2013
Urban Acupuncture
Tijuana’s planning; from North–South or Bottom–Up On June 26, the Hotel Ticuán, located on 8th and Constitución Avenue in downtown Tijuana, was host of the Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana presentation of the “Downtown Tijuana, …
September 25, 2013
Cathedral Glen, Angeles Glen, Pointer Glen in Escondido – all hit in burglaries
Eva Knott’s findings from the court files of 21-year-old Wyatt Taylor Johnson, who burglarized a handful of his grandmother’s neighbors and pawned their stolen possessions. He admitted to four counts of first-degree felony burglary and expects to get four years prison when he is sentenced on November 18.
September 25, 2013
It's the Who, right?
Drummer Nathan Hubbard to play the role of Keith Moon in Moonlight Amphitheatre’s production of The Who’s Tommy.
September 25, 2013
Record-release roundup
On Thursday, September 26, at Tin Can Ale House, singer Joanie Mendenhall will launch Vanishing Point, featuring five new songs and two reconstituted cuts, recorded live in the studio with her longtime drummer Tyler Ward, …
September 25, 2013
Gary Heffern meets Iggy Pop
Ray Brandes tells a story about Beat Farmer Dan McLain (aka Country Dick) when he was still a Penetrator.
September 25, 2013
A Thing of Beauty
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and …
September 25, 2013
The “Adhyatma-Ramayana”
None can ever be the cause of fortunate or misfortunate of another. The karman which we have ourselves accumulated in the past, that alone is the cause of fortune and misfortune….It is therefore in vain …
September 25, 2013