The Dolphin went out for a 1/2 day in the morning and caught 35 kelp bass. 25 of them were released. They went out again in the evening and caught 110 yellowfin tuna. The Pacific …
August 26, 2014
News & Stories
Tuesday, Aug. 26, from Fisherman's Landing
The mayor's wife's power boat is sold
A 28-foot power boat listed in the name of Restaurant Events, Inc., the company owned by Katherine Stuart, wife of mayor Kevin Faulconer, has been sold. Wayne C. Jones Yacht & Ship Brokerage reported online …
August 26, 2014
Killer of the mother of his children
An Oceanside man who murdered the mother of his two children and then hid her body under the bed was sentenced to 26 years to life in prison today, August 26. Last month, a jury …
August 26, 2014
What does Tijuana want?
The pedestrian border-wait line at the San Ysidro crossing is like the longest line in an amusement park…only you reach the end and find out that there is no roller-coaster. There is usually no one …
August 26, 2014
Flying in style
"I have missed four flights already today," Oliver Lang tells me with a heavy sigh as he adjusts the straps on his canvas backpack. He is on his way to Frankurt, Germany to play in …
August 26, 2014
Putting the "Public" back into the CPUC
State senator Jerry Hill, a Democrat of San Mateo, has introduced a bill that would require the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to conform to state open-meeting laws. The roots of this proposed bill are …
August 26, 2014
Guest editorial: It's hard out here for a playa
Troy Rampant is a senior at a San Diego high school. Man, back in the day, it was just easier, you know? My mom, she didn't know what she wanted to do when she got …
August 26, 2014
Taxation on top of salvation
In unusually combative language, the archbishop of Tijuana has accused Mexico's federal government of extorting money from the Catholic Church under the guise of taxation. In an interview published August 25 by the daily newspaper …
August 26, 2014
Paranoia will destroy ya
A phone scam employing the threat of arrest is bilking money out of local residents, sheriff's deputies warn. In early 2013, local authorities uncovered an operation in which individuals posing as sheriff's deputies would contact …
August 26, 2014
KPBS takes fresh bite of sex story
The clock began ticking June 24 with the release of a state audit blasting San Diego State University and sister institutions for failing to deal with increased incidents of campus sexual harassment and violence. The …
August 26, 2014
A Jew? Who knew?
On August 24, the San Diego Chargers played a preseason game in San Francisco, and Chargers radio announcers Hank Bauer and Josh Lewin were there to cover the event for KIOZ. Toward the end of …
August 26, 2014
Okay-to-good, but not great
If Amadeus is the only great composer movie, what about some others that are good? I’m not sure there are any that are good-to-great but there are a few that are okay-to-good. Immortal Beloved comes …
August 26, 2014
A book is a treat in prison
Emerald Oil, a gas station on the corner of Lake Murray Boulevard and Baltimore Avenue, not only boasts about having the lowest gas prices in La Mesa, but it also has a wide variety of …
August 26, 2014