The Fourth Appellate District has overturned a Superior Court decision that denied two San Diego brokers a judgment of almost $5 million. In 2008, Wall Street's Morgan Stanley had recruited Todd Vitale and John Paladino …
July 3, 2014
News & Stories
Not quite rags to riches, but...
Atticus, where art thou?
It’s been three weeks since 18-year old Atticus VanArsdale went missing from his Poway home. The morning of high-school commencement day, the 12th grader at Poway High School failed to show up for graduation practice …
July 3, 2014
How much did they pay you to move to Texas?
Active Network, which makes recreational software for golf courses, camps, and the like, announced today (July 3) that it is moving its headquarters from Sorrento Valley to Dallas, Texas. In a news release, Texas officials …
July 3, 2014
Peaceful bees forcibly removed from Ocean Beach
While the rest of the country was getting ready for the Fourth of July, city parks employees worked to remove a few hundred bees that had collected under a picnic table at Brighton Street Park …
July 3, 2014
Interview with Life Itself director Steve James and Roger Ebert widow Chaz Ebert
Roger Ebert was a pioneer. Famously the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, he also pioneered film criticism as televised entertainment with Sneak Previews and At the Movies, both of which he hosted …
July 3, 2014
FBI thinks they smell a rat
Timothy Francis Cashman, General Services Administration manager at Otay Mesa, San Ysidro, and Tecate ports of entry, was arrested July 1 and charged with taking bribes and stealing government property, according to the local office …
July 3, 2014
Such a deck
A group of residents has filed a second lawsuit against the city and California Coastal Commission for giving a popular bar and restaurant in Pacific Beach the green light to build an 1895-square-foot deck outside. …
July 3, 2014
Catch that pitch: Final Girl
When my hair gets long and the light is dim, I look just a little bit like an overweight, poor-man’s Malcolm Gladwell. And I am that poor man, at least compared to Mr. Gladwell himself. …
July 3, 2014
Beachfront Benghazi?
Former Secretary of State releases statement for the press: "Look, if some overzealous taggers get busy on a property that's already been slated for destruction, I don't think that's any of my business. It's simply …
July 3, 2014
In search of the perfect buzz
Based on the legend built by real estate mogul Douglas Manchester's U-T San Diego in cahoots with UCSD’s PR department, the university is a happy, well-heeled place, full of high-tech researchers spinning off reams of …
July 3, 2014
Biker town
Local cycling advocates are celebrating San Diego's inclusion on a USA Today list of the country's ten most bicycle-friendly cities. "San Diego is making great strides and we’ve got even more on the way to …
July 3, 2014
An eye (and a pen) for fashion
Rebekah Sager offers insight into what it takes to become a fashion writer. First, please tell me what you do. I currently work as the social media editor and a reporter at the U-T San …
July 3, 2014
Caesar Salad turns 90?
July 4 not only marks America’s 238th birthday, but, if the legend is correct, it’s also the 90th anniversary of what is arguably the region’s greatest contribution to culinary culture: The Caesar Salad. “I think …
July 3, 2014
Meet O’Sullivan Bros. Brewing Co.
Last week, I told the story of two brothers working to open a Bitter Brothers Brewing Company in Bay Ho. Turns out, there’s another pair of fraternal siblings doing the same thing over in Scripps …
July 3, 2014
The GOOOOOOOOOOAL
You don’t have to be David Beckham to have a career in the world of soccer If being the soccer player your parents told you you would be didn’t quite pan out, there are plenty …
July 3, 2014
Not guilty, but still jailed
On July 1, court observers were stunned when a jury declared an Oceanside man not guilty of two charges, even though the defendant took the witness box and admitted shooting two persons. The jury foreman …
July 3, 2014