I’ll be honest. We visited 131 countries before finally summoning the courage to travel to Norway. No, we weren’t worried about crime, political instability, or unhealthy conditions. In fact, there's almost a complete absence of …
November 18, 2014
News & Stories
Norway on the cheap (it's possible)
Encinitas seeks to control invasive plants
It began with a focus on accurate seed-container labels. But in July, as Assembly Bill 2470 neared signing, it took a spin for the worse, its critics now say. The dangerous twist was the insertion …
November 18, 2014
Unfair bidding over Carmel Valley's polo fields?
On November 14, the city was slapped with another lawsuit for violating the California Public Records Act. In the latest lawsuit, Presidio Soccer League, San Diego County's largest competitive youth soccer league (with over 15,000 …
November 18, 2014
Ticketed air travel is broken
San Diego’s newest airline made its maiden flight into town on November 17. Arriving at Carlsbad’s Palomar-McClellan airport exactly at sundown, with Frank Sinatra’s “Come Fly with Me” playing in the background, Surfair officially began …
November 18, 2014
Cinderella education
There are how many versions of the Cinderella story? There’s Disney (of course), Rossini, Prokofiev, the 1984-85 Villanova Wildcats, and Massenet. I’m sure I missed a few, but Massenet is the one I want to …
November 18, 2014
Newt Gingrich honoree snared in Dumanis probe
Of all the cities in the county of San Diego, one can boast the spottiest history for tow-truck operators. That informal honor has long gone to Escondido, and a recent action by the City of …
November 18, 2014
The Tailgate goes down in Nashville
Tailgate Beer, which moved from San Diego to Tennessee in July, opened a taproom in West Nashville three weeks ago, according to their website. In May of 2013, Tailgate owner Wesley Keegan and his partners …
November 18, 2014
Iron Pig Alehouse open in PB
Are those….Edison bulbs I see hanging from the exposed rafters at Iron Pig Alehouse? The beer and barbecue spot opened in Pacific Beach last month, with decidedly hipster trappings throughout. The wood appears suspiciously “reclaimed,” …
November 18, 2014
Words as weapons
“Sup now?” Peter wrote an ad for a basketball sneaker, the Sky Max. Told to target “urban” youth from 14 to 24, he assumed that meant young black men and invented the expression “sup now?” …
November 18, 2014
Guaranteed to fool the IRS
Lloyd Irvine Taylor, a former tax attorney and certified public accountant, was sentenced yesterday (November 17) to 57 months in prison for stealing the identities of dead children, using them as aliases to get passports …
November 18, 2014
Day 7 of a 15-day trip aboard the Red Rooster 3
H&M Landing 30 Anglers, 2 Boats, 3 Red Rock Crab, 19 California Spiny Lobster, 107 California Spiny Lobster Released Point Loma Sportfishing 20 Anglers, 1 Boat, 4 Whitefish, 115 Rockfish, 1 Bonito, 1 Sand Bass …
November 18, 2014