There is a certain type of person who haunts The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Remember, this is called an audition but it’s a competition. I haven't been in a couple of years but I'm …
October 13, 2014
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Winners and participants
Finale or interlude?
Ian Campbell, former chief executive of San Diego Opera, is engaged to opera soprano Susan Neves (pronounced "nevs") and the two will live in New York City, according to sources within San Diego Opera and …
October 13, 2014
Faulconer readying real estate sell-off
GOP mayor Kevin Faulconer has taken a quiet step toward privatizing the sell-off of "surplus" city real estate, which a U-T San Diego columnist recently estimated could be worth a billion dollars. "The City has …
October 13, 2014
Stone rolls to Virginia
Richmond, the capital of Virginia, has won out in a contest also involving Norfolk, Virginia, to host a new brewing facility for San Diego–based Stone Brewing, the nation's tenth-largest craft brewer. Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe …
October 13, 2014
Underbelly North Park raises its game
It took awhile, but Underbelly, the ramen branch of Consortium Holdings' local restaurant empire, finally opened its long-anticipated second location at the North Parker. Its finishing of the corner space at 30th and Upas completes …
October 13, 2014
Deported veterans help deported moms
“We are having a meeting this Wednesday [October 1] with all the deported moms,” I am told by Yolanda Varona, the director of DREAMers Moms USA/Tijuana. “You are welcome to come. Hector says to bring …
October 13, 2014
Bine & Vine looks the part
Believe it or not, there was a time when craft-stocked bottle shops weren’t in every neighborhood throughout San Diego. Sure, there was craft beer, even the local variety, but it took awhile for the retail …
October 13, 2014
Death for all three of them?
Louis Ray Perez, 48, Dorothy Gracemarie Maraglino, 39, and Jessica Lynn Lopez, 27, were all in court on Friday, October 10. The defendants deny all accusations pertaining to the kidnapping, torturing, and murder of a …
October 13, 2014
Two wahoo in two days on the Malihini!
October 12 dock totals Chubasco 2 Sportfishing 20 Anglers, 1 Boat, 10 California Yellowtail, 5 Barred Sand Bass, 2 Kelp Bass, 1 Pacific Bonito Dana Landing 4 Anglers, 1 Boat, 20 Bonito, 20 Yellowtail Fisherman's …
October 13, 2014