“My best local gig ever happened last year on my nineteenth birthday, when I was a final contestant in the San Diego County Fair’s Singer/Songwriter Competition,” says Raelee Nikole. “Although I only performed two songs, …
May 28, 2015
News & Stories
Raelee Nikole offering her Answers May 29 in East Village
One big cover band
Can we finally agree that classical music is about the music? It is not my intention to diminish the brilliance of classical performances, but a classical music artist is really a member of a huge …
May 28, 2015
U-T execs show for O.B. council meeting
In a gesture meant to grab the attention of the audience and the attending officials from the San Diego Union-Tribune, O.B. resident Mary Tolena wheeled in hundreds of advertising circulars and threw them on the …
May 28, 2015
Trouble at TriCity hospital, nurse testifies
When Fallbrook Hospital closed in December, it was kind of an “I-told-you-so” moment for Nathan Kaufman, a San Diego–based expert who has a 35-year career consulting over 80 hospital districts nationwide. Of Fallbrook’s demise, Kaufman …
May 28, 2015
Suicidal babies
Thousands of baby pelagic red crabs have washed up on the beaches of Playas de Tijuana, the latest in a series of odd occurrences along the shores of Baja California that have left marine biologists …
May 28, 2015
Old lifeguards and low funds imperil beach safety
About 40 percent of the City of San Diego's Lifeguard Services’ full-time lifeguards will be eligible to retire within the next five years, which is both good and bad, according to city auditors. The departure …
May 28, 2015
Getting classy, Encinitas
Another old downtown Encinitas building is soon to bite the dust. The 1950s-era building, at 860 South Coast Highway 101, was built as an auto-repair garage in the heyday of the pre–Interstate 5 route to …
May 28, 2015
Above the bar, below the legend
Aw come on, you mean the movie where Gene Kelly — with a glow-ree-us feelin' — kick-splashes puddles, spins that black umbrella, glides with gymnastic grace, and joy-hangs from the side of a lamp-post didn’t …
May 28, 2015
Stanley Cup at the Stout
“Oh no!” I hear it from B Street, plus a racket of laughs and arguments and cheers. It must be Stanley Cup time. The fan clans have gathered at Sixth Avenue between B and C, …
May 28, 2015
No! to NAFTA on steroids
A crowd of about 50 protesters gathered in La Jolla on Wednesday afternoon (May 27) to catch the ear of congressman Scott Peters. The group simultaneously called Peters "a champion for environmental justice" while decrying …
May 28, 2015
Frivolous appeal
Today marks five years since Anastasio Rojas-Hernandez died. The Mexican immigrant’s tasing by a group of federal agents while he lay on the ground with zip-tied hands was video-recorded and is the basis of his …
May 28, 2015
May 27 dock totals
29 anglers aboard the Dolphin 1/2 day morning run boated 4 sculpin, 48 rockfish and 5 lingcod. 7 anglers aboard their pm 1/2 day run caught 1 sculpin, 39 rockfish, 1 lingcod and 36 calico …
May 28, 2015