Here’s Leonard, award-winning novelist: “Am I creating a living, breathing cosmos with language, or am I just scratching at the wall of a cave?” Ostensibly he’s teaching a seminar on the craft of fiction, held …
March 15, 2016
News & Stories
Shredded hopes and egos
Tasting beer at Hillcrest Farmers Market
As of January 1, a new California law went into effect allowing beer companies to pour tasting samples at certified farmers' markets. Sunday, March 13, Hillcrest Farmers Market became the first in San Diego to …
March 15, 2016
Shot borer beetle gets hot in Tijuana River Valley
The devastation — 140,000 trees destroyed by a beetle infestation — that has beset the Tijuana River Valley is becoming the statewide symbol of what could happen if there isn't a rush to find ways …
March 15, 2016
Classical music helps with erectile dysfuntion
New studies at the University of Tübingen in Germany have shown that listening to classical music for 25 minutes per day cures erectile disfunction in men who are pre-diabetic. The added blood flow from listening …
March 15, 2016
Stingray may limit your free speech beginning now
The legal fight over the use and public disclosure of Stingray, a device that allows law-enforcement agencies to locate cell-phone signals and collect data by acting as a cell-phone tower, is coming to an end. …
March 15, 2016
Signs of economic life in Imperial County
Imperial County renewable-energy projects built in the past ten years have helped the economy and created jobs, but not as many jobs as expected, according to a study by the National University System Institute for …
March 15, 2016
99 bottles of coffee on the wall
Now in its 22nd year in business, Barrio Logan-based Ryan Bros. Coffee has added packaged beverages to its product line. Bottles of its cold brew and flavored coffee drinks began appearing last spring at its …
March 15, 2016
Woman climbs cliff to avoid seals
March 9 — SDFD dispatch advises that they are responding to Perez Cove/Ingraham for a patient that is possibly still in the water. A lifeguard rescue vessel and U 4 respond as well as E …
March 15, 2016
Landis Street Bike Lane plans for the future
No one responded to more than 1600 flyers hung on doors near the Landis Street Bike Lane project that announced a community meeting on March 9. In preparing for the meeting, a contractor hired by …
March 15, 2016