In the morning on May 26, the empty dirt lot on Abbott at Voltaire was as it has been for decades. A few hours later, three homes occupied the lot where many locals have been …
May 27, 2016
News & Stories
New O.B. houses dropped off by crane
Governor lobbied Ballast Point to choose Roanoke Valley
A third San Diego beer company has announced plans to open a large production brewery in the state of Virginia. Ballast Point Brewing has agreed to buy a 260,000-square-foot property and invest close to $48 …
May 27, 2016
The most important music in the world
There is a type of music that is crucial to almost every element of our culture. The old, the young, the rich, the poor, the enlightened, the depressed, the sick, and the healthy all respond …
May 27, 2016
SDPD overreacted at 7-year-old's birthday party
On Saturday, October 2, 2010, the Sialoi family held a barbecue in front of their apartment to celebrate the seventh birthday of a family member. (The lawsuit does not indicate in which San Diego neighborhood …
May 27, 2016
San Diego Unified stonewalls Sally Smith
San Diego Unified School District is discriminating against a student advocate in her quest to obtain public records, says a newly filed lawsuit filed on behalf of San Diego resident Sally Smith. Over the past …
May 27, 2016
Bryan Deister — jack of all trades, master of none
Publicity materials for Bryan Deister assert that he's a student at Berklee School of Music and that he has extensive experience in studying and performing music of all sorts, be it classical, jazz, straight-ahead rock, …
May 27, 2016
O.B./Point Loma McMansion plans spark border war
On May 26, a proposed project at 2257 Froude Street was appealed by the Peninsula Community Planning Board in front of the city’s planning commission. The residents on the block — where one side of …
May 27, 2016
Great Korean in a Tijuana mall
In Tijuana, if you crave sushi you are limited to two things: bad but cheap sushi or decent sushi in a fancy sit-down restaurant. I knew that the Friki Plaza, the nerdy mall where Dorian’s …
May 27, 2016
Widow of Peregrine CEO can't collect on claims
Dorothy F. Gardner, widow of Stephen P. Gardner, former chief executive of Peregrine Systems, can't collect on wrongful death charges. Peregrine was San Diego's biggest corporate fraud. In 2008, Gardner was sentenced to 97 months …
May 27, 2016
Bad Co. and Joe Walsh deliver "One Hell of a Night" to Chula Vista
Classic-rock acts Bad Company and Joe Walsh wowed the gray-haired and balding crowd at the Sleep Train Amphitheatre on their “One Hell of a Night” tour. As co-headliners, they rotate the main spot each night …
May 27, 2016
Cardiff's "waterhouse" to face wrecking ball
Recent Facebook posts on an old-school Cardiff by the Sea locals’ page wondered what was going on with the old Cardiff “waterhouse,” with its 16-sided top floor and unobstructed 360-degree view of the ocean and …
May 27, 2016