If you are a certain sort of enterprising soul — that is, the sort who doesn’t want to pay for stuff — you can find the video of Werner Herzog’s masterclass in filmmaking out there …
April 7, 2017
News & Stories
Queen of the Desert does not rule the movie releases
Drugs-for-sex doctor surrenders medical license
On March 15 of this year, the Medical Board of California announced that Naga Raja Thota had surrendered his medical license. That was hardly surprising, because a week earlier, he had been sentenced to 30 …
April 7, 2017
Former Chargers' intern struck by hit-and-run driver files claim against the city
Former San Diego Chargers public relations intern, J'Ron Erby who was struck while crossing a busy street in Pacific Beach by a hit-and-run driver has filed a claim against the City of San Diego, alleging …
April 7, 2017
Werner Herzog and Nicole Kidman partner on a Florence of Arabia
Unlike most purveyors of based-on-a-true-story biopics, Werner Herzog didn’t wait until the closing crawl to reveal a snapshot of his real life Queen of the Desert. Even before the opening credits announce that the part …
April 7, 2017
Settlement talks possible in San Onofre lawsuit
There could be settlement talks in a lawsuit protesting the proposed burial of San Onofre nuclear waste 100 feet from the ocean near the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant. San Diego-based Citizens Oversight sued the …
April 7, 2017
Hit and run crash into Cal Uniforms on Park Blvd.
“Everybody thought it was us, huh,” said L. Dee Kiser, the owner of Millard’s Fur Service. Kiser referred to the high-speed pursuit that ended with a white Honda Civic crashing into her next door neighbor, …
April 7, 2017
Gunshots at Chip's Bar
“I almost had a heart attack. I just witnessed gunshots at [Bar] Chip's,” my friend Amayrani posted on Facebook at around 1 am after the incident. I caught up with Amayrani the day after the …
April 7, 2017
Try the zwiebelrostbraten
“I’m going to send a lot of money here,” I thought to myself as I entered Tip Top Meats. The Eurocentric market and counter service restaurant has been operating in some form since 1967. It …
April 7, 2017
Man falsely suspected of killing officer files claim against the city
A man and several of his family members have filed claims against San Diego's police force for property damage and false arrest during the July 2016 investigation into a shooting which killed police officer Jonathan …
April 7, 2017