From Dick Clark's TV show Where the Action Is to the Union Gap
September 7, 2018
News & Stories
Lost local bands of the 60s/70s - The Hard Times
San Diego’s poor pay 95% of family income for rent
At a time when the current Washington D.C. administration is proposing deep cuts in housing welfare, the staggering rent costs for low-income San Diegans merits focus. According to a Zillow release this week, low-income San …
September 7, 2018
If you want to get on the fast track...
There’s an old song, “Ya gotta be a football hero to get along with the beautiful girls.” The words are now being changed to “Ya gotta be a pro sports team owner to get your …
September 7, 2018
Dem, GOP? It's the farmers market, stupid.
Two East County cities are showing it’s possible to cross party lines to work on common goals. At the El Cajon City Council meeting August 14 Democratic activist Mark Lane apologized to the city of …
September 7, 2018
Nun better? Nun worse.
A long time ago, a friend gave me a copy of Gerald Brittle's The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren, and warned me not to read it before going to sleep. I …
September 7, 2018
Oak Park special
I was just looking for a quick lunch on Labor Day, and found myself standing in a neighborhood market in Oak Park, the mostly residential neighborhood off highway 94 next to Chollas Creek. In the …
September 7, 2018
Child witness: boyfriend behaved badly
An Escondido woman claimed that an argument about sharing costs of an apartment ended with her getting dropped on her head. The alleged fracas occurred three weeks ago, on August 13. Rochelle testified in a …
September 7, 2018
DMV building doesn't fit the neighborhood
The loudspeaker blasts go on all day, says Mary Alsop, who lives a half block from the Hillcrest Department of Motor Vehicles office. So when the DMV presented its proposed design for the replacement building …
September 7, 2018