The Pamo Valley is situated to the north of Ramona. It is part of the Palomar Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest. The region is bookended by Lake Sutherland to the east, and Rancho …
June 27, 2018
News & Stories
Twenty miles of bike trails for Pamo Valley
Del Mar Mesa Preserve
The Del Mar Mesa is a flat, chaparral-covered plateau, with an average elevation of 400 feet above sea level. Canyons drain south from the plateau into Los Peñasquitos Creek and northwest into Deer Creek, then …
June 27, 2018
That’s romance
“That was a weird comedy,” he said, as we left the Old Globe after seeing The Tempest. “Indeed,” I replied, “it’s not usually classified as a comedy anymore, but a romance.” “Romance? The love story …
June 27, 2018
A slightly complicated Fourth
We will be having a big Fourth of July party at our house this year. But we’re going to start the day before: Tuesday, July 3rd, at the 130th annual Independence Day celebration with fireworks …
June 27, 2018
The fall of Horton Plaza
Pete Wilson grins at a homeless man sprawled near Horton Plaza mall, the downtown shopping center he muscled through city hall in the late 1970s. Wilson’s eyes never blink; the coattails of his tailored suit …
June 27, 2018
Latin jazz for the pure of heart
Bill Caballero turns his trumpet towards Roy Robinson. Robinson lights up. His hands flail back and forth from one conga drum skin to another. Then Caballero’s wailing trumpet takes up a response. People watch the …
June 27, 2018
People who like rock, dancing, and fun
“Our last album came out before Youtube was invented,” says Dan Nordheim, guitarist-keyboardist for the Blanks. “We got our start in Michigan, during the garage rock revival of the early-to-mid 2000s, and released a few …
June 27, 2018
Doomed to obsolescence
At the end of May, I put out a call for suggestions from readers for a word meaning “the pain you feel when you realize something you love about the world is doomed to obsolescence.” …
June 27, 2018
French bowls without wine
This is Chris Conway’s first day. He’s been meaning to come do this with his dad Gareth for years. But now here he is, in a game he’s never played, French bowls — boules, if …
June 27, 2018
Woman claims assault on Fallbrook street
‘I was bending over picking up trash, and the next thing I know I got two slugs on the side of my head.” The pink-haired woman demonstrated with her arms in the witness box of …
June 27, 2018
Patrick Soon-Shiong gets Chargers luxury suite
Soon-Shiong’s Chargers suite Now that Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong has finally secured control of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune from the Chicago newspaper chain tronc (which is said to be about …
June 27, 2018
Brickbats — one sarcastic, one broadside
Genders bent Thank you for clarifying the gender of Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. That clarity surfaced on Page 60, in the June 21 issue, in a thumbnail review of a documentary …
June 27, 2018