Chollas Creek runs through urban San Diego and is part of the Pueblo Watershed, running 32 miles from its headwaters in La Mesa and Lemon Grove to where it drains into San Diego Bay in …
July 17, 2019
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Chollas Creek: threading City Heights, Encanto, Oak Park and other communities
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July 17, 2019
The villain’s journey in The Tale of Despereaux
PigPen Theatre Co., which previously produced The Old Man and the Old Moon at the Old Globe, has now adapted the award-winning children’s novel The Tale of Despereaux into a musical stage production extraordinaire. (The …
July 17, 2019
The Willis way to survive rip currents
‘Look for the bubbles; it’s all in the bubbles!” That’s Milton Willis preaching at the beach, extolling his approach to avoiding rip currents and surviving those you can’t evade. He calls it the Willis Way. …
July 17, 2019
Is self-regulation working at Torrey Pines Gliderport?
No one knows exactly what final thoughts went through the minds of the two pilots who plummeted from the skies over Torrey Pines State Beach one sunny afternoon in early March as the pair struggled …
July 17, 2019
San Diego vacation renters' trash eyed
Short-termers’ trashy haul Online vacation rentals of less than a month, already at the center of a popular storm regarding traffic, noise, and zoning, now have another challenge to contend with. “Our investigation determined that …
July 17, 2019
Kumeyaay took over Presidio event
Californio cousins The anti-Hispanic efforts orchestrated to distort the 250th anniversary of San Diego’s foundation by using Kumeyaay descendants to perpetuate the hypocritical racist agendas of some are pitiable (“San Diego’s Presidio is crumbling”, City …
July 17, 2019
No Comic-Con pass, no problem
You don’t need a Comic-Con pass to enjoy related events around town this week. On Thursday, July 18, Animaniacs in Concert features Rob Paulsen, the voice of Pinky from Pinky and the Brain and Yakko …
July 17, 2019
Comic-Con co-founder Barry Alfonso, back in his hometown
“When we first came to San Diego, we lived in Golden Hill, then on Florida Street in the University Heights area. From there, we moved to a little bungalow on Eads Avenue in La Jolla. …
July 17, 2019
Superhero psychology: fans of Harry Potter and Batman cope
“Janina Scarlet is a real-life superhero with an origin story to rival any Marvel character. After surviving a childhood radiation spill [at Chernobyl], she moved halfway around the earth [to San Diego], overcame PTSD and …
July 17, 2019
Comic-Con – 50 years in San Diego
The real stars of Comic-Con By Jay Allen Sanford Not long ago, few had ever heard the word “cosplay.” Nowadays, pretty much any pop culture convention will be overflowing with costumed role-players posing for snapshots …
July 17, 2019
Luxurious Charms
Dear Hipster: My friends and I were having a very tipsy Fourth of July this year, drinking and playing lawn games as one does on a midweek summer holiday. And, as people tend to do …
July 17, 2019