Escondido’s Beach House may be more than 15 miles from the coast, but it’s filled with historical charm and old-world craftsmanship you won’t find in a modern oceanfront mega-mansion. Built in 1896 for real estate …
March 7, 2019
News & Stories
Award winning restoration of Escondido house once subject of the PBS TV show Restore America
Lakeside happy hour wheel of fortune: $2 Coors bottle with a Tullamore Dew chaser
Outside, you’d never know it. But this is the spot where Mr. La Madrid used to build stagecoaches, here on the corner of Maine and Laurel in Lakeside, 100 years ago. “In 1916,” says a …
San Diego Comic Fest to feature album art painter William Stout, Rhino Records artist Scott Shaw!, Digital Lizards of Doom
“We always try to make it clear that we’re not on some kind of anti-Comic-Con crusade,” says San Diego Comic Fest co-founder Mike Towry. “We just miss the kind of event we had back in …
March 7, 2019
February 28 Crossword Contenders
Mary Arana, Encinitas, 9. Greg Bergeron, Tierrasanta, 9. Jon Christianson, El Cajon, 9. Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 9. Carol Georges, Poway, 9. Ron Meyer, Santee, 9. Jerry Noser, San Diego, 8. Jeff Ball, San Diego, …
March 7, 2019
February 28 Sudoku Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 9. Philip Faker, Jamul, 9. Rafael Gaceta, San Diego, 9. Thomas LaFleur, San Diego, 9. Hiroshi Miyazaki, San Diego, 9. Jerry Noser, San Diego, 9. Elliot Rosenberg, La Jolla, 9. Michael …
March 7, 2019
Captain Marvel: I am woman
I was bored watching Captain Marvel. For a while, I thought it was because this particular Marvel movie wasn’t meant for me. The spiritually inclined had already had their outing with Dr. Strange, the same …
March 7, 2019
From iPhones and Venmo apps to Joy Division minor-key urgency — a collective interview with L.A. band Liily
Singer Dylan Nash and bassist Charlie Anastasis, half of L.A. band Liily, wish to inform you, dear reader, that they’ll answer all of the below interview questions collectively, as a united front. Only one exception. …
March 7, 2019
Crowdfunding collapse between Allison Adams Tucker and PledgeMusic
“I had premonitions that something was amiss,” says vocalist Allison Adams Tucker, whose latest recording project got caught up in the apparent collapse of the crowdfunding organization PledgeMusic, after she spent a considerable amount of …
March 7, 2019
Sugaray Rayford’s Electric blues: a heavyweight jam with Al Kooper, Slash, Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell and others
Sugaray Rayford is a heavyweight of the electric blues. Born in Texas, the 6’5” Rayford has said that by the age of four, he was in church seven days a week, singing in choirs. His …
March 7, 2019