There will be no Nutcracker this year, at least not a live version. The ballet has become such a part of the holiday season that it is difficult to believe that for most of its …
December 14, 2020
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Ho Ho No! Christmas without The Nutcracker
Drive-thru brunch at Great Maple
Great Maple has just about done it all this pandemic. It socially distanced its dining room, it expanded its outdoor seating. It expanded its outdoor seating again, erecting tents in its parking lot and filling …
December 14, 2020
Tying Bry to Trump cost donors more than $1.3 million
It's been no secret among inside political observers that the big gorilla of the San Diego's election season this year was a so-called independent expenditure committee calling itself Neighbors for Housing Solutions Supporting Todd Gloria …
December 14, 2020
Finest City Improv and the unbending landlord
Tara Johansen says improv comedy classes are the best way she knows for the introverted to meet other people. “I had just moved to San Diego a year earlier and I found it very hard …
December 14, 2020
San Diego's darkest nights, clearest air
Winter Solstice, the moment when the sun reaches its southernmost point on the celestial sphere, occurs this year at 2:02 a.m., Monday, December 21. This event signals the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere …
December 14, 2020
Tijuana's wax museum, cheap Chinese motorcycles, Luis Urrea on both sides of border
Lifelike Tijuana "This is Tia Juana," Parra says, "the founder of the city. The historical society of Baja doesn't want to certify it. They say she was a legend." The other legendary figure is Juan …
December 14, 2020