Anyone with a TV may get the impression Oceanside is more Green Acres than Baywatch. Developer Integral Communities has so far dumped $1.4 million on TV ads and other promotions to convince locals that a …
September 30, 2020
News & Stories
Cyclops Farms pulls up stakes in Oceanside
Golden State dreams
Winding my way up La Mesa’s Mount Nebo on a Sunday morning, I wound up on the Summit Drive cul-de-sac. All but one of the houses sported a tasteful Biden/Harris 2020 sign in the front …
September 30, 2020
Gerry Braun gives to boss Mara Elliott
Good staff work San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott, battling it out with Cory Briggs to hold onto her job, tapped chief of staff Gerry Braun, the former Union-Tribune reporter, for a $1051 campaign contribution …
September 30, 2020
Covid dating – this is what courting is
I go to my mobile app store, search for Hinge, and click install. When I open the dating app, it welcomes me and designates itself as “the app designed to be deleted.” I start by …
September 30, 2020
Tagging Renoir
The pale blue, two-story stucco and cinderblock building squats in a parking lot along Broadway in Lemon Grove between a Walgreen’s and an Eyeglass World. It houses Rock Liquor (Beer Wine Grocery) and a Western …
September 30, 2020
Pondering the ice cube in my Rusty Nail
Dear Hipster: Sorry in advance for the long-ish message here, but it actually takes some explaining to get my point across. Anyways, I was sitting around my house the other day, watching TV — wishing …
September 30, 2020