There are some real concerns out there regarding the future of many classical music organizations. I don’t want to come off as unsympathetic, but the destruction of these organizations by the COVID-19 situation won’t mean …
April 29, 2020
News & Stories
What classical groups will be left in San Diego?
UCSD cancer center blasted for trip, meal, and event spending
As COVID-19 continues to ravage the world, officials at UCSD's Moores Cancer Center are no longer spending heavily on global travel and entertainment, at least for the time being. But just months before the pandemic …
April 29, 2020
Hey, Gavin Newsom, we need to work
Sawaya Carpet Care has been in business for 29 years. Recently, owner Steve Sawaya (pronounced Sa-why-a) approached the owner of “a fancy restaurant in La Jolla” about getting paid for a job he’d completed. “Before …
April 29, 2020
I’ve never had a better cry
Dogged by gratitude I just finished reading that story “Border Dogs are our Kryptonite” (Cover Stories, April 15) and let me tell you I’ve never had a better cry to get me over some personal …
April 29, 2020
Why did Ashok Israni give money to Faulconer, Gomez, Moreno?
Buy low, sell high The ostensibly humanitarian work of finding places for the city’s homeless legions to live during the COVID-19 onslaught may also be lining the pockets of some of San Diego’s wealthiest real …
April 29, 2020
Saved by singing at Peter D’s and with the Red Karaoke app
Gather ‘round, my children. I want you to hear what a success story sounds like. It begins with a challenge; sometimes, that challenge is a crisis. “It was supposed to be a simple gall bladder …
April 29, 2020
Logic vs. Wu Tang Style
Dear Hipster: You wrote recently about how it’s very hipster to be suspicious of anything that too many people like, and therefore definitely “not into” such popular things. People who enjoy logic might express this …
April 29, 2020