Lions and tigers and bears. Is it possible to say the words without at least thinking of Dorothy’s punch line? But a stronger exclamation might be appropriate as Nola the 600-pound white tiger leaps ten …
July 1, 2020
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Bobbi and Mark sleep above the lions in Alpine
Fabian Nunez fails to work magic for Mercury lobbying firm
Liberally correct Just two days after a June 10 San Diego Reader report regarding Mercury Public Affairs and the controversial Los Angeles-based lobbying firm’s advocacy for a Tennessee ambulance company seeking a piece of San …
July 1, 2020
Big Oak Ranch – another roadside attraction
Ray’s roadhouse I was interested in “San Diego’s Best Roadside Attractions” (Cover Stories, June 24). I saw several things I thought were really fun. Raymond Chandler’s house was one of the things. I used to …
July 1, 2020
Legacy International Center: the inverted cathedral
No cross tops the spire attached to the Legacy International Center, Christian evangelist Morris Cerullo’s new, nearly $200 million campus in the heart of Mission Valley. Instead, the spire’s gray façade, set among limestone blocks …
July 1, 2020
All stars rotate around Polaris
For whatever reason, I receive a steady trickle of bizarrely ordinary inquiries. I suspect people fire them off for no other reason than that they can. How can something be “bizarrely ordinary,” you ask? Aren’t …
July 1, 2020