As the recent wildfires ravaged Los Angeles, there were rumblings of canceling Oscar 97, but AMPAS held firm despite the flames. The ceremony would proceed on March 2, come hell or no water.Even before a …
March 4, 2025
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Random thoughts and observations on Oscar 97
New in the Reader: the Mid-Week Read
This coming Friday at 2 pm, the Weekend Read will be Margot Sheehan's "Lost Roads of San Diego."We are running these examples of long-form journalism to help make up for the loss of the <em>Reader's</em> …
March 4, 2025
Pull out your iPhone and make a movie
For Susy Botello, it started with 9/11. “The whole idea of making movies with iPhones began for me in 2001,” she says. ‘I was here at Grossmont College, studying media communications. On that morning, I …
March 4, 2025
Forget about coral bells
San Diego native plant gardeners take note: Heuchera sanguinea, commonly known as coral bells, no longer belongs in your plot.The popular clump-forming perennial named for its bell-shaped flowers has been removed from the California Native …
March 4, 2025
Masterful mountaineer musings, Devil music, gray whale migration walk, happy Holi, tour tiny homes
Thursday | 6Gerlinde KaltenbrunnerCome and hear a presentation by Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, an Austrian mountaineer who has climbed all 14 of the 8,000+ meter peaks, from Annapurna to Everest — only the second woman to do …
March 4, 2025