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Local author exposes Johnson & Johnson's dark history

If you search for “Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder” on Wikimedia Commons, you will find the above image from an old edition of The Canadian Nurse, the official organ of …

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The backing up of the Queenfish

“‘Don’t anybody move!’”The year is 1970. The speaker is Alfred Scott McLaren, captain of the USS Queenfish, a nuclear submarine snaking along beneath the frozen surface of uncharted Siberian waters. …

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The perfect time for The Perfect Block

“Ecotect.” That’s what they call Drew Hubbell. He’s a San Diego architect famous for his houses made of adobe, straw bale, or, uh, styrofoam concrete block. And in the aftermath …

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They look forward to more Tesla crashes

EV West, a custom car shop in San Marcos, is generating worldwide buzz for its high-profile clientele—an ironic twist when you consider the vehicles in the works are silent.During my …

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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

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Wi-Fi, submarines, Hedy Lamarr

“This whole thing evolved because of her beauty,” says Bill Garrison. “Louis B. Mayer called her ‘The most beautiful girl in the world.’” “She” was Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian immigrant who became a Hollywood star and …

February 19, 2025

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February 14, 2025

Joe Dreamz was prepared to pivot from TikTok

As most parents of teenagers know, TikTok went dark on Saturday, January 18, following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a ban that received widespread bipartisan support in Congress and was signed into law in …

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February 14, 2025

Fancy and the Loop bring the social circus to dark places

I’m sitting in a window seat at Lestat’s coffee shop on Adams Avenue in Normal Heights, waiting, as one does, to meet with a clowning duo who go by the moniker Fancy and the Loop. …

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January 29, 2025

Albuquerque adopts free bus policy

A lot of my friends know that I prefer to catch the bus instead of driving a car. Slower? A little. Cheaper? Way. Provides more time to work on your interview questions ahead of time? …

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January 15, 2025

Pirate King of river island near Santee

Nota Bene: This tale is one way of coping with a seemingly insurmountable problem. It does not contain a shred of disrespect for the unhoused. <inline type="photothumb" id="159038" href="" align="right" />I was piloting my drone near …

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January 1, 2025

Yuha Man’s skeleton was stolen before it could be dated

In 1971, Morlin Childers — an amateur archaeologist who had discovered the mysterious sunken ship under the surface of Laguna Salada — brought Imperial Valley College archaeology instructor Dr. Erlinda Burton and her field class …

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December 19, 2024

Reader writer Chris Ahrens tells the story of Windansea

When Woodbridge “Woody” Parker Brown first beheld La Jolla in 1937, he wasn’t looking to surf. A glider pilot, he preferred air currents to wave breaks. His wife would tow his motorless airplane to the …

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How to make a hit Christmas song

Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: How to make a hit Christmas song“You’re just in time, buddy,” says Erik, “for Christmas 2025.” Shucks. I’ve come to Erik desperate to find out how to get my Christmas song recorded and …

December 6, 2024

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Will Trump’s Baja resort be built after all?

Video:GOLDEN DREAMS: A different sort of Trumpian comeback?Once, Donald Trump had a dream for Baja California — well, at least for a cut from the sales that came from attaching his name to a dream …

December 4, 2024

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November 22, 2024

Last plane out of Seoul, 1950

You think you know people, and then you discover you don’t. Not by half.Diana and I are chatting over a glass of wine, reminiscing about childhood. “When I was seven,” I say, “I was chased …

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November 21, 2024

Raging Cider & Mead celebrates nine years

Dave Carr threw Raging Cider’s ninth anniversary party the other night. My friend Kim and I drove up to the cider bar in San Marcos because, as Kim said, “Dave’s a really, really good friend, …

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Local author exposes Johnson & Johnson's dark history

The backing up of the Queenfish

The perfect time for The Perfect Block

They look forward to more Tesla crashes

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