If you stroll through downtown La Jolla long enough, you are liable to see an older gentleman motor by in an insanely expensive automobile. (The McLaren shop is, after all, just down the road.) It’s …
October 17, 2024
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A bespoke suit will make you chick magnet
Mercy Hospital dumped two bags of saline in me
Like many young men in their bachelor days, there was an evening — long ago, but not quite long enough, if you take my meaning — when I found myself stumbling, staggering, lurching, reeling, and …
October 17, 2024
Unrelenting T.J. sewage, sand loss in Oceanside, closed O.B.pier, Mission Beach seawall cracks, aggressive La Jolla sea lions
San Diego County’s oceanfront beaches have long been showered with praise by everyone from local tourism officials and travel writers to hotels, travel agencies, and even universities. Platitudes about our “70 miles of glorious coastline” …
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September 11, 2024
San Diego lifeguards yelled into megaphone and P.A. system 24K times July 4 week
Between July 1 and 7, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department's lifeguards and other staff performed 24,118 preventative acts, 1229 water rescues, and 216 calls for service — according to the San Diego Lifesaving Association. San Diego …
July 24, 2024
Caleb Adam – one in a line of San Diego shark victims
On June 2, swimmer Caleb Adams was the 25th victim of a reported shark attack in San Diego County since 1950.And while San Diego County has the most reported shark attack incidents in California, including …
June 19, 2024
WHISKYGIRL juices its genre
WHISKYGIRL sends their email answers over to me with a disclaimer: “It’s required by true metalheads to have bad grammar. Beware.” And they punctuate their stories with a liberal lacing of “Ha!” But any grammarian …
May 23, 2024
The Whaling Bar dusts off its literary pretexts
Video:FEAST! The Whaling Bar dusts off its literary pretextsOf course he would be drinking here. In a room barely buttoned enough to contain its bar. Behind windows that dull the scolding, morning-after daylight down to …
May 21, 2024
Violence takes a turn at San Diego's surf spots
In April, San Diego County beachgoers witnessed a slew of violence. A man was stabbed at Black's Beach, and a female was busted for an assault with a deadly weapon by a beach in Carlsbad. …
May 1, 2024
La Valencia Hotel brings back The Whaling Bar
Whew. Something has been made right in La Jolla. For the last decade, everybody I’ve spoken to has talked as if a little piece of this town’s soul had been ripped out. A piece that …
April 2, 2024
Mexican border area after the flood – dead sea lion, birds, flooded horse stables, emerging rattlesnakes
On March 19, Cristbel Adams was shaken to see a sea lion lying motionless in the sand by the Imperial Beach Pier. Since the December and January countywide floods, animals near the Tijuana River Valley …
March 20, 2024
Blue Whale manifests a few intentions in La Jolla
In a beachy, white cottage in the Village of La Jolla, feasters who lean bohemian may now find a Blue Whale. That’s the name of a daylight hours café that recently emerged in a converted …
February 13, 2024
San Diego surfing spots open up to everyone
Video:COVER: Kooks & Chaos; revisiting Tom Wolfe's The Pump House Gang on La Jolla ShoresIn 1965, the writer Tom Wolfe visited a beach in La Jolla, looking to shine a light on The Youth of …
February 7, 2024
George’s at the Cove’s Curioso: a subtle, tiki-inspired play off of Curious George
Mike GraveIt’s a fine day for sipping cocktails cliffside in La Jolla. (But then, most days are.) Mike Grave, General Manager for George’s at the Cove, slides me a new concoction called the Curioso. “The …
February 1, 2024
Gonzo Report: A sasscore soiree with SeeYouSpaceCowboy at the Che Café
December 17: I was moving a little slower than usual that Sunday afternoon. Hangover? Nah. More likely lethargy. But after stirring up a quick kratom-and-water cocktail, I perked up like a proud poppy and texted …
January 18, 2024
Sunset Cliffs December collapse part of a series
Right before Christmas Eve, 619newsmedia shared a video taken at Sunset Cliffs of a cliff that had just split. The footage was terrifying for some of its 62,000 viewers, as the person filming approached the …
January 16, 2024
Six-week prep school at Miramar for therapy dogs
It’s an evening in early October, and Charli King, co-founder of Pawsitive Teams, is opening a new class for dog owners, canines in tow, who aspire to help people in need. That need is great …
January 10, 2024
What desperate San Diegans resort to for parking
San Diego was proclaimed the worst city in the U.S. for parking in November by a Finn.com study..How does that play out for ordinary people?"My wife has a condition that makes it difficult to walk …
December 26, 2023
The Experience at La Jolla’s Vista d’Oro: warm wood and whitewater view
Can you believe it’s been almost four months since we’ve taken Unreal Estate for a tour in La Jolla? That’s a long time to stay away from one of the most established enclaves dedicated to …
December 20, 2023
La Jolla drowning corpses pile up
Yearly, in California, over 400 people die from drowning, and more than 1,200 are involved in non-fatal drowning incidents that need first responders' assessments or hospitalization — according to a July report on the San …
December 4, 2023
So many potholes in San Diego – which to fix first?
San Diegans have logged 458 pothole repair requests to the city in the last two weeks. And they're not all in Mira Mesa, which has the most pothole reports in 2023.According to a study released in …
November 28, 2023