Who is the Union-Tribune's new owner? Almost 60 years ago, Tom Joubran immigrated to the United States from the town of Nazareth, once part of Palestine, and began a new life in the suburbs of …
December 6, 2020
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Stories by Don McCullough
Union-Tribune owner Tom Gores, the paper moves to 6th & B, end of Neil Morgan era
Orchid zealots, brave beekeepers, pit bulls not so bad, vicious seagulls, San Diego birds surveyed, a cactus will take a bullet
Hive Mentality Beekeeping runs in families. “The book said to call the fire department and tell them you’ll take swarms. That’s what I did. I got the swarms.” By Shari McCullough, Sept. 16, 2004 | …
September 27, 2020
San Diego Union-Tribune – the Copley era and afterwards
Who is the Union-Tribune's new owner? Almost 60 years ago, Tom Joubran immigrated to the United States from the town of Nazareth, once part of Palestine, and began a new life in the suburbs of …
September 5, 2020
Opposums, rats, pigeons, plus San Diego's geologist who hates roadside landscaping
Our Panther Our fair city does have one black jaguar resident, downtown, in Cat Canyon, near Sun Bear Forest, across from the Hunte Amphitheater, in the San Diego Zoo. He was born October 1992 at …
April 11, 2020
San Diego County's fanatic pigeon lovers
“How long have you been racing pigeons?” I asked Gene Hamilton. “Eighty years.” “That’s quite a while.” “Actually, it’s 80+ now. I’m 91.” “What got you started?” "Pigeons underneath a barn in Portland, Oregon. We …
April 1, 2004
San Diego lawyers tell why marriages break up.
Romance often leads to marriage, and marriage often leads to divorce. The latter is not only emotionally painful but legally complicated, which is why most people hire lawyers to help them. The following conversations are …
February 12, 2004
Elisabeth Sifton, The Serenity Prayer
“He was a driven workaholic and stressed himself too much in ways that affected his judgment. His closest colleagues, who were his friends at Union, would say, ‘Reinhold, slow down. Cool off. Back off.’”
November 6, 2003
Famous San Diego siblings – Copleys, O'Connors, Roths, Blues, Inzunzas
David and Michael Copley were both adopted by the late Jim Copley, owner of Copley Press and publisher of the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune. You probably know of David, now president of Copley …
September 18, 2003
San Diegans Abducted by Extraterrestrial Aliens
There are people in our community who have been abducted by extraterrestrial aliens. This is what they report, and when you meet them you see no reason to doubt their veracity. You wouldn’t hesitate to …
August 28, 2003
John Brizzolara's new novel Thunder Moon
“I had the idea of an average San Diego guy, with a baseball cap, you know, and flannel shirt and Levi’s and burritos. He watches the Padres, and he’s a bouncer at a topless bar.” …
July 17, 2003
Over 1400 teachers received pink slips in San Diego schools
They’re young, most of them, and love teaching. They’re also hurt, many of them, and mad. They are the hundreds of teachers in San Diego County who have been laid off. This spring over 1400 …
May 22, 2003
San Diego's orchid addicts
“I can tell you up front, it’s not an addiction. Everybody says it’s an addiction, and I don’t believe that at all. It’s a sickness. Seriously.” Gary Pierwola is speaking. A retired National City cop, …
April 17, 2003
We Used to Arrest Such Nice People
Eighty thousand cars a day pass through the immigration checkpoint at the south end of Temecula. And that means about 80,000 times a day a question gets asked: Why is this here, 70 miles north …
December 12, 2002