Spokesman Bob Doubledouble: “We thought about just dropping the fronds as a nod to the devastation being wrought by the South American palm weevil, which is munching its way through the state’s Canary Island date …

<inline type="photothumb" id="158668" href="" align="right" />Every day for eight years, San Diegan Blake Marnell has been wearing a suit made from brick-patterned fabric in order to signal his support for President Trump and what was …

Voter analysis in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President last week has shown that he made gains this time around with numerous minority groups, including LGBTQIA+, Latinos, and Blacks. But yesterday, Chula Vista …

In 2008, Californians voted to approve Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to read, “Only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” This year, Californians will be …

Last week, the Swinging Friar adorning the pro-Padres billboard mounted along the 94 in La Mesa was stripped of his bat. In its place, vandals mounted a Los Angeles Dodgers pennant. “Honestly, we meant no …

A recent television ad supporting Todd Gloria’s effort to remain as San Diego’s mayor boasted that “Gloria cracked down on homeless encampments and reduced the number of tents downtown by 82 percent.” But while critics …

The recent discovery of toxic, potentially lethal gases in San Diego’s South Bay has prompted remarkable, unprecedented action from the Department of the Environment. Secretary Ron Greenleaf announced today that “until we’ve cleaned up our …

Last week, the County Board of Supervisors voted to have all 33 county libraries carry nationally recognized “challenged and banned” books, and to have them on display at those libraries during Banned Book Week, which …

“At last,” says Sandy Flopsweat, director of community engagement for the Jacobs Music Center, which has just re-opened following a four-year, $125 million remodel. “At last, we have what it takes to make classical music …

Yesterday, Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance spoke at a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser luncheon in Rancho Santa Fe, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Randall Goldwell-Cashgrab at their 40,000-square-foot villa. But while many in the ultra-wealthy community …

Last week, it was revealed that Grecia Figueroa, the San Diego woman who accused Nathan Fletcher of sexual misconduct, sent texts to her friend that cast a different, more positive light on their encounters. It …

Last week, La Jolla Doctor Mark Chavez was charged in the death of former Friends star Matthew Perry, who died last October following a ketamine overdose. Chavez has admitted to diverting ketamine from his former ketamine …

In 2014, a Tennessee medical clinic initiated a medical fraud conspiracy that recruited hundreds of Camp Pendleton Marines to act as sham patients for stupidly expensive and totally unnecessary compound pharmacy prescriptions in exchange for …

On Monday, Robert Cardinal McElroy, Bishop of the Diocese of San Diego, kicked of the diocese’s “Catholic Schools Week” with a press conference that announced some surprising news: “It is now statistically more likely for …

Last week, San Diegans started reporting a massive influx of salp plankton in the oceans around La Jolla, a development that has been welcomed by the local trans activist community as a sign that even …

New San Diego Association of Governments CEO Mario Orso has just fired the agency’s chief economist, Ray Major. His statement to the board, obtained by the San Diego Union Tribune through a public records request, was …

“Gays, not growth!” “Dykes, not developers!” “Bis, not bike lanes!” “Trans, not transit!” The cries rang out during the city council’s final public meeting before voting on its plan to erase decades of queer history …

Marvel Grand Pooh-Bah Kevin Feige’s opening statement at Comic-Con 2024: “As film critic Sonny Bunch has noted, environmentalists make good movie villains. He pointed to Thanos, the great, great villain of our salad days, who …

Today, Mayor Todd Gloria announced that he was repurposing his proposed 1000-bed facility at Kettner and Vine. What had been intended as a permanent homeless shelter is now being pitched as a low-cost hotel for …

A specialized spiritograph captures the moment that the 52-year-old gorilla’s soul shuffled off this mortal coil and slipped the surly bonds of earth. Born in the wild in 1972, Winston euphemistically came under the care …

In 1976, American Joel Stratte-McClure swam across Paris’ Seine river for a cover story in his magazine The Paris Metro. Two weeks ago, he returned to that precise spot and repeated the feat in an effort …

“The time has come,” says retiring San Diego County Public Health Officer and the Union-Tribune’s 2020 San Diegan of the Year Wilma Wooten. “I did what I think history will regard great as work guiding …

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Last week, the Diocese of San Diego announced its intention to seek bankruptcy protection for a second time as it grapples with the prospect of huge payouts to the victims of sexual abuse who filed …

“It’s no secret that San Diego has a big homeless problem,” said Mayor Gloria’s head of creative thinking Ron Brightside at yesterday’s conference announcing the city’s intention to go ahead with the purchase of an …

Over the past few weeks, the UCSD campus has been roiled by passionate pro-Palestinian protestors who have demanded that the school divest from over two dozen companies with financial ties to Israel and/or its ongoing …

“La Mesa just won’t learn,” says Black Lives Matter organizer Oliver Gumbo. “In the days after George Floyd’s murder, they invited chaos when they let a white cop falsely arrest a black man. The righteous …

Last week, students at UCLA drew national attention when, as part of their pro-Palestinian protest, they began restricting the movements of students who refused to wear an anti-Zionist wristband. Self-identified Zionists and others were prevented …

Last week, the City of San Diego threatened to cite and fine Jake Bamberson, the leader of Republicans of Pacific Beach, because of a pro-Trump tent his group had set up on the boardwalk. But …

Reginald Crabtree was in a bind. The longtime member of San Diego’s homeless community had just been served with a police order to clear his tent and other belongings from his spot alongside the College …

Former Navy SEAL Tim Perry announced last week that he would serve as director of the new Navy SEAL Museum in downtown San Diego, “occupying the territory recently held by the Museum of Contemporary Art.” …

Wile E. Coyote is a Mexican national who has been trying without success to enter America for the past 25 years. He is also an artist, and has taken up his brush in order to …

Billboard image from leaked proposal from SDG&E marketing department regarding planned attack on San Diego Community Power. Proposal argues, "As Arthur C. Clarke noted, 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.' Electricity, while hardly …

Last week the United States Marine Corps announced that it would no longer require female Marines to wear stockings with uniform skirts, a policy shift that came about as the result of one anonymous female …

Faced with a tight budget, the United States Navy announced last week that it was retiring four San Diego-based ships: the USS Lake Erie, the USS Germantown, the USS Jackson, and the USS Montgomery. Also …

Between October of 2023 an January of 2024, Border Patrol agents encountered over 120,000 migrants in the San Diego sector. Combined with the Trump administration’s decision to increase the height of the border wall from …

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Over the past two weeks, hundreds and even thousands of migrants who have crossed the border from Mexico and into the United States have been apprehended by the Border Patrol, passed into the custody of …

Last week, in what is possibly the most heartwarming news ever, China announced that it would be loaning two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo. We’re so lucky! And it’s important to note that …

OTB Real Estate Founder Cyrus Grabmore: “Be serious, people: the odds are slim to none that these poor folks will be able to collect on their flood insurance policies — if they even have them …

“Sometimes, you have to follow where a project leads you,” says Message Maker Chief Creative Officer Sam Bluesky. “When the people at Belonging Begins with Us came to us, they said they wanted to use …

Last week, the San Diego Police Department shut down the Ocean Spa massage parlor in Kearny Mesa, after an extensive investigation revealed that it was the site of frequent exchanges of money for sexual favors. …

Two weeks ago, FOX border reporter Bill Melugin posted a video on X showing a group of immigrants slipping around the end of the border wall in Jacumba, California. The Biden Administration didn’t seem to …

Over the past week, dozens of people in San Diego and other parts of Southern California have been sickened with norovirus. Following an investigation, San Diego County health officials have responded by calling on consumers …

Last week, the San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team was called to investigate more than 20 fires set in 10 separate locations — including numerous dumpsters — over a one-hour period in the middle of …

Earlier this month, four people were killed on the county’s coastal train tracks over a period of just five days. While motives and circumstances are not clear in every case, authorities have not been able …

“In recent years,” says San Diego Zookeeper Randy Cage, “many zoos, including the world-famous zoo here in San Diego, have come under fire from various disgruntled animal lover-types who say we really shouldn’t keep wild …

On August 2 of last year, failed horse show promoter Tatyana Remley met with an undercover sheriff’s detective and tried to hire him to kill her husband Mark. On December 28, she confessed to the …

Though they don’t know it yet, Lakeside teens Tommy Tootense and Audrey Friendly were the final pair of youngsters to conceive a child at the Santee Drive-In, ending a longstanding tradition of sexual shenanigans and …

[Note: None of this actually happened. Well, some of it did.]Scene: The dated and faded but still warm and inviting interior of the office of Dr. Walter Mencken, Doctor of Psychiatric and Career Restoration. There is …