Civic San Diego wants permitting and processing responsibilities in former redevelopment areas
Letter from an attorney for the Municipal Employees Association warns city officials against behind the scenes discussions without MEA's knowledge
Civic San Diego, formerly known as Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC), wants to assume control of permitting and processing responsibilities in the 14-former redevelopment areas. To accomplish that task, executives at Civic San Diego are working behind the scenes with …
Local unemployment rate falls to 7.4%
County adds 2900 nonfarm jobs in August
The San Diego County unemployment rate dropped to 7.4% in August from a revised 7.8% in July, as 2900 jobs were added. Over the year, employment rose by 14,800 jobs, according to the California Employment Development Department. Leisure and hospitality …
Poly-Addictions Are Eating Us
Mother of drowned children arrested, four months later
1-and-2-year-old son and daughter found in pool outside La Mesa house used as marijuana farm
After over four months of investigation, Tassie Behrens was arrested yesterday (September 19) on a host of charges related to a tragedy on May 13 that left her infant children, Harley and Jason Bradford, dead. On the morning of May …
Spanish red and the blow-out burger
Ed tries to get through a super burger and a full bottle of wine. Something's got to give
Heh heh. Been meaning to do this for a lawng time. Test of manhood. Come here to the IB Forum... http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/20/53486/ ...the last restaurant in America, right? - on a Thursday night and order their Ultimate Gut-Buster Burger and a …
Sushi & Sake 101 at RA Sushi
Downtown sashimi spot offers a look at the history of sushi and the key to sake pairing.
There’s more to sushi than California rolls, globs of mock wasabi, and too much soy sauce. Unroll the history and traditions of this Japanese staple with Asian fusion eatery RA Sushi (474 Broadway – Downtown), who will be holding their …
Name That Logo: Deluxe Warner Bros. Edition
In other parts of town the lion roared, the tower beeped, and the world turned with machinelike regularity and precision. Of all the major Hollywood studios, Warner Bros. was the one most likely to allow graphic designers to let loose …
Is the party over for rising real estate values?
Housing sales numbers from the California Association of Realtors and foreclosure-tracking outfit Property Radar are in, neither painting a particularly optimistic picture. Following rising interest rates, overall home sales slumped in August, and the median home price in San Diego …
San Diegans remain mired in low incomes, poverty
A full 28.4% of individuals earn less than the minimum it takes to exist in county
The Center on Policy Initiatives, working with 2012 U.S. Census Bureau data just released, says that the top-earning 20% of households raked in half of all income in the county, as inflation-adjusted income declined. Almost 30% (28.4%) of persons working …
California homes remain nation's most expensive
San Diego's homes among the least affordable
The affordability of San Diego County homes is eighth worst in the nation, according to a new study by Kelly Cunningham, economist for the National University System Institute for Policy Research. The National Association of Home Builders measures the percentage …
School Board Appointment A Teachable Moment
A chorus of congratulations poured forth from supporters of Claudine Jones on the Carlsbad Unified Parents Facebook website following her provisional appointment to the school board on September 16. But within days many group members received an anonymous email message, …
Dig a hole: Jerry G. Bishop, the architect of Svengoolie
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/19/53443/ He was Chicago television's answer to SCTV's 'Count' Floyd Robertson, a professional broadcaster picking up change on the side while dressed in a sub-Ben Cooper Halloween getup and telling jokes between commercial breaks on a low budget kid's horror-movie …
Gyno-Horror!
Ladies and gentlemen - but mostly gentlemen - I give you: the internal clitoris: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/19/53438/ "It's sole function – its singular, wonderful purpose – is to make a woman feel good!!" And now let's do a Google image search for …
Interview with Thanks for Sharing writer-director Stuart Blumberg
The publicist broke into my interview with Blumberg to let me know I had time for one more question. "Hm, got to choose," I said, scanning my notes. "Any questions about the movie?" asked Blumberg. It was a fair shot, …
Grate cinema: Munster, Go Home!
My first screening of Munster, Go Home! came -- as it did to many Mockingbird Heights maniacs my age -- on the top half of a double bill with the Don Knotts dud The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. MGH had …
Toxic sludge set to be dredged from San Diego Bay
NASSCO, the massive General Dynamics shipbuilding arm that occupies 124 acres of waterfront along the San Diego Bay, has agreed to pick up a portion of the cost to conduct a cleanup project estimated to cost approximately $50 million, the …
Twin Shadow and Wynn: free show downtown
Art, music, and tall cans at Voyeur.
Local multimedia music outlet ListenSD is teaming up with promoters BLK OWL, Paradise Ultd. (a label steered by San Diego tropical bass boss Colourvision), and art curators Cobra Heart (based out of downtown speakeasy The Propagandist) to host a free …
Breakfast: Eat with Matisse!
Ed eats brekky surrounded by art, French signs and red trolleys. Result: zero I.G.I!
Came off the trolley at the Santa Fe around nine in the morning. Looking for a quick breakfast. But not much time. Have to catch the Coaster, 9:48. Ooh, yes this'll give me a chance to check out the St. …
American households ailing; Wall Street rejoices
Federal Reserve will keep interest rates low, harming family savers
A new set of statistics plus an action by the central bank, (Federal Reserve) dramatically showed today (Sept. 17) why Wall Street is feasting off Main Street's pain. The Census Bureau announced that median household income, adjusted for inflation, is …
Star Wars origin stories? Think of the possibilities!
All you haters just settle down and fire up the dream factory.
Some people weren't happy to hear the news that the upcoming slew of Star Wars films are going to include origin stories. And given George Lucas' idea of an origin story, I can understand that. [Language alert]. But Lucas is …