The Tacoburger: Part Six
Tracking the origin of the most famous tacoburgers of all time at Danny's Palm Bar in Coronado.
There’s this taco shop in North Park. El Sol, it’s called. Ed Bedford wrote a Tin Fork in which he told the compelling story of Nacho, the restaurant’s owner. If Bedford’s to be believed, Nacho is one of the most …
More mobster friend Molasky money for San Diego GOP
Las Vegas developer, investigative focus of Iowa Republican senator in San Diego FBI building Chinese money intrigue, forks over for Faulconer and the GOP
A partnership linked to Las Vegas developer Irwin Molasky, friend and longtime business associate of late mobster Moe Dalitz and a focus of inquiries by Iowa GOP Sen. Charles Grassley over whistle-blower alleged irregularities in the financing of San Diego's …
Food Truck Fight. Group of food truck operators criticize Interim Mayor Todd Gloria and the City for ramped up enforcement
Interim Mayor Gloria's Office says issue will be heard in the coming months by the Land Use and Housing Committee
Food truck owners in San Diego are serving up some criticism for Interim Mayor Todd Gloria. In the latest newsletter from www.sdfoodtrucks.com, the mobile food contingent slams Gloria's recent decision to ramp up enforcement against food truck owners who park …
Peters, DeMaio posturing around government shutdown
Election remains more than a year out
Lest any constituents of California’s 52nd Congressional district forget that there’s an election just 13 months away, Scott Peters, the sitting Democrat, and Carl DeMaio, who’s been building his candidacy virtually since losing the mayoral race in 2012, have issued …
Jeff Hamilton Trio: live
The LA trio graced the Saville Theatre stage to fund-raise for KSDS Jazz 88
Mainstream jazz got some serious representation on Sept. 29 with a rare afternoon concert by LA's Jeff Hamilton Trio who tore through two sets of boppish activity in support of Jazz 88.3 Playing sans-amplifier, bassist Christoph Luty used the bow …
Cheap tacos in the Courtroom
Yes, Virginia, there are affordable deals in La Jolla
Psst. Wanna eat cheap in La Jolla? And drink? Point one, hit happy hour, point two, make sure you’re at Jose’s Courtroom (1037 Prospect Street, La Jolla, 858-454-7655). Specially on a Tuesday. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/oct/01/54070/ Taco Tuesday's taco deals extend beyond the …
Hitchcock-tober unveils 9 digitally remastered masterworks
Nothing you see in a San Diego movie theatre all year could possibly come close to matching the experience of Hitchcock on the big screen. Away with Blu-ray! For the first time in its history, Reading Cinemas annual Hitchcock-tober celebration …
Origins, Part III: a few final, stray tidbits from James Cameron's Piranha Part 2: The Spawning
Part one is here. Part two is here. First, a final note in support of the notion that Cameron was, um, inspired by Alien when he made Piranha Part 2, so much so that he managed to snag the sequel, …
Sanders, Issa pump H-1B program
Qualcomm will love it but domestic engineers will not
In an article in the Washington DC publication The Hill, North County Congressman Darrell Issa and former San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, now head of the local Chamber of Commerce, give hoorays for the H-1B program, by which foreign residents …
Dig a hole: A.C. Lyles, the man from Paramount
New Year's Eve, 2001, the first year I ever rang out the old in a warm climate. Who says I'm not connected? While on vacation in Hollywood, a friend of a friend who worked in the Paramount mailroom had arranged …
State officials, local politicos roll out Covered California state health care exchange
Despite the federal government shutdown triggered by an argument over funding for the Affordable Care Act, popularly dubbed Obamacare, California is moving forward this morning with the launch of Covered California, the new statewide insurance exchange called for under the …
San Diego pols got lots of Del Mar fair freebies
Political party class uses public clout to obtain and distribute free admissions to fair and rock concerts
It's an annual ritual of summer, the running of San Diego officials, both elected and non-elected, out to the county fair in Del Mar for a slew of free admissions and related gratuities, courtesy of the state's 22nd District Agricultural …
Poverty level likely higher than official Census estimates
Study shows cost-of-living-adjusted rate would be 50% higher than official San Diego estimates
New data from the Public Policy Institute of California suggests that 8.1 million Californians, or 22 percent of the state’s population, lives in poverty. These numbers contrast the official U.S. Census Bureau numbers, which put statewide poverty levels at just …
How the Breaking Bad finale lied to you (and why you were so easily fooled)
Spoiler(s) Alert! Braining Bad and deconstucting the hoax
Okay Breaking Bad fans, I’m going on record with the belief that Walter White froze to death in that car and the rest of the finale was his dying fantasy. My evidence begins with the keys magically falling from the …
Family of man shot by Encinitas neighbor seek millions in damages
Civil suits filed against Michael Vilkin in San Diego Superior Court
John C. Upton Senior is requesting $5 million in general damages and $1 million in special damages and “reserves the right to seek $10 million in punitive damages,” according to papers filed last week, in a suit against the man …
Col. Cuauhtémoc: Perfect perch to watch the madness
Tiki Bar's an oasis hidden in plain sight near, well, the busiest crossing in the world.
Come here at sunset. Even though you can turn up any time of day or night. Because the Tiki Bar is open 24/7. And actually it's not a bar. It's a glorified coffee cart. Whatever, sunset is the time. This …
Mastermind of $100 million mortgage scam gets 8 years
Her former boyfriend got less than half that Friday
Former San Diegan Mary Armstrong, mastermind of a $100 million mortgage scam that generated almost $15 million in kickbacks, was sentenced today (Sept. 30) to 100 months in prison. Her former boyfriend, William Fountain, Friday got 42 months. Armstrong, Fountain, …
Shutdown will hit San Diego, already belted by sequestration
Military, including contracting, is 22% of local economy
The presence of the military and aerospace/defense contracting add up to 22% of the San Diego economy, says Kelly Cunningham, economist for the National University System Institute for Policy Research. If the government shuts down tonight -- as seems quite …
Ship builders unite against Barrio Logan's Community Plan Update; hire lobbying firm Southwest Strategies for help at City Hall
BAE Systems, NASSCO, and Continental Maritime San Diego among the companies to join in opposition against the newly amended update.
Ships are starting to hit the plan in Barrio Logan. A group of ship repair companies have united and hired a lobbyist to start pounding the pavement at City Hall in hopes of getting a more industry-friendly update to the …
Origins, Part II: more from James Cameron's Piranha Part 2: The Spawning
He must have been so tickled to do a remake and call it Aliens.
(Part 1 is here.) You all remember the chestburster from the first Alien movie, right? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/30/53953/ That nasty little fellow poked his head out in 1979. Two years later, James Cameron gave us this in Piranha Part 2: http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/30/53954/ I'm …