New releases opening this week: Rush, Don Jon, and much, much more!
In a hurry to have a good time? Rush to your local theater and see Rush, the new film from Ron Howard, director of such hits as The Da Vinci Code and The Da Vinci Code 2: Veni Vidi Vinci, …
GOP fat cats set to party hearty at Manchester resort this weekend
Exclusive California Republican Leadership fund kicks off high-end cash raising event with Friday golf tournament and lavish party closed to media at publishing magnate's Grand del Mar
U-T San Diego publisher Douglas Manchester, known for his extravagant party giving, is playing host to California Republican Party officials, lawmakers, and their monied financial backers this weekend at his sprawling Grand del Mar resort in the northern reaches of …
Former Ethics Commissioner disciplined by state bar
Krishna Haney, who drove car while impaired, must go to bar's Ethics School
Krishna Haney, a former commissioner of the San Diego Ethics Commission (appointed by former Mayor Jerry Sanders), has been disciplined by the California State Bar. In 2011, her car struck an emergency call box. She went to a gas station …
DeMaio, GOP blast Peters over support for "clean" debt ceiling bill
Local Democratic Congressman Scott Peters joined 184 other House Democrats in signing a letter to President Obama expressing support for “a clean extension of the debt ceiling,” which would entail an authorized increase without additional spending cuts. House Republicans, on …
Padres pull out last home game of season against Arizona
The Diamondbacks fell to the Padres in extra innings in the last game of 2013 at Petco Park
The Padres and Diamondbacks seemed to enjoy playing tied in this four-game series at Petco Park, and for the second time a game went to extra innings. On Tuesday, Arizona prevailed but on Thursday the Friars beat the Diamondbacks in …
Mermaids? New Taco Kid on the Block.
Ed gets a lucky beer-taco break on the way to the bus
So I'm coming down 13th, heading for the 12th and Imperial bus and trolley stop. Smell of, well, corn twitches my nose. Look left, and there outside Mission Brewery (¡100 years old this year!) is this food truck I've never …
Larry Goldings Trio
Creative organ-trio music live in La Jolla
Dan Atkinson and the folks at Athenaeum Jazz kicked off their Fall Series of concerts at TSRI on Sept. 25 with a bang, featuring the Larry Goldings Trio with Peter Bernstein on guitar and Bill Stewart on drums. Opening with …
4th row center: The Last Temptation of Christ
August 12, 1988. It was a sticky 91 in the shade as I stood in line at Chicago's Biograph Theatre waiting to see the first day, first show matinee presentation of The Last Temptation of Christ. The line snaked down …
The Tacoburger: Part Four
At the Tin Can Ale House, Dood's Foods innovates the tacoburger still further.
If taco shops can take ownership over hamburgers, what’s to say that hamburger shops can’t take charge with some tacos, or, more precisely, burritos? Dood’s Foods at the Tin Can Alehouse in Bankers Hill (1863 5th Avenue, 619-381-2756) doesn’t see …
When letterboxing fails: the Joe Besser edition
Maybe my editor, Ernie Grimm, is right. From Ann Miller's door frame splintering headdress to Joey Bishop's putting green coiffure, I do have a fascination with celebrity hairdos. With my birthday right around the corner, the Lickona youngins asked what …
Fantasies can come true, they can happen to you
I get to say something no one on earth – I’m fairly certain – has ever said before. I AM THE WORLD’S ONLY TWELVE WAFFLE COACH!!! Better backtrack. In December of 1985, three of us decided to start a golf …
Gang collecting bogus tax refunds broken up
Fifty-five indicted, many from foreign countries
Culminating a two-year investigation by federal authorities in San Diego and Los Angeles, four federal indictments accusing 55 people of participating in financial schemes were unsealed today (Sept. 26). Officials have arrested 22 defendants, but 33 are still at large …
AFSCME rolls for Alvarez; GOP spends for Faulconer
Labor vs. capital vs. not so idle rich, as special interests continue to shovel big money into San Diego mayor's race
While those two rich guys from La Jolla, Democrat Irwin Jacobs and Republican Douglas Manchester, are battling it out for their respective mayoral candidates and putative future control of San Diego's city hall, big labor hasn't remained idle. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/26/53760/ A …
Love Cupcake "stands up for kids" - Eat a cupcake; help homeless youth
Four months after opening her cafe...after hurdling over the challenges of being laid off...after being reunited with an uncle she hadn't spoken to in years, the owner of Love Cupcake Cafe in Otay Ranch is already giving back to the …
Another candidate enters the race for District Attorney
Dumanis, who ran unopposed in the past two elections, now has two candidates vying for her job.
The care-free election days when there's no opponent to run against have drawn to a close for San Diego's District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis. Now running for her fourth term, Dumanis has already witnessed one challenger enter the race to replace …
Memories of the old Central Public Library
The nostalgic scent of urine-infested sidewalks. Fear of getting mugged as a student trying to complete her research assignments. Wondering if I would be murdered in the basement of a Downtown building filled with old books bound to eventually fall …
New poll: 60 percent of likely voters back legal cannabis
Support among Californians also high for same-sex marriage, immigration reform
A new study from the Public Policy Institute of California finds that, for the first time since it has polled the question, a majority of Californians now favor the outright legalization of marijuana. In the wake of recent moves toward …
Padres and Robinson pound on Diamondbacks
Behind the pitching of Ian Kennedy, a prolific offensive display by San Diego throttles the Snakes
Odds are good that the average Padres fan had never heard of Chris Robinson before he was brought up as a third catcher in September when the Padres expanded their roster from 25 to up to 40 players. On Wednesday, …