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New Chargers coach Mike "Real" McCoy: "Moving to San Diego is the opportunity of a lifetime."
"I love this town!"
Mike McCoy has always wanted to live in San Diego. And why not? Between the weather, Sea World, the beaches, Legoland, and that one taco joint that only you and your friends seem to know about, it's America's Finest City! …
Sycuan band of Native Americans plans Great White Slaughter in February
Should folks be worried? I think folks should be worried. They're advertising it.
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Bob Filner, stand-up guy
The Mayor takes on the City and U.S. Attorney!
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Bob Filner, stand-up guy
The Mayor takes on The Reader!
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Local horror film
It was the only way...to reveal the awful truth!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/10/38208/ Junior Seau, RIP.
A message from the gladiators of the gridiron
Ladies and gentlemen, your San Diego Chargers!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/10/38207/ Junior Seau, RIP.
Bob Filner, stand-up guy
Mr. Mayor considers the Balboa Park Earth Day proposition for 2012
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District 8 Councilman Alvarez clarifies clarifying statement
"When I referred to 'human sewage escaping into America via the Tijuana River and wreaking havoc on the local economy,' I was talking about actual human feces."
"Come on, people, let's get serious here."*
District 8 Councilman Alvarez clarifies statement
"When I said, 'We must act quickly to stop the brown tide coming from south of the border,' I was referring to the human sewage escaping into America via the Tijuana River and wreaking havoc on the local economy."
"I mean, really."
City proposes new site for Chargers stadium
Filner: "We think this is more in keeping with their current level of performance."
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/07/37967/ Site features ample room for parking, innovative integrated-landscape design.
Bob Filner, stand-up guy
Mr. Mayor considers the San Diego Chargers
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Exeunt Turner, stage left
An excerpt from The Tragedy of Turner, now playing in San Diego
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/31/37694/ Turner lifts the helmet of QB Philip Rivers and considers it. NORV Alas, poor Philip! I coached him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite grins, of most excellent passes: he hath led me to victory a thousand times; and now, …
Disgusted Norv Turner tears Chargers emblem from windbreaker, tosses it onto end-zone turf
Fired coach-provocateur, abandoned and rejected by the very people he sought to entertain, echoes Gary Cooper's famed gesture from ending of High Noon
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/31/37693/ He turned back the blackhearted, vicious Raiders who rode into town, but the damage was done.
Local gay bar says no to "Straight Christian singles" night
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/31/37691/ SAN DIEGO — Iconic local gay bar The Brass Rail will not allow a "straight Christian singles" night onto its event calendar. For many straight Christian singles, not only is the decision disappointing, it's also frustrating. Straight Christian single …
Introducing Bob Filner, stand-up guy
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Incompetent at his own incompetence, Turner proves unable to lose to Jets
Total collapse averted - FOR NOW
Is he just toying with us, lifting our spirits so as to more completely crush them with a monster season-ending loss to the Radiers? Or was there a hidden message of acceptance in overseeing a team that notched 11 sacks …
Spokesman for Seuss, Inc. outlines plans for upcoming projects
Beloved author's works to be used in branding numerous new products and services
"It can't all be Lorax-brand mustache wax and $200 Barbies dressed in haute couture modeled after The Cat in the Hat." LA JOLLA, CA - Audrey Weasel, spokeswoman for Seuss Products, Incorporated's Newly Generated Revenue through Added-Value Enterprises (SPINGRAVE) Division, …
Stronger Mayor still getting the hang of being Stronger Mayor
Orders halt to demolition of congested section of University Avenue?
Bizarre. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/21/37278/
Turner on Ryan: "Spoilsport!"
Chargers' Coach-Provocateur slings slur at Jets' Jellicose General after Ryan benches hapless quarterback Mark Sanchez prior to Sunday's matchup. "You don't see me benching hapless quarterback Philip Rivers, do you?"
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/19/37194/ Turner disappointed: "I have worked very hard this season to turn a Pro Bowl quarterback into a bad joke. Ryan has clearly done the same with Sanchez - though he needed to bring in a little Tebow drama to …
Walter Mencken's Almost Factual Christmas gift recommendations #4
The "Money Pit" Educational Facility Piggy Bank! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/13/36945/ Teach your kids to invest in their future the California way! From 2000 (Prop 39), to 2002 (Prop 47), to 2004 (Prop 55), to 2006 (Prop 1D), to 2012 (Prop 30), the …