Senior San Diego Police captain departs for greener pastures
Low rates of pay have long been a complaint among San Diego Police officers, with many lured away to other departments after undergoing a costly training process. Yesterday (September 12), the City of Eureka in northern California announced it would …
Heading into the jazz weekend
It all starts on Sept. 12, with multiple choices ahead.
There is compelling jazz and new music to experience three nights in a row this weekend. Sept. 12, Tonga Ross-Ma'u at Dizzy's Multi-instrumentalist Ross-Ma'u will be playing the piano, focusing on his original material with a trio of top-flight improvisers, …
Dig a hole: Noise reduction pioneer Ray Dolby
"I was never a gold-digger, or an Oscar-digger, or anything like that. I just had an instinct about the right sort of things that should be done in my business. So all these things just fell into place." -- Dr. …
Crazy over bread sticks again
Bread sticks are like lovers: you think you're through, then you taste them again, for the first time
I have always been disappointed by bread sticks. I mean they look so tempting, but when you bite in they're usually doughy, maybe a little cheesy, but just not very tasty. And carbs? That's what you're eating: pure carbs. Only …
Downtown San Diego Partnership takes $100,000 in assessments for defense in lawsuit over misuse of assessments
The Clean and Safe advisory board voted to allocate $100,000 to fight lawsuit
Let's start with a general summary: A non-profit paid to administer an assessment district is sued for misusing assessments collected from local property owners. Members of the assessment district's advisory board, which includes the President and treasurer of said non-profit, …
His T shirt revealed his illegal profession
He admitted it in court today
Martell Davis admitted in federal court today (Sept. 12) that he transported a 17-year old girl from San Diego to Yuma so she could engage in commercial sex acts. He had been arrested when he picked up the prostitute at …
Baby steps in Baja: Day One - Puerto Nuevo
Navigating Baja's lobster capital is easier than you think
We planned our road trip with a lunch stop in Puerto Nuevo for langosta, their famous spiny lobsters, in mind. Thanks to a remarkably fast border crossing, we made it to the city entrance just after noon. Puerto Nuevo is …
GOP and Koch-backed think tank operative gives Nathan Fletcher funding assist
Republican fundraiser who worked with Dick Cheney and Rudy Giuliani now pulling in dollars for newly minted Democrat
Sometime it's hard to tell a Republican from a Democrat in San Diego's mayors race without a program. As reported here yesterday, Irwin Molasky, an old friend of the late mobster Moe Dalitz and a big backer of Nevada Democratic …
Wells Fargo beats the Vista merchant who can't speak or read English
Forum selection clause upheld, but case will be appealed
North County Superior Court Judge Timothy Casserly ruled in favor of Wells Fargo Bank in a case that I wrote about in my July 31 column. Vista's Casiano Hernandez-Venegas, who neither speaks nor reads English, was pitched by a Wells …
Repeat felon expects 8 years for assaulting woman
Kenneth Wayne Welch made a plea deal
A repeat felon accused of trying to run down his girlfriend with his truck last June, this morning pleaded guilty to one felony assault charge. Kenneth Wayne Welch, 42, reportedly got into an argument with his girlfriend while they were …
Phoenix lobbying firm opens in San Diego -- with baggage
Ron Ober has history with DeConcini, Keating
Policy Development Group, the lobbying, public affairs and crisis communications firm based in Phoenix, has hired Paul Worlie to head its new California office in San Diego. The firm has a client list including Toyota Motor Sales and promoted the …
La Jolla nonprofit plans pricey Cuba visit
La Jolla’s Institute of the Americas, which is housed on the UC San Diego campus and bills itself as an “impartial and independent nonprofit organization” that “promotes cooperation between the public and private sectors to improve the economic, political and …
Vanity, thy name is plate?
It's one ampersand away from being just another plate on the 101. Considering this photo was taken in Hollywood, it's a shock that it doesn't read "UBER S&M." The fact that it's attached to a Caddy, -- aka a vehicle …
Why not drink more bitters?
After-dinner digestives aren't as big a custom in American restaurants as they could be. Urban Solace, for one, leads the way in stocking a bar with the herbal cordials.
Rumors of a new-ish dessert menu led me to Urban Solace. I guess you could call something that came out in May “new,” since sometimes it takes a while to stay on top of things. Regardless, I thought perhaps some …
Sin Fronteras/Salsipuedes Fest brings down the wall with noise
Second installment of transborder music festival lands at The Ken Club
Like modern-day pipers at the gates of Jericho, Sin Fronteras/Salsipuedes Fest will be at The Ken Club (4079 Adams Avenue – Kensington) from Friday, September 13 through Sunday, September 15 in their second effort to destroy the Great Wall with …
Everything Comes From the Streets: San Diego's lowriders
Hour-long documentary examines San Diego's custom car culture.
Quick brainstorm: San Diego history. Kumeyaays grinding acorn flour on rocks, Father Serra rebuilding the immolated mission, Pio Pico maxing out in Old Town, several bloody clashes, a few earthquakes, Horton Hall, Balboa Park, John Montgomery gliding over Otay Mesa, …
Bonita: Tuna tostada trial!
Ed goes for a simple happy hour, and finds happiness itself
Oh man. Always dangerous to say "best." But his ahi tuna tostada has to be the best in 'Diego. No. Best in the universe. OK. Let's just limit that to best in our particular galaxy. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/sep/12/53026/ Sitting here in the …
Bailed-out burglar is a no-show for court date
Bail bond was forfeited and judge issued bench warrant
An experienced burglar was arrested after he leaped from the second story of a home where he had been considering the loot, Carlsbad police reported. It was after 3 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon, August 29, when officers arrived at …
Orson! Welles!
Just watch this. It's not even three hours long.
A snippet from somwhere around 1:45: "Somebody said that Touch of Evil seemed very unreal and yet real. And I corrected that statement and said what I was trying to do was to make something which was unreal but true. …