SDLFF's weeklong Exitos del Cine Latino starts tomorrow
7 days to see 13 films
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/22/51824/ In addition to their annual San Diego Latino Film Festival and the fine lineup of films Lisa Franek at the Digital Gym books each week, the Media Arts Center San Diego will occasionally surprise us with a week-long mini-festival. …
Allred wants council to nix deal with Filner
Plans to push ahead with Irene McCormack Jackson suit
Gloria Allred, Los Angeles-based sexual harassment lawyer, today (Aug. 22) held a press conference in her Los Angeles office to urge the city council not to make a deal with embattled Mayor Bob Filner. Virtually everybody following the case assumes …
Late to the Filner party
But hey, everybody else is having fun with it, so...
Yeah, yeah, people have seen Filner and Goldsmith together in the same room. But I still like this notion. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/22/51821/ Yes, yes, your first thought is, "Wait a second, Lickona. You've got Filner in the role of the Narrator, which …
Davis, Peters, Unions call for negotiations to end federal sequestration
Union leaders, along with Congressman Scott Peters and Congresswoman Susan Davis, stages a press conference downtown this morning (August 22) calling for an end to what Peters termed “mindless, across-the-board, non-mission-based cuts” in federal spending, commonly referred to as sequestration. …
Carlsbad bookkeeper accused of embezzlement
Deborah Ann Gore denies stealing profits from auto shops
Philip said he hired Deborah Ann Gore in 2005 to do the books for his businesses, which includes a chain of car repair shops. “She worked in the Carlsbad office,” Philip said. Deborah Gore did all the bookwork, he said, …
Attorney and founding member of Run Women Run, Sarah Boot, announces run for District 2 council seat
Boot filed papers with the City Clerk on August 31.
The race for the soon-to-be empty District 2 council seat just got a bit more crowded. Sarah Boot has officially entered the race, filing a statement of organization with the City Clerk's Office. Boot has long been rumored to be …
Arcane auteur post of the week
Dabblers need not click
Am I the only one who sees red over this ad that appeared in the June 9, 1933 edition of The Film Daily? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/aug/22/51801/ One out of three ain't bad, and while they pegged Capra's punim, look how they make …
Leroy's Kitchen gets new chef, new menu, new style
Coronado restaurant leaves the South behind, embracing a menu that's less clumsy, but less adventurous.
Stylistic changes to the menu at Leroy’s Kitchen (1015 Orange Avenue, Coronado, 619-437-6087) reflect the addition of a new chef in the kitchen. JC Colon, formerly of the Kensington Grill, joined Leroy’s earlier this year. Before, the kitchen was hung …
Larcenous dentist and wife will soon be at liberty
Dr. Edward and Mary Rose Bodek admitted stealing from clients
Former dentist Edward J. Bodek, 60, and his wife Mary Rose Bodek, 56, were sentenced to 365 days custody plus 5 years probation in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse yesterday. Each felon had more than 320 “custody credits” at …
Padres finally get Pirate booty
The Padres managed to salvage some sunken treasure from the Pirates and avoid the sweep
If you take the Pittsburgh Pirates lineup and parse out the current roster before Wednesday’s game against Padres starter Ian Kennedy, as a group they were hitting .310 against him with a slugging percentage of .592 lifetime. If statistics mean …
Dishonest pizzeria bookkeeper gets four years prison
Susan Seibert admitted stealing half-million dollars
Linda Conover, one of the owners of a chain of pizza shops in San Diego County, spoke to a judge this afternoon before he pronounced sentence on a bookkeeper who caused “financial devastation.” “Thank you for hearing us. Chip and …
4th row center, special drive-in edition: Midnight Cowboy
In which my parents escort me to my first X-rated movie.
Who among us can claim that their parents took them to their first X-rated movie? Mom and Dad probably thought Midnight Cowboy was a sequel to True Grit. It took some work, but they eventually agreed to take their 13-year-old …
Basura: San Pedro el Cortez screen documentary in Tijuana
TJ garage punks debut documentary at Casa de la Cultura.
Tijuana lo-fi garage quartet San Pedro el Cortez have been all over the place lately, playing dates everywhere from Mexico City to Kensington. (Refresh your browser if Soundcloud embed does not appear.) Most recently, they’ve been hitting up key cities …
Local courts full of Dianne York cases
She is both suer and suee
Dianne York (who sometimes went by the name Dianne York-Goldman until she divorced Goldman), is a lawyer's dream...well, sort of. San Diego courts are full of suits in which she is either a plaintiff or a defendant. There have been …
Help save drive-in theatres as 'ozoners' celebrate their 80th birthday
When it came time to finally force the digital conversion down exhibitor’s throats, no one bothered to ask drive-in owners to open wide and say, “Aaah.” 35mm prints for theatrical exhibition are becoming scarcer than cue marks. According to Honda, …
Some facts about 18th accuser, Dianne York
Eviction of her business that went into bankruptcy. Personal bankruptcy attempt
CNN and the Union-Tribune reported today (Aug. 21) that an 18th female, Dianne York, has accused Mayor Filner of harassment-related activity -- this time, putting his hands on her buttocks. CNN ran a photo of Filner with his arms around …
EXCLUSIVE! Interview with Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer A. Source
Man who took picture of Bob Filner's Press Secretary Lena Lewis sipping from schlong straw tells the story behind historic photo.
By now, we all know the story: A. Source was attending the Las Vegas bachelorette party for Lena Lewis, Press Secretary for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, a man accused of inappropriate sexual conduct by no less than 3,458 women. …
House flipping at its highest level since 2005
On the heels of announcements from the state real estate trade group that home prices seem to be leveling off right at what’s typically the peak of the season comes the latest numbers from default-tracking organization PropertyRadar, launched as ForeclosureRadar …
Water rates hike proposed for some South County residents
Sweetwater Authority to consider water rate increase, some increases as high as 50%
The Sweetwater Authority board of directors will consider a water rate increase on August 26. The authority provides water services to National City, Bonita and western and central Chula Vista. The rate structure for Sweetwater Authority is a tiered system …