On November 27, Rob Z. linked up with a person from the OfferUp app to sell his Trek Fuel Ex bike accessorized with aftermarket components. That Saturday, they met at Hollandia Park in San Marcos, …
December 14, 2021
Will San Diego ban on bike chop shops do it?
Varrio San Marcos gang shoots up Oceanside baptism party
A parolee was wearing a GPS ankle monitor when he drove a car full of homies to shoot up a baptism celebration, according to a prosecutor. The shooting four years ago killed one man and …
January 11, 2022
Series of crimes already by 23 years old
Isaiah Michael Dyer, 23, was sentenced this week to nine years prison. Dyer was first arrested by the San Diego County Sheriff the same year he turned 18, that was on New Year’s Eve in …
January 24, 2022
San Diego's worst are the 20/30-something Princesses
Digging concurrence Unfortunately have to concur with most of the digs (“The internet writers gang up on San Diego,” Cover Stories, January 19). Born in MA, grew up in NC, have lived in LA (total …
February 9, 2022
Media and public cut off from Calls for Service page
On the evening of May 16, the San Diego County Sheriff's department was called to San Marcos to assess a few incidents. There was a hit and run on the 500 block of Grand Avenue; …
May 18, 2022
L.A. Times ventures onto Instagram and TikTok
CSU San Marcos’ wayward sabbaticals California State University San Marcos has allowed its professors to take off on inadequately reviewed sabbaticals, says a March 18 audit report from California State University vice chancellor and chief …
June 8, 2022
Heartbreaking and healing: Eve Selis supports niece Lauren Leigh’s solo album Ghost in the Picture
Lauren Leigh began singing around the age of five, accompanying the songs in The Little Mermaid until she knew them all by heart. Her aunt, local singer-songwriter Eve Selis, told her that she was already …
December 22, 2022
Gonzo Report: Bang Bang’s Tokyo subway motif and Chicago house music
The recent storms and floods didn’t deter hundreds of electronica and house music fans — myself included — from bundling up and rendezvousing at downtown’s Bang Bang Japanese restaurant and nightclub on January 14. Electronic …
February 2, 2023
Young Lions’ drummer Rhydian Marshall’s rock & role model high school
There are plenty of stories about drummers who got their start while still in their teens or even earlier. But not many involve someone with the talent and potential of Young Lions Jazz Conservatory phenom …
May 11, 2023
Pressure to build in mountains near San Marcos
San Marcos in crosshairs of GrowthzillaBack then, the mammoth housing development was called Merriam Mountains. It's now called Newland Sierra, but the opposition's pitchforks are jabbing at the same worries: density, traffic, wildfire evacuations, water, …
October 23, 2023