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Stories for March 1991

Thursday, March 28

Medical explanation of Christ's crucifixion and other Easter stories

This Sickness Is Not Unto Death Above the doorbell on Floyd Fedance's olive-green house in El Cajon is a sign that reads, "It takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow." When he opens …

March 28, 1991
City water employees gross out Scripps Ranch

Pearce called police, but the party was over when they arrived. He refused medical attention after the incident but later saw a doctor for heart pains he said were caused by the scuffle.

March 28, 1991
Gringo trapped on Russian vessel in Ensenada

I brought in the accordion from my Mitsubishi. I remembered one Russian folk song, ‘Da-da-da-da ... ’ like that. It’s a Ukrainian song. Jesus Christ, they went crazy! Everybody was clapping along, buying drinks.

March 28, 1991

Thursday, March 21

San Diego defense attorney Alex Landon on the edge

Bulging stained manila file folders spewing yellow legal pads hugged to his chest, pin-striped charcoal suit coat over-large on his narrow shoulders, curly gray-streaked brown hair neatly caught up in a ponytail, Alex Landon slips …

March 21, 1991

Thursday, March 14

San Diego woman spends $20K to get rid of pemphigus

The hot shower splashed my face, and anticipation washed over my body as my boyfriend soaped my back and thighs. I remember how great it felt then to be young, healthy, attractive. Suddenly, without warning, …

March 14, 1991
Police crack down on Ocean Beach skateboarders

Skateboarders, particularly in San Diego’s beach communities, are accustomed to getting citations from police for riding in either in the street or on the sidewalk in a business district. But in Ocean Beach, the penalties …

March 14, 1991
Charles Mingus snarled at Richard Meltzer

JOY AS I KILL IT Hi, returning your... Oh hi, I’m having another rock trivia game tomorrow night and I... Where'd, who gave you my number? George. Is that okay? Well, there's not much I …

March 14, 1991
Late nights with Van Gogh

l tell you again that I shall always consider you to be something more than a simple dealer in Corots, that through my mediation you have your part in the actual production of some canvases, …

March 14, 1991

Thursday, March 7

Peter Bohmer, Franz Schnaubelt, Mac Heald, Tiffany Chin, Dorothy Morefield, Brian Batey, Alex Drehsler, Robert Cox, Louis Wenzell, Clifford Graham, Dr. David Reuben

Heald’s surrender to Los Angeles police was delayed until he recovered from self-inflicted wrist slashes. Jim Holtzman told staffers if Heald was given probation instead of jail time, he would have the job of executive producer of the Channel 8 news.

Tijuana dump now two warring colonias: Panamericano and Trincherazo

Families appear whose fathers have gone across the wire, not to return. The mothers can be seen, later, hauling the gifts and the food and the candy up the steep cliffsides, their children yelling and laughing.

March 7, 1991
John Steinbeck IV comes to rest in the West

In a March 1989 interview with the Reader, John explained the move to La Jolla: “We were doing movies. We wanted to be close to Hollywood but not in L.A.” The two-story La Jolla Shores house overlooked the ocean.

March 7, 1991
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