Content for Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Blog Entries
- Castellanos, Zollar, Kuzma, Moore: Night of the Cookers
- Subs by Any Other Name
- Three U.S. Gang Members Picked Up in Mexicali
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- Ethics are in the eyes of the beholder
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- Downtown San Diego Partnership Pushes For Renewal of Assessment District
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- Border Environmental Pact Signed
- Prop 34, Anti-Death Penalty Measure, Continues to Pick Up Big La Jolla and L.A. Crime TV Money
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- Ohlendorf Hurls Six and Padres Post Seven To Beat Cubs
- Caterer Nailed for Tax Evasion
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- A Second Look at the Trailer for This is 40: Watch out, Leslie Mann!
- Black Lips rock too hard for Hard Rock Hotel
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- Your Week: August 9-15
- San Diego 13th in Nation for Musicians and Music Industry
- Woman Said Border Patrol Agent “Sucker Punched Me”
- Face of Another: DJ ill spectre and Marilia Maschion A/V Mix
- Post-view: Zoot Suit
- Bob Hoskins Has Parkinson's, Is Retiring
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- When I Met Robin Henkel
- Moving Sale
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- OMG Report: This is 40.
- The Lobby Art So Nice, We Posted it Twice!
- A Heated Triple Threat Sushi Challenge
- Lemon Festival
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Halts All Licensing Decisions
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- Gaslamp's Spider-Man Lobby Display More Impressive Than Reboot
- Birth of a Band Name - How These Locals Got Named (Plus 150 FREE Band Names!)
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- Stop the Presses! TJ Draft-Craft-Beer Revolution Coming This Friday
- Drinking Black Tears in TJ
News & Stories
The Story Store
Hang on. We must have it somewhere. We've got everything.
Author John Brizzolara interviews thrift-store magnate Jeff Clark.
Bus Rider Breaks Window, Flees
Early morning on August 8, passengers onboard the 35 bus from Old Town to Ocean Beach had an unexpected delay. A woman on the bus decided to smash one of the vehicle’s windows with her ...
Cow Foot Friday
Ed Bedford shows up too late for the cow-foot stew at Caribbean Taste Jamaican Restaurant.
Hydrate While You Dehydrate with Coconut Water
“We should make a new drink, the Hangover Prevention.”
Flavors Like Life
Try your luck at the Thai-Lao-Chinese-Vietnamese 777 Noodle House in City Heights.
Frequent Liar
We had been sitting on the tarmac in Boston for 30 minutes, ostensibly “waiting for catering.” The flight attendants were making their final rounds when the thunderstorm rolled in. By the time the dark cell ...
Guatay Mountain
This challenging hike combines an opportunity to view rare old-growth Tecate cypress trees and a variety of native plant species.
Back to the Cheeseheads
Party with a Uruguayan werewolf
Goodbye doesn’t have to be sad. Sometimes, it’s best to throw a party and make sure your friends get stuffed with food just one more time. That’s what Mickey did. She’s moving to her ancestral ...
Time Out, My Identity's Been Stolen
A chat with a DeLorean owner.
A break from modern living includes a DeLorean.
Canobliss Becomes Psychothermia for Legal Reasons
“Samson Pedroza packed his bags in the middle of a tour and decided to leave the band,” recalls Canobliss drummer Mike Russo, who says he and three other members of the O.B.-based hard-rock band have ...
Come Out and Play with the Offspring
The Offspring have been out of the spotlight for several years, but it doesn’t seem that way. Radio support for the best-selling punk band is enduring. “Come Out and Play,” for example, still gets regular ...
Origin of Cats' Purrs and Strange Words
Why/how do cats purr?; what’s the origin of “funny bone”? And “moron,” imbecile,” and “idiot”?; what do the numbers mean on top of high-rise helipads?
Jessica Lea Mayfield
If you hadn’t heard her music, you would be forgiven for thinking that Jessica Lea Mayfield makes traditional singer-songwriter music, but you would be wrong. Mayfield began her music career at age 8, playing in ...
Beer Colonic
Thursday 9Few bands in the Woodsist label’s stable roadtrip like namesake band Woods. The Brooklyn quartet’s folk-pop incantations are immediately listenable, engaging even, peeling away like onions on repeat listens and adding just the right ...
Rats! Gnats!
Eye gnat infestations in south Escondido could lead to end of organic food farming in San Diego.
An Old Truth Made New Again
How many people assassinated Mexican presidential hopeful Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta in 1994?
Truth Attack — God of Carnage at the Old Globe
“A mouthful of rum and — bam — the real face appears.”
Before God of Carnage begins at the Old Globe’s White Theatre, Robert Morgan’s set makes a quiet suggestion. Dark objects stand on the perimeter of a circular living room. A small wet bar and sofa ...
"Desire," a poem by George Bilgere
The slim, suntanned legs of the woman in front of me in the checkout line fill me with yearning to provide her with health insurance and a sporty little car with personalized plates. The way ...
August 2 Sudoku Contenders
Evil Cindy Fisher, San Clemente, 36. Susan Avery, Escondido, 11. Carl Baltrunas, Milpitas, 11. Bliss Beedle, Encinitas, 11. Felix E Charfaurs, San Diego , 11. Joseph Ciprian, Little Italy, 11. * Larry Clark, Clairemont, 11. ...
August 2 Crossword Contenders
Flo Abena, Rancho Penasquitos, 11. AD Albright, San Diego, 11. Mary Arana, Encinitas, 11. Geoff Armour, Carlsbad, 11. Martha Awdziewicz, Clairemont, 11. L. Barling, El Cajon, 11. Johanna Barry, Pine Valley, 11. Evelyn Bowser, Hillcrest, ...
