Tijuana Jazz & Blues Festival
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Dorian Hargrove
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San Diego's 10 Best Movie Theaters
Movie theaters still maintain the magic of moviegoing and, boy, do we need it now. In this issue, we present San Diego's 10 best theaters to get lost in.
That’s life, and life’s not easy
Gangland style
Curtis Howard writes about his time as a gang member and his struggle to leave that life behind.
My Beer Radar - ¡Uno!
Brewing companies planning to enter brewhouse-less communities
It felt good getting back in the groove this week—reporting on interesting, previously unreported, barely skimmed, or completely unknown San ...
Scott Marks Dec. 6, 2012 @ 10:20 a.m.
Scathing report on U-T San Diego
Dig a hole, "Papa Doug?" "Papa" dug a hole? "Papa Doug," a'hole? How stands the Union now, mister?
Scathing report on U-T San Diego
U-T a "corporate shill," says respected media publication
"The Fall of the San Diego Union-Tribune" is the headline in a story today (Dec. 6) in the publication Media ...
Visduh Dec. 7, 2012 @ 8:35 p.m.
People vs. Parking Garage
These obstructionists! Why won't they just go along with (and get along with) Irv Jacobs plan to make Balboa Park world class? The park is old and down at the heels and needs to be modernized along the lines of something in New York City. Moreover, the city needs a facility like the one he envisions to really pull in the tourists. Who cares if the city loses a few bucks a year on the garage? After all, it pumps millions into the Padres and the Chargers every year and nobody (well, almost nobody, except the obstructionists) complains.
Javajoe25 Dec. 12, 2012 @ 11:46 a.m.
Stubborn as a mule
Seems to me this outfit forgot to look before they leap. Apparently, no one thought another big horse & pony show was going to be in town at the same time. What are the odds, right? For San Diegans, this was like dueling horseshows. No one was sure which way to go.
The other big mistake they made was contracting out most of the production. Their costs soared and with the town unsure of which show to go to, their ticket sales went flat. It didn't help that "Cavalia" out marketed them also. This show was doomed before it got out of the gate.
Visduh Jan. 3, 2013 @ 4:08 p.m.
New York hits Qualcomm with political money disclosure suit
If we accept that corporations have no stakeholders except their shareholders, the books of a publicly-traded corporation should be open to the stockholders and public. And that would include money spent on lobbyists and making contributions to political campaigns. For one thing, I want to know if "my" money is wasted backing losers and unpopular causes. Now that corporations are legally able to put serious dollars into politics, I think the shareholders should know where the money is going.
Landmark Theatres continues to provide that personal touch
I remember just last year when I would actually go to a movie theatre to watch a screening. Now I ...
Javajoe25 Jan. 22, 2013 @ 6:17 p.m.
Residents oppose moving large scale events like Earth Day to Balboa Park's West Mesa
I think the West Mesa would work, especially if they set things up from Upas St south to the very end of the park. The Gay Day parade holds their after party there every year and the turnout for that is massive and it goes on for the entire weekend with no permanent damage to the park or neighborhood. I suspect Earth Day celebs would be sure to leave no litter or footprints behind. It would be better than no Earth Day at all.
Barbarella Fokos Feb. 3, 2013 @ 12:48 p.m.
Atheist advocacy billboard goes up in Encinitas
I was going to suggest you add a picture of Hitler, but then I remembered he was a Christian. ;)
Fred Williams Feb. 4, 2013 @ 1:47 a.m.
Atheist advocacy billboard goes up in Encinitas
Am I the only one who doesn't find the Almost Factual News articles funny.
I've tried. I like to laugh, and a good parody would be welcome. I love The Onion.
But this is anther example where the author COULD do something funny, but it just comes across as odd, disjointed, and weird.
Hmmm...maybe if there were an item about how Bob Filner got Papa Doug in a headlock and gave him a nuclear nuggie...or about Duffy being found passed out at a reggae show, or Dumanis coming out of the closet as a life-long heterosexual...maybe Todd Gloria holding a press conference taking credit for personally filling all the potholes in his district, or Marti Emerald quiting the council to join a reality TV show.
These could all be kinda funny if written right.
But this item, which has a paragraph of sort of bitter pseudo-atheist rant disguised as Almost Factual News...it's really just not funny.
Maybe something about the Atheists declaring holy war, going on a crusade, chanting in unison to their lord and savior Richard Dawkins, reading as a group from The Selfish Gene...that might be funny. But this? Nah. It's just weird and disjointed.
This week it would be hilarious to do a bit about SOHO being bought by Irwin Jacobs, with Bruce Coons saying, "We welcome the new investment and change of direction for SOHO that someone with Irwin Jacobs concern for historic preservation and public involvement brings.."
Reader Staff...what do you pay for these items? Maybe I'll write some for you, if you want...(just ask Barb to contact me.)
SurfPuppy619 Feb. 7, 2013 @ 7:10 p.m.
City of Chula Vista sued by woman who fell as a result of a broken City sidewalk
I have had severe falls from bad sidewalks, and I am in shape, if you're an older woman with weak bones it could be a death sentence, 20% of women over 60 who fall and break a hip die from the injury due to the weak bone structure at that age in life.
Visduh Feb. 11, 2013 @ 10:48 a.m.
New Sweetwater Union financial officer has controversial past
Today, Monday, February 11, the Manchester Mill ran a Watchdog piece on the front of the local news section reporting on this story. That's, by my calculation, eight days after Susan reported it. Oh, and the piece mentions nothing about Alt's felony guilty plea back in the 90's! A real watchdog, that paper, one with rubber teeth. It would appear that after Brand called the UT editors into a meeting and lectured them about how to report news of the district (and presumably of him and his performance), the rag has been pulling its punches.
The Mill isn't really a NEWSpaper any more; what do you call a paper that prints old stuff? Maybe an "oldspaper?"
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Steven Seagal impose martial (arts) law
Following the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn. that left 20 first-graders and six teachers dead, tough talking Sheriff Joe ...
San Diego Film Critics live to die hard another day
Mid-meeting robbery occurs in Mission Valley Mall food court
I kinda’ like it when my colleagues at the San Diego Film Critics Society holler at me. It’s when they ...
Visduh Feb. 19, 2013 @ 4:07 p.m.
San Diego paramedic says Fire Department officials targeted him for his military service
This is very strange, because it is the public sector that provides the bulk of personnel to the active reserves. (Private industry is a different story, and not generally a favorable one.) Usually reservists can get all the time off they need to fulfill their obligations with no questions asked, and many governmental agencies will actually pay the reservist while off the job. That means, of course, the reservist is getting paid twice when that is done.
Years ago, many public safety people were in the reserves and national guard. For a long time, they were exempted from call-up if the unit were activated because of their critical occupations. That practice seemed to have been eliminated or sharply reduced in 1991/2 when the Desert Storm call-ups were used to augment the forces sent to the Gulf. Just a very unexpected claim, and one can only wonder if there is much more to this story. I'd bet there is.
Declining to take public questions, tax-backed tourism board votes to sue Filner
Four of nine marketing district board members skip controversial vote to sue San Diego mayor over disputed two-percent hotel levy
After an unexpectedly long meeting behind closed doors early this afternoon, five of the nine members of the San Diego ...
SurfPuppy619 Nov. 1, 2012 @ 10:46 p.m.
Citizen woodworker preserves benches
Jim Grant= ONE AWESOME DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!