Ernie Grimm
Ernie Grimm contributes City Lights and cover stories in addition to serving as features editor.
Recent Stories
Gompers Takes a Bow
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
"I remember my first encounter with a student here. I was wearing a suit, and a student comes up to ...
The American Board of Nonexistence
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
You know those framed certificates and diplomas that hang in your doctor’s office? It’s reassuring to see them, isn’t it? ...
Hi There! You Shoplifting?
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Marco Mitrowke, loss prevention manager for the local retail clothing chain Everything 5.99, was not what I expected. The job ...
13 Miles of Metal
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Border Patrol agent Richard Gonzales pushes a button in the shiny white Chevy Tahoe he’s driving. In response, a gate ...
Goodbye, Hello, Goodbye Again
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
On New Year’s Eve, Howard Jackson was in court with Ellen Falcone, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child. For ...
My Gender Is Bunny
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
I’m sitting on a leather couch in the middle of a darkened black-walled, black-ceilinged room talking to a man who, ...
E-Trash Treasures
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009
It’s not yet 9:00 a.m. on September 6, but the late-summer sun is already baking the blacktop of the Qualcomm ...
SDPD -- Got An Attitude?
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008
Let’s say a man bit your finger so viciously that the flesh was torn away and the bone exposed. Let’s ...
Road’s End
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008
Organizers of the semiannual Rosarito Ensenada Fun Bicycle Ride recently announced that the September 27 event would be their last. ...
An Olympic Moment
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
Jacob Blumenfeld delivered what was arguably the most courageous performance by a San Diegan at the recent Beijing Olympics. And ...
