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Freedom Isn't Free/edited

i was 2 yrs old when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor...WWII was suppose to be the War to end all War... i remember the mood...the black out curtains...the fear of submarines prowling off our coast ...

Look! LA!

So I took the little missus up to LA for the day. Left the sunshine and the safety of San Diego and ventured into that gloom and doom to the north. She’d never seen the ...

A letter I sent to the CA state legislature concerning CSUs

Dear [Assembly member Atkins, Senator Kehoe], As a student and senior at San Diego State University, I have undergone economic hardships my entire life. The opportunity for me to attend college and receive a quality ...

What's up with this system that rewards a lack of accomplishment?

Recently, my girlfriends ex husband, graduated fractions away from honors with his certificate from San Diego City College's HVAC program coupled with a 4 YEAR APPRENTICESHIP from ABC (Associated Builders & Contractors), this certificate puts ...

Faker!!

slither dearer near the wilted weeds play the part of rattled kin and make me faint of heart the spring fresh born has blown the horn asked you to change your fine display a coat ...

Slow Your Roll: A Writer’s Cacophony

Lying in bed this morning, long before the slamming of doors and the starting of engines awakened the sleepy barrio, a million thoughts were stampeding through my head. Impressions about the things I looked at ...

Cameraman Found Guilty of Obstructing Officer

After a two-day misdemeanor trial, a jury found James Charles Playford, 48, guilty of one count of obstructing a peace officer. The jury deliberated about an hour before their verdict, announced the afternoon of May ...

Carlsbad Cop Makes a Plea Deal

A Carlsbad police officer charged with stealing heroin from headquarters’ evidence room copped a plea today in the Vista courthouse. Michael Christian Koch, 44, pleaded guilty today to one of two felonies, second degree burglary, ...

a Poem by Richzombie,Quillpena,Roody2shoes and Nan

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/16/24539/ I want to ramble on and make sense of it all I want to go on a trip and send post cards home I want to gamble on the longshot and win I need ...

Escondido Man Photographed Teen Under Bathroom Door

Walter David Hunt, 44, took photos and video of a teenaged girl while she was in the bathroom by placing his cell phone near the floor and getting the images through the space under the ...

The Precise Location of Desolation Row

Duluth, Minnesota. Desolation Row is in Duluth, Minnesota. On June 15, 1920, Duluth police arrested several young black men accused of raping a white woman. That evening, three of them – Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, ...

Killer Left Advice for Sons Before He Committed Suicide

Michael David Robles, 43, left notes giving advice to his sons on how to live before he hanged himself in his jail cell last March, according to a County Medical Examiner’s report released today. Investigator ...

Medicine Was My Mother

i probably started watching Grey's Anatomy because i liked the double entendre.... the main character's last name was Grey and my anatomy book in medicine was Gray's Anatomy....it was a thick and heavy expensive thing ...

She's back

I'm still editing and writing and trying to work. i've got tons of photos and videos, but i thought you'd like to see the album i just received from a new friend from this journey, ...

Butterfly

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/may/09/24139/

Purse Snatcher Expects Four Years Prison

Fletcher Everingham Calen, 25, made a plea deal last week that could get him four years in prison for his most recent offense, a purse-snatching. Calen admitted he was out on bail for a previous ...

"Grand Theft Dog" Felon Has Moved

A woman who went to jail because she said she tried to “rescue” a dog had her case moved to another jurisdiction last week. Trina Vukov was found guilty of “grand theft dog” after she ...

Escondido Teen Guilty of Crime Spree

Hugo Elmer Garcia committed nine felonies during a violent crime spree in Escondido on the night of May 18, 2011. A jury at the Vista courthouse deliberated for about an hour before declaring the defendant ...

not this time, sweet Amtrak deal

I am sorry to say that I will not be making my little great circle trip by train and bus at the end of the month. The conference of writers in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, has ...

San Diego World Beer Cup Winners

Over the weekend, winners from the World Beer Cup, the Olympics of beer, were announced during the closing ceremonies of the Craft Brewers Conference at San Diego’s Town & Country Resort. The biennial event is ...

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