Group 2013 February

Beyond SD archive for February, 2013

Retox to release YPLL via Epitaph Records

Thrash/punk outfit featuring members of Festival of Dead Deer and The Locust to drop new LP May 7.

Having recently returned from a West Coast tour with Tomahawk, pissed-off thrash punk quartet Retox announced the release of their ...

The Void: Vampire Slayer, Late Nite Howl, Marcelo Radulovich, and Monsterpussy

An eclectic, transborder lineup fills The Void in City Heights

A few days ago, I posted a blog heralding the return of resurrected Mexicali dance/noise punk icons Maniqui Lazer to ...

Convicted Temecula con man is filing appeals

Hawaiian prosecutor is "very interested," according to local attorney

A convicted con man has filed motions appealing his conviction and for reconsideration of sentence and to return property that ...

Cipher expert hired to decode message in murder case

Source says disguised communication found in defendant's jail cell

The District Attorney’s office may have hired a cipher expert to decode a document found in the jail cell of ...

Mexicali weirdpunk: Maniqui Lazer and Batwings at The Office

Baja dance punks Maniqui Lazer strike in North Park.

On Wednesday, March 6, Club 1979 (first and third Wednesdays) presents perhaps the loudest lineup The Office (3936 30th St. ...

Business owners invited to claim their share of $7B settlement

All businesses that accepted Visa/MasterCard between 2004-2012 eligible for partial "swipe fee" refund

Thousands of local businesses could be eligible to claim a portion of a $7 billion settlement offered by Visa and ...

Twin Cabins: With Benefits

Bedroom dream pop chillwaver Nacho Cano posts new track.

“I have this great admiration for girls and in particular my closest (girl) friends,” Nacho Cano of bedroom project Twin ...

Records Collecting Dust: a film about the music that changed our lives

Documentary features members of Black Flag, The Locust, Hot Snakes, Heroin, Sleep, the Jesus Lizard, Drive Like Jehu, and many more.

Local musicians Jason Blackmore (Otro, Rats Eyes, Sirhan Sirhan, Molly McGuire) and David Robles (Wha?, Marsupials) posted a trailer today ...

State releases rail plans, calls public meetings for feedback

California’s railroad planners are set to release their long-term plans for the future of rail in the state, including the ...

Tijuana hotel raided in search for Dorner

Mexico border on high alert in search of fugitive

A Tijuana hotel was raided early Monday evening, February 11th, in search of United States fugitive Christopher Dorner. The Hotel ...

Russian hip hop innovator DJ Vadim comes to Kava Lounge

Ninja Tune producer hits Middletown with locals Bency, Mawkus, and Collagey.

Born in Leningrad, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), producer DJ Vadim has worked with a list of pivotal artists as ...

Violent week in Tijuana with 12 homicides recorded

Despite increase in homicides, violence mainly isolated to certain neighborhoods

According to figures released by the Secretaría de Seguridad Pública Municipal (SSPM or Secretary of Municipal Public Security), Tijuana recorded ...

Jury deliberates case against two Border Patrol agents

Judge already dismissed two counts, in the misdemeanor trial

After more than a day of deliberation, a jury is still considering the facts in the trial of two Border ...

Oceanside man will go to prison for assaulting father

Arrested after two stand-offs with police

A 51-year-old man who admitted “willful cruelty” to his own father, and assaulting two police officers, was sentenced to more ...

Border Patrol agents may testify

Prosecution has rested in trial of two agents accused of lewd acts and battery

Prosecution has rested, in the trial of two off-duty Border Patrol agents who are accused of lewd acts in public ...

Tijuana narco-tunnel discovered

Another sophisticated passage found, built by drug traffickers

Another narco-tunnel was discovered in Tijuana, that crossed into the United States but did not have an exit built yet, ...

Is everything still tasting great?

A call for an end to an ill-advised yet ubiquitous service question

Good service can turn even a bad meal into something with redeeming memory hooks, and can turn a great meal ...

Woman sentenced to ten years for fatal DUI crash

Debbie Pacheco Sumi read a statement that she is "sorry"

A woman convicted of killing three persons by crashing into a car parked on the side of a freeway two ...