Duke Cunningham Can't Have Gun
Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
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Mustard Flowers and Licorice Plants
They aren't exactly Incense and Peppermints. They're the smell of wetlands, circa San Diego County, and they evoke a strong reaction in me. They grew along the open drainage ditch behind our house on College ...
Radical Uterus Reviews: Himalayan Cuisine 7918 El Cajon Blvd.
Last December 2011 I quit smoking cigarettes at the same time that I became a vegetarian. So far I have been successful in maintaining the discipline needed to make these changes. I have been successful ...
My World
“A whole other world” is what I felt when I Residing right on University Ave. walked down University Ave. right off College Ave. Rolando and La Mesa being the 2 communities that border the block ...
Limone: San Diego's Newest Pop-Up
After my fun-times at Cellar Door, I was eager to try the newest underground restaurant that popped up on my foodar: Limone. Limone's chef, Accursio Lota, is originally from Sicily, but, as with Logan of ...
Beach Baby
Restless dreams kept me tossing and turning this weekend, lying about in my comfortable place, doing whatever I pleased. I'm too old to pick up girls, and always found the process intolerably tedious anyway. An ...
Lunch at Terra American Bistro
Earlier this week, I happened to pass the corner of 71st and El Cajon right around 11:30, just as I was beginning to think about lunch. I had been to Terra American Bistro once before, ...
Davy Jones
On the last day of last month, on the other side of the continent from our San Diego, not far from the Atlantic coast of our nation's only tropical mainland state, an older middle-aged man ...
Asian Film Foundation Partners on Documentary Program for Refugee High School Students
The San Diego Asian Film Foundation has joined forces with The AJA Youth + Photography Transformation Project, and Sun & Moon Vision Productions to launch Reel Voices Journey, a documentary program for refugee high students ...
Education of a Theater Lover: The Broken Light Board
“Lighting supplies an enormous amount of subconscious information. It illuminates, but it also tells the audience where to look,” says Luke Olson, who created the lighting design for A Raisin in the Sun, currently showing ...
His Little Brother of France
The holiday cards started coming in around this time last month. I'd gone through dad's directory and contacted as many of his acquaintances as I could, informing them that he'd passed away in June. Still, ...
(Astro)turf War
East Coast-West Coast Rivalry Erupts on SDSU Campus Following Football Program's Decision to Sign with Big East Label, Basketball's Move to Big West Basketball Coach Sam Fischer: "Don't hate the players, hate the game. Also, ...
Aztecs Will "Battle for the Oil Can"
The Fresno State Bulldogs won’t officially join the Mountain West Conference until next year. The San Diego State Aztecs are considering a move out of the Mountain West, eyeing the Big East as a possible ...
Auditors Find Myriad of Problems at SDSU
An audit of San Diego State University by California State University headquarters in Long Beach has revealed multiple lapses in the university's management of state-owned vehicle usage, driving records, operating costs, vendor insurance, and building ...
DUI Checkpoint Targets SDSU
The San Diego County Avoid Task Force, comprised of local law enforcement agencies, conducted another DUI sweep over Halloween, this time focusing on the 5800 block of Montezuma Road, near San Diego State University. 2,049 ...
The Kid Who Cried
For the past fourteen years, I've complained about the commute from the SDSU area to the community college in North County where I teach part time. Everything else about the job is alright, though, and ...
20 Years Ago Today: Nirvana at Off the Record - the Inside Story
Who doesn't miss the staple-infested LP bins of Off The Record's late lamented Hillcrest locale? Those beat up bins survived hundreds of live concerts, with both bins and shows dating back to the store's original ...
When the '60s Were Uncool
Every October I go to a regional conference where, usually just that one time a year, I see people I don't see any other time. My thesis advisor from graduate school days is almost always ...
Toot a Hollow Horn
Hear in your head the sweet, mournful ending to just about any romantic song; Los Lobos' interpretation of "Goodnight My Love" with its alto sax fadeout comes to mind. Think of autumn, with the start ...
SDSU, UCSD Receive $1M to Expand Computer Courses
San Diego State University and UC San Diego’s San Diego Supercomputer Center have announced the receipt of grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $1 million over the next three years. The money will be ...
Dad
The house sits quietly, looking like it always did. Occasionally the wind chime in the backyard sounds. I go there a lot, so that it won't seem abandoned. I do most of the work related ...
