Duke Cunningham Can't Have Gun
Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
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Weekend: Girls on Skates or Arts & Crafts?
So, my precious Saturday evening will probably entail one of the following activities: If I feel mellow, Twigg's Coffee House (4590 Park Boulevard) is playing host to a craft fair that will have small things ...
Warning: Red Robin Is Not for Date Night
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/24/21533/ M had never been to Red Robin before last weekend. A friend of his made the recommendation, and when M suggested it for date night, I was game. As a kid, I loved Red ...
Celebrate New Segment of Scenic Bayshore Bikeway
Any cyclist in San Diego can tell you that, between our many mesas and valleys, this isn’t the best city for flatland riding routes. One of my favorite level-ground circuits is the San Diego Bay ...
Dave Scott Live in National City
Was it just a strange coincidence that meteorologist/bandleader Dave Scott's Sunday performance in National City at the Liberty Theatre occurred during a rainstorm? Well, it certainly gave the affable trombonist something to chat up the ...
Sprague Quartet Lights Up Liberty Hall
Guitarist Peter Sprague played a rare South Bay gig at the Liberty Hall Theatre in National City on Sunday, even more rare was the inclusion of his multi-instrumentalist brother Tripp Sprague, along with bassist Gunnar ...
Special Sprague Quartet at Liberty Hall Oct. 23
"On Sunday night, I finally get to play a gig with my brother Tripp! We've got the quartet assembled for this one and we'll be playing my new tunes at a first rate theatre," said ...
Fattening Up While Fighting Childhood Obesity
It's important to get a lot of iron in one's diet, but if you're looking to get a solid helping of irony, look no further than Olivewood Gardens' Heart of the Harvest two-day fundraiser. What's ...
Dropping Pawn Shops in National City
City councilmembers in National City will consider enacting an emergency ban on new pawnshops, secondhand stores, and precious metal buy-back stores during a council meeting tonight. A crackdown on pawn shops was first discussed in ...
Ellington, Strayhorn Tribute At Liberty Hall
An all-star San Diego quartet assembles in National City, Sunday, September 4, from 6:00- 9:00 pm to explore the music of jazz legends Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Ellington and Strayhorn may be the most ...
Tom Waits Video Preview of All-New Full-Length
A new Tom Waits single, “Bad As Me” comes from the same-named new full-length due October 25, his first studio recording of all-new songs in seven years. He’ll also voice a character in the upcoming ...
McGonagle's: Philly Cheesesteak in National City
"I was standing in a shower when it came to me," says Brian McGonagle, "I just knew this was what I wanted to do." McGonagle was 27. He had just come out of eight years ...
Bayshore Bikeway Expands
Ground broke Friday on a 1.8 mile long extension of the Bayshore Bikeway, a planned 24 mile cycling route that will almost circle the bay when completed, requiring a ferry to or from Coronado. The ...
National City to Allow Sale of Three-Packs
Currently, National City prohibits new alcohol licensees from selling single "tall boy" beers and other single-serve alcohol containers. But since the regulations went into effect, many retailers ignored the policy, complaining that the regulations adversely ...
Filipino Secret: Mix Your Dessert with Your Main
If you want a good meal, follow the crowds to the noisiest joint, right? Real people noise, not canned noise. That’s sure the case with Tita’s Kitchenette (2720 E. Plaza Boulevard, Suite E, National City, ...
National City's Secret Art District
National City may have been the place of the first transportation by bus in San Diego County in 1922 but not much progress has been made since then. Just 97 years later and little has ...
They Give In This Town
In 1868, at the advisement of his doctor, Frank Kimball went shopping for land in places like Santa Barbara and Pasadena. He settled for a large ranch just a few miles from the border with ...
Used to be the ghetto
So this isn't exactly my neighborhood. I don't actually live in National City although given the fact that I have worked here for 3 years, this is my second home...sigh. Everything about this place screams ...
