Staff Blog Entries

Padres loosely take down Cardinals

With the Padres on a bit of a roll, the loose clubhouse takes the first game of three from St. Louis

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/21/45959/ It was a very loose Padres clubhouse as reporters entered a little under four hours before first pitch on ...

How I pissed off Gene Roddenberry AND Ed Wood's Vampira....

Two memorably wonky celebrity encounters that didn't go as planned

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/21/45954/ Here I am with "Vampira" (real name Maila Nurmi), probably best known for appearing in Ed Wood Jr.'s Plan ...

Café Paris: Flying the Flag

Loris Compiano thought he had the perfect gimmick to get noticed

"So Loris," I say. I've just popped in to his Café Paris (455 10th Avenue, East Village, 619-674-8439) on the ...

FYF Fest celebrates 10 years with blowout lineup

My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT, Beach House, FLAG (Keith, Chuck, Dez, Billy & Stephen playing the songs of Black Flag), Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, The Breeders, Yo La Tengo, Solange, Washed Out, Toro y Moi, Holy Ghost!, Death Grips, Strfker, Thee Oh Sees... and many more

FYF Fest returns to Los Angeles Historic Park for their tenth annual extravaganza with what may be their most compelling ...

Aunt and uncle get prison for “pimping” their 12-yr-old niece

Uncle Marcial and Aunt Inez admitted crimes in their Oceanside home

A man-and-wife who abused and prostituted their own niece in their Oceanside home more than ten years ago were sentenced ...

Sentences for defense, loan modification scams

A busy day in U.S. Attorney's office

Michael Tuisee, who worked in a medical warehouse at Camp Pendleton, was sentenced to six months in prison today (May ...

Should San Diego dump its 30-year-old sign ordinance in portions of downtown to create an Arts and Entertainment District?

Denver-based firm FinWater Advisors has teamed up with the Downtown San Diego Partnership to push for a San Diego Arts and Entertainment District

Downtown San Diego Partnership, in conjunction with a Denver-based consulting firm FinWater Advisors, believe they have found a good way ...

Pot in pots, pepper pallets -- and tires

U.S. Customs made unusual marijuana haul Friday

Dogs of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection sniffed out three creative attempts to bring marijuana into the U.S. last ...

Filner speaks out against gag order in federal pot case

Mayor Bob Filner, long a friend of the medical marijuana community and thus foe of U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy, came ...

Manchester divorce: is second try the charm?

Legally separated more than three years, GOP real estate developer, hotel magnate, and U-T San Diego owner Doug Manchester files for divorce against estranged wife

He tied the knot back in January 1965, got sued for divorce in June 2009, and was proclaimed legally separated ...

Oceanside International Film Festival seeks submissions

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/20/45896/ Earlier this month The Big Screen brought news that the first annual La Costa Film Festival is looking for ...

Landslide of mailers in Chula Vista for one 80th district assembly candidate

Will the Lorena Gonzalez campaign gain more support with more mailers?

Residents of Chula Vista have received a deluge of mailers from the Lorena Gonzalez campaign. Gonzalez, former CEO of the ...

Sensori Collective: a member-supported community center for beatmakers

Three local beatmakers are working together to create a community space for like-minded musicians.

A trio of local beat producers is putting their resources together to create a community space for fellow music creators. ...

Two homecare nurses sentenced to time already served

One defendant already released, the other to be released on probation today

This morning two men were sentenced to time already served, after jury trials decided two different cases in which both ...

Padres crush Nationals to earn series split

The San Diego Padres demolished the Washington Nationals to come back and tack the last two games in the four-game series

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/20/45887/ How many times have you heard or perhaps even said, “I wish my favorite team would have saved some ...

Imperial Beach checkpoint leads to two drunk driving arrests

A six-hour DUI checkpoint conducted over the weekend on the 900 block of Palm Avenue in Imperial Beach from 8:30 ...

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Ion Theatre (part one)

In Rajiv Joseph's amazing drama, "God's Garden" isn't Eden - or is it? According to the Bible, four rivers, including ...

Websense agrees to be purchased for $24.75 a share

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is the buyer

San Diego-based Websense, which specializes in software to protect organizations from cyber attacks and data theft, agreed to be purchased ...

Truly epic lunch at Felix's BBQ in Lincoln Park

Felix’s BBQ With Soul, original to Oceanside, has a location on Euclid Ave in Lincoln Park. It will be a ...

U R Old

The Box Office Mojo report on Star Trek Into Darkness's middling $70 million opening weekend included this fun little detail: ...