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Point Loma High School film studio shut down during investigation into porn shoot

"When we gave kids access to top-of-the-line film production equipment, Point Loma Lesbian High School wasn't what we had in mind."

Student director: "What did they think we were going to produce? Citizen Kane, Jr.? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/17/43992/ Just a few short months ...

Mayor Filner comments on public records lawsuit

"What part of 'Donna Frye doesn't work here any more' don't you people understand?"

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/17/43984/ Filner then spat on the ground and bared his teeth before declaring, "I AM THE MAYOR. YOU DO NOT ...

Point Loma High School film studio equips students for Hollywood careers

Of course it does. Why are you looking at me like that?

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/17/43982/ The sort of thing we can expect to see around Point Loma High School in the near future "I ...

Sea World seeks to increase interest in IPO by opening Shamu: Blood in the Water

"It's time we made all these trainer injuries a feature instead of a bug."

RETHINKING THE MEANING OF 'SOAK ZONE,' SEA WORLD - "Simply put, we're putting the 'killer' back in 'killer whale,'" explains ...

In stunning reversal, Sweetwater board votes to restore occupational programs, cut everything else

"Who are we kidding? These kids don't need trig. They need triage."

DANCING AROUND AN ENORMOUS BONFIRE OF PAPERBACK COPIES OF FAHRENHEIT 451, SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL - Yesterday, the Sweetwater Union High ...

Miramar Air Show replaces Blue Angels with characters from Pixar's Planes

"They get free advertising, we get free recruitment. It's a win-win."

MUMBLING SOMETHING ABOUT "CHILD SOLDIERS," MIRAMAR - "There's no question that the sequester hurt us," says Cruise Topgun, Head of ...

Deputy City Attorney: "San Diego already has an arts and entertainment district."

"Is large-scale conceptual art too difficult for you people to comprehend?"

In response to the pitch from Finwater Advisors to establish a downtown arts and entertainment district stretching north/south from Ash ...

8,000-gallon ethanol spill next to Qualcomm absolutely not part of attempt to burn down stadium, insist Chargers officials

"That's just crazy talk."

RETHINKING MY DECISION TO LIGHT UP AND ENJOY A SMOKE BREAK, MISSION VALLEY - Last night, a tanker carrying over ...

In wake of Frye resignation, Mayor Filner declares Open Government project closed

"I'm not about to waste my time giving people what they manifestly don't want."

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43321/ Screencap of city's Open Government website. "[Former public transparency czar] Donna [Frye] was a capable woman," said the mayor ...

Mayor Filner changes San Diego's title from "America's Finest City" to "Pleasantville" in response to New York Times article

"OMG, they noticed us!" gushes mayor. "It's so exciting!"

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43318/ "If there's one thing I love to embrace at the end of a day spent developing cancer-killing nanobots," says ...

Broke-down North Korean missile fails to hit busted-ass San Diego nuclear power plant

Critics demand investigation into possible insurance fraud attempt on part of SONGS owner SDGE

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43317/ Pictured: the sorry excuse for a missile launched by North Korea (above); the defunct and strategically useless nuclear power ...

Friendship Park re-opens as Emnity Alley

Renaming marks new era in U.S.-Mexico relations

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43223/ Dozens of people gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border yesterday to protest the proposed closing of Friendship ...

Hillcrest residents protest Harvey Milk St. signage

"Sometimes, the homophobia is so subtle you have to look for it."

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43213/ "The way I see it," says local sensitive soul Connie Speracie, "the City Overlords want us to STOP thinking ...

Filner comments on the Oceanside cannibal case

The stand-up mayor takes a moment to address regional criminal activity

Take it away, Bob: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43086/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43087/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43088/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43089/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/03/43090/

Investigative author Caitlin Rother further clarifies her remarks on DeMaio

"It's not gay bashing! It's more like a big gay pillow fight!"

The U-T San Diego reports that former U-T San Diego reporter-turned-crime author Caitlin Rother spent some time digging dirt on ...

Gays protest Trojan's downtown vibrator giveaway

"Here we are on the brink of marriage equality, and we still don't have sex-toy equality."

WAITING IN LINE FOR, UM, A FRIEND, THE GASLAMP QUARTER - "Trojan is trying to mainstream the vibrating sex toy, ...

SDSU will not go gentle into that smoke-free night

State University students vow not to follow UCSD in adopting 100% smoke-free campus.

"FROM OUR COLD DEAD HANDS." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/26/42589/

Florida Gulf Coast University sends crate of glass slippers to defeated SDSU men's basketball team

Coach Fisher wonders, "How did they find 'em in our boys' size?"

After 15th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast University knocked off 7th-seeded San Diego State University in Sunday's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament action ...

"Papa" Doug Manchester is "Papa" no more

"I have no son," says "Disapproving Dad" Doug Manchester in wake of Doug Jr.'s statement in support of same-sex marriage.

The real estate-mogul also denied his son's claim that "Papa" "now regrets the funding he provided to Prop. 8 and ...

Hasta La Vista, Chicano Park?

Following report that Coronado Bridge is "structurally deficient," City announces plan to replace "outdated, crumbling supports"

City Planner Bill Whiteman: "Those murals are great and all, but all the pretty paint in the world can't cover ...