“Ray Bradbury,” Brizzolara continued, “talking about detective fiction set in California, described it as ‘the literature of sadness and strange endings on the California coast.’ And this has always made sense to me.
Thursday, August 31
"Floods and wind do more damage than off-roaders. I used to promote races here and down at Plaster City. The only place you could find flowers out there was in the ruts (left by racers)."
Thursday, August 24
Philip Kees lives downtown in the Armed Services YMCA. and as he shuttles about on Broadway in shorts and a sailor hat pulled down over his bald head, he's indistinguishable from the mass of sidewalk …
Thursday, August 17
San Diego may soon be getting a new city hall. Not just any city hall, but a “Capitol on the Hill,” beckoning its citizens with glamour and expense, equal to, say its planners, the city …
Thursday, August 10
Manager Jack McKeon says he talked to Show about his politics in 1987, and he told him "to give it a rest. Personally, I don’t have any problem with it. But sometimes, Eric just talks too damn much.”
Thursday, August 3
"Some people are naturally rude,” Norm says. “Being in El Cajon here, everyone’s a crystal fiend, except for us. Every day we deal with weirdos and sketchers comin’ up that we can't stand.”
KAICHI, THE JAPANESE SURFER, has seen the faces of dead samurai in the tubes of waves he has ridden. Since surfers are often spiritual, it should be no surprise that Japanese surfers would be especially …