“The rich school district gets the best teachers. That has not changed. Except here on Coronado we had a rich district with a poor tax base and citizens too mean to raise them."

Dear Matthew Alice: A few years ago, some of our socially prominent La Jolla citizens were sent to the slammer for running a Ponzi scheme, which pays off early investors with money from new investors. …

Matt: Has surfing ever been or will it be an Olympic sport? — [email protected] Funny you should ask, mhfractal. Just this past April the International Olympic Committee gave provisional recognition to a spate of sports, …

Dear Matt: Exactly what is shock therapy, and does it work? If so, how? What is it supposed to fix? — Bill Hunt, [email protected] Shock therapy? Well, just last week we took Ma Alice to …

Walter Anderson, Jr., who runs the landmark Anderson Nursery on Pacific Coast Highway, said he remembers a photograph in the San Diego Union, circa 1970, of Teresa standing on Harbor Drive between a bulldozer and a palm.