I’m at a party in Point Loma celebrating the successful conclusion of a literary event that took a great deal of time and effort to put together. Everyone involved is letting go after months of …
January 2, 2003
News & Stories
Four-five glasses of Chardonnay in Point Loma and – a DUI
“Mah” means flax plant, "jongg" means sparrow
“I knew that playing mahj would be a great way to meet new people… They’re catching on and getting faster,” she says of her students. “But it’s not easy: one gal used to come with a bottle of aspirin.”
January 2, 2003
Survey the Santa Monica Mountains from an old Nike missile site atop San Vicente Mountain.
Perched above the San Fernando Valley on one of the more prominent bumps of the Santa Monica Mountains, the Cold War-era Nike missile site at San Vicente Mountain has become a destination for hikers, mountain …
January 2, 2003
Family money
Lawyer Lisa Foster, wife of controversial San Diego Unified School District chief Alan Bersin, didn't give any money to the campaign of Governor Gray Davis, who just appointed her a Superior Court judge, but her …
January 2, 2003
Once You're Wet, You're Done
One night in 1999, eight illegal immigrants died during a spring snowstorm in the mountains of San Diego County. Such alarming statistics spurred the Border Patrol to expand its mission to form two teams to …
January 2, 2003
Would you please read me the riot act?
Dear Matthew Alice: My wife has threatened on several occasions to read me the riot act, but she can't seem to find a copy of it. If she could find a copy of it, what …
January 2, 2003