During intermission I exchanged the awkward tight-lipped smiles symphony goers give each other. I texted a few friends about the David Bruce piece which, by the way, was entitled Fragile Light. Then the lights went …
December 16, 2014
News & Stories
Six-foot orgasm
Appeals court sides with CPUC, denies intervenor fees
Today (December 16), the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, denied an appeal by law firm Aguirre & Severson to get intervenor fees from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the firm's work in …
December 16, 2014
Ghosts of Christmas movie ads past
"You know what my Uncle Roy says Jews do on Christmas?" my ten-year-old, pillow-headed, goyisha-kop friend, Timmy Murphy asked. Instead of, "What we don't do is sit alone in our basements like Roy, drinking ourselves …
December 16, 2014
She fell off a ski lift, sues for damages
On December 9, San Diegans Sally and Louis Rumpf filed suit in federal court in Colorado, blaming faulty instructions for her injury falling from a ski lift. The suit charges that the lift attendant for …
December 16, 2014
CityBeat runs mea culpa — but buried
On December 5, as noted in the Reader, former City Attorney Mike Aguirre sued the publication CityBeat for libel. It had stated in a November 12 column that Aguirre claimed that Representative Scott Peters, while …
December 16, 2014
Horse die-offs and high roller dearth cut Del Mar take
The business of betting on California horseflesh has been on the decline, plagued by the rise of Indian casinos, a dearth of high rollers, and a rash of well-publicized equine deaths at Del Mar over …
December 16, 2014
Head of Schools for military academy hopes for a technicality
Jeffrey S. Barton was brought into a San Diego Superior Courtroom yesterday, December 15, handcuffed and wearing black-framed eyeglasses, where he pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of felony child abuse. Barton turned 57 years …
December 16, 2014
Lunch at Pacifica Del Mar
I’d only ever been to Pacifica Del Mar around sunset, most often with reservations so I could be sure to sit at one of the primo tables that are cleverly arranged so diners are half-facing …
December 16, 2014
Sexual harassment case, settled, can't be dug up again
A man who got a settlement in a sexual harassment case can't file a second case for the same reason, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, ruled yesterday (December 15). Linda Greenberg, head of …
December 16, 2014
Most improved breweries
Last week, I shared an article about the improved beers at Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment, and it got me to thinking of other breweries I’ve tasted progress from over the past 12 months. The following …
December 16, 2014
Slicker up
December 15 dock totals Fisherman's Landing 22 Anglers, 2 Boats, 11 Bonito, 6 Sheephead, 43 Sand Bass, 44 Rockfish, 110 Pacific Mackerel, 14 Sculpin Released H&M Landing 11 Anglers, 1 Boat, 1 Bonito, 35 Rockfish, …
December 16, 2014