Content for Friday, February 20, 2015
News & Stories
Only a fence between them
High-schoolers and elementary students share same Chula Vista campus
At Silver Wing Elementary School on February 18, parents crowded into an auditorium to hear about Chula Vista Elementary School District’s plans to build a two-story high school charter on the elementary campus. Many Silver ...
Prescription-drug crackdown
They kill more people in San Diego County than car crashes
Two county law-enforcement collectives led by the sheriff's department — the Methamphetamine Strike Force and Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force – swarmed the South Bay on February 19, contacting over 4700 individuals as part of ...
Border Patrol declares foul
County parks trail improvements include obstacles
As a finishing touch to an $8.4 million project next to the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, the county is installing low poles called bollards down the middle of trails and putting ...
Oops, I'm having Turkish food today
Eating a good lunch where I never expected
They say location is everything, but thanks to using my smart phone in an unfamiliar part of town I happened upon a pretty decent Turkish restaurant with what might be considered a lousy location. Lezzet ...
Khatib the killer
Garage-rock done right on this three-band night
Fans of rock via the garage were treated to a night of the genre done right with this triple-header at Casbah. First up was one of the local bands of the moment, Shady Francos. The ...
Chargers departure could hit U-T where it hurts
Paper's commercial viability threatened by team's relocation to L.A.?
Ever since the Chargers arrived here from Los Angeles in 1961, the football team has had a godfather in what used to be known as the Union-Tribune, and before that the morning Union and the ...
Two roads diverged (in Bulgaria)
With the Euro's recent fall, here's one case for off-the-beaten-path travel.
If you like your mayonnaise called aioli and your pastries gluten-free, then Bulgaria is probably not the place for you. If you prefer smoothly paved roads and lining up at world-famous museums, then Bulgaria is ...
Porn skin for pigskin?
Los Angeles and San Diego discuss industry exchange
As relations between San Diego and its precious Chargers continue to worsen — last week, Chargers chief counsel Mark Fabiani told the city’s Chargers task force to “get ready to get bent over a barrel” ...
The long and short of it
The waves have to be fast and be breaking to catch them on a shortboard. While sitting on a shortboard, the surfer is very low down in the water. Shortboard surfers get upset with longboarders ...
American standards for an American Standard
Voice of the anti-establishment pays homage to the Chairman of the Board — wtf?!
In the 1960s, Bob Dylan provided my peers and I the soundtrack of our times, chuffing famous lines like "How does it feel/ to be on your own/ no direction home/ like a rolling stone?" ...
Beer and doughnuts…yep, they're that good
UTC’s Draft Republic pours a perfect dessert pairing
The best thing about a restaurant with tons of beer taps is the ability for one to pair their brews directly with the food they order. That’s not to say one has to — many ...
Hooked
February 19 dock totals 16 Anglers aboard the Dolphin 3/4 Day run caught 5 Yellowtail, 1 Sheephead, 6 Sculpin, 11 Rockfish, 3 Lingcod and 8 Pacific Bonito The Fisherman III 1/2 Day PM run carrying ...
