Suzanne Coe, president of the Kearny Mesa strip joint known as Cheetahs, claims the San Diego Police Department's vice unit revoked the club's entertainment permit in retaliation against her and her club after her manager …
March 26, 2015
News & Stories
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Combing the North 40
A while back (nine months to be exact…time flies when you’re drinking beer), I reported that AleSmith Brewing Company was working on establishing a combination tap room and retail establishment. Referred to as an upscale …
March 26, 2015
She didn't like Mondays, they don't want plaque moved
A representative from the company that wants to develop the former Grover Cleveland Elementary School site said on March 24 that there are no plans for the property, which is in escrow. However, the bid …
March 26, 2015
If it's about water, it's about a fight
Residents of Rainbow and Bonsall feel threatened by what they say is a hostile takeover attempt of their water district by the Fallbrook Public Utility District. The mostly agricultural community of Rainbow, east of Fallbrook …
March 26, 2015
SDPD seeks "warm fuzzies"
Just one week after U-T San Diego caught the San Diego Police Department editing its own Wikipedia page to remove pieces of negative information — or "cold pricklies" as a leaked SDPD memo referred to …
March 26, 2015
Sanders, Gonzalez, in a back room, together
Settlement negotiations in a lawsuit over project labor agreements in San Diego appear to be dead, according to a newly filed court document filed by workers advocacy group Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction. On …
March 26, 2015
Golden Hill hangout raises its food game
Having lived in or around Golden Hill for several years, I've spent plenty of time drinking in all the same spots everybody else has — there just aren't many to choose from. Here's the typical …
March 26, 2015
Manchester sells Grand Del Mar to Di-Fi's hubby
The San Diego footprint of Douglas Manchester, the Republican financial kingpin who likes to be called "Papa,” has been poised to shrink substantially with the putative sale of his U-T San Diego newspaper operation. Now …
March 26, 2015
The Indian hemp defense?
A Humboldt County man was arrested in Bonsall on Tuesday afternoon, March 24, after sheriff's deputies found a large amount of marijuana and cannabis concentrates in his car. The suspect, identified by Sgt. Patrick Yates …
March 26, 2015
Kiss your asset goodbye
“The Court grants Plaintiff’s request to set aside the transfer of the property from Mr. Vilkin to Mrs. Vilkin,” a superior court judge wrote in a judgment published last week. The court’s decision appears to …
March 26, 2015
Lukasz Szczedanek lands lake lunker
A 17-pound 8-ounce rainbow trout was caught on Sunday afternoon at Lake Cuyamaca by San Diego's Lukasz Szczedanek. Szczedanek was using an inflated night crawler when the monster rainbow hit at Heron Point around 3pm. …
March 26, 2015
Michael Shames loses appeal of libel suit
The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, yesterday (March 25) ruled that Michael Shames, former head of Utility Consumers Action Network (UCAN), will have to pay legal fees incurred in a libel suit he lost …
March 26, 2015
Last call: Oedipus El Rey, You Can't Take It with You, Baby with the Bathwater
Oedipus El Rey, San Diego Rep. This isn’t Sophocles’ Oedipus, its playwright Luis Alfaro’s Oedipus Gomez. He rises from prison to become a Scarface-like, L.A. drug lord who has faith only in himself (“God’s ego’s …
March 26, 2015
Adventures in Tawi-Tawi
Editor's note: The author visited Tawi Tawi in 2007. There are a few more accommodations there now, it looks like. A few years ago, ignoring the advice of our horrified Filipino friends, my wife and …
March 26, 2015