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 …
February 20, 2015
News & Stories
Only a fence between them
Prescription-drug crackdown
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 …
February 20, 2015
Border Patrol declares foul
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 …
February 20, 2015
Oops, I'm having Turkish food today
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 …
February 20, 2015
Khatib the killer
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 …
February 20, 2015
Chargers departure could hit U-T where it hurts
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 …
February 20, 2015
Two roads diverged (in Bulgaria)
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 …
February 20, 2015
Porn skin for pigskin?
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” …
February 20, 2015
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 …
February 20, 2015
American standards for an American Standard
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?" …
February 20, 2015
Beer and doughnuts…yep, they're that good
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 …
February 20, 2015
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 …
February 20, 2015