Content for Friday, July 3, 2015
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Beer-geek pilgrims rejoice
Alpine Beer Company adds 50 jobs and 160 seats at new location
June 26th marked the official opening of the new Alpine Beer Company Pub (1347 Tavern Road), a long-overdue expansion of the restaurant and taphouse affiliated with increasingly popular Alpine Beer Company. The new location sits ...
Who's giving injections at Planned Parenthood?
Court case pits nurse practitioner against former employer
There’s a showdown downtown scheduled for Friday, August 14, when the case of Murray v. Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest goes to trial in superior court. Carla M. Murray, a nurse practitioner, had worked ...

Dave Roberts hand-slapped for hidden $5000
California political watchdog lets county supervisor off for unrevealed union payment
As reported here June 10, Democratic county supervisor Dave Roberts was more than a little tardy in reporting a contribution made last year on his behalf by the United Domestic Workers of America. According to ...

My Acting Bucket List: Jessica John Gercke
The Craig Noel Award-winner has an affinity for deep, complex characters
I’m asking veteran local actors to name five dream roles and say why. The answers not only reveal aspirations, they may put an idea in the minds of artistic directors and producers — even choices ...

Welcome aboard, citizen
Swearing-in ceremony on U.S.S. Midway
Boniface Anoje was a proud dad when his son, Navy serviceman Nick Anoje, received his American citizenship on July 1. In the special citizenship ceremony, planned to coincide with Independence Day celebrations, the former Nigerian ...
Must...get...uranium...now
General Atomics seeks control of Australian mine
Following a precipitous drop in worldwide uranium prices as countries across the globe reconsider the promise of nuclear energy, San Diego's General Atomics is seeking to gain full ownership of an Australian mine in which ...

Ladies and gentlemen, Leon Bridges
Debut Coming Home is a triumph of Soul
Soul to soothe the soul. That’s what Coming Home, the debut album of 25-year-old Leon Bridges, is and does. When you listen to this album you can appreciate the sound of actual instruments being keenly ...

Money Pit builds a burger cheap
In-N-Out it’s not
Drive-thru burger joints hold a distinct place in Southern California lore, but this being the 21st Century, the only burger I’m willing to eat in my car anymore starts and ends with the word “double.” ...

La guerra de la cerveza empezó
Council in Mexicali suggests moratorium on craft-beer permits
The Mexicali craft-beer industry is in hot water after a Tuesday, June 30, meeting of the Consejo de Alcoholes de Mexicali: the regional alcohol council's members expressed opposition to issuing new permits to artisanal brewers. ...

Fresh fish for the Fourth
July 2 dock totals The Dolphin 1/2 day am run with 76 anglers aboard reported 1 lingcod and 170 rockfish caught. 62 anglers aboard their 1/2 day pm run put 1 sheephead, 206 rockfish and ...