Content for Thursday, July 9, 2015
News & Stories
Because one opera company isn't enough
San Diego City Opera to launch its season in October
Last year, San Diego almost had no opera company. Now it has two. This is a feat New York City couldn't pull off. New York City Opera closed down in 2013, leaving that city with ...

Saint Archer getting into cider business
The median between beer and wine
Since its debut in spring 2013, Miramar brewer Saint Archer has expanded square footage, distribution range, production volume, and its roster of beers. Pending approval of a winemaking license, the craft beer company aims to ...

Viviano abruptly departs UCSD in turmoil’s midst
$10 million in Las Vegas losses, body parts audit, and researcher rebellion hit university
The announced departure of Paul Viviano, who currently enjoys the lengthy title of chief executive officer for the University of California, San Diego Health System and associate vice chancellor for UC San Diego Health Sciences, ...

New judge for accused murderer
No reason given by attorney for Christopher Brandon Lee
Tuesday (July 7), news broke that a three-judge panel has unanimously decided to allow Christopher Brandon Lee to change judges before the start of his murder trial. Lee, 25, is accused of lying-in-wait and murder ...

Mexicali's Hotel of the Deported Migrant closes
Baja governor blamed for lack of financial support
Since January of 2010, El Hotel del Migrante Deportado (Hotel of the Deported Migrant) in downtown Mexicali gave free shelter, food, access to showers, clean clothes, and general support to over 300,000 deported people and ...
They think differently in L.A.
USC "surprised" that UCSD would sue for conspiracy
Regents at the University of California, acting on behalf of UC San Diego's Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study unit (ADCS), have filed a lawsuit accusing the University of Southern California and a former UCSD researcher of ...

On a [tuna] roll
Looks as though the tuna are going to stick around a bit. I have heard two unconfirmed reports of bluefin caught from a kayak launching out of La Jolla. Sure would like to get the ...