On September 11, Tijuana city leaders held a meeting at the chamber of commerce (CANACO) with citizens, representatives of public transit, and other authorities to discuss conflict between taxis and Uber. The meeting started an …
September 14, 2015
News & Stories
Tijuana taxis take on Uber
Helix Brewing off to a charming start in La Mesa
Cameron Ball spent nearly three years planning Helix Brewing Co., and the long effort paid off when La Mesa's second brewery and tasting room opened in late August. In fall 2012 the young home brewer …
September 14, 2015
Is Broad behind Beutner’s big-money brouhaha?
With a storm of controversy continuing over the firing of Austin Beutner as publisher of the L.A. Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, a companion issue is now growing: is the pro-Beutner campaign being engineered …
September 14, 2015
Ponzi schemer Sunil Sharma gets 33 months
Carlsbad's Sunil Sharma was sentenced today (September 14) to 33 months in prison for running a Ponzi scheme. He had raised $8.36 million from 32 companies through his companies, Gold Coast Holding and Safe Harbor …
September 14, 2015
Mother Nature
Everybody's Got a Favorite Bug "I asked Bob Parks to name his favorite wasp. Ammophila: after all these years. Perhaps it was her (the wasp Parks was observing was a female) shape that first drew …
September 14, 2015
Pigs fly in Vista
Pork is highlighted at this new “pub & kitchen” in Vista’s Paseo Santa Fe district, but I decided to go with the tri-tip. A good decision. First I ordered a light fare of ham and …
September 14, 2015
Strawberry field developer's sign has got to go
A few months ago, Carlsbad residents were inundated by an L.A. developer’s two-million-dollar TV and PR campaign, asking voters to “Sign the Petition” to support his 27-acre shopping center on the strawberry fields east of …
September 14, 2015
Warm water equals a busy fleet
Weekly fish report Inshore: Inside and along the kelp, the fishing has been up and down. The reports indicate a good number of ¾-day boats fishing a little further out and looking for tuna and …
September 14, 2015
In attempt at transparency, city officials unveil updated seal for San Diego
San Diego Image Department Chief Brad Spinner today unveiled the new city seal at a press conference, and also provided an explanation for the changes he implemented. "The first thing, the very first thing I …
September 14, 2015
It's a parking lot and (one day) San Carlos library
The 22,000-square-foot lot at the intersection of Jackson and Golfcrest drives is not a park-and-ride, a parking lot for apartments on Golfcrest, or a place for Cowles Mountain hikers to park on weekends. The lot …
September 14, 2015