It’s 11:06 on a Saturday night and the superheroes are plotting outside the Hall of Justice on Broadway. “We’ll drive up Golf and meet the foot-patrol at Sixth and Lima,” says a large figure in …
July 20, 2016
News & Stories
Xtreme Justice League – San Diego's vigilantes
Durans' empty chair
Duran Duran, still Duranimal after all these years, brings their new multimedia blitz and their new album, Paper Gods, to the Sleep Train Amphitheatre Tuesday, August 2. From his home near Hammersmith, London, drummer Roger …
July 20, 2016
Lori’s loan
Democrat-turned-independent Lori Saldaña, who placed third in last month’s race for San Diego mayor, is looking for more campaign cash for a low-five-figure post-election personal payback. “I will formally close my campaign account at the …
July 20, 2016
Like the real chitlin
It’s Winona! Winona Ryder! You would swear. Straight out of The Age of Innocence. Those eyes, that quizzical smile. Okay, Winona turns out to be Amy. She’s helping run the bar of this terrazza in …
July 20, 2016
Sometimes I.B. looks like Pipeline
Name: Jake Wilsie Age: 19 Occupation: Surf Instruction Location: South Mission Favorite Surf Spot: Sunset Cliffs It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and Jake Wilse is peeling off his wetsuit after giving a private lesson to a …
July 20, 2016
John Meeks, darkly
“I’ve spent the past couple of years trying to slither out of my Americana, old country skin and get a little less genre-specific,” says John Meeks, who won Best Americana or Country Album at the …
July 20, 2016
Bluefin ban?
Bluefin should become an endangered species, thus banning all fishing of the large tuna on the West Coast, says the Center for Biological Diversity. Wayne Kokow of Rancho Peñasquitos is the executive director of the …
July 20, 2016
Escondido impromptu
A crowd has gathered around Per Huttner. He stands upright in a dark room, not moving, eyes fixed on a white sheet of paper in his hand, wires snaking from his skull. Doctor Stephen Whitmarsh …
Among the rarest of pines and heaviest of hummingbirds on Razor Point Trail
The Razor Point Trail in Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve meanders through high-quality southern maritime chaparral habitat, offering stunning glimpses of the Pacific Ocean before ending at an outlook. The Razor Point Trail offers many …
July 20, 2016
The language of the hammer
Carlsbad Community Church Membership: 400 Pastor: Alvin Helms Age: 55 Born: Houston, TX Formation: Seven Bible College, Houston; Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK; Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT Years Ordained: 25 San Diego Reader: …
July 20, 2016
Events you can come to without a Comic-Con pass
You don’t need a Comic-Con pass to enjoy these Con-themed music events around town. Darkwave Garden at the Bancroft has a costume dance party planned for Thursday, July 21, as do other weekend DJ events …
July 20, 2016
Hipster sensibilities
It’s not every day that a musical adaptation of English Regency drama comes chock full of hipster jokes. But, Paul Gordon’s Sense and Sensibility at the Old Globe, directed by Barbara Gaines, made me stop …
July 20, 2016
Another indie music store swan song
The music store credited for helping launch the career of country artist Barbara Mandrell is folding after 60 years. Oceanside Music Supply, which maintained the same old-school, full-service music-store vibe it had from when it …
July 20, 2016
Really, don’t ever Google “hyperdontia”
Dear Hipster:Why do so many people have nightmares in which their teeth fall out? Is it just one of life’s little mysteries or is there a very good reason?— Ella, Hillcrest Though it features prominently …
July 20, 2016
Suddenly, her dorm room feels too small
The First Spark One girl and one boy: just talking, then falling. Suddenly, her dorm room feels too small, two souls peeled clean and raw, like copper wires stripped, electricity whipping silent sparks, dancing and …
July 20, 2016
104 feet of direct ocean frontage
Beds: 5 Baths: 6 Current Owner: Tami Okuma/301 Sea Ridge Drive Trust List Price: $10,800,000 How about an “oceanfront paradise boasting 104 feet of direct ocean frontage” on a “premium” La Jolla bluff-top lot? The …
July 20, 2016
The Jayhawks regroup, record
Yes, they are getting on in years, but, somehow they don’t sound like it. Indeed, the Jayhawks — now touring in support of their latest release, Paging Mr. Proust — could just as well be …
July 20, 2016
What are you doing here? I'm married!
Rachel looks like a soccer mom. On most days her minivan is cluttered with backpacks and sports gear. Leftover Goldfish and Cheerios are ground into the floorboards. When dropping her kids off at school in …
July 20, 2016
How Hillcrest sidestepped Uptown planners
The Hillcrest Business Improvement District has added community planning to its list of responsibilities. In June 2016, Ben Nicholls, executive director for the Hillcrest Business Association, the nonprofit that manages the local business improvement district, …
July 20, 2016
All the mayor’s moneyed friends
A high-dollar charity blow-out “honoring” San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer three days before San Diego’s June 7 mayoral election drew a bevy of the city’s wealthiest politicos and special interests, according to a behested payment …
July 20, 2016
For what it's worth
Our Parents Brought Us Here Regarding, “People Here Just Do and Just Are” (July 14 cover story), I can give you a little perspective from someone who lived in Linda Vista during the war years, …
July 20, 2016
July 14 Crossword Contenders
Martha Awdziewicz, Clairemont, 1. Jeff Ball, San Diego, 1. L. Barling, El Cajon, 1. Johanna Barry, Pine Valley, 1. (winner!) Evelyn Bowser, Hillcrest, 1. William Brewer, San Diego, 1. John Bruno, Escondido, 1. Dennis Butterworth, …
July 20, 2016
July 14 Sudoku Contenders
Evil Tony Abboud, Coronado, 1. Bliss Beedle, Encinitas, 1. Karen Cassimatis, San Diego, 1. (winner!) Joseph Ciprian, Little Italy, 1. Alford Claibone, San Diego, 1. George Cooper, El Cajon, 1. (winner!) Patrick Driscoll, Santee, 1. …
July 20, 2016