Content for Monday, February 13, 2017
News & Stories
Movie thief can't be found
Aargh: Cell pirate eluded lawyer and lawsuit
Last summer, a movie named Cell came out. In the plot, users of cell phones were reprogrammed into mad killers. Critics sneered. The movie was not a big hit. The producer, Cell Film Holdings, sued ...
Lobbyists push for hasty Mission Valley soccer deal
Stripper-gate figure and Metropolitan Water District on “Taxpayers” board
As the big-money politics behind the drive to turn over the Qualcomm Stadium site to a secretive syndicate of La Jolla money men mounts, one of the city's mightiest pro-developer lobbies has jumped into the ...
Mission Bay jetty cats included in city's kill program
Petition seeks to have mayor remove them from predator list
A petition addressed to mayor Kevin Faulconer is making the rounds, asking him to overturn an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to round up and kill feral cats. The petition points to one ...
Discrimination at House of Pacific Relations?
House of Lebanon claims it is victim of prejudice
The House of Pacific Relations International Cottages in Balboa Park says it is a "near utopian multicultural organization" that was launched in the 1930s "to create a spirit of understanding, tolerance, and goodwill" among various ...
Freaky Friday at La Jolla Playhouse
There may be monsters under the bed after all
It may be critic-proof. Bridget Carpenter’s (book), Tom Kitt’s (music), and Brian Yorkey’s (lyrics) new musical comedy is undemanding and thoroughly predictable — even if you haven’t read Mary Rogers’s 1972 novel, seen the 1976 ...
San Diego Comic Fest — so (intentionally) not Comic-Con
The annual festival has a musical side
The fifth annual San Diego Comic Fest makes its debut in a new venue, Four Points By Sheraton, running February 17 through 20. Music-themed events will include discussion panels, a live band trivia contest, and ...
Lunch near the track a good bet
North County Fish Market — away from the beach but still a catch
The Fish Market on the border of Del Mar and Solana Beach has been a go-to spot for me since it opened in 1981. It’s more laid back than the coastal restaurants on the beach, ...
Caffeine found where it shouldn't be — in nature
Use your head and the head at the trailhead
Water scientists say that the discovery of caffeine in creeks and lakes throughout local recreation and open-space areas suggests that people are answering the call of nature without questioning if it's a good idea for ...
AT&T workers vote for strike
Protest: "We're not looking for the whole pie, we just want a slice.
A crowd of red-shirted union picketers took to the streets downtown on Saturday morning (February 11), banging drums, chanting, and blowing on vuvuzelas outside an AT&T store at the corner of Third and Broadway. "We're ...
