Content for Tuesday, October 3, 2017
News & Stories
Chair sounded like an AK-47
So, Iraq War veteran stabbed fellow Marine to death in Oceanside garage
David Anthony Strouth, 36, told the jury that he lawfully killed a man in self-defense, disputing the prosecution’s assertion of first-degree murder, with an added allegation of lying in wait. The jury of eight women ...
I lucked into samoon, the Iraqi bread
Must come back for whole fish and slow chicken
Cruising Main Street in El Cajon, I spotted a sign with both English and Arabic script reading Nahrain Fish And Chicken Grill. It's a small, sparsely decorated restaurant, and the first thing you're bound to ...
Ladies Get Drinks — not you, man
Marine's lawsuit says exclusion from women's-only event "repugnant"
A retired United States Marine captain is suing a restaurant in Mission Hills for hosting a ladies and non-binary-only party and for refusing to allow him access or give him drink specials that the attendees ...
Rogue docent theory on Torrey pines die-off
Aluminum, not bark beetles, to blame for decimation of rare trees
Two years ago, Dale Williams, a volunteer docent at Torrey Pines Natural Reserve, started wondering what is killing the rare trees. Williams says about 25 percent of the reserve’s trees, which numbered about 6000, have ...
Oceanside council drama tomorrow
Stroke-stricken mayor to either get more time off or officiate meeting
Oceanside mayor Jim Wood, recovering from his fourth stroke, is wheelchair-bound and, according those close to him, not always completely understandable. While his council colleagues are careful to be publicly respectful of the popular mayor, ...
