Just off El Cajon Boulevard and 30th Street, there is a surf shop that has a mandatory day off to surf every Monday and you don’t even have to work there to work there. You …
April 25, 2017
News & Stories
Self Shape Surf Competition in at Seaside Reef in Cardiff
Pile on fast food and the van problem
Rick Maguire started Pile as a solo project in the late 2000s. Legend has it that the name was inspired by the metaphorical pile where Maguire’s rejected songs from his previous band were amassed. Over …
April 25, 2017
Smoking Cannon Brewery dwells in the foothills
Brewer Mike Nelson is starting the small company with longtime girlfriend Natallie Phillips. The San Diego natives both grew up on the coast but moved to Ramona about 20 years ago. "We moved up here …
April 25, 2017
Bishop, CA: Eastern Sierras gateway
For outdoor adventure, a dash of history, and crisp mountain air, head north to the Eastern Sierras to the small top of Bishop. Nestled between two of the largest mountain ranges in the contiguous United …
April 25, 2017
Storied Streets brings tales of homelessness to local students
The San Diego Film Foundation, best known for putting on the San Diego Film Festival, will present special screenings of Storied Streets at five area schools. Documentarian Jack Henry Robbins’s Storied Streets explores homelessness through …
April 25, 2017
Aryan Brotherhood murderer Elliott Scott Grizzle sues county over solitary confinement
Convicted murderer and longtime member of a powerful white supremacist gang, Elliott Scott Grizzle, has filed a lawsuit against the County of San Diego for improperly placing him in solitary confinement. According to his handwritten …
April 25, 2017
Three sots on a barge, petty theft, and drifting dingies
April 22 — HP issued a citation to the owner of an illegally anchored vessel in the A1 anchorage (La Playa Cove). April 21 — HP issued a citation to the owner of an illegally …
April 25, 2017
Verdi is a deceptive bastard
The value of a solid production is somewhat undervalued by the experienced opera aficionado. If you’re around opera long enough then you will have a handful of peak experiences by which you judge every other …
April 25, 2017
Ben Lecomte prepping Discoverer at Pt. Loma for Tokyo-San Francisco voyage
Eight hours per day, 180 days, 5500 miles: that’s the length of the longest swim, to be attempted by Ben Lecomte across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo to San Francisco. Alongside him will be his …
April 25, 2017
UCSD students achieve something important in Spring Awakening
In no particular order, here are five things that struck me at closing night of UCSD’s 2017 Muir Musical, Spring Awakening: One, I didn’t see a lot of cell phones flashing in the darkness, which …
April 25, 2017