A mis-trial was declared this morning in the case against Eric Wilkes Durland, 27, who was accused of seriously injuring a woman when he crashed into her car while evading police, four months ago. Defense …
June 7, 2018
News & Stories
Hyundai out raced police copter on I-15 shoulders
Property crimes low, worries still high
San Diego is one of the safest regions in the U.S. according to a report released by the county in April. Data from 2017 reflects the fourth-lowest violent crime rate since 1980 and the lowest …
Two hours from downtown TJ to bullring
“It started to rain!” commented Andrés “el Andy” Rodríguez, beertender and brewer at Madueño Brewing Co. I was perplexed. It didn’t rain in Tijuana or Playas the night before. “Not real rain, it started to …
June 7, 2018
A good time (and timing) in Dulzura
Peaceful countryside? Zoom! Zum zum zum, rattle, baarp! Highway 94, the old stagecoach route, is one crazy turnpike. Gravel trucks, tankers, buses, and cars, cars, cars. This one-shop stop is Dulzura (population maybe 850, scattered …
June 7, 2018
Views from every room (and deck)
The estate home at 110 15th Street in Del Mar is described as a “one-of-a-kind compound,” its one-third acre lot nestled into a hillside just across the street from the waterfront Seagrove Park. A “modern …
June 7, 2018
Beastly Boys
The sounds of birds chirping and crickets grinding knee bones underscores the brief procession of film financiers and production company logos that precede American Animals. Then a quote from Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of …
June 7, 2018
May 31 Crossword Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 17. Richard Hutchings, Santee, 16. (winner!) Martin Soblick, Del Mar, 16. Thomas McVeagh, Lakeside, 15. (winner!) Ron Meyer, Santee, 15. Evelyn Bowser, San Diego, 14. Orville Brown, San Diego, 14. Maria …
June 7, 2018
May 31 Sudoku Contenders
Randy Paddock, San Diego, 18. Elliot Rosenberg, La Jolla, 17. Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 16. Jerry Noser, San Diego, 16. Isabella Bosch-Sorensen, San Diego, 15. Sheila Brown, Golden Hill, 15. George Cooper, El Cajon, 15. …
June 7, 2018
May 31 Brainstorm Contenders
Joseph Ciprian, San Diego, 19. Randy Paddock, San Diego, 5. (winner!) Johanna Barry, Pine Valley, 4. Thomas McVeagh, Lakeside, 4. (winner!) K.J. Rayner, San Diego, 4. Craig Smith, San Diego, 4. John Strauch, San Diego, …
June 7, 2018
Record roundup - local releases coming your way
On June 20, music teacher and Guitar Player magazine columnist Wayne Riker drops his Blues Breakout EP, which he describes as “a 25 minute-plus, five track instrumental guitar journey through a compendium of blues tributaries, …
June 7, 2018
JD McPherson, keeping the rebellion alive
What came to mind the first time I heard JD McPherson’s band? My childhood. He reminded me of being four years old and leaving out of Texas in ‘57 with my mom and the music …
June 7, 2018
Mike Ruggirello's Theory Thursday
“We want to be the next Wayne’s World,” says Mike Ruggirello of online music TV program Theory Thursday. Best known as guitarist with the rock bands Fusebox and Dark Lumen, Ruggirello and a guest are …
June 7, 2018
Demasiado means too much
“We lived in a house in OB,” singer Jon Piotrowski says of the salad days of his post-punk, art-rock band. “It was loosely called the Demasiado house. It was a magical moment. We didn’t realize …
June 7, 2018