Richard Eugene Matter, Jr., Assistant Director of San Diego's transportation and stormwater department has been meted out a $500 fine for failing to disclose a $488 gift of travel, lodging, and admission to a San …
April 12, 2019
News & Stories
San Diego pothole repairs failing at record rate, but...
Pig changes at Porchetta Shack
The first food story I ever wrote in San Diego covered then newly opened hole in the wall Carnitas Snack Shack. That’s hole in the wall in the original sense: just a window facing the …
April 12, 2019
Father Toufic Nasr: Lebanese churches can be home to Roman, Melkite, and Maronite Catholic community
St. Ephrem Maronite Church Contact: 750 Medford St, El Cajon 619k-337-1350 www.stephremchurch.com Membership: 310 Pastor: Father Toufic Nasr Born: Beirut, Lebanon Formation: Maronite Patriarchal Seminary, Ghazir, Lebanon; Our Lady of Lebanon Seminary, Washington, D.C.; Oblate …
April 12, 2019
Curtain closes on Scott Kaplan of Mighty 1090
When Wolfman Jack voiced his last show on “The Soul Express” (XEPRS-AM 1090) on a Saturday night in April 1972, the legendary R&B disc jockey was allowed to give a proper on-air goodbye to his …
April 12, 2019
Class up your torso with a Polo shirt
As monsoon season draws to a close, San Diego men are reverting to their natural attire: board shorts and beer tees. There’s a better alternative: the polo shirt. Polo shirts are an easy way for …
April 12, 2019
Two poems from The Low Passions: Poems by Anders Carlson-Wee
Great Plains Food Bank The wind is in the trees again, and I’m thinking it’s a wonder the body can move. The way the mother at the Fargo food bank fingers a can of concentrated …
April 12, 2019
Canines in mind at Poochie's Hooch
Three years ago, former firefighter and LPGA golfer Mary Paulson was a home cider maker who would invite a couple dozen friends to her North Park home for what she called back yard happy hooch …
April 12, 2019