A crucial component of the storyteller’s craft is placing actions and details in a specific order. For most stories, this is pretty straightforward: start at the beginning, then tell the events in the order they …
November 5, 2019
News & Stories
The Last Five Years: fragmented like Homer’s The Odyssey
Clan linked to yesterday's Mexico slayings once rocked San Diego
It was January 1975, and San Diego was making big news in the New York Times, as violence from a notorious polygamous cult spilled into the county from Baja California. "A search centered on San …
November 5, 2019
Halloween slippage in north Escondido
Halloween is “Valentino Frankenstein’s” favorite holiday. The north Escondido resident plays guitar for local Duran Duran and The Cars tribute bands and his monster-moniker is his stage name, partially because he stands 6 feet 4 …
November 5, 2019
No new North County sprawl has its consequences
Where are the high paying jobs cropping up in San Diego? North County. And where are many of the big sprawl housing projects proposed? North County. The "two simple numbers" that really count in that …
November 5, 2019
Belgian Beer and Waffles (and fries)
As I approach what used to be a Starbucks on University Avenue, a corner unit of the historic North Park Theatre building, a sign written in large letters announces a welcome change: it’s now a …
November 5, 2019