In September Lhooq Books was told it had two months to pack up and get out of of Carlsbad’s downtown Village area. The Lhooq Books story does have a happy ending. But it’s not due …
March 31, 2020
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Carlsbad's Lhooq Books – the after story
All the internet's a stage: the Old Globe goes online
Did you ever hear the one about the guy who started up a new gig as a theater critic right as a global pandemic made public gatherings immoral and possibly even illegal? No? Just as …
March 31, 2020
San Diego airport increasingly vacant, salaries aren't
As the worldwide coronavirus crisis rages on, San Diego's tourist economy has cratered, bringing down with it a small army of maids, bartenders, drivers, and service workers cast out of their jobs for an indefinite …
March 31, 2020
Que Huong Vietnamese restaurant serves quail, wild boar, deer, and more
Stay-at-home orders may keep us from going out to restaurants, but it doesn’t mean they can keep us from trying new things. Early on during this age of social isolation, my cravings went for the …
March 31, 2020
San Diego restaurants open and available for curbside pick-up
The following list of San Diego county restaurants open and available for pick-up food comes from reader responses to a Reader Instagram survey on March 21 and March 23. The following also came in from …
March 31, 2020
San Diego County virus frontline workers meet via Zoom
The local toll of COVID-19 keeps rising. Over six hundred confirmed cases as of Monday, March 30. An unknown number of infected people out and about. Ten million dollars per month and climbing in costs …
March 31, 2020