Plant-based eateries aren’t as tough a sell as they used to be in San Diego, but they’re still part of the volatile restaurant business, so even some of the good ones close before their time. …
August 13, 2021
News & Stories
Chicago Not Dogs, not for purists
The grand opening of the Rady Shell
I came to San Diego in the fall of 1990. All through the decade, I took advantage of the chance to buy student tickets for the San Diego Symphony and the San Diego Opera. However, …
August 13, 2021
Battle of the Bartenders, Tiki Style
San Diego’s Tiki Oasis festival celebrated its 20th anniversary this year after postponing the celebration and being forced to go virtual in 2020. This year also marked the first Tiki Oasis in its new home, …
August 13, 2021
Three of Jean Arthur’s Columbia comedies
Many performers lost their careers during Hollywood’s transition to sound, but Jean Arthur literally found her voice in talkies. And don’t let the pink and squishy sounds it radiates fool you: Ms. Arthur was a …
August 13, 2021
In previously unheard-of crime, some unvaccinated Californians are dealing in so-called “Fake IDs”
Yesterday, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria spoke out against a plague of faked vaccination cards that seems to be spreading among the unvaccinated community in San Diego even faster than covid-19. “Even as San Diego’s …
August 13, 2021
The Falcon Can Hear the Faulconer
Last week, a SurveyUSA poll revealed that more than half of likely voters would vote to recall Governor Gavin Newsom from office, a clear sign that many Californians are unhappy with Toothsome Newsom’s handling of …
August 13, 2021
Once-dismissed “Lin-Leak Theory” gains traction following covid outbreak among Zoo’s big cats
“When I first suggested that China’s decision to share its pandas with the San Diego Zoo might be a fur-op, everybody said I was crazy,” says local conspiracy theorist Saul Openmind. “That was what, 27 …
August 13, 2021