You really notice the season’s changes at the beach. For starters, where are the umbrellas? Where are the people, lying around like seals on towels? More important, where is the family of young great whites …
September 15, 2021
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Last of the summer surfers
San Diego City Clerk attacked in re-tweet
Incompetence, not hackers, to blame? It’s been a tough year for San Diego city clerk Elizabeth Maland on the computer front. As revealed here on June 14, a legal disagreement between the clerk’s office and …
September 15, 2021
Dennis Martinez leads the swap of guns for skateboards
A farewell to arms It is my guess that none of the 298 guns — shotguns, .22s, .38s, .45s, and the occasional AR — turned in to the Vista Sheriff’s Department at their “Guns For …
September 15, 2021
Vaccine skeptic gets two jabs at her critic
Needle sticks This letter is in response to Michael Quirk’s letter (“Paralyzing notion”, Letters, September 1). First of all, have you ever seen a viral video or product so popular that customers are breaking down …
September 15, 2021
Last night at the Coronado’s Bistro d’Asia
It’s the evening of September 8 at Coronado’s Bistro d’Asia; everybody’s happy, in a gallows good-humored sort of way. Like passengers appreciating the band playing on the Titanic. And as the evening sky turns cerulean, …
September 15, 2021
Think George Mallory’s take on trying to climb Mount Everest: “because it’s there”
Dear Hipster: As I understand it, one of the most powerful motivating forces in the hipster universe is “wouldn’t it be funny if…” Invoking this ironic catchphrase still seems to justify doing all kinds of …
September 15, 2021