Cover Stories
I once had a teacher who was more an unindicted co-conspirator than a hired pedagogue. Most everyone has a favorite teacher, although rarely will such choices be unanimous. But for hundreds of people who were …
A first-hand look at marine life near the sewage outfall at Point Loma.
“It’s starting out calm today. Only three accidents and a vehicle fire so far.” Metro Traffic Control’s airborne reporter Kymythy Schultze wriggles a bulbous headset into a comfortable position over her ears. “And there’s a …
Disappointingly, the movie shows no scenes of recognizable Lakeside streets or structures that I can compare with the town as I’ve known it during my lifetime. But it does show something more evocative: vistas of wild grass and brush…
“Ray Bradbury,” Brizzolara continued, “talking about detective fiction set in California, described it as ‘the literature of sadness and strange endings on the California coast.’ And this has always made sense to me.
Philip Kees lives downtown in the Armed Services YMCA. and as he shuttles about on Broadway in shorts and a sailor hat pulled down over his bald head, he's indistinguishable from the mass of sidewalk …
San Diego may soon be getting a new city hall. Not just any city hall, but a “Capitol on the Hill,” beckoning its citizens with glamour and expense, equal to, say its planners, the city …
Manager Jack McKeon says he talked to Show about his politics in 1987, and he told him "to give it a rest. Personally, I don’t have any problem with it. But sometimes, Eric just talks too damn much.”
If wasn’t until Hank Allen felt his ship dead in the water, with the world exploding around him, that he knew he had to jump. “Even up until the time I got into the water …
Two rubber-veiled hands press cloths down; the pumpkin square of abdomen shines taut. Framing the exposed area, faded aqua drapes conceal curves of body. Another sheathed hand grasps a silver blade, angles it with delicacy …
It’s the hottest place in hell you can imagine: not knowing what you are,” Jerri Sousa declares. She’s been there. Born a woman, wishing, and fantasizing, and finally believing that she was really a man …
Since Logan is the largest Hispanic gang, it is frequently challenged by smaller gangs. According to the testimony of a Red Steps homeboy (gang member), the gang is currently fighting with at least six other local Hispanic street gangs.
Veteran Readers The first three Vietnam Vets whom I asked, "What novels about the Vietnam War have you read?" hadn't read many. All three served in the Marine Corps, all were in boot camp in …
Mob Jobs Tamara Rand, 54Bandini Street, Mission HillsNovember 10, 1975 The victim, a real-estate broker and the wife of a wealthy physician, was found sprawled on the floor of her kitchen, a cup of tea …
"On that Sunday of the attack, we had gone to the Bird Rock area to dive for abalone. But the surf was too rough. We decided to go to the cove to see if conditions were any better."
He thinks about San Diego “all the time. Whenever I eat an avocado, every time I buy an Hawaiian shirt, when I feel physically comfortable — because I often felt comfortable in San Diego."