Cover Stories
There had been indications, beginning with when the bathtub in the upstairs bathroom fell through the ceiling of the basement. Nobody was hurt, but it was an omen. Shortly after that fungus began growing on the basement walls.
From the window by my desk I can see a sign advertising an auto dealership. I can also see it from the bedroom window, the kitchen window, and the rear balcony. Actually, to merely say …
Electronic philosopher Marshall McLuhan used to be widely quoted as saying, “Television reintegrates the human senses, thereby making books obsolete.” TV critic Michael J. Arlen had something to say about that: “Oh, boy, some life …
JAI ALAI is the fast-moving, fast-betting Basque ball court sport which, the game’s aficionados will quickly point out, is the world's most exciting game. It is also one of the most dangerous. “I played baseball …
On this day, over half a century ago, Chester Hanson threw his bandolier into a camp stove and ran from the exploding bullets, while Ettore Bronte was singing in the streets of Paris, celebrating the …
THE MAN checked his package one last time. In the battered shoe-box. all things seemed in order. There were four slices cf white bread on the bottom of the box. topped by a layer of …
The conveyance which leaves San Diego for Los Angeles four times a day from the Santa Fe railroad station is trying as hard as it can not to be a train. The new “Amcoaches” of …
San Ysidro is a small, predominantly Chicano section of San Diego that sees more illegal aliens than any other community in the country. The “Chula Vista Sector” is what it is called by the ^border …
"The media loves to set up people as heroes or villains; and sure, if you want to see me as a villain, that's fine with me, but I have no more relationship to acid, in the overall scope of my work, than the bomb has reference to Einstein."
1976 San Diego guide to where to park Downtown, State College area, beaches, La Jolla 1976 San Diego guide to Navy slang Bulkhead, cum shaw, head, jarhead, u-trou, Z-gram 1976 San Diego guide to surfer …
The statue in front of Christ the King Church in Logan Heights is becoming legendary. During the '60s, vandals broke the hands from Jesus's outstretched arms and painted his face black. Then one morning the …
The media have a hard time with Walter Mondale. Dole is related to pineapples, though he’s supposed to have the personality of a radish. Ford is a dependable, unexciting four-door. And recently, I heard two …
Recently, the family of a man who had led a simple life tried to provide him with his last request—a simple funeral and burial. The task became more of a burden than they could have …
A ten-year-old kid perches atop the green wooden railing, his leg partially obscuring the “No Sitting on Rail” warning sign stenciled below. By late afternoon, this railing has become encrusted with fish scales and entrails, …
An overeater's story WHILE OTHER PEOPLE are chomping on potato chips in front of their TV sets, downing popcorn and soda pop at the movies, or heading out to the local ice cream stand for …
"WHEN WE SAY FISH, we mean albacore. We don’t consider anything else really fish,” explained a long-time live-bait fisherman, walking along the San Diego Commercial Marina piers at North Harbor Drive, not far from Tarantino’s …