Cover Stories
Conversations I wish I’d heard this year. John Kern, political reporter. Evening Tribune: The Grand Jury when they decided not to bring an accusation against City Attorney John Witt for taking his $100 campaign contribution …
You live in San Diego, right? And you want to spend a Saturday night listening to some rock and roll. You're looking for good musicianship, interesting repertoires, you might even want to kick up your …
Peter Tork's ticket to stardom was definitely marked “round trip.” Eight years ago he would pass the hat around an old folk's club and hope that it would come back full. Most of the time …
George Bacon was unshakably naive. He had spent three years of active duty as a Navy officer and still he was astonished to see what he saw when he later joined the Navy Reserve. Maybe …
It wasn't really the kind of rodeo I had grown up with. The ones I went to years ago in another California small town were much more intimate — a hundred people or so standing …
At least there’s one thing that people who live in Alpine can still agree on: they live in a beautiful town with a near-perfect climate. But that’s where the agreement ends. Ever since the townspeople …
Force claimed he had played a role, witch-wise, in the indictment of San Diego's former Mayor Curran and his staff, in the Yellow Cab Scandal.
Some join for social reasons. They consider food-getting a community project. Some join for religious reasons. They believe in good health through good food. Many join for economic reasons. They appreciate the low prices. They …
If it had been up to Jack, he would have married Marla at the exit of the El Cajon Speedway. They had met there and he felt it was the ideal place to tie the …
Love and marriage Love and marriage They go together Like a horse and carriage This I tell you brother You can't have one You can't have one You can't have one Without the other "Love …
So you want to get to know San Diego and you decide to go whole hog — you buy all three of the paperback guides available in town: San Diego Guide, San Diego On Foot, …
While the average San Diegan does without his new car or his new stereo, or cuts his entertainment budget down to buying popcorn for television movies, it may be comforting to know that inflation is …
Lennon's going to be here," he shouted to his friend. "I just heard it. John Lennon's gonna be here. Hot damn!" He fidgeted in his seat, took a glance at the Padre game being played …
Roslyn Kind, Barbra Streisand's sister, sings the National Anthem. Afterwards, everyone sits down despite the sounding of ten bells for the late New York Post columnist Milton Gross and the late Joe Frazier manager Yank …
“What more could I want?” asked Barbara. “I have a mansion, a pool, a butler, a maid, my old man, my kids, limousines. I live the the people I love. I never have to do any housework, I only cook a meal if I feel like it!"
With the popularity of Japanese food plus the fickleness of meat prices and supply, more and more San Diegans are taking to tofu. Tofu is taken for granted in Japan and fully appreciated only abroad, where it is not easily available.