Golden Dreams
“It is very expensive to be a successful black author," says Tamela Julia Gordon.Her audience pays close attention when she speaks, and why not? She is a writer who cracked the publishing nut. No less …
“I’m certainly not optimistic,” says Ralph Keeling. Not optimistic? “That we’ll turn around tomorrow and say ‘This was all a bad dream.’ I’m not that kind of an optimist.”Keeling’s a climate scientist, but he’s not talking …
"Marriage. Marriage is what brings us together today. Marriage, that blessed arrangement, that dream within a dream…” - The Impressive Clergyman in The Princess Bride David and Cheryl Ross met in 1964 at a San Diego …
Joseph, a community college student, also works at the Vons in University City — the one situated at the intersection of Genesee and Governor, anchoring the University Square strip mall whose claim to fame is …
“Bees!” Kim jumps up and starts down towards the river flat. He’s flicking his face and neck. I hear them too. Man! Now they’re buzzing me. I feel the pinch of their little stingers. Neck, hands, mouth. …
Laika clacks up to me. He doesn’t actually lick my hand, but he wants to be friendly. Laika is a dog. Laika is also a robot.Tommy Sharkey, the guy with the controls, says Laika was named …
Robin’s Nest Rescue in Ramona is a family affair, says its president, Kimber Williams. “I could not do it alone, and I’m not alone, thank goodness,” says Williams, who grew up in Texas and has …
If you search for “Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder” on Wikimedia Commons, you will find the above image from an old edition of The Canadian Nurse, the official organ of the Canadian Nurses' Association. The text …
“‘Don’t anybody move!’”The year is 1970. The speaker is Alfred Scott McLaren, captain of the USS Queenfish, a nuclear submarine snaking along beneath the frozen surface of uncharted Siberian waters. The situation is that his …
“Ecotect.” That’s what they call Drew Hubbell. He’s a San Diego architect famous for his houses made of adobe, straw bale, or, uh, styrofoam concrete block. And in the aftermath of the recent LA fires, …
EV West, a custom car shop in San Marcos, is generating worldwide buzz for its high-profile clientele—an ironic twist when you consider the vehicles in the works are silent.During my recent visit, a 1962 Volkswagen …
For Susy Botello, it started with 9/11. “The whole idea of making movies with iPhones began for me in 2001,” she says. ‘I was here at Grossmont College, studying media communications. On that morning, I …
“This whole thing evolved because of her beauty,” says Bill Garrison. “Louis B. Mayer called her ‘The most beautiful girl in the world.’” “She” was Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian immigrant who became a Hollywood star and …
As most parents of teenagers know, TikTok went dark on Saturday, January 18, following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a ban that received widespread bipartisan support in Congress and was signed into law in …
I’m sitting in a window seat at Lestat’s coffee shop on Adams Avenue in Normal Heights, waiting, as one does, to meet with a clowning duo who go by the moniker Fancy and the Loop. …
A lot of my friends know that I prefer to catch the bus instead of driving a car. Slower? A little. Cheaper? Way. Provides more time to work on your interview questions ahead of time? …