Siobhan Braun and the Reader
Jamul casino, post-college blues, what we hate about San Diego, sex traffic, worst roommates
Siobhan Braun 8:30 a.m., July 21
Las Vegas
Life goes on in Las Vegas
Bring your inner foodie: Vegas isn't just for gamblers or clubbers anymore.
Heading to Las Vegas two months after the Mandalay Bay shootings – the deadliest (civilian) mass shooting in American history – you’d have to be a sociopath not to think of death. But eventually, like ...
Ready to pay for the Raiders' Vegas stadium?
Senate and House disagree on sports stadium subsidies
The Senate and House have passed their own versions of new tax legislation, and now they must reconcile their differences in a conference committee. Wisely, the House version eliminates federal bond subsidies for pro sports ...
Jovi's choice
Bon Jovi chooses San Diego band Daring Greatly to open his Vegas show
“We had to arrive at the arena at 1 p.m. and we were playing at 8 p.m.,” says guitarist Dail Croome of Daring Greatly, who won a contest to open for Bon Jovi at Las ...
Raiders want eternal flame for Al Davis
What city but Las Vegas would give him one?
“You know, when I came into the National Football League, many of our owners owned horses, owned dog tracks, owned all the familiar habitats of gamblers and gambling. We have learned to accept this in ...
Stadium shuffle continues within NFL
Will the Raiders be able to move to Vegas without objection?
It looks like Mark Davis, son of Oakland Raiders founder Al Davis, will move the team to Las Vegas. One potential stumbling block, say some in the media, is John Mara, chief executive and co-owner ...
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Belching Beaver getting big
Six-packs, sours, and a full restaurant in the works
Belching Beaver Brewing has been in serious expansion mode this spring. In March, the company more than quadrupled its capacity by moving in to a 30-barrel production brewery in Oceanside. Meanwhile, its original 15-barrel Vista ...
Raiders could play in Vegas, but not forever
Viva la Raiders?
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported today (April 8) that the Oakland Raiders could play pre-season games and maybe a regular-season game in Vegas if a deal is finalized for a new domed stadium near the ...
Sin City send-off
Elvis turns up for Biz Air's inaugual flight from Carlsbad to Las Vegas
Elvis impersonator George Thomas was belting out "Viva Las Vegas" and other Elvis tunes as a crowd gathered in the terminal at Carlsbad’s Palomar-McClellan airport. On July 30, city and county leaders, media, and paying ...
Viva Oceanside!
Who was responsible for naming streets in the Valley of the Dead Casinos?
Although there is no obvious connection between Oceanside and Las Vegas, a housing tract that was built in the early ’60s was laid out on nine streets named after Las Vegas casinos. Last month, Riviera ...
War Machine on the loose
Former pro fighter allegedly beat ex-girlfriend in Vegas
Police across the Southwest are still on the hunt for Jonathan "War Machine" Koppenhaver, a San Diego–based mixed martial artist accused of assaulting his supposed porn-star ex-girlfriend and a companion in Las Vegas early Friday ...
Diva Las Vegas
"That weekend, there were Bellagio-fountain-worthy waterworks, women traipsing naked in hotel hallways, bitchy pool encounters, and just enough scandalous activity to keep me interested."
What Is It About Vegas?
Watching the Manny Pacquiao/Shane Mosley fight on Showtime. Venue is the MGM Grand in Vegas. The camera pans the crowd and then there’s an outdoor shot of the strip. This always gets me. I lived ...
Las Vegas Murder
Detectives followed a trail that traversed the kitchen, then continued across the dining room and through the hallway. The bloody footprints faded noticeably with each step up the staircase. More bloody footprints led to the ...
Gambling employees do better in San Diego than in Las Vegas
Mental health counselors make $20,000 more than in San Diego
In San Diego, those who do good do not do well — from an income standpoint, that is. The professions devoted to helping people down on their luck, such as social work, are not at ...
