Blind council Have San Diego mayor Todd Gloria and the city council been getting away with fiscal murder? So suggest two mid-July reports by City Auditor Andy Hanau accusing the council of being derelict in its …
July 31, 2024
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City auditor Andy Hanau throws wrench into San Diego city council's sales tax proposal
Night in a sweat lodge near Gopher Canyon
Standing in the Tierrasanta parking lot where we’d agreed to meet, I spy David Warren Goodknife down in an adjacent canyon — one of several that carve through the sleepy suburban neighborhood. He’s collecting wild …
July 31, 2024
San Diego no longer beautiful or livable
Developing disasterAs a life-long resident of California and a San Diego native I have historical memory that the build, build, build push of years past has never brought down the cost of housing, not even …
July 31, 2024
Izola bakery returns to liven up Fault Line Park
One of my favorite pandemic memories involves watching a basket packed with sourdough and croissants lowered to me by rope out the window of a third story East Village loft. Admittedly, I was chasing a …
July 30, 2024
Selfie takers go overboard at Comic-Con and Padres game
Selfies taken in San Diego have earned us international acclaim. The most recent buzz was generated by actress Jennifer Garner, who took a selfie video while stuck in an elevator at Comic-Con over the weekend. …
July 30, 2024
El Cajon threads needle to fight panhandling
An El Cajon City Council discussion of panhandling signs last week turned into a debate about messaging and addiction."I'm close to the line of shaming somebody who happens to be struggling with something," said councilmember …
July 30, 2024
Elderberry fruit is ripening, Orioles head West for the summer
Elderberry, Two Species Of Which Range Over Most Of San Diego County, is in full bloom this month. The flat-topped, creamy white blossoms of this large shrub (or small tree) can be seen in natural …
July 29, 2024
Full moon blues, hot yellows, and hefty halibut
Dock Totals 7/21– 7/27: 4659 anglers aboard 193 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 174 barracuda, 446 bluefin tuna (up to 220 pounds), 9 bonito, 3 cabezon, …
July 28, 2024
Comic-Con-ish greatness
With Comic-Con devouring downtown San Diego, let’s take a look at four underappreciated or forgotten motion picture orchestral soundtracks. The requirements are that the movie be Comic-Con-ish in nature.Star Trek: The Motion Picture starts our list. …
July 26, 2024
Marvel fans at Comic-Con unenthusiastic about villain at center of new storyline
Marvel Grand Pooh-Bah Kevin Feige’s opening statement at Comic-Con 2024: “As film critic Sonny Bunch has noted, environmentalists make good movie villains. He pointed to Thanos, the great, great villain of our salad days, who …
July 26, 2024
Mayor Gloria shifts emphasis to transients threatening to leave town
Today, Mayor Todd Gloria announced that he was repurposing his proposed 1000-bed facility at Kettner and Vine. What had been intended as a permanent homeless shelter is now being pitched as a low-cost hotel for …
July 26, 2024
Winston finally breaks out of San Diego Zoo
A specialized spiritograph captures the moment that the 52-year-old gorilla’s soul shuffled off this mortal coil and slipped the surly bonds of earth. Born in the wild in 1972, Winston euphemistically came under the care …
July 26, 2024
Peter Sprague, Nights Like Thieves, B-Side Players, Travel Agents, Gary Wilson
Video:LIVE FIVE: Latin, jazz, jam, tribute, and DIY rock in Encinitas, Solana Beach, Miramar, South Park, and downtownThe Peter Sprague Quintet at San Diego Botanic GardenJuly 25The Summer Nights series presents jazz guitarist Peter Sprague, …
July 25, 2024
Gonzo Report: Which One’s Pink? keeps Pink Floyd alive for next generation
“Wygdjgedy Gilmour hednkjehuicehk amplifier cmoiewjcpew.” That’s not my cat walking on the keyboard, but rather an estimation of what I hear from behind me as two people carry on a conversation at normal talking volume, …
July 25, 2024
Manganista box set offers multiple covers, genres, and Space Pop Rocks
Angels and humans, reggaefied: The two songs on the new Manganista single run less than four minutes each. “Human Being” dismisses the human condition with its sarcastic and sad refrain of “I just work here,” …
July 25, 2024