Basketball great and San Diego icon Bill Walton died on May 27. The next day, sports commentator John Canzano posted an interview clip on TikTok in which he asked Walton how many Grateful Dead concerts …
July 10, 2024
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Toyota Priuses driven by Chinese men near Mexican border
No Great WallAfter traveling to San Diego’s troubled border region, a senior researcher for the conservative Heritage Foundation has returned to Washington, D.C. and painted a dire picture of burgeoning Chinese immigration across the border …
July 10, 2024
Black man helped Don Bauder in J. David case
I knew Don BauderI’m calling regarding the death of Don Bauder (“Farewell to a professional love”, Neighborhood News, July 4, 2024) who was a financial contributing editor for you guys for a long time, and …
July 10, 2024
Rosemarie's out to show sliders have legs in Mission Beach
I had to be careful not to call it a food truck, when I first checked out gourmet slider specialist Rosemarie's. Its chef cooked out of a trailer small enough, I'd have believed it if …
July 9, 2024
Homeless tiny homes shifted to Lemon Grove
The county's tiny home rollout is rolling. Opponents of a proposal to set up 150 sleeping cabins for the homeless in Spring Valley have helped get the location shifted four miles west to Lemon Grove.Although …
July 9, 2024
Fistfight between county fair workers turns out to be an exception
Towards the end of June, a fistfight broke out between carnival workers at the San Diego County Fair, quickly captured on video by TikTok user @adan651. The incident sparked online discussions about the environment and …
July 9, 2024
Inland heat peaks this month, native lilies blooming in higher elevations
The Heat of Summer will most likely reach its feverish peak in inland San Diego County during July. (Coastal San Diego is different: since its weather is greatly affected by the slowly warming mass of …
July 8, 2024
Lithium-ion battery fires in East Village, Barrio Logan, Otay Mesa
The rise in popularity of e-bikes around San Diego County has grown so much over the past couple of years that it seems more commonplace to find cyclists utilizing them on the local roads than …
July 8, 2024
Hot week of fishing – big bonito, big bluefin, and lots of calico bass
Dock Totals 6/30 – 7/6: 4591 anglers aboard 164 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 51 barracuda, 1954 bluefin tuna (up to 228 pounds), 3 bocaccio, 365 …
July 7, 2024
A poem for the Fourth of July
Old IronsidesAy, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon’s roar;— The meteor of the …
July 5, 2024
Mainly Mozart closes with "the modern Mozart"
The wildly entertaining final concert of The 2024 Mainly Mozart Festival, held on Thursday, June 27, sealed the deal for this being a festival to remember. During the performance of Mozart’s Prague Symphony, Marine Corps F35s …
July 5, 2024
Bleu Bohème boasts an aged Old Fashioned
<inline type="photothumb" id="157780" href="" align="right" />“Bartenders are like iPhones; you have to keep updating,” says GG Droege, the bar lead for Bleu Bohème. In keeping with that turn of phrase, he encourages me to venture …
July 4, 2024
Ed Bedford snacks on snails
Video:Ed Bedford snacks on snailsThis is weird. I’m sitting here looking out over the Port from pretty much exactly where some photographer, back on March 24, 1882, pulled the cap off his giant camera lens …
July 4, 2024
Keni Yarbro, Farrah Camu, Cascade Effect, MohaviSoul, Rebecca Jade
Video:Metal winners and mellow singers in Mission Beach, La Jolla, Linda Vista, Escondido, Del MarKeni Yarbro at Mission Beach ResortJuly 4Based in Oceanside, acoustic songsmith Keni Yarbro specializes in island vibe music, including classic rock, Motown, …
July 4, 2024
Gonzo Report: Girl in Red fans talk mental health and music
It was kind of surprising to see families with kids at the Girl in Red show at The Sound. There were a few with really young kids — like five or six — but other …
July 4, 2024