Video:I had to play “Johnny B. Goode” five times in a row. I got knocked out with an upper-cut on stage for not playing Aerosmith.On January 13, 2009, Forbes magazine declared Chula Vista the most …
April 17, 2024
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San Diego police buy acoustic weapons but don't use them
Sniper’s watchTwo costly crowd control tools bought by local cops from a controversial San Diego-based high-tech security firm saw zero use last year, per the Annual Military Equipment Report for 2023, recently released by the …
April 17, 2024
Why you climb El Cajon Mountain at night
As I make my way up the long and very dark climber’s trail toward El Cajon mountain, I can’t help but think of ghosts. Part of it is the place: there’s another path up to …
April 17, 2024
Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken, y'all
Video:FEAST!: Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken, y'allMost weeks, I’m all too happy to ignore it when an out of state franchise lands in San Diego, no matter how buzzy or inexplicably successful it might …
April 16, 2024
San Diego Gen Z-ers spend 17% more than millennials did on rent
In San Diego, Gen Z-ers, those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s, are better off renting. But they aren't exactly well off renting, either."Felt like I was living in a vacation place and …
April 16, 2024
City late to extricate foxtails from Fiesta Island
Fiesta Island’s fenced dog park reopened on Saturday after a four-day closure to mow weeds, including the dreaded foxtails and, unfortunately, the lovely yellow daisy shrubbed weeds. The mowing came after months of frustrating requests …
April 16, 2024
Aftermath of 99 Cents Only shut-down
Shortly after 99 Cents Only Stores announced last week that they were closing down, hundreds of San Diegans scrambled for alternative places to bargain shop.Charger Steve, founder and organizer of the Cajon Classic Cruise car …
April 15, 2024
Deciduous trees sprouting new life, Bracken ferns pushing up their "fiddleheads"
With More Sunshine And Warmer Temperatures Lately, sycamore, liquidambar, and other decorative deciduous trees around San Diego have responded with tender bright-green foliage. Cruise down 163 through Balboa Park to appreciate the vernal splendor of …
April 15, 2024
Bluefin still Missing In Action – Grunion for Bait during Observation Only? - Yellowtail Limits a Short Drive South
Dock Totals 3/31 – 4/6: 922 anglers aboard 39 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 81 bocaccio, 2 calico bass, 14 lingcod, 4598 rockfish, 37 sand bass, …
April 14, 2024
Tár is a waste of time
A long time ago, I tried to watch the 2022 movie Tár starring Cate Blanchett. The digital copy that the theater had wasn’t working and so I didn’t see it. I meant to see it …
April 12, 2024
Tim Flannery, Pete “Pops” Escovedo, Roger Clyne, Orion Song, Jeff Berkley
Video:LIVE FIVE: Tim Flannery, Pete “Pops” Escovedo, Roger Clyne, Orion Song, Jeff BerkleyThis edition of Acoustic Evenings at the Athenaeum features former Padres star Tim Flannery. By late 2014, he had officially retired from his …
April 11, 2024
Mustard turns hillsides yellow, Star Jasmine’s sweet perfume
Mustard, a Non-Native Plant More Like a Weed than a wildflower, will soon be blooming profusely on grassy slopes all along the coastline of San Diego County. An old story, probably apocryphal, tells of the …
April 11, 2024
Gonzo Report: Wu-Tang DJ backs ONYX at Pacific Beach’s Break Point
Faded, not fadingONYX pays a visit to Pacific Beach’s Break PointPacific Beach on a Friday night is not usually my cup of tea. Tad youthful on those streets. However, it’s not often that ONYX performs …
April 11, 2024
Dad Darius Degher writes lyrics for his daughters - and himself
Degher and his daughter duo: “W.H. Auden said that reading your own poetry is like smelling your own farts,” says singer/songwriter, producer, and published poet Darius Degher. For some reason, I imagine the noxious fumes flowing …
April 11, 2024
The hopeless resistance of a cash user against Tender Greens
When D.D. Smith and his girlfriend first went into Tender Greens, a cashless restaurant in Mission Valley, "I didn't want to get anything," he said in a recent phone interview with me. "Every time I …
April 10, 2024