Good real estate buyer’s agents spend a lot of time on the internet searching on behalf of their clients. Sure, it might sound simple enough to meet a client’s needs — plug in preferred bed/bath …
November 24, 2023
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3 The Point in the Coronado Cays rivals the choicest units in Manhattan
Pleasure Pill, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Mercedes Moore, Chest Fever, Punk Riffs & Mosh Pits
Influenced by Britpop music and mod fashion, <a href="http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/pleasure-pill/">Pleasure Pill</a> features frontman Jonah Paz (JINX!) and his brother Ethan Paz (rhythm guitar), whose father Oscar Paz played with Kill Holiday in the 1990s and Hingada …
November 23, 2023
Gonzo Report: Coping with Citizen at Observatory North Park
I thought I bought tickets to see Citizen Cope. Instead, my scattered head bought tickets to see a band called Citizen. A blunder of this magnitude told me I needed to meditate and turn away …
November 23, 2023
Learning new instruments is only one hurdle for Whiskey & Burlap
Ethan van Thillo was a longtime violinist who basically abandoned the instrument after he had finished college. At that point, he devoted all his time to being a father and running the Media Arts Center …
November 23, 2023
A conversation with the Rational Voice in Thunder Canyon Cave
On October 22, the San Diego Union-Tribune published a story with the headline, “Woman rescued after being stuck in cave in East County for 16 hours.” The story related that the woman, 29, was “in …
November 22, 2023
Faulconer aims for at homelessness, at Remer seat
Fungible exchangeA political action committee tied to Republican ex-San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer, largely funded by a Sacramento-based business lobbying group, has closed up shop, distributing its remaining cash to the county GOP. Officially known …
November 22, 2023
Caught thresher shark from surfboard at Windansea
Fish story vs. surf taleYes, I enjoyed the story (“Big Fish Small Boat,” Cover Story, Nov. 9). It reminded me of my younger brother Scott Cherry, who got his picture in Surfer magazine when he …
November 22, 2023
City's Climate Action Plan bumps up against Housing for Hope approval
An affordable housing project in City Heights is facing pushback from an environmental group for its use of natural gas systems, which the city plans to phase out in new buildings.Last week, the planning commission unanimously approved …
November 21, 2023
CHP looks to shut down sideshows with help from STREET grant
In 2021, the California Highway Patrol reportedly responded to calls to more than 7300 sideshows statewide, many of them here in San Diego County. Sideshows, or takeovers, take place when car enthusiasts block off city streets …
November 21, 2023
Yuk Dae Jang means pork belly, noodles, and spicy beef stew
Video:Preparing a bite of bossamIn San Diego, we’re not supposed to cheer on the arrival of cool, wet weather. But I straight up smiled when that first autumn storm rolled in last week, because I’ve …
November 21, 2023
Low tides are great for birdwatching
Extreme High and Low Tides are set to occur over several days in late November. On Sunday, November 25, the tide reaches a high of 7.22 feet at 7:50 am and then falls to -1.31 …
November 20, 2023
What's going on with downtown San Diego's Horton Plaza?
What happened between 1985 and now?The future of Horton Plaza is so clouded that Jimbo’s, one of the mall’s newer tenants, has gone to court against the owner Westfield America over millions of dollars in …
November 20, 2023
Few anglers, lots of bluefin, and departing yellows
Dock Totals 11/12 – 11/18: 696 anglers aboard 37 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 977 bluefin tuna (up to 150 pounds), 21 calico bass, 1 lingcod, …
November 19, 2023
The pick-up scene that is Gaslamp
It's 9:30 p.m., and San Diego's Gaslamp crackles with anticipationThey’re all attractive young women dressed in Daisy Dukes and crop-tops or something similar. They dispense free-entry stamps to passersby in hope of getting a head …
November 19, 2023
Downtown San Diego's homeless dream of Thanksgiving away from sidewalks
Homeless plans for Thanksgiving On a warm autumn afternoon, a homeless man lies against a wall on First Avenue just south of Ash Street. He's sharing a bottle of cheap vodka with an older homeless …
November 18, 2023