Un-retired slasherTom Karlo, who retired as chief of San Diego State University’s KPBS public broadcasting operation in 2020, received $172,206 in annual state pension benefits last year, according to the website TransparentCalifornia.com. “Karlo said he …
Explain the giftSo, Mister Cate landed a plumb position on the board of Voice of San Diego. (“Chris Cate – magnet for political fines,” Under the Radar, September 21, 2023) Maybe the great Cate ought …
At 6:30 am on September 9th, we pile the kids into the car for the drive to Lower Trestles, a mile north of San Onofre. The sun is peeking over the horizon as we drive …
If you’ve never noticed how closely Tibetan prayer flags can resemble papel picado, take a walk around Old Town’s San Diego Avenue. The varicolored rows of paper squares you’ll see strung up around Mexican restaurants …
The Avocado Festival in Fallbrook and Vista’s Strawberry Festival each draw an estimated 100,000 guests.On a weekend in May up to 75,000 come to the Fiesta Del Sol in Solana Beach to see two days of …
It wasn't everything neighbors in Encinitas were asking for. The planning commission last week approved only five of the 14 trees on Melba Road for which they are seeking heritage status.But their efforts have brought …
Recent Rains Have Left Lots Of Standing Water Behind, and it is in these pools that the “ankle biter” mosquito spawns. The first Aedes Aegypti mosquito was seen in San Diego in 2014; they are …
Board up and go"What had happened was one of the SANDAG tow truck drivers had stopped to help this fellow and the guy had shot him. Four or five or six times. A Marine saw …
Dock Totals 9/17 – 9/23: 4107 anglers aboard 189 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 4942 bluefin tuna (up to 280 pounds), 10 bonito, 361 calico bass, …
Present at the creationWhat follows are the words of Padres who came before, beginning with players who were on that first team, who played in that first game, April 8, 1969, recorded as a 2–1 …
CowboysLegend and song have pictured rodeo cowboys as hard-driving, hard-drinking, woman-chasing free spirits. “And that’s true,” says the Reverend Bob Harris, a handsome 52-year-old former cowboy himself. “But I’m not trying to persuade these people …
At long last September, my least favorite month of the year, is coming to an end. Although I must admit this September has been more generous than previous years. The weather has stopped short of …
At one point during the hearing, Commissioner Hart chastised a La Jolla resident who had risen to protest: “You still have the Children’s Pool. Well, for half the year, anyway. And you will note that …
Last week, outraged citizens of Coronado and Imperial Beach staged a protest over the steady influx of sewage slipping over the border from Tijuana and fouling the waters off the county’s southern beaches. They hoped …
“The numbers don’t lie,” says Padres spokesman Sidney Sorrow. “A recent Gallup Poll found that 41% of respondents said football was their favorite sport, while only 10% cited baseball. And famously, soccer is the number …