A number of participants in the World War II-era Manhattan Project — which famously set out to build an atomic bomb — went on to have important postwar academic and national defense positions in the …
August 9, 2023
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Manhattan Project alums in San Diego reflect on Hiroshima
Gang members in San Diego's Shelltown
ShelltownBy late 2020, I had begun to really make an impact within the neighborhood. I was drawing attention because of the type of figures I was photographing. Many of them I met on my own, …
August 9, 2023
Helicopter landings at Brown Field and Aguascalientes – any connection?
Borderline helloBy coincidence or not, the May 22 hard landing of a U.S. Homeland Security helicopter at Brown Field Municipal Airport — an event which is currently under investigation by the National Transportation Board — …
August 9, 2023
Reader writer on bathrooms seen as anti-Trump
Doesn’t like SpikeI don’t know what’s more bloated — Spike Steffenhagen’s bladder or his ego. Reading his yappy drivel (“San Diegans split on public access to bathrooms”, Cover Story, July 26), I imagine some dime-a-dozen …
August 9, 2023
Man interested in 11-year-old girl at Mance Buchanon Park
Mom Melissa is a curvy woman with long blonde hair. She came into the courtroom with a determined stride and testified at a pre-trial hearing on July 10. Melissa told the judge she has four children, …
August 8, 2023
A date shake date at Kako Dates & Nuts
When I woke up, I didn’t know this would be the day I would try a date shake. Otherwise, I might have marked the occasion on my calendar. If not for the drink itself, then …
August 8, 2023
Valitar horse show promoter arrested for solicitation of murder
The co-producer of a failed $10 million horse show that left performers high and dry over a decade ago was arrested last week in Solana Beach for solicitation of murder.Tatyana Remley, 42, was out on …
August 8, 2023
August is warmest month of the year and ocean temps peak
San Diego’s Warmest Weather, on average, should be occurring right now, according to statistics compiled from several decades of measurements taken near the San Diego International Airport. In an average year, coastal residents enjoy an …
August 7, 2023
Tomato people say that tomatoes have 'no legs'
San Diego's best tomato breeds: Better Boys, Early Girls, Yellow Taxis The ripe round red tomato sitting on the kitchen table is alive and busy. While we are asking, “How shall I eat it?” the …
August 7, 2023
Rough conditions, the return of a yellowtail tournament
Dock Totals 7/30 – 8/5: 4711 anglers aboard 189 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 1 albacore, 88 barracuda, 12 blacksmith perch, 2687 bluefin tuna (up to …
August 6, 2023
Author of the novel that shook Mission Hills
Oakley Hll explains The Corpus of Joe Bailey In San Diego, Corpus of Joe Bailey also made a noteworthy entrance. The book was denounced from San Diego pulpits for being too sexy and provoked Mission …
August 6, 2023
Getting AIDS – one of 3401 cases diagnosed in San Diego
Ex-biker, would-be Trappist, soldier of fortune, San Diego powerlifter comes down with AIDS Is that you?’ the burly black social worker asked me. pointing to a 13-digit code handwritten on a page in a huge …
August 5, 2023
New California Festival has a woke flavor
I've received a few press releases explaining a new endeavor entitled California Festival. The festival comprises 95 organizations performing pieces of music that have been composed in the last five years. Each organization has independently …
August 4, 2023
Five poems by Scott T. Starbuck
On Earth with Big Oilis like being in a carwith crazy uncle Ned,running red lights,ignoring stop signs,singing church hymnswhile splattering raccoons,ducklings, dogs, deer,cats, possums,plowing through old ladies,folks in wheelchairsand on scooters,crowds of schoolchildren,then whistling like …
August 4, 2023
Enticed and intrigued in Encinitas
Sometimes picking a property to share on this page is a painstaking process that involves a lot of second-guessing. Have we been to La Jolla and Del Mar too many times already this year? (Actually …
August 4, 2023