Back in May, a Keanu Reeves sighting at the Casbah during a punk rock show featuring locals Doc Hammer lit up social media. I know this because one of my pals posted an Instagram selfie …
July 6, 2023
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Gonzo Report: Strictly psychedelic at Casbah’s San Diego Freak Out
Pacific Beach's Silver Fox – 25 drinkers at 6:15 am
The bar at the corner of 30th Street and Adams Avenue is named Polite Provisions. The outfit that runs it, Consortium Holdings, bills it as “an ode to the extinct neighborhood institution that is the …
July 5, 2023
The quiet disappearance of Lonnie Eldridge
Raiding accounts The acting replacement for ex-San Diego County Counsel Lonnie Eldridge, who mysteriously exited his post almost a year ago after only twelve months on the job, has been called out by county chief …
July 5, 2023
Tin Fork missed by loyal Reader readers
Did Ed Bedford drop his fork? Hey, I noticed Ed hasn’t written anything for Tin Fork in a while. I’ve been reading it since I was a teenager and it’s become somewhat of a comfort …
July 5, 2023
Park Laurel: luxury on the edge of Balboa Park
It’s not often that we tour condos here at Unreal. A lot of that is due to the relative newness of San Diego. With the bulk of West Coast development occurring after the advent of …
July 5, 2023
La Flamme brings Alsatian pizza to the food court
This has to be the most salad I’ve ever eaten at a mall. I’ve walked a couple circuits around the food court of Plaza Bonita, the big shopping center at the border of Chula Vista …
July 4, 2023
Marble guerrillas invade San Diego
Shooting marbles nowadays is not the same as when we'd flick them at our opponents' marbles in the 1980s. Nowadays, glass-marble play is for more than keeps. Throughout June, local vandals shot marbles at car …
July 4, 2023
San Diego's undergrounding utilities costs shoot up
The undergrounding of unsightly wires around San Diego has resumed but not only has the number of projects been slashed in half, but costs have increased by over 100 percent. "This cost is insane, this …
July 3, 2023
Grunion Open Season, Crickets Chirping Signals Hot, Dry July
Grunion Open Season is happening again this week (evenings of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, July 3-6) roughly between the hours of 10 pm and 2 am, following the nocturnal high tide. The small, silvery …
July 3, 2023
Bodysurfer zealots – from Tia Juana River mouth to Oceanside championship
Bodysurfers from Oceanside to the IB Pier A little further up the coast from Cartwright and Bye is the hermetic Boomer Beach crowd of La Jolla, with guys like "Dolphin" Don Riley, "Freeway" Dave Freeman, …
July 3, 2023
Bluefin and more bluefin with a scratch of yellowfin mixed in
Dock Totals 6/25– 7/1: 3408 anglers aboard 149 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 370 barracuda, 3045 bluefin tuna (up to 150 pounds), 45 bocaccio, 5 bonito, …
July 2, 2023
Cinema insights from Kensington Video owners
Movie lover's paradise Meanwhile, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video have shuttered their local outlets. Owner and buyer Guy Hanford understands why. “When you went into a Blockbuster or Hollywood to rent a film, you never engaged …
July 2, 2023
RIP Rick Froberg: Pitchfork co-founder was 55
Singer-guitarist Rick Froberg “passed away suddenly last night [June 30] from natural causes,” posted longtime bandmate John Reis, who also said “His art made life better.” “The only thing he loved more than art and …
July 1, 2023
Florence Chadwick wants to lose 50 pounds
Florence Chadwick in and out of the water Many years earlier, on her return to San Diego from a trip abroad, Chadwick had been greeted by city officials with considerably more pomp - a jubilant …
July 1, 2023
Beethoven's Ninth at UC San Diego Epstein Family Amphitheater
“...Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield …
June 30, 2023