They're a step closer to landing on a sidewalk downtown, but not an inch closer to universal love: dozens of eight-foot-tall digital kiosks that threaten to end the city's historic ban on new outdoor advertising. …
May 2, 2023
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Sneaking kiosks with ads into downtown San Diego
El Cajon promises on potholes
On April 22 and 23, the El Cajon Facebook page challenged those living there to hop onto their "My El Cajon" app and "mark every pothole you can find within our city limits and have …
May 1, 2023
Blame Eddy for May Gray and June Gloom, chamise and buckwheat are blooming
The Catalina Eddy, a meteorological condition responsible for days-long episodes of dreary, overcast weather over San Diego, is most likely to occur in May and June. This weather pattern, which intensifies our late-spring “June Gloom,” …
May 1, 2023
There are two Sorrento Valleys
Sorrento Valley lacks stickiness It’s among the safest of neighborhoods. A glance at crime statistics shows negligible amounts in Sorrento Valley proper (most months: no murder, no rape, 20 nonresidential burglaries). The place is either …
May 1, 2023
Bluefin tuna numbers explode
Dock Totals 4/16– 4/29: 3509 anglers aboard 151 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past two weeks caught 2607 bluefin tuna (up to 180 pounds), 2 bocaccio, 243 bonito, 3 …
April 30, 2023
The elusive fish of San Pedro Martir
A model trout habitat in Baja Two years ago, when I first began my search for Salmo nelsoni, the Baja rainbow trout, I contacted Don Albright, a longtime Baja aficionado who regularly leads friends and …
April 30, 2023
Marguerite Henry, another horse-crazy girl
Misty of Chincoteague author ends up in Rancho Santa Fe When Marguerite Henry died last month at the age of 95, a relationship that began for me more than 35 years ago came to a …
April 29, 2023
Mahler done right for San Diego
Some unavoidable conflicts thwarted my plans to go to Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 on Saturday, April 22. By all accounts, it was a lovely performance. Yet, at the end of the day, it is …
April 28, 2023
Statutory Grape legal once again in National City
Way back in the ‘90s, National City banned lowrider cruising on highland avenue, citing concerns about crime and congestion. Some city councilpeople worried openly that the practice was attracting “the wrong element,” a claim that …
April 28, 2023
San Diego Zoo rodent ambassador’s mission to New York City backfires
When New York City Mayor Eric Adams introduced rat czar Kathleen Corradi two weeks ago, touting her willingness to commit to the wholesale slaughter of the city’s dirty and diseased rat population, San Diego Zoo …
April 28, 2023
City’s 7-11s launch Operation Opera in effort to clear sidewalks near downtown locations
Recently, a number of 7-11 owners around the country have admitted that they play opera inside their stores in a surprisingly successful effort to drive away the homeless. Still more recently, a number of 7-11 …
April 28, 2023
Yoga studio meets wine bar at Vinya: vino + vinyasa in Clairemont
Vinya: vino + vinyasa, 5185 Balboa Avenue, Clairemont Mesa; Driving up to Vinya: vino + vinyasa, I was confused. The Balboa Crest Shopping Center in Clairemont Mesa housed a liquor store and a check-cashing site. …
April 27, 2023
The Album Leaf is falling, Veronica May is questioning, Sara Petite is returning, Greg Douglass is moving, Zach Phillips is competing
Jimmy LaValle formed his meditative electro-organic musical project The Album Leaf in 1999, going on to several acclaimed releases and touring with acts such as Sigur Rós. May 5 will see the release of a …
April 27, 2023
Gonzo Report: They Might Be Giants’ Flood not quite rained out at Humphreys
“What’s this,” marveled the lady approaching the rest rooms at Humphreys before the show on the evening of April 14, “no line for the women’s rest room? And a line for the men’s?” “It is …
April 27, 2023
It’s Gonna Blow!!! filmmaker Bill Perrine writes book on Harry Partch, Pauline Oliveros, and others in San Diego’s experimental 1970s music scene
Don’t get him wrong, San Diego native Bill Perrine has no insurmountable beef with his hometown. He’s happy to rock out at the Casbah, or to stick his head into Nate’s Garden Grill or the …
April 27, 2023