“Suicidal Tendencies and The Last Gang shirts, I knew you would be exceptional people,” exclaims Agusto from South America, who is complimenting my wife and me on our T-shirt choices. The man himself is wearing …
April 20, 2023
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Gonzo Report: Bruising show at Ocean Beach’s Holding Company yields pure punk bliss
Dustin Lothspeich leaves behind a legacy that sets a top bar
“Dustin wanted to turn my parents’ dining room into a music room,” says Jen Lothspeich, widow of Dustin Lothspeich, who died unexpectedly of natural causes in his La Mesa home on March 23. “On more …
April 20, 2023
Kyle Turley and other NFL stars stand by marijuana
“I’m repping my shirt today: San Diego State, baby!” exclaimed Kyle Turley to me on April 1. The Aztecs’ men’s basketball team had just come back from 14 points down in the second half against …
April 19, 2023
San Diego fat cats want UCSD's Pradeep Khosla to stay – why?
Pradeep’s rise A shadowy network of unidentified fat cats has come up with $13 million to fund the $500,000-a-year raise awarded to UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla by the University of California’s regents on …
April 19, 2023
Tropical Terps uses terpenes that mimick strains of marijuana
“I’ve always wanted to have the ability to marijuana-up my beer, but that’s a no-no,” beams Belching Beaver Brewmaster Troy Smith, discussing the motivation behind his latest beer, Tropical Terps IPA. “If you had to …
April 19, 2023
The Star of India’s connection to Lyttelton, New Zealand
It’s an odd feeling, meeting in a five-million-year-old crater halfway down the South Island of New Zealand, and then hearing a San Diego song blast in your ears. I’m in Lyttelton, a harbor in New …
April 19, 2023
University Heights neighbors steaming over eight-story newbie
Several dozen community members gathered in front of 4350 Cleveland Avenue (at Meade) in University Heights on Saturday April 15, to protest the pending 49-unit, eight-story “affordable housing” building slated for construction on the quiet …
April 18, 2023
Who got cited at East Valley Parkway and Beven Drive checkpoint?
On April 14, between 6:30 pm and midnight, of the 717 drivers the Escondido Police Department pulled over at a checkpoint at East Valley Parkway and Beven Drive, police cited four drivers for driving with …
April 17, 2023
Green-to-Golden process delayed, Cottonwood trees showing off, Youngest moon visible
The Annual Green-to-Golden Transition of San Diego’s wild grasslands normally takes place in late March or early April. But this winter season’s late and heavy precipitation triggered a late growth of grasses, so the dry-out …
April 17, 2023
Rife Way and Sparren Avenue get chains on sidewalk
This isn’t Mira Mesa Boulevard or Black Mountain Road.” Some Rancho Peñasquitos residents who were pleased to see yellow wheelchair ramps put in at the corner of Rife Way and Sparren Avenue were astounded days …
April 17, 2023
2023 promising to be another excellent year for bluefin tuna
Dock Totals 4/2– 4/15: 2560 anglers aboard 106 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past two weeks caught 230 bluefin tuna, 4 bonito, 4 calico bass, 1 halibut, 28 lingcod, …
April 16, 2023
The weaker go players get to the Balboa Club by 7
Go solves the problem of most board games In San Diego most go players get that practice on Tuesday nights at the Balboa Club building at Sixth and Ivy. Here the Go Club meets, using …
April 16, 2023
San Diego 's Little Italy has its own novelist
The Man who Turned Fact into Fiction One of the most famous bits of literary advice in the 20th Century was Sherwood Anderson’s suggestion that William Faulkner write not about aviators and New Orleans bohemians …
April 15, 2023
The Four Greatest War Horse Opera Recordings
Having been inspired by San Diego Opera’s recent production of Tosca, I’ve spent the last week listening to war horse recordings of war horse operas. I’ve selected a few highlights here. Based on what I’ve …
April 14, 2023
A poem by C.K. Williams
Allies: According to Herodotus “Just how much are you worth?” Xerxes asks Pythius, reputedly the richest man in Lydia, at the entertainment Pythius was holding in his palace for Xerxes and his chiefs of staff. …