“I don’t get it,” says guard Trenton Newton, who led the University of Connecticut Huskies to victory over the San Diego State Aztecs in the 2023 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship on April 3. “We beat …
April 14, 2023
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UConn inexplicably forced to return to Connecticut after vanquishing San Diego State
Legoland town council to hold emergency meeting on homeless encampments in newly opened San Diego exhibit
Last Monday, Legoland California proudly celebrated the long-awaited opening of its San Diego miniland, which joins famous urban landscapes like New York, Los Angeles, and New Orleans at the world-renowned theme park. And last Tuesday, …
April 14, 2023
Rich’s Nightclub donates exclusionary flag to Museum of Tolerance
“I was horrified,” says Rich’s Nightclub Director of Rectitude Natasha Trigger-Warning, recalling the moment that staff discovered a Pride flag featuring Harvey Milk’s friend Gilbert Baker’s original eight-color design. “On the one hand, seeing a …
April 14, 2023
Santaluz: a neighborhood of “Posadas” and “Casitas”
Hello, friends. Before we get going, a quick programming note: this column you’re holding in your hands (or staring at on a screen, whatever) marks the 260th installment of Unreal Estate. That’s a solid 10 …
April 13, 2023
A.J. Croce pays tribute, Sister Speak presses vinyl, Sluka presents accordion, Patrick Yandall treats pain, Lori Bell places composition
When A.J. Croce was a week past his second birthday, his father, singer-songwriter Jim Croce, died in a September 1973 plane crash. Croce will celebrate two of his father’s albums, 1973’s Life and Times and …
April 13, 2023
Gonzo Report: Hardcore karaoke activates the crowd at the Fraternal Order of Eagles in National City
I belly up to the bar inside the dimly lit barroom of the Fraternal Order of Eagles community center in National City and order a five-buck bottle of Pacifico. Only three other souls share the …
April 13, 2023
Trained on Coltrane: the significant growth of Young Lions Jazz Conservatory’s Nick Caldwell
“I’ve been playing sax for seven and half years,” says Nick Caldwell, a 17-year-old high school senior who attends the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts in Paradise Hills, and who is also …
April 13, 2023
The extremes San Diegans endure to make ends meet
A few months ago, I received one those scam message from a fake Instagram account. The user photo depicted a grinning, bearded man wearing a puffy vest. He looked like someone who owned a cabin …
April 12, 2023
Where will the Nathan Fletcher money go?
Sempra’s choice Now that Democrat Nathan Fletcher is resigning as a San Diego County supervisor due to the region’s latest elected official sex scandal, what will become of the million dollars or so amassed from …
April 12, 2023
Sympathies for Lorena Gonzalez
Sympathies for A Woman Scorned Nathan Fletcher, the Gift that Keeps on Giving (“Key Todd Gloria backer Gil Cabrera gets hand slapped: Big stores, big money”, News Under the Radar, April 5). Actually our sympathies …
April 12, 2023
Claire's on Cedros makes me a believer
Claire’s on Cedros made me a believer, again, in the joy of eating out for breakfast. You won’t find any rubbery three-egg combos or dry, heavy stacks of pancakes here. Only original dishes, carefully crafted, …
April 12, 2023
Verizon blames T-Mobile for Upas Street hot zone
A rooftop battle over radio-frequency (RF) emissions has been won by telecom giant Verizon - for now. It's not over, say attorneys for Carole Sachs, who owns and lives in the uptown penthouse condo that …
April 11, 2023
Do you look that good in Versace underwear?
Are recent thefts of designer perfume, sunglasses, tees, and underwear more common, or is it just social media? On March 9, Diana Llamas posted a video on TikTok of a person allegedly stealing from the …
April 10, 2023
Bracken Ferns begin to open, Black Oaks sprout new leaves
Bracken Ferns are rising on the higher mountains of San Diego County, their bright green, unfolding fronds (called “fiddleheads”) pushing up through the russet remains of last year’s growth. By late April or May, fully …
April 10, 2023
In-Ko-Pah’s Desert View Tower, the edge of nowhere
Party at the snakes' place The joke is that nobody is from here, because we are on the edge of nowhere, but, sure as snake’s teeth, the right kind of folks will settle just about …
April 10, 2023