Lie down in darkness The night sea off the coast of La Jolla was smothered in fog on December 18, 1917, and in those pre-sonar days the American submarine F-1 had no way of knowing …
April 9, 2023
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Sunken submarine forgotten off Imperial Beach
Young victims of police torture in Tijuana
Torture in TJ "They apprehended me of work and handcuffed me They took me in on old grey van with, I think, blue license plates—maybe I didn't see them well. the inside of the van …
April 8, 2023
Tosca at San Diego Opera
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca was the best thing San Diego Opera has produced in years. This production had it all, especially where it counted the most. Competent, seasoned, opera singers who knew their business performed the …
April 7, 2023
Tifereth Israel Synagogue: redemption through good works and God’s grace
Tifereth Israel Synagogue Contact: 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Carlos 619-697-6001 Membership: 240 Pastor: Rabbi Mathew Marko Age: 56 Born: Brooklyn, NY Formation: University of Florida, Gainesville Years Ordained: 7 San Diego Reader: What is …
April 7, 2023
MTS ≠ Making Transit Sexy
“In hindsight,” says MTS Spokesman Ellen Speed, “it may have been a mistake to fire Public Relations specialist Grecia Figueroa on the same day Nathan Fletcher announced his bid for state senate, especially given the …
April 7, 2023
Fletcher Falls to Filner’s Folly
“It’s baffling,” says San Diego Democratic Party Chair Becca Taylor. “Democrats are obviously the good guys in this world, fighting against the policies of the racist, sexist, corrupt, exploitative Republicans. And here in San Diego, …
April 7, 2023
Philandering Fletcher announces withdrawal from public life
Statement from County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher: “As I look back over my career as a County Supervisor — at my support for draconian lockdown measures during covid, at my insistence on covid vaccines for low-risk …
April 7, 2023
RustiCucina’s Lemontini: Italian rustic with a twist
Spring has finally sprung — some might say it’s sprung a leak — so it feels seasonally appropriate to start with a lighter shade of cocktail before enjoying dinner at North Park’s RustiCucina. Bartender Vincent …
April 6, 2023
Little Hurricane & Jefferson Jay for kids, Chuck Charles & Spud Davenport for sale, Sully Band for charity, Unwritten Law for Pioneertown
“Our children’s album, Life is But a Dream, is available streaming worldwide,” announced dream pop duo Little Hurricane. Among the fifteen tracks are kids’ standards such as “Wheels On the Bus,” “This Old Man,” “Three …
April 6, 2023
Gonzo Report: Shipwrecks sails on at East Village’s Quartyard
I pull up in front of a homeless encampment on G street downtown next to the Arco, scan the meter, and pay for an hour and fourteen minutes of parking. Parking after six o’clock is …
April 6, 2023
Auz Fontaine beefs up the ranks and irons out the crackles
“We’re just dirty pop singing about pizookie appetizers at BJ’s,” says Auz Fontaine co-founder Captain Auzmo. “It always works and has this fun element, like when you go to a prix fixe and you get …
April 6, 2023
Salubrious psychedelics on Mt. Palomar
Once upon a time, if you wanted to take part in a ceremonial psychedelic experience, you had to pay a pretty penny: a flight to Costa Rica or Peru, and then a journey into the …
April 5, 2023
Key Todd Gloria backer Gil Cabrera gets hand slapped
Getting Gil’s goat A political committee run by the chair of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority Gil Cabrera, which emailed a hit piece attacking ex-Assembly Democrat Lori Saldana last year during her bid …
April 5, 2023
Rains worsen San Diego's most dangerous dam
Lake Hodges Dam has received the state's worst possible safety rating, leaving the city with another delay in making repairs some say are decades overdue. Last month, the state's Division of Safety of Dams downgraded …
April 4, 2023
No wedding or birthday bashes at new Kendall-Frost field station
Work has begun on a new field station and learning center at the Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve that by year’s end will provide a more spacious and modern facility for academic researchers, K-12 students and community …
April 3, 2023