On Thursday, January 19, the Music Box hosts Carry the Stone: An All-Star Tribute to the Music of Pink Floyd. The core band features locals Josh Taylor and Sam Hunt (guitars and vocals), Josh Weinstein …
January 19, 2023
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Carry the Stone covers, Mike Keneally recruits, Dead Cross offshoots, The Trebels reunite, Jewel & Julio Iglesias Jr collaborate
Sea Dragon eggs at Birch Aquarium!
“People are very intrigued by seahorses,” says Leslee Matsushige, associate curator at Birch Aquarium. And intriguing fish — signs of whimsy in the relentlessly efficient natural world — are good PR for an institution hoping …
January 19, 2023
Dim voices from the forgotten past at Georgian restaurant Pomegranate
A conversation among the inscriptions scribbled amid the doodles on the ochre walls of the Georgian restaurant Pomegranate — layer upon layer, the ink fading like echoes, dim voices from the forgotten past. Remember QAnon …
January 19, 2023
Son of Sha Na Na meets grandson of Jedi Master
Slack Key Ohana didn’t intend to release a live album. But the mahalo groove (aka the Hawaiian spirit of gratefulness for everything) held sway in the end. The slack key guitar band’s new full-length Live …
January 19, 2023
Uncle Tetsu sends you home with Japanese cheesecake
While noodles, dumplings, and other savory fare draw the most attention to the Convoy District, you could practically fill a guidebook to the neighborhood based solely on singular Asian dessert restaurants. I’ll have to circle …
January 18, 2023
Kids in Baja will skate anything
“In Mexico or Baja California, there is a lot of corruption done by the municipal police force as they arbitrarily arrest people and the officers ask for a bribe to release them, without going before …
January 18, 2023
Holes in San Diego Mayor Gloria's armor
Throwing Goldstones As city hall’s controversies continue to burgeon, Democratic mayor Todd Gloria has gotten his reelection paperwork in early, in the form of a January 4 candidate intention statement filed with the city clerk’s …
January 18, 2023
Where is Rancho Pacifica?
Even longtime San Diegans who consider themselves experts in the city’s geography can be forgiven for overlooking Rancho Pacifica. Perched at the northernmost point of the city’s inland boundaries — past where the coastline has …
January 18, 2023
Gonzo Report: Iron Maiden’s undead mascot Eddie surfing...on sharks... on a shirt
Chula Vista’s North Island Credit Union Amphitheater is less than 30 miles from D.Z. Akin’s, the place from which Mrs. Steffenhagen and I set out at 4:30 pm. The Iron Maiden show isn’t slated to …
January 18, 2023
City land use committee okays "Sustainable Development Areas"
The most contested update to the land development code has been passed 3-1 by the city's land use and housing committee. Sustainable development areas — the city's new term for places where transit-oriented housing can …
January 17, 2023
5 Peaks of Mission Trails
5 Peaks of Mission Trails Located in San Carlos, the 5-Peak Challenge is a very strenuous hike. With a length of 17 miles and an elevation gain of around 4,300 feet, the hike will take …
January 17, 2023
Rains collapse embankment on provisional road
On April 14 of last year, an earthquake with an epicenter in Ensenada rattled Tijuana hard enough that the city closed its Simon Bolivar bridge. Eventually, it was determined that the bridge’s infrastructure was so …
January 16, 2023
“Taco Plant” stays green, Thorny Cat-Claw, Extreme Tides
The Frost-Nipped Legacies of last November’s and December’s cold spells aren’t hard to spot. Brown lawns, half-dead-looking avocado trees, and wilted ornamental plants like poinsettias in certain areas of San Diego County tell the story …
January 16, 2023
The last of Highway 101's eucalyptus grove
Leucadia funk-removal machine to start up soon Leucadians rallied against the issues of the day on Coast Highway, a proposed 7-Eleven, a drive-thru Jack in the Box, and the terminus of proposed Highway 680 — …
January 16, 2023
Al Ducheny works outside the Chicano system
Bad blood in Barrio Logan As Alvin Ducheny and I roll through Barrio Logan in his dirty white Mercury Lynx, I ask him. “Why do so many people hate your guts, Al? You’d think you …
January 15, 2023