When vocalist Leonard Patton decided to launch a jazz venue in the midst of the pandemic — and in La Mesa, of all places — many wondered if he had lost his mind. But when …
December 29, 2022
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Leonard Patton’s Jazz Lounge risk pays off with first big-name booking
God and the San Diego Padres
[Disclaimer: None of this really happened. Well, some of it did.]My forebear H.L. was no great fan of religion. He famously said that “faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence …
December 28, 2022
Otonomy, La Jolla ear cure stock, falls to 11 cents
La Jolla ear boxing A torrent of hype from high-flying La Jolla biotech investment outfits like Avalon Ventures continues apace, despite a growing stream of bad news for public investors. A sad case in point: …
December 28, 2022
Touched by an Angel
Yesterday, God Almighty called a press conference to announce that he was responsible for the shoulder injury suffered by Padres superstar Fernando Tatis, Jr., who tore his labrum at the end of a mighty swing …
December 28, 2022
Un-Kemped
“For a long time,” says Padres executionary chairman Rod Fouler, “the word around Major League Baseball was that the San Diego Padres couldn’t pay to get someone to take Matt Kemp off their hands. Giant …
December 28, 2022
Padres vs. Il Padre
Following the Padres’ heartbreaking playoff loss to the Dodgers, the team’s Swinging Friar fell to his knees, lifted his eyes to the heavens, and cried in a loud voice, “Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani? My God, …
December 28, 2022
Dim sum closer to home at Diamond Palace
People get attached to their favorite dim sum. That’s certainly one reason many San Diegans who seek out the dim sum experience are happy to drive to the Convoy District to seek out their favorite. …
December 27, 2022
Amazon deliverer drives off with Encinitas golden retriever
Denise Reppenhagen was on a waiting list for a golden retriever puppy in early 2021. She saw ultrasounds of the puppies, and then she saw pics of the newborn puppies, and every two weeks she …
December 27, 2022
The effect of parking spots deleted from North Park
Since the 2.25-mile bike lane replaced over 460 parking spots on 30th Street from Normal Heights down to North Park last year — 34 businesses shut down, and some are boarded up, said Pat Sexton …
December 26, 2022
Shorebird-watching Gets Good, Grey Whale Migration Season Begins
Shorebird-Watching enters its most agreeable season this month and next, with migrant and resident birds sharing common winter grounds. Egrets, herons, terns, and a variety of other species provide endless entertainment as they go about …
December 26, 2022
San Diego’s architects finally understanding an ancient material
Stucco worked well for the Mayas, built much of Rome, and covers San Diego Two factors helped bring the artistic use of stucco to a halt: modernism, with its emphasis on simple, unbroken planes, and …
December 26, 2022
365-day Licenses go into effect on New Year’s Day
Fish Pix Win Fish Tix! Submit your best fishing photo and every 2 weeks we’ll pick our favorite and run it in this column. Winner will also receive 2 half-day passes plus rod and reel …
December 25, 2022
Get in Christmas mood with Frost, Eliot, Byron
What I don’t like about where I live is that it doesn’t snow. The other day I saw one of those glass balls that has a snowman in it; you shake the globe up and …
December 25, 2022
Bird watchers survey San Diego County, square by square
Birds squared “Five days out of the last seven I’ve been on ten-mile hikes. I’ve been birding in really remote parts of the county. What people for this project do is adopt a square. They’re …
December 24, 2022
Christmas music by Handel, Tchaikovsky, and Vaughan Williams
We’ve looked at a variety of classical Christmas music over the past few weeks. We considered somber music for a solstice of solitude and little-known Christmas operas such as Hans Pfitzner’s Christelfein. Now we come …
December 23, 2022