The Coastal Commission has sided with neighbors who say the city's plan to relocate a six-foot tall, 1,000-foot long chain fence topped with barbed-wire would ruin one of the only uninterrupted water views at Kendall …
November 22, 2022
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Fight over barbed wire at Kendall Frost Reserve
The Sun's angle creates optical effects, tarantulas roam the streets
Atmospheric Ice-crystal Effects are often observed, starting about this time of year, because of the frequent appearance of high clouds made of tiny bits of ice. The most familiar of these optical effects is the …
November 21, 2022
Faye left me for Scientology in L.A.
When friends say good-bye Faye’s biggest news was that she had married Chris, the one who first introduced her to Scientology. He divorced his wife, whom he and Faye see, along with his children, every …
November 21, 2022
With the Rolling Stones 500 miles north of El Cajon
Lester Bangs and me on Altamont the day the music died "We’re getting word that the free Rolling Stones concert planned for San Francisco is on,” the radio DJ said after spinning some platter. “The …
November 20, 2022
The Padres pitcher like no other
Eric Show, thinker with a sinker “I know that I sealed my fate by going public about joining the John Birch Society in 1984.1 understand that, and I accept that. I’m not going to be …
November 19, 2022
White Rice Bodega raises silog to Normal Heights
There’s a term particular to The Philippines, bayanihan, which describes the spirit of a community working together for the common good. It springs from a centuries old practice of an entire village showing up to …
November 18, 2022
Payare conducts Beethoven and Shostakovich at The Shell
The San Diego Symphony concert on Friday, November 11, at The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, featured a boat horn. For whatever reason, a boat was crisscrossing the harbor blowing its horn at very regular …
November 18, 2022
Addis Restaurant: Ethiopian eats, St. George and Harar beers oiling the works — a lot of fun
Oh yes. THIS is how to start your day. Fire-roasted Arabica coffee beans sending their smoky aroma up my nostrils, right beside a blue pylon of incense smoke. We’re talking coffee beans that have come …
November 17, 2022
Gabe Serbian remix, Stone Temple Pilots solo, Rob Halford jam, Berkley Hart holiday, Gunther’s Grass collaboration
"The Locust is pleased to present the official video for our remix of Danny Elfman’s song Cruel Compensation," announced Three One G label honcho (and Locust co-founder) Justin Pearson. "The remix was the last recording …
November 17, 2022
Bassist from Bad Plus kicks amp in frustration
I’m officially a concert junkie. Since attending my first one (Led Zeppelin in August 1970 at the Sports Arena), I’ve witnessed more than 1000 shows. Once I started writing about music 13 years ago, this …
November 17, 2022
Ricky resets the sound to Pure Fun
In 2013, local pop-punks Western Settings set sail on what would become a very active five-year run. “We had one EP out and were like, all right, we’re gonna go tour now, so we just …
November 17, 2022
Cutwater releases a line of just-add-hot-water mixers
The days are shorter, and the temperature is dropping. It may not get truly frigid in San Diego, but that doesn’t mean a warm beverage doesn’t have its appeal during the fall and winter months. …
November 16, 2022
Tijuana's high-rises soar – and so do the rents
I moved into my first apartment in Tijuana in March of 2012. It was a nice one-bedroom place on the top floor of a three-story building in Colonia Cacho. It came unfurnished, except for a …
November 16, 2022
Ben Hueso and others get free Padres tickets from Sempra
Hueso’s Sempra home run San Diego-based power behemoth Sempra Energy spread around free tickets to local politicos this summer for the playoff-bound Padres, according to a mandated state disclosure filing. California state Senator Ben Hueso …
November 16, 2022
Ryan Brothers – the new Jerry Schad
Schad fan finds peer Kudos to Ryan Brothers for his great article “ROAM” about his trek to Lawson Peak. (“Two hikers on the ascent to Lawson Peak and two on the way down,” Nov. 10) …
November 16, 2022