“Eat hot to cool down,” my aunt used to say. “And drink hot, too.” “What does that mean?” says my neighbor Kevin when I quote her to him on this stinking hot day last week. …
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Flogging Molly plays, Pierce the Veil returns, Switchfoot carols, Tom Brosseau notes, and Billy Gibbons marries Dani & Tim
Flogging Molly’s first new album in five years, Anthem, reunites the band with engineer Steve Albini. A video is streaming online for the album single “The Croppy Boy ’98,” and they released a lyric video …
September 22, 2022
Two poems by Charles Hughes
The Yellow Twine His father’s baseball glove At night, each night, tucked under his bed— Strict prudence of a child’s desperate love Not said in words but said. Once a light khaki, now Darkened by …
September 22, 2022
TV show reveals the truth about Ballpark Bobby Cressey
The perks of playing for the Padres: Major League Baseball’s season is nearing its end, but musician Bobby Cressey is still living the dream. Not only is he one of the lucky few to make …
September 22, 2022
Bret Michaels declares “We love it here in San Diego!” at least a half dozen times
Some call it glam rock. Others, hair metal. My friend Joe calls it butt rock: as in, on August 28 at Petco Park, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Poison, Mötley Crüe, and Def Leppard rocked …
September 21, 2022
Cub reporter for L.A. Times gets Page One break with PSA crash story
Even after the passage of 44 years, the tiniest of details still remains fresh when I relive the hot awful Monday of September 25, 1978 in San Diego. At fifty seconds past 9 am, above …
September 21, 2022
Sports Arena developer Brad Termini pays Gloria dues
Influence greased On September 13, the same day the San Diego City Council rubber-stamped Democratic mayor Todd Gloria’s pick to redevelop the city-owned sports arena and environs, the chosen developer filed disclosure papers revealing it …
September 21, 2022
Drag yourself to East Village for Sovereign Modern Thai
I pretty much had to be dragged to Sovereign Modern Thai Cuisine. Despite strong recommendations — from trusted foodie friends, the Michelin guide, and even my wife — I harbored reservations toward trying the East …
September 20, 2022
Encinitas says yes to 199 apartments on Clark Avenue
A high-density housing project in Leucadia that will include low-income rental units has been approved 4-0 by the Encinitas City Council, overturning a decision to deny it. Spurred by angry neighbors, the city's planning commission …
September 20, 2022
Oceanside's Victor Roy stories go on
Victor Roy, whose signature is used to certify the validity of checks issued by the City of Oceanside, says the reason he was viewing “inappropriate material” at a city library was because he was on …
September 19, 2022
North Couny Beaches Lose Sand, Santa Ana Season Arrives
As the Beach Season Winds Down, San Diego County’s coastline is padded by what are likely the deepest and widest accumulations of sand we’ll see this year. Many stretches of the coastline are vulnerable to …
September 19, 2022
1976 guide to surfspots, poetry, dance bars, Navy slang, where to park
1976 San Diego guide to surfing spots Tamarack, Swami's, Black's, Windansea, Ocean Beach, Needle's Eye, Ralph's, Tijuana Sloughs 1976 San Diego guide to sailing Mission Bay, Navy Sailing Club, Southwestern, Silvergate, Seaforth, Coronado and San …
September 19, 2022
Hurricane Kay, Albacore on the Intrepid
Dock Totals 9/4 – 9/17: 8736 anglers aboard 328 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past two weeks caught 69 barracuda, 3663 bluefin tuna (to 242 pounds), 1 blue marlin …
September 18, 2022
1975 Reader guide to fishing, street theater, public bathrooms
1975 San Diego guide to fishing Freshwater, offshore, deep-sea 1975 San Diego guide to public bathrooms Downtown, night spots, La Jolla 1975 San Diego guide to street theater Where to find them and rules they …
September 18, 2022
1974 Reader guide to gardening, hiking, longest bus rides
1974 San Diego guide to movers and shakers The heavy 35 1974 San Diego guide to alternative schools No knifings, no heroin 1974 San Diego guide to gardening Winter crops and summer crops 1974 San …
September 17, 2022