A series of reforms to community planning groups the San Diego City Council will make on Tuesday could be good for housing and diversity, bringing more balance to decisions about what gets built where. But …
September 13, 2022
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San Diego planning groups wary of reforms
San Diego ranked last on state funding for cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism care
San Diego has come up significantly short against the San Francisco Bay Area regarding state funding for so-called respite family services, an August 30 report by acting California State auditor Michael Tilden says. "In fiscal …
September 12, 2022
Equal days and nights, Jupiter's closest opposition in 70 years
Fall Officially Begins at 8:09 pm local time on Wednesday, September 22 — a good excuse to throw an impromptu evening party to celebrate the occasion. At equinox, the sun shines directly on the Earth’s …
September 12, 2022
1973 Reader guide to jogging, bookstores, cheesecake
1973 San Diego guide to cheap eats How to eat on a dollar a day 1973 San Diego guide to rock music Best clubs 1973 San Diego guide to movies Grim harvest 1973 San Diego …
September 12, 2022
Author Richard Rodriguez crosses turnstiles into Tijuana
Taken together as one, Tijuana and San Diego form the most fascinating city in the New World My first trip across: the late 1950s. We were on our way to visit relatives in Ensenada. We …
September 11, 2022
He rented Escondido's Mountain View baseball field to propose
A Navy Guy Makes His Move for a Home Run With Ms. Henderson still blindfolded, Mr. Cornforth walked her to the edge of the infield. “That was the cue for the music to start. They …
September 10, 2022
SDSU to reassess new emphasis on traditional Aztec symbolism in wake of recent gang-rape charges
“Look, nobody’s suggesting that our team uniforms and school mascot actually led anybody to commit a gang rape,” says SDSU Football Brand Manager Sarah Booster. “But the descriptions that are coming out about the alleged …
September 9, 2022
Navy SEAL candidates following example of America’s first Super Soldier
“It’s sad, but not surprising,” said SEALs Director of Cleanup Ray Warcost of frequent performance-enhancing drug use on the part of Navy SEAL candidates, discovered in the wake of successful candidate Kyle Mullen’s death just …
September 9, 2022
Verdi for the Rams, Wagner for the 49ers, Copland for Patriots and Buffalo BIlls
With the NFL season upon us, I’ve decided to match each of the 32 teams with their own classical music soundtrack. We will look at eight teams each week for the month of September. This …
September 9, 2022
Local activist group calls billboards along Martin Luther King, Jr. Freeway “economic racism.”
“Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American Hero who championed the rights of the oppressed, one who is rightly honored with the naming of a Freeway passing through a traditionally POC part of America’s …
September 9, 2022
Slum Summer’s rhythmic butt massage soundtrack
Guitarist/singer/songwriter Hugh Noble came to San Diego from the UK in 2014. Over the past eight years of gigging with his band Slum Summer (new album Living in Milk out now), he’s delineated the highs, …
September 8, 2022
Donna Jean Vegan Restaurant: non-pizza, non-pasta dishes — mostly comfort food
Wow. Red peppers in the sunset! They shine scarlet in the late afternoon light. Calabrian chile. The peppers are about the only “real” thing in this vegan meal I’m eating. But the rest of the …
September 8, 2022
A poem for September by Patrick Kavanagh
On an apple-ripe September morning Through the mist-chill fields I went With a pitch-fork on my shoulder Less for use than for devilment. The threshing mill was set-up, I knew, In Cassidy’s haggard last night, …
September 8, 2022
John Murray likes the energy at Juilliard
Eighteen-year-old bassist John Murray has won multiple awards over the last few years, including “Outstanding Soloist” at both the Monterey Next Generation and Essentially Ellington competitions in 2018 and 2019. He had his pick of …
September 8, 2022
San Diego glimpses: the Doors, Elvis, Grateful Dead, Kingston Trio, Beach Boys, Pearl Jam, Gary Puckett, Ritchie Valens
Buckle UpSlide into the passenger seat and buckle up: we’re about to take a driving tour down a decidedly rocky road. Yes, California’s second-largest city will always take a backseat to Los Angeles, which gave …