Die free One of our corporals had fallen during the night crossing Samat and injured his hip some way, so we were helping him all the way back for six days. We had to put …
July 18, 2022
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Bataan Death March victim lives to tell story
Catch halibut with dead-sticking or bounce-ball technique
Dock Totals 7/10 – 7/16: 4424 anglers aboard 189 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 397 barracuda, 793 bluefin tuna (to 210 pounds), 1 blue perch, 4 bocaccio, …
July 17, 2022
San Diego crime boss gunned down on Lamont St.
How Frank Bompensiero met his fate "Bomp kicked the door shut, Mirabile wrapped his arms around Borgia just as Jimmy dropped the garrote over his head, handing the other end of the rope to Bompensiero. …
July 17, 2022
Local Olaf Wieghorst fans get burned
Olaf Wieghorst trusted the wrong man Almeida got his start at George Thackeray’s gallery in the late ’50s. He and his wife Grace agreed to talk to me at their house in Ocean Beach, a …
July 16, 2022
Salt and Water at its best with traditional toppings
The past couple months, the name of a Canadian pizza shop has stared back at me from a perpetually growing list I keep of new restaurants to try. Steveston Pizza Company started out in a …
July 15, 2022
Ex-San Diego County Preschool for All director slapped with conflict of interest fine
An ex-coordinator of the San Diego County Office of Education's Pre School for All program is set to pony up a $5000 conflict-of-interest fine to the state's Fair Political Practices Commission, but one witness argues …
July 15, 2022
Two poems by Julia Wehner
Grace We tell ourselves the truth at random times: what we crave from the menu, what sounds ridiculous on film. Otherwise, we hoard secrets: brown mice building a nest in the center of the woodpile, …
July 15, 2022
Biden’s Tall Wall Tale
“People have to understand,” a frustrated President Biden said to a frustrated public during a recent address, “many of the problems we’re facing today are inherited from the previous administration. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, record …
July 15, 2022
Gavin Newsom on New Unis: Noisome
Last week, the San Diego Padres joined with several other Major League Baseball organizations by unveiling their City Connect uniforms, which were designed to capture the city’s character in new and exciting ways. The team’s …
July 15, 2022
San Diego Zoo appeals to out-of-state visitors looking to relax and get unpregnant
“Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and handed the issue of reproductive rights over to the states, we’ve seen a huge uptick in people interested in traveling to California in order to …
July 15, 2022
Kové moves on Miramar
"There are always challenges with trying to create and sell new products,” explains Josh Makler, co-founder of Kové Hard Yerba Mate, which recently opened a taproom in Miramar. "Not only are we bringing a new …
July 14, 2022
2022 Comic-Con goings-on: visit Toro, House of Blues, American Junkie, and other nightclubs for theme parties
Four-day Comic-Con passes run over $200 and are harder to find than a Vulcan jokebook, but several more accessible Con-themed events are happening off-site. Wednesday, July 20 will feature the Superheroes and Villains theme party …
July 14, 2022
John Carpenter’s Elvis: the first of many collaborations between the director and star Kurt Russell
The competition was stiff on February 11, 1979, the night John Carpenter’s Elvis debuted on ABC. Gone With the Wind was on CBS and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was on NBC; both kneeled …
July 14, 2022
Colima’s Mexican Restaurant: beef, chicken, or... iguana?
Where is everybody? This was last Tuesday, in Oceanside. I was looking for food. Don’t look for food on Tuesday afternoons. So many places are closed. Specially last Tuesday, the day the whole nation fell …
July 14, 2022
“Bring on the Ferraris and the swimming pools!”
Alex Garcia and Sal Samano began cutting bedroom demos together in 2019. Their debut self-titled Thee Sacred Souls album drops August 26 via Daptone Records, previewed so far with singles for “Will I See You …
July 14, 2022