For a moment, the two big ice cream scoops of rice resemble eyes looking back at me, and I imagine my plate lunch sort of looks like a smiley face emoji. I must really be …
July 5, 2022
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Da Kine’s Plate Lunches reappear in La Mesa
K-9 dog Jester stabbed in head, but survives
About 4 am on July 4 — the sheriff's department, police department, and the police department's K-9 unit — were called out to a Lemon Grove home where a gun was shot, lodging into the …
July 5, 2022
Watch your step today on San Diego beaches
Today, July 5, marks the dirtiest day of the year for beaches. By noon, volunteers from OB Pier to Oceanside will have collected the evidence for next year's annual beach cleanup report. And they can …
July 5, 2022
Caesarian gone wrong in Mexicali
A newborn child got injured after a C-section surgery was performed during a power outage at Clinica de Especialidades Internacional in Mexicali, Baja California’s capital city. Doctors in charge of the procedure decided to continue …
July 4, 2022
Scrub oak cutting at Tunnel 4 a flashpoint for Del Mar Mesa Preserve
The Del Mar Mesa Preserve is located just to the south of State Route 56. It is part of the larger Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve which stretches seven miles from the I-5/I-805 merge on its …
July 4, 2022
June bugs, Humboldt lilies
June Bugs are emerging as summer’s warmth is finally upon us. The green June beetle, only one of some 300 species of scarab beetle found in Southern California, flashes a metallic green underbelly as it …
July 4, 2022
Devil's Peak – a mysterious Baja mountain
The Devil's Peak Other climbers, some of them my mentors, told me about a mysterious mountain in Baja California that had acquired a reputation much larger than its actual size. The mountain was barely over …
July 4, 2022
Pelicans, seagulls upchuck anchovies in flight
Dock Totals 6/26 – 7/2: 3886 anglers aboard 167 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 503 barracuda, 312 bluefin tuna (to 180 pounds), 1 blue perch, 609 bonito, …
July 3, 2022
Promising USD grad kills mom in Pacific Beach
The blood upon his hands “It was a dull, outdated play, but when Mark walked on stage, it came alive. He filled the theater with his presence.” Ehrenfreund congratulated Mark on his performance and continued …
July 3, 2022
Castro's prisoners end up in San Diego with their stories
¡Cuba, sí! He and four compadres left Cuba one night in a twenty-foot boat powered by a five-horsepower motor. The motor quit on the second day of the voyage, and the men drifted, lost, for …
July 2, 2022
Getting deep at The Shop: Pizza + Cocktails
“West coast deep-dish.” The very idea provided reason enough to hop in the car and drive to North County. The Shop: Pizza + Cocktails has been at it a couple years now, slinging pies out …
July 1, 2022
New owners, new life for Palms, Windsor, and Friendship Hotels
The Palms Hotel at 12th and Island downtown (originally known as the Bay View and reportedly San Diego's oldest continuously operated lodging) and Hillcrest's similarly rundown Friendship Hotel are being purchased by the same Newport-based …
July 1, 2022
Paul Verlaine: an Arthur Rimbaud love quarrel
The Young Fools High-heels were struggling with a full-length dress So that, between the wind and the terrain, At times a shining stocking would be seen, And gone too soon. We liked that foolishness. Also, …
July 1, 2022
UCSD cuts Seuss loose
“Many prestigious universities are experiencing a moment of reckoning in this moment,” says Wanda Buttert, Chief Officer of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Purging at UCSD. “Yale, for instance, is wrestling with the fact that its …
July 1, 2022
A moment of reckoning at San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre
San Diego’s Diversionary Theatre is famously “the third oldest LGBTQ+ theatre in the United States, providing quality live theatre that aims to amplify the diverse voices of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities while …
July 1, 2022