In the Middle East of San Diego County, there lies a kind of marijuana Mecca, a place to which pot pilgrims may peregrinate on a high hajj in their quest to elevate themselves — not through …
June 15, 2022
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La Mesa as marijuana Mecca
Poway man with spray paint ready for taggers
Negative glory Don’t you believe that if you didn’t advertise this kind of crap that there wouldn’t be so many young men taggers messing up the place (“San Diego graff artists confess,” Cover Stories, June …
June 15, 2022
Want to live across the street from the Marston House?
The opening Zillow remarks for this week’s home inform us that “the 3500 block of Seventh Avenue is one of San Diego’s best-kept secrets.” If you look at a map, it’s hard to argue with …
June 15, 2022
A night aboard the Clusterwink
As far as I am concerned, being inside of a submarine for any amount of time would be a form of mental torture. Underwater + enclosure = nightmare. Last Wednesday’s boarding of the Acey Deucey …
June 15, 2022
A refreshing escape to Calypso Café
For most of the county, the sun was out and temperatures rising. The predicted heat wave had settled in to cook away our customary June gloom. However, isolated on its narrow strip of land between …
June 14, 2022
Del Mar will get sort-of poor neighbors one way or another
Plans to create 113 low-income homes in Del Mar are finally taking shape. The city needs them to meet its state-mandated fair share of affordable housing, but there isn't much room left to build, and …
June 14, 2022
Twisted Tea part of grand jury’s conspiracy indictment against Antifa
San Diego’s groundbreaking Antifa criminal conspiracy case was reinforced on May 23 when a grand jury indicted eleven alleged Antifa militants with conspiracy to riot and various assault charges, for the attacks on pedestrians in …
June 14, 2022
TJ cartels still cause mayhem in outskirts
Tijuana's Mayor Monserrat Caballero and her administration haven't been able to reduce cartel violence much. Not long ago cartels turned the city into one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico. According to the Baja …
June 13, 2022
Ventura County supervisor sues over obscene gift box from San Diego
Can a Ventura County supervisor legally use campaign money to sue a San Diego company called Dick at Your Door to force it to identify the sender of a chocolate penis during a nasty recall …
June 13, 2022
District Attorney, Union-Tribune fail to remove Dennis Hodges from San Diego County commission
The San Diego County Human Relations Commission held a special meeting June 9 to consider expelling Commissioner Dennis Hodges, a Christian pastor, for controversial statements he’s made about transgenderism. Commissioner Cara Dessert, the CEO of …
June 13, 2022
North County beaches lose the most sand
Cobbled Shorelines are greeting some beachgoers early this summer season, as in past years. North County beaches tend to suffer most, because natural sand replenishment in the area is disrupted by dams blocking the flow …
June 13, 2022
Lawyer Sam Spital has most TV ads
Spital's law: Advertise, settle the suit, go to the bank “There are some [attorneys] who are arrogant and think they're at a higher place in life," observes Spital. “They think they deserve to be more …
June 13, 2022
67.6-pound white seabass snagged at Catalina
Dock Totals 6/5 – 6/11: 3,530 anglers aboard 159 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 25 barracuda, 1,873 bluefin tuna (to 180 pounds), 2 bonito, 1,330 calico bass, …
June 12, 2022
Cops, sailors, topless dancers eat at Johnny's Cafe
Welcome to Johnny's "I asked myself, ‘Why can’t I do this? It ain’t all that complicated.’ The first order was this young sailor who wanted French toast. I said to myself, ‘I know how to …
June 12, 2022
San Diego dialysis wars
Pumping ire “It’s like starting out in a race that you thought was going to be a hundred yards long, and it turns out to be a marathon,” says Fox. “But we were angry at …
June 11, 2022