Perhaps you know that the official beer of the National Football League is Bud Light. The NBA has Michelob ULTRA. Major League Baseball’s official beer is Budweiser, but its official cerveza is Corona. And wrestling? …
April 20, 2022
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San Diego's pro wrestling fueled by marijuana
Juan Vargas challenged for his seat at corporate pig trough
Juan’s easy path to power After years of coasting through easy re-election battles, House Democrat Juan Vargas — running in California’s newly redrawn 52nd District and facing a challenger from his party’s left — is …
April 20, 2022
My uncle plays the Granada piano bar in Hillcrest
We didn’t meet often, and when we did, it was always in the dark. From the outset, I could have described the warm baritone voice, the music, and the well-worn jokes, but it was probably …
April 20, 2022
John Edward, peripatetic psychic
I just got off the phone with John Edward, the self-described psychic medium who came to prominence around 20 years ago on the television programs Crossing Over and Cross Country, through his appearances with Larry …
April 20, 2022
Will Chula Vista students ever give up their masks?
I asked fifteen teenagers at school and virtually from schools across Chula Vista to share some reasons why they are choosing to wear masks. At Mater Dei, Haylee, 18, said she is "absolutely terrified of …
April 19, 2022
Del Mar may be next to ban gas in buildings
Del Mar may be the next city after Solana Beach, Encinitas, and Carlsbad to ban gas hookups in new construction. On April 18, the same day the city heard a presentation on San Diego County's …
April 19, 2022
Hooleys truly is a San Diegan Irish Pub
Because I first spotted it at a mall, I walked around for years assuming Hooleys Irish Pub & Grill was part of a national franchise; like it was the Irish answer to Chili’s or TGI …
April 19, 2022
San Diego in books - Andy Warhol editor notes PSA crash, builder of first jail was father of wine industry
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1978 — Los Angeles — New York The new Interview arrived from New York and Fran’s column was so boring I told Bob we should Fire her. So we had a fight. …
April 18, 2022
Bright-eyed entrepreneurs take over El Cajon Boulevard
There are a lot of used-to-be’s on El Cajon Boulevard. The now-gentrified corner at Utah used to be a mattress store. The Red Fox Room used to be on the south side of the street. …
April 18, 2022
San Diego-based USS Fort Worth again faces chopping block
The Navy is keeping sloppy track of its errant shipbuilding and repair contractors – including San Diego's National Steel and Shipbuilding subsidiary of General Dynamics – causing massive cost overruns and chronically crippled vessels, says …
April 18, 2022
Jacarandas on Ash Street, locust blossoms in Julian
April’s Lowest Tides, associated with the full moon, drop to as low as -0.58 feet on Monday, April 25. On Monday at 12:59 pm, the tide bottoms out at -0.58 feet. Tuesday’s lowest tide of …
April 18, 2022
San Diego's TV station in Tijuana
Channel 6, our Mexican TV station Channel 39’s cofounder, Larry Shushan, confirms that he and his partners from the outset looked forward eventually to capturing Channel 6’s ABC affiliation. Shushan (who then owned KPRI radio …
April 18, 2022
Calif. Fish and Wildlife lets hot stick guys exceed limit
Dock Totals 4/10 – 4/16: 1,846 anglers aboard 74 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 954 bluefin tuna (to 60 pounds), 1 blue perch, 13 bocaccio, 12 bonito, …
April 17, 2022
Little Galapagos – right next to San Diego
Death of an island “There’s not another island off the Pacific coast of North America, including Alaska, that ever evolved five of its own bird species.” points out Bill Everett, a local ornithological consultant and …
April 17, 2022
San Diego's eccentric craftsmen
Arts and crafts and controversy "In the beginning, when the group was smaller and more homogeneous, it was possible to have a unanimous vote on a new member, but now, with the active membership numbering …
April 16, 2022