“Blueberry Satin,” a new online single from singer Renee Marie, starts in a fog of minor chords and then, depending on which YouTube version you click on, moves to either an organ-and-drums riff or unadorned …
March 31, 2022
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Renee Marie releases “Blueberry Satin” single on YouTube
The triumph of Teo two-legs
I wasn’t paying much attention to anything except this dog, Teo. Milton Cadiz, his owner, was explaining to me what had happened. I knew it was something bad, because the little guy had only two …
March 30, 2022
Midnight Movies at East San Diego's Academy Theater
The long, piercing, terrible scream that echoed through the auditorium didn’t come from the movie; it emanated from somewhere in the back of the theater, and it was alive, an entity. Here, near 37th and …
March 30, 2022
Georgette Gomez pulling in gay and labor money
Dem-on-Dem race gets expensive Serious special interest money continues to pour into the Democrat-on-Democrat 80th District special election race to replace resigned Assembly Democrat Lorena Gonzalez on April 5. Georgette Gomez, an ex-member of the …
March 30, 2022
More from Camino de la Costa: La Jolla’s “Street of Dreams”
6204 Camino de la Costa| La Jolla, 92037 Current owner: LES Realty | Listing price: $18,500,000 | Beds: 4 | Baths: 6 | House size: 5400 Regular readers of Unreal may recall that I opened …
March 30, 2022
The arty, retro, sometimes eccentric world of Cow Records in Ocean Beach
“Crackles and pops?” says Greg Hildebrand. “They’re the most valuable part of vinyl recordings. They give them individuality.” Hildebrand owns one of the better-known havens of hard-to-find LPs in the county, Cow Records in OB, …
March 30, 2022
City to take out pet memorial rocks from Fiesta Island
A pet memorial at the dog park on Fiesta Island has been tagged for removal by the city after a concerned citizen reported someone burying a dog nearby. “What I was told by a park …
March 29, 2022
Anglers say promises broken at Loveland Reservoir
During the pandemic, open days at the county's 24 reservoirs were slashed, prompting a petition to restore the only water access available to many backcountry residents without a long drive. Last November, the county agreed …
March 29, 2022
Camino Riviera evokes Tulum all right
It’s a fish taco so long, it comes wrapped in two corn tortillas, laid end to end. So blackened by squid ink tempura, you might never guess that impeccably cooked white fish lies within. So …
March 29, 2022
Encinitas and Oceanside break-in man held guilty
Eric Joseph Budd, 35, has a criminal history in San Diego County dating from 2015 when he was 28. Budd has been accused of under the influence, petty theft, shoplifting, reckless driving, public intoxication, resisting …
March 28, 2022
Bike vigilantes get back Kona taken from front of Tribute Pizza
"I had a wooden baseball bat, a Louisville Slugger, in my car. And the plan was we both walk up, Patrick grabs the bike, and I watch his back just in case this guy is …
March 28, 2022
Mojave and Lord's Candle yuccas
Yuccas of two varieties are in bloom in San Diego County from now through May. Year after year, the Mojave yucca Yucca schidigera sends up a blunt flower stalk of white, waxy blossoms from the …
March 28, 2022
Gringos drive south to Colegio Ingles
The sun is hot. The sun is yellow. The sun is in the sky. It’s been a long day for Jovanna Venegas, starting out as she did so early in her room in the house …
March 28, 2022
Go to Tanner and Cortex banks for elusive bluefin
Dock Totals 3/20 – 3/26: 1,238 anglers aboard 59 half-day to 1.5-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 1 bocaccio, 3 calico bass, 2 halibut, 8 lingcod, 2,763 rockfish, 34 sand …
March 27, 2022
Day Tripping in Avalon, Catalina
Under three hours' travel from San Diego, Catalina Island is truly a world of its own. Avalon, the island’s main (and only incorporated) town, offers equal parts relaxation and adventure. Here’s how to enjoy a …
March 27, 2022