For years, marijuana smuggling through the border flowed south to north, but since legalization in California things are changing. Some from Tijuana have found a market in the city that prefers to buy U.S.-grown marijuana. …
January 10, 2022
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Highest rainfall in Jan. and Feb.
Highest Monthly Rainfall Totals in San Diego are most likely to occur in January and February (about 1.9 inches each on average) according to weather-service statistics. If low temperatures accompany the typical Pacific storms of …
January 10, 2022
Doubleday follows Luis Urrea to Tijuana, priggish Richard Henry Dana visits the presidio
A Living Cloud The next morning, I am greeted by my media escort, Penny. This is a fascinating new feature of my life — escorts. They pick you up, drive you around, provide snacks, meals, …
January 10, 2022
Georgia on My Mind: A Southern Weekend in Savannah
Savannah, Georgia, exemplifies Southern hospitality and is known as one of the South's friendliest cities. With a winning combination of art galleries, museums, distinctive architecture, communal parks and cobblestone streets, Savannah is practically a small-scale …
January 9, 2022
2500 lb. of trout stocked in Santee Lakes Friday
Dock Totals 1/2 – 1/8: 295 anglers aboard 20 half-day to full-day trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 79 blacksmith perch, 138 calico bass (109 released), 23 halfmoon, 19 lobster (10 …
January 9, 2022
San Diego's best tomato breeds, Quail Gardens obsession with bamboo
Creepy Bamboo Language Most San Diegans, he explains, believe that the leafy, green and beige stuff that grows in their back yards, canyons, and along the San Diego River bed in Mission Valley is bamboo. …
January 9, 2022
Jamul townies vs. Indians, Santa Ysabel honors Steve Ponchetti
Jamul Residents Wage Indian Blood Battle over Gaming Site Back in 1963, Shipek says, the Jamul band asked her to assist them in establishing their California Indian ancestry. “I took oral histories from some of …
January 8, 2022
Valet Market invites you to skip the cashier
It’s 2022, and we’re all more or less accustomed to ordering food from touchscreens. That could mean delivery order placed from our phones, fast food order made at digital kiosks, or — thank you, pandemic …
January 7, 2022
Max Bruch – better than Brahms
Every now and then I wonder about composers of classical one-hit-wonders. You know, composers such as Ruggero Leoncavallo with Pagliacci, Pietro Mascagni with Cavalleria Rusticana, or Max Bruch with his Violin Concerto. What else did …
January 7, 2022
Robert Service: British-Canadian known as “the Bard of the Yukon”
The Passing of the Year My glass is filled, my pipe is lit, My den is all a cosy glow; And snug before the fire I sit, And wait to feel the old year go. …
January 7, 2022
A welcoming, resort-like feel in La Jolla’s Muirlands neighborhood
“Sublime seclusion, luxurious ambience, and phenomenal design for welcoming family and friends are yours in this magnificent gated estate,” promises the Zillow opening for our stop this week at 6001 La Jolla Scenic Drive South, …
January 7, 2022
Lemon Grove Community Church: millennial ministry
Lemon Grove Community Church Contact: 3122 Main Street, Lemon Grove 619-466-0503 www.lemongrovecommunitychurch.com Membership: 25-30 (pre-covid 70-80) Pastor: Sharon Ackerman (currently on indeterminate leave of absence due to illness in family; Pastor Dane Lindsay of Ezekiel …
January 7, 2022
Julia Sage’s huge learning curve
A songwriter since early childhood, Julia Sage plays Chilean folk, blues, and Americana. She performs bilingual songs as a solo artist, as part of Grampadrew’s Flim Flam Revue, and with her band the Bad Hombres. …
January 6, 2022
Dining on the Pacific Surfliner: breakfast and a beer
Clickety-clack along the track! We’re rolling! The Pacific Surfliner snakes through the hills around Sorrento Valley, slowly, methodically rounding the canyon curves like a hunting dog following his nose. That distant horn I hear? Oh …
January 6, 2022
Watch family pug Doug play De Niro to Katie’s Scorsese
My first entry for 2022 was originally intended for another trio of last year’s leftovers. But my steed blew a flat before making it to the finish line of The Green Knight. One can only …
January 6, 2022