On Thursday, October 28 120 policemen and a contingent from the municipal welfare department showed up at El Chaparral migrant camp and put up a chain-link fence around the tents. This was part of an …
November 1, 2021
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Tijuana installs fence around El Chaparral migrant camp
Pernicano's Hillcrest property goes to San Francisco group
Pernicano’s in Hillcrest was a popular eatery for years, especially for sports celebs. Colorful owner George Pernicano owned three percent of the San Diego Chargers (seven percent originally). His restaurant closed in 1985, and has …
November 1, 2021
Temperatures sinking slowly in San Diego
Local Temperatures should be declining most rapidly during this time of year, according to more than a century of local meteorological records. With every successive week, daily maximum temperatures are declining by about .75˚ Fahrenheit, …
November 1, 2021
San Diego writers open up: Jeff Weinstein, John Brizzolara, Dave Zielinski
Hard-boiled local Brizzolara recalled an evening when, together with three other suspense writers, he was invited to Grounds for Murder, a San Diego mystery bookstore, to discuss his work. “There was some controversy about Wirecutter. …
November 1, 2021
We drag ‘em around by the lip
Dock Totals 10/24 – 10/30: 1,599 anglers aboard 85 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 88 bluefin tuna (up to 310 pounds), 30 bocaccio, 91 bonito, 288 calico bass (187 released), …
October 31, 2021
Starring roles in the Copley Union-Tribune: James, Helen, Michael, David
I’m Morgan, He’s Cronkite Scholars, particularly Vjaceslav Vsevolodovic Ivanov, director of the Section on Structural Typology of the Institute of Slavic and Balkan Walter Leland Cronkite Studies at the Soviet Academy of Sciences in St. …
October 31, 2021
My Arizona and Utah family, a daughter disabled since birth at Friendship House
A Fairy Godmother’s Art I can recall the way a certain blouse, puffy-sleeved and lace-collared, tugged at the pits of my arms the year I fell in love with Matt Denhalter. The same mistakes I …
October 30, 2021
In pursuit of Maya’s (vegan) Cookies
Did you know San Diego is home to “America’s #1 black-owned gourmet vegan cookie company?” I did not, until I found the website for Maya’s Cookies, a cookie bakery operating out of an industrial park …
October 29, 2021
Where the marigolds come from for Dia de los Muertos
Local farmers south of Tijuana used to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkins, and peppers, but starting eight years ago they have devoted one-quarter of their land to marigolds. This flower is considered as the flower of …
October 29, 2021
Grace for gangs: Father Gregory Boyle’s Tattoos on the Heart: The Boundless Power of Compassion influences First United Methodist Church of San Diego
First United Methodist Church of San Diego Contact: 2111 Camino del Rio South, San Diego 619-297-4366 www.fumcsd.org Membership: 2,000 (pre-covid) Neighborhood: Mission Valley Pastor: Trudy Robinson Age: 58 Born: West Covina Formation: California State-Fullerton; Claremont …
October 29, 2021
Nathan Raney’s Season of Serenity
There are plenty of musical Nathans in San Diego — nearly four dozen of them show up in the Reader’s Local Music Database, including well-known talents such as Nathan Hubbard, Brown, Lewis, Williams, Jarrell, Welden, …
October 28, 2021
William Shakespeare’s The Three Witches and Macbeth: suitable for Halloween
The Three Witches Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and …
October 28, 2021
Ichiban and HiroNori Craft Ramen: Japanese joints juxtaposed
“Let’s go Japanese,” says Chris. “You mean chopsticks?” asks Erik. “Not really my thing.” There are four of us standing around here, dithering by the DMV in Uptown. It’s 4:30 pm. Chris calls his buddy …
Wrath of the former band members
Heavy metal band Cave Bastard was founded in 2014 by bassist Troy Oftedal, a former member of Cattle Decapitation who left that group in 2009, and guitarist Nick Padron, formerly of Bridge Jumper. Their initial …
October 28, 2021
Understory’s Satanic Nightjar: sweet, spicy and herbal
Scott Slater Understory 12841 El Camino Real, Suite 209-210 Carmel Valley The hunt for a spooky cocktail brought me to Understory, the central bar within Sky Deck at Del Mar Highlands Town Center. Explains bartender …
October 28, 2021