Some Escondido motels have become crime magnets, and the pandemic didn't help. At one motel, police found there was a 420 percent increase in calls for service last year. Hoping to give some of those …
July 20, 2021
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A plan for Escondido's crime motels
Film Studies Club rises from ashes of Cine Bujazan
On July 7 the Bujazan Cinema, one of the most important cinema tethers throughout Mexico, had its 70th anniversary. At the celebration, local filmmakers announced the opening of a Film Studies Hub in the theater. …
July 20, 2021
Warm water, hot heads: parking lot fishing and distancing protocol
Dock Totals 7/11 – 7/17: 5722 anglers aboard 230 trips out of San Diego landings this past week caught 939 barracuda, 2 black seabass (released), 3583 bluefin tuna (up to 230 pounds), 1 bonito, 3278 …
July 20, 2021
Father Joe Carroll: death of a transactional cleric
A Last Hurrah of sorts comes tomorrow morning, July 20, at St. Rita's Catholic Church with a funeral Mass to be presided over by San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy. Father Joe Carroll, long a key …
July 19, 2021
Del Mar races crowd happy, but down two-thirds
“The horse was named after the doctor that did my wife’s breast implants,” said Erik, the owner of Dr. Troutman, the odds-on favored horse in the first race, on the first day of the 82nd …
July 19, 2021
San Diego desert and mountain thunderheads pop up in afternoon
Cumulonimbus Clouds, or thunderheads, are most likely to form over San Diego County’s deserts and mountains during the latter part of the summer season, beginning about late July. The clouds appear by midafternoon — often …
July 19, 2021
El Centro gangs, Holtville High football, 115 in the afternoon at Calipatria prison
Out Here in the Middle of Nowhere “Before, gangs were racially segregated, so you had the Mexicans, the blacks, the Aryan Brotherhood, and so on. Now, the Bloods and all are recruiting across the racial …
July 19, 2021
San Diego's highway landscaping, how to beat avocado thieves
Ground Cover One of the Brazilian peppers, a 20-foot umbrella of lacy foliage, blocks an exit sign for Genesee Avenue. “Look at that sign. Kind of hard to see what it says, isn’t it? You’ve …
July 18, 2021
Pt. Loma's rich Portuguese, who would live on Mt. Soledad, OB's motorhome gypsies
Tunaville Times Crew members, nearly three-quarters of whom were Portuguese, addressed each other in the idioms of their native villages while they laid the huge black purse seine nets on the docks. Nautical designers and …
July 17, 2021
Go crazy for Salad To-go-go
In my years covering local restaurants, I’ve witnessed San Diego foodies get excited about restaurants specializing in cheeseburgers, tacos, carne asada fries, ramen, sushi burritos, Neapolitan pizza, fried chicken, cupcakes, bone marrow, vegan brunch, and …
July 16, 2021
Classical music as meditation aide
The ideology of woke culture is one thing. Meditating every day and thereby developing the ability to effectively respond to life’s situations instead of merely reacting, is another. Meditation is the path to a consistently …
July 16, 2021
John Travolta oozes seductiveness in Saturday Night Fever
Saturday Night Fever made something special out of white polyester and blow-dryers as an extension of one’s arm, and transformed Deney Terrio — John Travolta’s trainer and future host of Dance Fever — into a …
July 16, 2021
Kensington Brewing Torero Blue and Bold
When students move back into University of San Diego dorms this fall, the home of the Toreros will feature a new set of official school beers. Torero Blue and Torero Bold are now the products …
July 16, 2021
Doug Applegate to run for Desmond seat on county board of supervisors
When San Marcos city councilman Jim Desmond was elected to represent North County on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors three years ago, there was a five percent GOP majority in his District 5. …
July 15, 2021
Give the Smith ‘n Wesson a shot at The Smoking Gun
Alex Ramos The Smoking Gun 555 Market Street Downtown On a bustling corner of the Gaslamp Quarter, I’m chatting with The Smoking Gun’s bartender Alex Ramos, who tells me to give the Smith ‘n Wesson …
July 15, 2021