Thought for Food Bob Peterson (husband to Mayor Maureen O’Connor) opened his first Jack-in-the-Box restaurant at 63rd Street and El Cajon Boulevard in 1951. Peterson had expanded his chain to include 350 units by the …
June 19, 2021
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Perps and victims unite in call to remove law enforcement from campus
Last week, both students and faculty members from UCSD gathered with local social justice organizations to advocate for the removal of the UCPD, the branch of the police department that patrols the the university’s campus. …
June 18, 2021
Critic comedies starring Mel Brooks, Vincent Price, and Bob Hope
Three comedies about critics starring Mel Brooks, Vincent Price, and Bob Hope. Our first entry earned Mel an Oscar® for Best Animated Short, and in spite of that, it’s good! The Critic (1960) For many, …
June 18, 2021
City expands outreach to vaccine-hesitant communities
“When we first started offering San Diegans the Covid-19 vaccine,” says Connie Spiracy, deputy director of media for the city’s Public Health office, “we found that there were two demographics where vaccine-hesitancy was dispiritingly high: …
June 18, 2021
Public Health Officer/Science God thunders declaration from mountaintop: “THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER.”
As coronavirus cases continued to drop and California lifted its manifold restrictions on the life of its citizens, San Diego Public Health Officer Wilma Wooten took the opportunity to remind her people that “Governor Newsom …
June 18, 2021
Mainly Mozart gets pick of the best
The San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival got off to a rambunctious start on Friday, June 11, 2021, at the San Diego Surf Soccer Club in Del Mar. The orchestra roster is as strong as ever. …
June 18, 2021
Cloak & Petal honors Oda Nobunaga’s Demise
Alec Randall Cloak & Petal 1953 India Street Little Italy Underneath an indoor cherry blossom tree, bartender Alec Randall serves up one of Cloak & Petal’s most popular drinks, Nobunaga’s Demise. He tells me it’s …
June 17, 2021
Walter de la Mare: Georgian Poet fueled by Standard Oil in London
The Listeners “Is there anybody there?” said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grass Of the forest’s ferny floor; And a bird flew up out of …
June 17, 2021
Karol G’s “LOCATION” video brings new fans to off-roading and the Baja Beach Fest in Rosarito
The palabra within the off-road community is that reggaeton star Karol G has brought some new fans and racers into off-roadin’ culture. “I think it’s awesome that more women are getting involved in off-roading,” said …
June 17, 2021
Gen Korean BBQ: the other KFC
Is the world going Korea-kerazy? Might could be. Not just K-Pop. Also KBBQ. Everywhere I look, there’s another Korean barbecue joint popping up. “Missy wants to go there,” says Maggy on the phone. “It’s good …
Queen Bees: TV triumphant for The Santa Clause’s Michael Lembeck
’Twas home video that first began sawing away at television’s umbilical cord. It was bad enough that stations sliced and diced movie running times quicker than a Popeil Chop-O-Matic to make room for commercial breaks. …
June 17, 2021
Bitchin’ Sauce brothers band
Originally a duo called Neck and Neck featuring J.T. Moring and Annie Rettic, folk-Americana-blues band Gemini Junction includes members based in Encinitas and Ocean Beach. Moring, who sings and plays banjo, guitar, and percussion, is …
June 17, 2021
San Diego new county counsel Lonnie Eldridge from Reagan country
Lonnie, not Ronnie, from Simi The city attorney of Simi Valley, home to the Ronald Reagan presidential library, is making a shift to distinctly more left-leaning terrain via his appointment by the San Diego County …
June 16, 2021
San Diego is not going to get rid of its coyotes
December 1, 2020, around 6 in the morning; that was the first time I saw a coyote. I didn’t see it in person, just on camera. I saw the upper half of its face as …
June 16, 2021
A word from the Family House of Pancakes
Foodies’ legacy Just wanted to say “thank you” for the truly great article you wrote about our family’s business (“F-HOP, not IHOP”, Tin Fork, May 20). We are fortunate that our parents’ legacy has brought …
June 16, 2021