Is a 19th-century historical landmark in Carlsbad in danger of demolition? Designated Landmark No. 4 by the city in 1986, the Culver-Myers-Capp house at 3140 Highland Drive was built by Alonzo Culver in 1888 “with …
June 16, 2021
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Save Alonzo Culver’s Queen Anne Victorian mansion in Carlsbad
That Tumblr featuring Michael Jordan wearing questionable outfits
Dear Hipster: Around this time of year I always feel like the world’s attention is divided, at least a little bit, between hockey and basketball. Of course, by “the world” I mean “popular televised American …
June 16, 2021
White Elephant picks up where a Thai favorite left off
A Hillcrest favorite, Amarin Thai, closed last fall, after holding down its Richmond Street location for more than 22 years. Longtime fans of the restaurant may be pleased to learn that Thai food is officially …
June 15, 2021
Dog owners win the battle of Fiesta Island
Few who enjoy the outdoors on Fiesta Island care that it's a man-made landscape. Its 470 acres and six miles of shoreline, part of the much larger Mission Bay Park, are a rare find in …
June 15, 2021
San Diego website meltdown preceded by vendor spat, email shows
The intrigue surrounding the City of San Diego's abrupt switch to a new campaign finance disclosure website has deepened with the partial rejection by city officials of a request for public records that might shed …
June 14, 2021
Wagyu Shawarma Grill takes trend to Rancho San Diego
The marketing cachet of Japanese-bred cattle seems to be rising. At least, I find myself writing about wagyu a lot more than I used to, as local restaurants and butcher shops embrace the notoriously marbled …
June 14, 2021
Popeyes' Lemon Grove success – and its detractors
This month, those who live in Lemon Grove were soured by the grand opening of a Popeyes restaurant. "Just two days open has already made it impossible to navigate the parking lot by Bank of …
June 14, 2021
Tijuana elections: severed heads in a box and foam cooler, chopped torso in a bag
Last Sunday, Baja California held one of the biggest elections in its history. Mayors' positions for Tijuana, Tecate, Mexicali, Rosarito, and Ensenada were in dispute, plus state governor and deputies. More than 4,800 polling places …
June 14, 2021
Summer opens with 14 hours of daylight
Crape Myrtles are in bloom around San Diego this month through the end of summer. This smallish, vase-shaped tree blossoms in colors ranging from white or pale pink to lavender, red, and blue. Lilac of …
June 14, 2021
The art of heart surgery, Grossmont Hospital's interns, a skeptical patient
Heart Man They were trying to distract me from the fact that Koumjian had now installed a rack of metal onto the patient's chest and was separating his rib cage with the thing by cranking …
June 14, 2021
Poverty in the unemployment line and the trailer park, tricked by San Diego panhandlers
The Skin of Their Teeth Where are the best food bargains in downtown San Diego? Five-pound packages of nonfat milk powder can be purchased at the S and F store located at 15th and G …
June 13, 2021
Mountain lions move toward San Diego suburbs, Borrego's wild horses are not mustangs
Return of the Mountain Lion In October 1983, a lion killed a domestic goat at a ranch near Julian; in November 1983, a dead lion cub was found on the road near Santa Ysabel. In …
June 12, 2021
Walter Matthau’s dark side exposed in Charley Varrick
Walter Matthau? A bank robbing serial killer wanted by both good guys and bad guys alike?! Times were tough. The actor had to hock wedding presents just to pay the rent. The $2500 this minisculely …
June 11, 2021
Edmund Blunden: mental scars
First Rhymes In the meadow by the mill I›d make my ballad, Tunes to that would whistle shrill And beat the blackbird’s ringing bill.— But surely the innocent spring has died, The sultry noon has …
June 11, 2021
You should know Bastianini, Bonisolli, Corelli.
An insurmountable mountain of facts proves that we are living in the best period of known human history. Maybe things were better in pre-history when the aliens were here, but from infant mortality rates to …
June 11, 2021