Oh mama. I was counting on these guys. Just hopped off the 44 where Linda Vista Road meets Mesa College Drive. ’Cause I know a couple of über-cheap places where I can pick up a …
June 3, 2021
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Cruella: Sympathy for the de Vil
A haughty fashion designer (Emma Thompson) and the seamstress most likely to dethrone her (Emma Stone) wage battle in this, the third live-action attempt on the part of the studio to ransack the Disney Vault, …
June 3, 2021
Lower-case-letter-loving
Blues guitarist Laura Chavez grew up near San Jose and was still in grade school when she began playing guitar. By the time she graduated high school, she was already a working musician, going on …
June 3, 2021
Fandango at the Wall film fascinates
When it comes to the San Diego/Tijuana community, retired librarian Jorge Francisco Castillo counts himself pretty well settled in. He eats at Tacos el Gordo, plus Ranchos and El Zarape in North Park. He takes …
June 3, 2021
Ben Hueso figures Mike Schaefer is vulnerable
Lorena’s put-down California senate Democrat Ben Hueso, who last year lost his bid for county supervisor to Nora Vargas, is busy collecting cash for a 2022 campaign against incumbent Mike Schaefer for the state Board …
June 2, 2021
San Diego's surf stars and those who've settled for next best thing
“Whenever some kid tells me they want to become a pro surfer, I suggest they take up a tennis racket.”— Four-time World Surfing Champion Mark RichardsThere are an estimated 17 to 35 million surfers in …
June 2, 2021
Questions about Union-Tribune Hamas reporting
More outdoor I very much enjoy the “Outdoors” segment. Hope you keep it coming. Theodore Jermanovich San Diego Missile madness If Patrick Soon-Shiong allows reporting faked/altered news to attack Israel then maybe he should resign(“Union-Tribune’s …
June 2, 2021
The newest of Heritage Estates has it all
Nestled in the hills of north Poway above the Maderas Golf Club, The Heritage Estates is an exclusive 400-acre enclave of 111 custom homes locked behind a 24-hour guarded entry gate. Most of the Heritage …
June 2, 2021
Birthday buddies: Tenzing Norgay, Noel Gallagher, Bob Hope, and Daniel Tosh
Dear Hipster: What does it all mean? — Thad The answers are out there, Thad, but you have to follow the clues, and it takes special training in hipster numerology and phenomenology to uncover those …
June 2, 2021
Asking $1200 for two Chargers stadium seats
On May 29, wellsready2fish, a local eBay seller, sold a concrete chunk from the recently demolished SDCCU stadium — for $15. The online seller sold a different concrete chunk a week prior titled "San Diego …
June 1, 2021
Good Seed Food Co taps into a another tasting room
If there’s one thing I knew for certain heading into Burgeon Beer Company’s new downtown tasting room, it’s that the beer would be fantastic. That’s been the case with Burgeon beers, pretty much across the …
June 1, 2021
Four months later, Bry changes financial disclosure report
Back on February 23, La Jolla serial entrepreneur and Union-Tribune columnist Neil Senturia slammed down the phone on a reporter when asked about his wife's role in Deckard Technologies. According to a September 2019 report …
June 1, 2021
iBuyers moving into Oceanside home market
“This house is in escrow and it never even had a sign or an open house.” Mary Ellen Reese has lived in the same South Oceanside home for 37 years. She was taken aback when …
June 1, 2021
San Diego parks fall in ratings
San Diego's vast park system has fallen from a top spot in a national ranking study due to a new factor used in 2021: equity. Every year since 2009, the Trust for Public Land has …
June 1, 2021
Everything's crisp at Chicken Lisa's
There is no shortage of good Mexican restaurants scattered among the 40 miles between my home and Chicken Lisa’s, but we press on. We think we’re getting close when we start to spot Escondido freeway …
May 31, 2021