There are a ton of San Diego musicians who have found themselves involuntarily unemployed since mid-March of 2020, when live gigs virtually dried up all over the country. What to do during all the downtime …
May 27, 2021
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All-Town Sound: music for homo sapiens
The Grand Dame of Coronado
“European Elegance meets casual California beach lifestyle!” shouts the Zillow intro to 708 A Avenue, purported to be “one of Coronado’s most iconic and significant properties.” Billed as the “Grand Dame” of the island, the …
May 26, 2021
The Hummingbird: a sentient being
He came to my window in the mornings, hovering, darting, accelerating off like a UFO. I noticed sometimes he had a piece of grass in his long beak. I would stand there looking at him …
May 26, 2021
San Diego live music is back
Photograph by Matthew SuárezPhil Keaggy at Legacy International CenterJune 27Built on a locale that formerly hosted a motel and liquor store, Mission Valley’s newest concert venue is part of an 18-acre Bible-themed resort complex that offers …
May 26, 2021
Julian and Tierrasanta under scrutiny
Refund check’s in the mail County auditors have not let the Covid-19 pandemic deter them from rooting out a bevy of “unallowable expenses” by non-profit groups awarded taxpayer cash by county supervisors through the so-called …
May 26, 2021
The Window Cleaner
He’s looking at himself in the window mirror. His arms flail around like the Navy guy who guides planes into landings on a carrier. But what he’s actually doing is wiping the final water away …
May 26, 2021
Climb Laguna, Cuyamaca, Palomar for best wildflowers
Wildflowers of San Diego County’s highest mountains are in full bloom this week. Take a walk along any trail above 4500 feet in the Laguna, Cuyamaca, or Palomar Mountains and enjoy a palette of colors …
May 25, 2021
Why pickleball swept over San Diego
In the last week, rallying between local tennis players and pickleball players moved outside countywide tennis courts, two of which share the Collier namesake. "At the Collier Park one in La Mesa off of Spring …
May 25, 2021
Escondido debates marijuana
After delaying a discussion in March on whether or not to allow cannabis sales, Escondido has again hit snooze. The city has been studying potential regulations since last August, but despite the fact that about …
May 25, 2021
Arlo makes Mission Valley a date-night destination
It was the first time I stepped onto the campus of the Town and Country since its 2020 renovation. As I remember it from my last pass through a couple years ago, the Mission Valley …
May 25, 2021
Homeless in Tijuana hired to help line cutting
The chaotic waiting lane times to cross to San Ysidro are turning into hardships for some from Tijuana. Such as for Lilian, who on top of the four to six hours wait, got harassed and …
May 24, 2021
Mission Trails bridge gets closer
On January 29, the San Diego River took the life of Max Lenail. The 21-year-old was at the tail-end of a long run through Mission Trails Regional Park when the weather took a turn for the worse …
May 24, 2021
9-11 reactions: San Diegans on street, counter-terror contractors, Black Muslims
In Case They Attack “I’ve been melancholy. It made me very sad. Deep-down sad. I realized immediately that our lives would never be the same again. “We’ve never had war on our shores. And I’ve …
May 24, 2021
Encinitas bolshevik beach bum, the demise of O.B. Spaceman, Bill Gookin
The Man Who Broke the Rules He worked for several months at a bakery injecting jelly into the jelly donuts. The job paid minimum wage, but it had great benefits: he could eat all the …
May 23, 2021
Early San Diego Italians, Grandmother hosted the Marstons and Fletchers, La Mesa as Hollywood
India Street and Beyond: A history of the Italian Community of San Diego, 1850-1980 Pietro Lusardi came to San Diego with his brother, Francesco. They ran sheep on Mt. Palomar, then built a 3000-acre sheep …
May 22, 2021