Just before Mesa Road spills into Mission Trails Regional Park in Santee, that last quarter mile is still a dirt path built before the auto, riddled with potholes. In 1884 it was declared a public …
May 18, 2021
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Santee tosses Mesa Road to county like a hot potato
Cunningham manse owner kicks in $3000 for latest GOP House accused
Monday's guilty plea by ex-Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg to sex trafficking and a bevy of other felony counts has reportedly ratcheted up the heat on his partner in partying, Republican congressman Matt Gaetz. …
May 18, 2021
San Diego in books - DEA infighting, horseback adventure, William Manchester's WWII
I WAS SITTING RADAR. Actually doing nothing. We had been up to 75,000 to give the afternoon some jazz. I guess we were still in Mexico, coming into Miramar eventually in the F-14. It doesn't …
May 17, 2021
Deli Belly wasn’t supposed to be interesting
There aren’t too many exciting things that can be said about sandwich shops these days. Most of them carry one of two or three deli meat suppliers — usually Boar’s Head or Dietz & Watson …
May 17, 2021
90 Tijuana schools vandalized
At least 90 schools in Tijuana were vandalized during the pandemic, most of them in the east zone of the city. Benemerito de las Americas II elementary school's principal calculates that 60 percent of the …
May 17, 2021
Rabbits and rodents peak
Rabbit and Rodent population is peaking in the canyons and hillsides of coastal San Diego County. In many neighborhoods, car headlights illuminate the rear ends of scampering cottontail rabbits making raids on succulent garden vegetation. …
May 17, 2021
San Diego's highest paid carpenter, smartest plumber, most moral washing machine repairman
He Crawled 700 Miles On His Hands and Knees There’s a rare affliction called the 38-Year-Old Burned-Out-Carpenter Disease. You wake up one morning and your body is crippled, your wife has left you, you’re broke, …
May 17, 2021
Been to Guatay, Buckman Springs, La Posta, Live Oak Springs, Boulevard, Bankhead Springs?
Dots on the Map Bankhead Springs is wholly owned by Helen, an 87-year-old woman who purchased it m 1939 with her husband Alvan. (The place is named after Senator John Hollis Bankhead of Arizona, who …
May 16, 2021
Utterly alone with abortion, Father Bud Kaicher's court statement, behind Debby Fleming's suicide
Dutiful Daughter After three days, I lost all feeling that something had “happened” to my body. I realized it would be possible to deny that this had ever happened to me, if I chose to …
May 15, 2021
Swagyu Chop Shop’s must-try 18-dollar burger
Here’s a surprising add to the list of things I never expected to do: agree to pay $18 for a cheeseburger, in Imperial Beach. Moments later, another: add a $10 side of fries. And, no, …
May 14, 2021
The British Film Institute launches BFI Player Classics
The British Film Institute launches BFI Player Classics on May 14. The new streaming outlet promises what it calls a “collection of classic British cinema specifically for the American market.” (I’m guessing that means no …
May 14, 2021
Biden dispatches Antifa and other protesters to crisis zone
As the border crisis deepens and wave after wave of hopeful migrants crashes against Trump’s evil wall, President Biden has taken bold action to address the problem. “It’s clear these folks love America, or at …
May 14, 2021
Coffee shop sermon
Crossroads Christian Reformed Church Contact: 2406 North Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos, 760-744-4673, crossroadscrc.com Membership: 140 Pastor: Jeff Kempton Age: 44 Born: San Diego Formation: University of California-Santa Barbara; Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena Years …
May 14, 2021
Animal Kingdom back in Oceanside to shoot sixth season
Animal Kingdom is TV’s intense weekly drama about the crime-loving Cody family. Brothers Pope, Craig and Deran took on murder, armed robbery, explosives, and drugs all while living in Oceanside. A Warner Bros. Television crew …
May 14, 2021