A sense of elation followed by pride broke out among San Diego hip-hoppers and sneakerheads last month when Lincoln High alumnus, Norman Powell, signed a sneaker deal with AND1. “Powell is currently the only San …
April 22, 2021
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Norman Powell signs sneaker deal with AND1
Oceanside grandma comes home from San Felipe, gets beat up and tortured
It took about five hours for Cindy and Ray to drive from their hacienda in San Felipe, Mexico, to their home in Oceanside. “The sun was out,” Cindy recalled that spring day in May 2018 …
April 21, 2021
Toni Atkins ramps up lieutenant governor run
Johnnie on the run Johnnie Perkins, the former trash company executive and lobbyist who became San Diego Republican mayor Kevin Faulconer’s chief of environmental services, has landed on his feet in Washington state — but …
April 21, 2021
Midway upon the journey
I noticed a convertible on the way into work today. Pretty good looking… especially for a Buick. Good grief, I’m admiring a Buick. Old, old, old. The kind of person who still says Good grief, …
April 21, 2021
Waxing poetic on the origin of Cap’n Crunch
Dear Hipster: What has had a greater effect on defining what it means to be a 21st-century American hipster: movies and TV, music, or something else entirely? — AJ That’s a bit like asking, ‘Who …
April 21, 2021
Blue Box Butcher makes meat eating easy
It used to be a Grab & Go Subs shop, conveniently located between the freeway and the airport, making it easy to pick up sandwiches on your way to catch a flight. Now it’s a …
April 20, 2021
When a high-rise goes up in Bay Park
Word on the Bay Park streets is much quieter since the Seaton Apartments went up and is nearly completed this month. On April 18 I drove around the Mission Bay-overlooking neighborhood between the Sea World …
April 20, 2021
Seven-fold growth in area near Rose Creek
The Balboa Avenue Station Specific Plan ends right where one of the largest urban wetland restoration projects in the state begins. Over the next 10 years, a construction boom is expected to add thousands of …
April 20, 2021
Former Tijuana mayor charged with embezzlement
Last April 9 the Baja California’s general prosecutor's office began a legal process against the former mayor of Tijuana (2016-2019), Juan Manuel Gastelum Buenrostro, for embezzlement. According to the prosecutor's office, he and one of …
April 20, 2021
A muffaletta quest leads to Privateer Coal Fire Pizza
“How many times have I driven past this place?” I muttered to myself. Too many to count. A better question might be, “How long have I been missing out?” The answer to that, I now …
April 19, 2021
Disclosure-shy developers draw hand-slap ethics fine
As a torrent of cash from out-of-town developers gushed into the campaign coffers of a San Diego ballot proposition ostensibly meant to boost low-cost housing with a property tax hike, proponents delayed disclosing to the …
April 19, 2021
Why was OB Pier report held back?
The Ocean Beach Pier has been closed since January 2021 due to storm damage yet its fate remains unknown after a report reveals it has “reached the end of its service life.” The 364-page, $700,000 …
April 19, 2021
Star jasmine will scent our spring breezes
Star Jasmine's Sweet Perfume, exuded from clusters of small, white flowers, will continue to scent San Diego's spring breezes until sometime in June. Not a true jasmine, or Jasminum, star jasmine belongs to the genus …
April 19, 2021
Eucalyptus transformed San Diego landscape, oleander sends me over the edge
Eucalyptus It Is The eucalyptus tree and its history are not so different from the human influx into the area. Everywhere from El Cajon and La Jolla to Scripps Ranch and South Bay, up to …
April 19, 2021
Crazies at Moonlight Beach, tyrants of San Diego lifeguards, lover of the Mission Beach plunge
The Spectacle at Moonlight Beach Not so many years ago the spectacle at Moonlight Beach was strictly a limited engagement, running approximately from Memorial Day to Labor Day. After that the set was dismantled, the …
April 18, 2021