On September 22, the County withdrew its proposal to convert a shuttered La Mesa Holiday Inn into housing for the homeless. John White, who serves as Director of Pleasantness for the East County enclave, had …
October 2, 2020
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La Mesa proposes alternate location for homeless after hotel conversion proposal fizzles
The best sociopathic John Travolta impersonator of 2008
This week’s selections represent the best 2008 had to offer, starting with an invitation to the wedding of the decade. Rachel Getting Married (2008) Many were quick to complain about Jonathan Demme casting a feature …
October 2, 2020
Mayor Faulconer defends placing giant bulls-eye on building in flight path.
Yesterday, Mayor Faulconer spoke at the unveiling of a huge Target logo on the facade of Toxic Tower, aka 101 Ash Street. “Unfortunately,” he said, “the City of San Diego can’t use the inside what …
October 2, 2020
Black Lives Matter proposes City designate 101 Ash Street a White Supremacist monument
Statement from San Diego’s chapter of Black Lives Matter concerning 101 Ash Street: “White people are forever arguing that we should leave Confederate statues and other racist monuments in place so that we can remember …
October 2, 2020
John Hay: served in government alongside Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley
John Hay There are two mountains hallowed By majesty sublime, Which rear their crests unconquered Above the floods of Time. Uncounted generations Have gazed on them with awe,-- The mountain of the Gospel, The mountain …
October 2, 2020
Mainly Mozart tries drive-in concert at Del Mar
Mainly Mozart is putting on a full-scale orchestra festival from October 17 - 24 and you can attend it live, no streaming required. The concerts are in a drive-up format at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. …
October 2, 2020
James Schuyler: finding the extraordinary in the ordinary
October Books litter the bed, leaves the lawn. It lightly rains. Fall has come: unpatterned, in the shedding leaves. The maples ripen. Apples come home crisp in bags. This pear tastes good. It rains lightly …
October 1, 2020
Post-Naps band Sugar World is darker than twee
Katryn Macko met Ryan Stanley while they were both living in Tallahassee and attending Florida State University. Macko worked at a venue called Club Down Under, which was run by a student organization. She describes …
October 1, 2020
Cody’s La Jolla: breakfast with Hunter S. Thompson
“Man, this is chilly,” says my friend Alison. “You guys in Fall already?” It’s gotta be 75 degrees out. But she’s from Arizona. We’re looking for a breakfast place, here in La Jolla. “Let’s go …
Little focker vs. dirty grandpa
The copyright that trails Robert De Niro’s first theatrical release since The Irishman reads 2017. But it wasn’t until earlier this year that the picture swept cinemas in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States before …
October 1, 2020
Cholo goth
Born Fadi Masad, River Sultan - who grew up in Jordan, San Diego, and Egypt - says he tells personal stories about the human experience, where east meets west, using synthesizers, drum machines, guitars, bass, …
October 1, 2020
Whitney Shay’s drive-in blues
Singer Whitney Shay headlined a recent live show (complete with a real audience) on August 15 in the overflow parking lot of the Del Mar fairgrounds. It was one example of where live music might …
October 1, 2020
Cyclops Farms pulls up stakes in Oceanside
Anyone with a TV may get the impression Oceanside is more Green Acres than Baywatch. Developer Integral Communities has so far dumped $1.4 million on TV ads and other promotions to convince locals that a …
September 30, 2020
Golden State dreams
Winding my way up La Mesa’s Mount Nebo on a Sunday morning, I wound up on the Summit Drive cul-de-sac. All but one of the houses sported a tasteful Biden/Harris 2020 sign in the front …
September 30, 2020
Gerry Braun gives to boss Mara Elliott
Good staff work San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott, battling it out with Cory Briggs to hold onto her job, tapped chief of staff Gerry Braun, the former Union-Tribune reporter, for a $1051 campaign contribution …
September 30, 2020