San Diego's influence Matt Potter’s September 5, 2020 post on Los Angeles Jackie Lacey ("Dumanis, spouse, and San Diego cop union back L.A. District Attorney Jackie Lacey," Sept. 5) was a cheap sophomoric political hit …
September 16, 2020
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BrainLeap helps kids pay attention with The Attention Arcade
“What I was doing before wasn’t nearly as cool,” says Jeff Coleman, CEO of BrainLeap Technologies, the company he co-founded with his wife, UCSD researcher Leanne Chukoskie and her colleague, UCSD professor Jeanne Townsend. “This …
September 16, 2020
The United States Department of Agriculture’s 160-degree pork guideline
Dear Hipster: Is there a moment that you can identify as the birth of the modern hipster? — Dick, Bankers Hill Well, as I have said before, the hipster is eternal. There have always been …
September 16, 2020
Fire rings out in Oceanside – for good?
Beach fire rings are a beloved beach tradition for families and youth groups to roast marshmallows and tell stories. Or are they an attractive nuisance drawing in transient drunks who fight and make late night …
September 15, 2020
Cheap alternative to the San Diego Zoo
In the last few days, photos and videos of snakes hissing and slithering within the confines of Mexicali vehicles have surfaced online. “The last photo was with a viper,” captioned Juan M. underneath a Facebook …
September 15, 2020
A lot of taco trucks in Chula Vista
On the patio of the Over the Border nightclub, an accordion player in a cowboy hat led his band through a set of norteño music, while a small crowd of fans danced and drank beer, …
September 15, 2020
More sex harassment history behind Todd Gloria’s Capitol campaign cash
A controversial Los Angeles legislator turned lobbyist is among the latest big donors to Assembly Democrat Todd Gloria's bid to become San Diego mayor, city campaign finance records show. Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, an Assembly Democrat who …
September 15, 2020
Cisterra to build 241 units on G Street, downtown San Diego
A mixed-use project approved by the planning commission on Thursday will fill some gaps in downtown's East Village. But in some ways, the modern 9G tower resembles an earlier era. 241 new dwelling units in …
September 15, 2020
American Pizza Mfg has La Jolla taking and baking
I picked up a couple of take-out pizzas from coastal La Jolla a few years back, and though they were cooked at high heat with stellar ingredients, it felt like a race to get back …
September 14, 2020
The Oceanside Zodiac murder
Little did an Oceanside historian know, when she was researching the history of the longtime exclusive beachfront neighborhood of St. Malo, that she would run across perhaps the first murder of California’s infamous Zodiac killer. …
September 14, 2020
Coastal sage, Fall migrant birds, zodiacal light
The time of sunset changes most rapidly this time of the year. This is mainly because the sun is swinging rapidly south along the ecliptic (its apparent path through the background stars). From the latitude …
September 14, 2020
Oddness of the Waldorf School, food critic Eleanor Widmer, why San Diego's light is unique, MiG killer Randy Cunningham
A Single Mother Alone in the World If the child-support check is late, I let it be. I resent having to beg for anything. I used to be on my ex like white on rice, …
September 14, 2020
Juan Vargas loves lobbyists, the Dominelli fake-out, Pala tribe civil war, SDSU hates undergrads, UCSD wants blood south of I-8
Leavin' On a Jet Plane Tax dollars fund airport blitzkrieg. The stealth campaign that spends your money to buy your vote. CEO Thella Bowens proudly pointed to the poll's key finding: that public support for …
September 13, 2020
Chicago is that wonderful town
What a great place! Not long ago my husband and I were in the Windy City (more about that later). It was early October, unusually warm; in fact, temperatures were in the high 70s with …
September 12, 2020
Mark Twain's daughter ends up at the Bahia Hotel, Osama bin Laden's brother at USIU
Third Spud from the Sun: Cameron Crowe Then and Now “A couple things about Cameron set him down a peg from even the rank and file of ’zine greenhorn dust-suckers. He for all intents & …
September 12, 2020