During the first three months of the COVID-19 health emergency beginning in March, “sales of cigarettes in Mexico were “extinguished by 45 percent, [an equivalent to] 254.5 million packs,” reported El Financiero on July 27. …
August 3, 2020
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Cigarette smokers across the border take a hit
Ocean Beach – San Diego's last true neighborhood
Pros and cons of berms – shelter for homeless, backwash for surfers The sand berms are up in Ocean Beach. For some it signals the beginning of winter when kids can be seen boarding down …
August 3, 2020
What makes a home in San Diego
Site 151’s Four Million Dollar Mansion Ralph Genovese doesn't use the word "mansion" to describe the three dwellings he will construct on a mountaintop in Rancho Santa Fe. He prefers "estate." He's building one of …
August 2, 2020
If sci-fi glam really makes a comeback, UNI will rule them all
A perfectly adequate little lipstick-n-laser glam rock throwback, UNI, just stepped up their game with a potent new track and video for "Debris" that looks and sounds for all the world as if it beamed …
August 1, 2020
San Diego inside sports
Lakeside's Big Man There are roughly six million boys between the ages of 16 and 18 living in the United States. There are approximately 26,400 high schools and close to that number of starting centers …
August 1, 2020
Loco Lopez takes brunch over the top
As breakfast burritos go, it was already going to hit every greasy morning mark: bacon, eggs, fried potatoes, and melted cheese, with a splash of avocado green. But rather than the usual flat, off-white wrapper, …
July 31, 2020
Gordon Parks’ Batman and Robin crimebusters
Three variations on a cops-and-robbers theme from the early ‘70s The Super Cops (1974) Released three months after Serpico, Gordon Parks’ film followed a pair of successful Shaft scores with this real-life account of two …
July 31, 2020
Voice vs. ethnicity in picking the opera stars
When considering “blind auditions” for orchestras I began to wish opera companies were forced to cast their operas based on blind auditions. A blind audition means the auditors do not know anything about the musician …
July 31, 2020
Communion on the hood of a Humvee
Christ Church (Episcopalian) of Coronado Contact: 1114 9th St., Coronado 619-435-4561 www.christchurchcoronado.org Neighborhood: Coronado Membership: 200 Pastor: Father Michael Tinnon Age: 70 Born: Lexington, KY Formation: University of Kentucky, Lexington; Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY …
July 31, 2020
Camila Mendivil: bullied into blogging
Though I’m a fan of San Diego’s flourishing influencer scene, I didn’t know that some of them are as young as 15. I reached out to Camila Mendivil to ask how she accomplished her skyrocketing …
July 30, 2020
Anne Bradstreet: the first writer in North America to be published
Here Follows Some Verses Upon The Burning Of Our House In silent night when rest I took For sorrow near I did not look I waked was with thund’ring noise And piteous shrieks of dreadful …
July 30, 2020
Kanye West for president
On the 4th of July, Kanye West tweeted: “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States! …
July 30, 2020
Bay Books Cafe: cook the books
Guess what? Bright orange umbrellas on Orange Avenue. They light up the blue sky near Tenth in Coronado. The gods must’ve been speaking to me this morning. It so happens the scarf I wrapped around …
First Cow: mooving picture
In ancient times, they might have called First Cow, an allegorical tale of two culturally discordant cowpokes who join forces to carve out a culinary slice of the American dream, “Figowitz and the Chinaman” and …
July 30, 2020
Disneyland Haunted Mansion technique
Due August 19, singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau’s The Prairie will feature eight Brosseau originals and a cover of John Prine’s “They Oughta Name A Drink After You.” Guest players include Sheldon Gomberg, Robbie Robinson of Robinson …
July 30, 2020