Complete public sleeping ban Imperial Beach has banned camping or sleeping in public with an ordinance that reaches into every last corner, from pavement to median, "including but not limited to dirt or landscaped areas." …
July 6, 2020
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Imperial Beach, town without pretense
San Diego's punk music, goodbye to Lennon
Soundtrack: Notes gave pathos to clouds My father bought my first piano from the Briscoes in Sumter, South Carolina. We knew the Briscoes from church and because Brother Briscoe, as we called him, was in …
July 5, 2020
What San Diego restaurant staffs eat, dumpster diving for dinner
What Insiders Eat Travis Murphy, also a cook, planned the staff’s daily dinner. At Nine-Ten, he said, the hardest part of arranging the staff meal, also called the “family meal,” was “to find something to …
July 4, 2020
What opera is closest to California redwoods?
I’m spending some time in the Santa Cruz mountains and a redwood forest. A redwood forest is often compared to a cathedral and for good reason. I must admit there is something of a sacred …
July 3, 2020
Sanctified and glorified at Encanto Southern Baptist Church
Encanto Southern Baptist Church Contact: 6020 Akins Ave, San Diego 619-264-8641 www.encantosbc.com Membership: 300 Pastor: Robert Pope Age: 69 Born: Rocky Mount, NC Formation: University of District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.; University of Phoenix, Phoenix, …
July 3, 2020
Football: a career low for Lucille Ball
Do you miss the prospects of a football-free 2020? Not me, especially with this trio of celluloid scores to spike in celebration. Easy Living (1949) Jacques Tourneur had never seen a football game when RKO …
July 3, 2020
A poem for Independence Day by Francis Scott Key
Defence Of Fort McHenry O! say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er …
July 3, 2020
How to get to the river path from Sports Arena Boulevard
As far back as March of this year, locals have been asking the city for better access to the San Diego River bike path from Sports Arena Boulevard. “Anyone else experience going to the bike …
July 3, 2020
Nathan Fletcher's viral propaganda push
The sole Democrat on San Diego County's Board of Supervisors, onetime Assembly Republican Nathan Fletcher is looking to load up his county staff with social media and video makers to propel him to new political …
July 3, 2020
"We had to get canning quickly"
Rollercoaster 2020 continues to hammer home the message we have little idea what’s coming next. At this writing, San Diego somehow escaped being one of the 19 California counties the governor ordered or recommended bars, …
July 3, 2020
Dress up with cork wedges from Aerosoles and a necklace from Pier 1
As San Diego began to open up, I joined a small group for a backyard wine tasting. I wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to dress up a bit. My friend Hillary felt the same …
July 2, 2020
The Harrison G. Otis House: a Tudor Revival residence
The Harrison G. Otis House, a Mission Hills mansion with nearly 3900 square feet of living space, was originally built in 1910. Per listing materials retrieved from Realtor.com, “historic details abound” throughout the home. Commissioned …
July 2, 2020
Corbin’s Q’s Scrumptiously SLO barbecue
“Honk for Barbecue,” says the sign outside. And hey, I’ll honk. Or I would, if I weren’t on a bus. Because now I’m curious. I remember this corner where El Cajon Boulevard meets Rolando. An …
The Truth: no better suited than Catherine Deneuve
For decades, Fabienne Dangeville has been the face of French culture (and haute couture). Considered by many to be one of history’s most celebrated beauties (and Europe’s greatest actress), the icy blonde was set to …
July 2, 2020
Dead Cross cover Black Flag’s “Rise Above” in solidarity with Black Lives Matter
“I started playing the saxophone when I was 11 years of age because I thought it might get me girls, and I ended up really loving it,” says Jonny Tarr. Originally from Cardiff, Wales, Tarr …
July 2, 2020