Instead of widening I-5, widen the options for transit. That was the idea behind a lawsuit in 2013 that claimed the proposed freeway expansion between La Jolla and Oceanside would lead to “an enormous surge …
May 19, 2020
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Three good reasons to order from Madison on Park
I have to be honest: I did not expect to find myself ordering from Madison on Park during this shutdown. The University Heights restaurant has much going for it, but near the top of the …
May 18, 2020
National City's give-away produce stand booms
“My husband is a meat guy, and this month we went for nine days without eating meat.” Melissa and her two boys, who look about seven and nine, are waiting at the Olivewood Gardens produce …
May 18, 2020
22 surfers nabbed at Rosarito Saturday
22 surfers were arrested and detained on Saturday, May 16 for surfing at Cantiles Dorados in Rosarito — about 28 miles south of the border. The El Imparcial news outlet from Tijuana posted a photo …
May 18, 2020
Del Mar, the town and the racetrack
Not ready to move 600 homes inland As Del Mar sees it, they've worked tirelessly to amend their local coastal plan to account for sea rise. Flooding, beach loss, and coastal bluff erosion were all …
May 18, 2020
Nostalgic day-cation in Los Angeles
Like most people hailing from Los Angeles, I have a healthy love-hate relationship with the city. I grew up a "valley kid" in the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley. Downtown, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, …
May 17, 2020
Cave paintings of Juan Cabrillo ship, marijuana farmers of Cuyamaca
Mommy, why are they shooting at us again? “I don’t take my kids to the park anymore on Sundays,” says Luís, a young Tijuana father of three — eight- and six-year-old sons, and a five-year-old …
May 17, 2020
Juan Vargas as cash magnet, J. David Dominelli as town sugar daddy
San Diego State's growing contempt for undergrads “We have pulled resources out of undergraduate education in order to build expensive, elite PhD programs that cater to very few students proportionately." By Joe Deegan, March 27, …
May 16, 2020
Tesla cash backs Democrats Atkins, Ward, and Weber
Those wondering why Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez’s twitter attack on electric car and space rocket maven Elon Musk for opening his Tesla-making plant in violation of COVID-19 quarantine rules wasn't more widely endorsed by fellow Democrats …
May 15, 2020
Padres exit April without a loss for the first time in forever
It must be the new uniforms!
May 15, 2020
Marines resume training despite recent coronavirus outbreak
Fight the invisible enemy! Actual Marine recruitment poster. (Well, mostly.)
May 15, 2020
Action in the 1970s: Gene Hackman, Walter Matthau, and Whit Bissell
A trio of ‘70s action flicks for your amusement, led by Gene Hackman, Walter Matthau, and... Whit Bissell? French Connection II (1975) The porkpie hat is as unmistakably American as the beret is French. And …
May 15, 2020
Will the real Gavin Newsom please stand up?
The liquid-metal, shape-shifting governator, clockwise from upper left: That Trump-loving MAGA tool Newsom lays out his plan to start re-opening California, sacrificing who knows how many vulnerable lives for the sake of economic recovery. It’s …
May 15, 2020
Algorithm responsible for Santee man’s unfortunate face mask
Last week, a shopper showed up at a Santee Vons wearing the required face mask. Well, maybe not the required face mask: his nose and mouth were covered, but by a makeshift Ku Klux Klan …
May 15, 2020
A Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer with John Hancock
John Hancock In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be taken to ward off the impending judgments…at the same time all …
May 15, 2020