This week, we visit what’s billed as “the highest standard of California coastal living,” a 6532-square-foot oceanview mansion at 516 Stratford Court. According to listing remarks retrieved from Trulia, the home is “ideally situated on …
May 7, 2020
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Stark Shay dedicate song to Greta Thunberg
“These days, everyone is talking about flattening the curve,” say Cleopatra and Cordelia Degher, known collectively as Stark Shay. “After this crisis, maybe we’ll also start thinking about how to flatten the carbon curve. How …
May 7, 2020
Luminous waves at IB Forum
A group of us sits, staring to the west. “Is that one?” says Kelly. It’s sunset. But we’re not looking for green flashes. We’re looking for white flashes in the blue teeth of the waves. …
May 7, 2020
Clementine: Overwrought meets underripe
We open on a note of anticipatory anxiety: an offscreen voice awakens Karen (Otmara Marrero). Soft tones profess, “You’re beautiful,” followed by, “You’re gonna break my heart.” Other than an eager exchange with a pooch …
May 7, 2020
Killer vegan tacos
Belle and the Dragon, featuring P.O.D. drummer Noah “Wuv” Bernardo and members of Flyleaf, took an impromptu tour of the streets of San Diego for the music video for their track “Trees.” “We shot this …
May 7, 2020
Lorena Gonzalez’s AB5 bill cuts music instructor pay at San Diego Music and Art Company
When California enacted Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) at the beginning of 2020, the music industry braced for a heavy shake-up. The law created a new standard (the ABC test) that employers would have to meet …
May 7, 2020
San Diego pandemic protests bring out everyone with an opinion
The Covid-related business shutdown and stay-at-home orders issued by Governor Newsom and San Diego County public health officer Wilma Wooten have led to civil disobedience and lawsuits. A local protest movement began April 18 at …
May 6, 2020
Ron Wheeler’s Garage
“It’s very odd, being here playing alone in your house, with no audience, even though we know they’re out there,” says Ron Wheeler. Until the coronavirus, he led one of the best-loved cover bands in …
May 6, 2020
San Diegans who will be ready for any disaster
I don’t recall when I first heard the word “prepper,” but it was definitely derogatory, perhaps a step above — but certainly related to — “hoarder.” A prepper, as I understood it then, was someone …
May 6, 2020
Kilkennys help Faulconer, Gloria, named to Civic San Diego, land SeaWorld account
Viral influence peddling The COVID-19 crisis continues to provide a cornucopia of new work for San Diego city hall lobbyists. Latest to benefit is the Intesa Communications Group, whose principals include Maddy Kilkenny, onetime aide …
May 6, 2020
Border dogs tugged his heartstrings
More canine kryptonite I just finished reading your story “Border dogs are our Kryptonite” by Marty Graham (“San Diego’s border dogs are our kryptonite,” Cover Stories, April 15 ). I’m a little behind because I …
May 6, 2020
Unemployment claims with Governor Newsom
Have you noticed how, at the governor’s COVID-19 press conferences, someone usually asks about how come unemployment benefits aren’t reaching all the people who have applied for them? The governor takes time to explain how …
May 6, 2020
Is hugging dead forever?
Dear Hipster: I’m a hugger, not a hand shaker or a cheek-kisser. But I worry — is hugging dead forever, because everyone will be scared to touch each other for the foreseeable future? I actually …
May 6, 2020
Pro-pot, Nathan Fletcher goes after vaping
Update: Minutes after this story appeared, James Canning, spokesman for Nathan Fletcher, said, "The Vaping Ordinance will now not come back before the Board until September." “They are trying to force people to stop vaping, …
May 5, 2020
Surf & Soul Spot touches down in La Mesa
The first time I ate at Surf & Soul Spot, it was operating as a pop-up restaurant, serving fried fish and soul food select days per week at a church banquet hall in the southeast …
May 5, 2020