I don’t know what it says about our appetites in isolation, but well before noon the stand for Da-Le-Ranch meats had sold out of rabbit. Duck breast and Cornish game hen too. This was the …
April 7, 2020
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Farmers Market: masked shopper edition
The death knell for death metal
This week, we’ve got metalheads, handmaids, and a tour of New York you don’t want to take. Saigon Metalhood (2020) Three generations of musicians representing the past, present, and future of Vietnamese metal are given …
April 7, 2020
Who will rent San Diego's Airbnbs?
In many places, temporary bans and restrictions are being placed on short-term rentals to help stop the spread of coronavirus. San Diego, reeling from the travel slowdown, hasn't joined them. On April 4, Newport Beach, …
April 7, 2020
No meat, no waste, no dining in: newly opened The Plot goes express
Once upon a time, before people wore protective masks outside the home, there was a new North County restaurant at the top of everybody’s must-try list. Given another week of open dining rooms, I would …
April 6, 2020
Do the Vista Home Boys recruit like the Marines?
Local gangsters allegedly video-recorded beatings intended to “jump in” new members and kept those videos on their Snapchat accounts, according to experts who testified in San Diego County superior court on March 10. “They use …
April 6, 2020
Little Italy – will the flavor last?
Tiny rooms in Little Italy On a Little Italy plot where a Victorian house stood for more than a century, construction of tiny apartments is underway. The house, built in the 1890s at the corner …
April 6, 2020
Padres bribe city councilwoman (Moores gets off), Padres and the mob
Fun with Ralph: Excerpts From a Busy Man's Calendar Councilman Inzunza’s frantic lunch hours. “Virtually every business day at the stroke of 12 noon, the 34-year-old councilman can be seen strolling out of his 12th-story …
April 5, 2020
Live Five: Kids stuff!
Being home with the kids can be an opportunity to explore online, with events streaming soon featuring kid-centric music, art, theater, and education. Little Fish Comic Book Studio Online Classes are available online right now, …
April 4, 2020
Best Reader stories from 2019
Hillcrest: gayborhood or ghetto? “I was only in West Hollywood for four years and I came from the East Coast by way of Las Vegas,” he says. “To me, Hillcrest is just normal. At least …
April 4, 2020
To feed vulnerable residents during a pandemic, Oceanside turns to restaurants
In the weeks since American public life was officially put on pause in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, too much the news out of the restaurant industry has been dire. Dining rooms closed, millions out …
April 3, 2020
What to do when they stop making Heineken and Modelo
As soon as the news hit, we received ten orders,” says Carlos Macklis owner of Norte Brewing Co. “We stopped producing but we are still selling our beer. I’m acting as the delivery boy driving …
April 3, 2020
COVID-19 screening lapses plagued San Diego veterans' care
A snap audit by agents for the Veterans Affairs inspector general has called out San Diego region Veterans Health Administration staffers for failing to properly screen visitors for the coronavirus and asserted that local V.A. …
April 3, 2020
Alexander Hamilton: one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
Alexander Hamilton Good and wise men, in all ages…have supposed that the deity, from the relations, we stand in, to himself and to each other, has constituted an eternal and immutable law, which is, indispensibly, …
April 3, 2020
TP Mummy torn roll from roll by crazed, pantsless mob
Not long after, the hapless victim’s crappy costume was reduced to just that, while his naked, lifeless body was hung from a lamppost in a Spring Valley Wal-Mart parking lot as a warning to others.
April 3, 2020
Governor Newsom clarifies order regarding closure of all but “essential” businesses
Good citizen Reggie Minuteman demonstrates just how essential guns can be in a crisis situation.
April 3, 2020