“What year is this?” asks the gentleman passing David Benardo on his way into the Bali Hai on Shelter Island. He has noticed Benardo’s pristine white Volkswagen Beetle convertible parked outside, and as he leans …
December 19, 2019
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David Benardo’s electrified Beetle illuminates memories
Comethazine’s SoundCloud bait-and-switch
Comethazine was part of a digital bait-and-switch occurrence last year, which some say helped boost the career of the 21-year-old rapper known as Frank Childress to his family and squad back home in Illinois. In …
December 19, 2019
Tijuana’s Cerveceria Insurgente has its brewery back — for now
On Wednesday, December 18, Tijuana craft brewer Cerveceria Insurgente resumed making beer in its Zona Rio brewery for the first time since October 5, when municipal authorities abruptly closed the property, reportedly at the behest …
December 18, 2019
Lost Yorkie in Barrio Logan, female, 10 months old, last seen on December 12
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December 18, 2019
The Santaland Diaries: more tidings of comfort and joy
Last week, I mentioned the various ways that A Christmas Carol has been tweaked and updated by San Diego theaters in an effort to keep the story from getting lost in its own comfortable familiarity. …
December 18, 2019
What would George Mitrovich say?
The weirdest thing the late George Mitrovich ever told me was that he was descended from Oliver Cromwell. He hadn’t nailed down the exact genealogy, apparently, but said it was family lore. What piqued my …
December 18, 2019
Murderers of Love Motel EP based on the short stories of guitar maker Creston Lea
Based in Carlsbad, Americana band Murderers of Love features singer-songwriter and graphic designer Jaimie Muehlhausen, a one-time open mic host at Drowsy Maggie’s (which helped launch Steve Poltz and Jewel). His new five-song EP Motel …
December 18, 2019
The ways they cheat crossing the border
Police at the border have been getting involved in line disputes as line-cutting tactics have grown more sophisticated, and extortion of Americans crossing north more prevalent. “On our way back from Ensenada we came back …
December 18, 2019
Issa and DeMaio jostle for Hunter seat
DeMaio’s prenuptial agreement Is it helpful to know the ropes around the House of Representatives to avoid disclosing your assets and income until the very last minute? Such seems the case with Darrell Issa, the …
December 18, 2019
Deceptive Oceanside photos
Dog-eared beach battle I don’t have a “dog in this fight,” but looking at the first two photos of the revetment, it looks like Ms. Mackin took advantage of the high tide to make it …
December 18, 2019
Elizabeth Warren has no idea who Diplo is
Hey Hipster: What the heck is hipster antitrust and why does it keep showing up in my news feed? I’m not even exactly sure what regular antitrust is (except I think it has something to …
December 18, 2019
Apple flack Fred Sainz with F-word history maxes out to Todd Gloria
A flack from San Diego's political past has popped up on the list of maximum-dollar campaign contributors to Assembly Democrat Todd Gloria, currently running to succeed termed-out Republican mayor Kevin Faulconer in next year's March …
December 17, 2019
Carlsbad on road to Manhattan Beach
“It used to be the Village by the Sea. But it’s not a village anymore when you can build buildings that are four stories tall…really five when you count the top deck.” DeeDee Trejo was …
December 17, 2019
Angkorian Pikestaff serves one dish per day in East Village
A thousand years ago, when Cambodia’s Angkor empire extended across what is now Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, its infantry brandished long, piked staffs, sometimes from the back of an elephant. That’s the reference being made …
December 17, 2019
What's left for East County's skaters
On December 13, a Wendi and Steve posted on Facebook that Skate San Diego “is closing” and “we are liquidating everything”; the two posted photos of a large stereo system, “thousands of” roller skate and …
December 17, 2019