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December 4, 2019
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A Star Wars nativity scene with Baby Yoda
Dear Hipster: You have told us winter is basically here, and we should all be drinking warm, alcoholic beverages to chase off the Yuletide chill. I would challenge one of the basic assumptions underlying your …
December 4, 2019
Mission Trails’ 5-Peak Challenge — accepted!
Hiking to the top of one or more of the major five peaks in Mission Trails Regional Park has always been an adventurous challenge for park visitors. The 5-Peak Challenge became a formal activity beginning …
December 4, 2019
Bread of Life closes overnight homeless shelter in Oceanside
For the first time in 15 years, Oceanside, a city of about 180,000, will have no wintertime overnight shelter. Bread of Life, run completely by some 50 non-paid volunteers, operated the shelter which was open …
December 3, 2019
San Diego's three top classical music concerts of 2019
Since we are at the end of a decade, I’m feeling an obligation to name the top concerts I’ve experienced in the past 10 years. That’s a lot of pressure so I’ve decided to ease …
December 3, 2019
Faulconer taps lobbyist Rebecca Rybczyk to replace lobbyist Greg Block
With the final year of Kevin Faulconer's term dawning, the revolving door at the San Diego mayor's office continues to twirl. As previously noted, six-figure public relations guru Greg Block, who most famously grappled with …
December 3, 2019
Hearings near for Harvest Hills
After many delays, the final environmental impact report for Harvest Hills, a hard-fought, high-end housing proposal in rural Escondido, is expected as early as this month. In November, 23 environmental, climate and community groups sent …
December 3, 2019
The Latin Chef still cooks in Liberty Station
A Pacific Beach restaurant called Latin Chef closed earlier this year, following a good thirteen in business. I never visited the Peruvian and Brazilian eatery, but it sounds like I missed out — it was …
December 3, 2019
Surfrider to IB residents: Shut up or get sued
A group of IB locals who have organized opposition to Surfrider's plan to manage sewage and toxic flows from TIjuana's failed infrastructure have received a letter threatening them with legal action if they don't stop …
December 3, 2019
Plant Power Fast Food growing fast
I recently wrote about how a certain global fast food chain has brought meatless versions of its burgers to the San Diego market, but a more exciting development may be the growth of a 100-percent …
December 2, 2019
Still wearing stolen Metallica shirt and Vans shoes
The suspect said, “I’m a dumbass,” when the cop told him he was trying to sell things stolen in a burglary, according to testimony on November 25. Oceanside police officer Christopher James arranged to meet …
December 2, 2019
Santee: open hills and the San Diego River
A little bit east of Eden The museum is an antidote to what ICR considers “anti-biblical” evolutionist propaganda of the sort seen at San Diego’s venerable Museum of Man, particularly “ape-men” presented as prehuman ancestors, …
December 2, 2019
Best Reader stories from 1984
Tight-lipped submariners aboard the Blueback open up Of course, all submariners are interested in naval history, and remain closer than even infantrymen to their dramatic and bloody heritage, and the Blueback crew seems to sense …
December 1, 2019
Best Reader stories from 1983
From San Diego's 41st Street, Japan was a more odious enemy than Germany I may be the youngest San Diegan to remember the Second World War, especially the time immediately following the attack on Pearl …
November 30, 2019
Let's open a fast-food taco shop
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November 29, 2019