Shortly after 7 this morning, October 26, as I was approaching SDSU on the Number 11 bus, I saw smoke billowing up beyond the intersection of Montezuma Road and Campanile Drive. It looked to be …
October 26, 2018
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A tearful confession in Oceanside
A prosecutor said that Carey Lamont Reid Jr. cried and confessed to murdering a 77-year-old Oceanside man, and then he wrote an apology letter to the widow. Prosecutor Keith Watanabe spoke at the arraignment of …
October 26, 2018
False alarm brings out police ingenuity
On the morning of October 24, Sam saw a photo tweeted by John Gibbins from the U-T. The photo depicted two San Diego police officers propping up yellow police tape on two Bird motorized scooters …
October 26, 2018
Deep in the shadow with Gergiev
Thursday morning, October 25, was grey. It was the most appropriate morning the San Diego climate could muster after what happened the night of Wednesday, October 24, at Symphony Hall. That evening defies the written …
October 26, 2018
Teaching the individualism of Christianity led to the basics
Atonement Lutheran Church Contact: 7250 Eckstrom Ave, San Diego (Balboa) 858-278-5556 www.atonementlutheranbalboa.weebly.com Membership: 45 Pastor: Kate Schlechter Age: 59 Born: Glendora Formation: California State University-Long Beach; Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN; Pacifica Institute, Carpinteria Years …
October 26, 2018
Intruder took shotgun away and assaulted homeowner
An intruder took a shotgun away from an Encinitas homeowner and then tried to kill him with it, according to an attorney who spoke in court yesterday, Wednesday, October 25. Chuck Edward Neil, 43, pleaded …
October 26, 2018
Happy hour with sunset and dessert
I kept calling it the happy hour menu, and my server kept correcting me: “Sunset menu.” Sounded like semantics to me. It’s available from 4:30 until 6 pm nightly, conventional happy hour timing. Then the …
October 25, 2018
Jolar shutters nude dancer booths at College Grove
"Jolar just let all the girls go and they are getting rid of the booths," reports a former employee of the longtime College Grove adult boutique where women have been performing private nude dance shows …
October 25, 2018
San Diego judge upholds Julie Harper’s 40-year sentence
San Diego Superior Court Judge Blaine Bowman looked Julie Harper in the face and told her that “the interests of justice will not be served” by reducing her sentence. This morning, Wednesday October 24, Julie …
October 25, 2018
The Irish Robert Burns
A poem for Halloween A Ballad: The Lake of the Dismal Swamp Written at Norfolk, in Virginia “They made her a grave, too cold and damp For a soul so warm and true; And she’s …
October 25, 2018
Record Roundup: After (h)Ours with Jessica Lerner, more
Due in November from Midnight Track, Lexington Field, the Lulls, Josie Day, Unwritten Law, more
October 25, 2018
Vice dream job for Unherd host
The on-air hosts producer Scott Richison selects for his locally produced TV shows move on bigger and better things. He tapped music writer and TV novice Troy Johnson to host Fox Rox (2002-2007). The weekly …
October 25, 2018
Former Columbus, Ohio musician seeks new band
“Candid Americana. Raymond Carver stories played by the Band. The optimism of the Mountain Goats filtered through Stephin Merritt’s worldview. Townes Van Zandt trying to sober up.” That’s Andy Gallagher, late of Columbus, Ohio, diagramming …
October 25, 2018
Oceanside's middle managers want a raise
The city of Oceanside’s mid-range employees are in the middle of a wage dispute battle with city hall. They’ve been working without a contract since July 1. At the council meeting on October 3, their …
October 25, 2018
The unmatched power of telenovelas
Upon publishing One Hundred Years of Solitude in 1969, Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez accomplished a rare feat: writing a classic piece of literature that also became an international best seller. He was awarded the …
October 24, 2018