Dock Totals 12/22 – 12/28: 934 anglers aboard 37 half-day to 3-day trips out of San Diego landings over the past week caught 2 rock crab, 3931 rockfish, 102 sand bass, 423 sculpin, 4 sheephead, …
December 29, 2024
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December yellowfin biting well – Rockfish over until April
2024 classical music in San Diego
With Christmas over and New Year's just ahead, let’s look back at the year that was 2024 for classical music in San Diego. Back on March 1, 2024, The San Diego Symphony gave a concert at …
December 27, 2024
East County militia remains on high alert after shooting down “manned” drone near border
“It just doesn’t make sense,” says Clyde Yokel, head of the East County Patriot Association. “The whole point of a drone is that you don’t have to have anyone on board. We get some giant …
December 27, 2024
THEIR Lady of Guadalupe?
North Park resident Leticia Salcedo stands beside the Mexican folk art display she has maintained outside her home for two decades after last week’s fiery attack that left parts of it charred and dead. “I …
December 27, 2024
San Diego’s Poet Laureate puts down his pen
“It’s been a good run, and we had some fun, but now I’m done,” says San Diego’s Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez of his two-year stint in the position. The reason he’s stepping down? “Put …
December 27, 2024
Tacos and elotes greet Ed Bedford after border walk
Video:TIN FORK: Pidalo’s elotes greet Ed Bedford after border walk“Asada! Adobada! Chorizo! Buche! Suadero! Campechano!” Pedro’s blasting out from this very first cluster of food carts south of the border. I have just had a …
Roberto's Taco Shop celebrated 60 years in San Diego
Before we begin our 2025 adventure, we should take note of a milestone celebrated in 2024 by San Diego-born restaurant chain Roberto's Taco Shop, celebrating 60 years in business. According to its web site, Mr. …
December 26, 2024
Brian Ellis says no to sampling for Campus Christy collab
“If you’ve never seen a band of four guys and one girl all wearing bikinis in solidarity, performing the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ before telling you if you don’t call your mom tonight that you can ‘go …
December 26, 2024
Ben Benavente, Karl Denson, Schizophonics, Matt Heinecke, Frankie & the Witch Fingers
Video:LIVE FIVE: Ben Benavente, Karl Denson, Schizophonics, Matt Heinecke, Frankie & the Witch FingersBen Benavente at CannonballDec 26Ben Benavente specializes in Hawaiian and island style music, citing Jack Johnson, Bruno Mars, and local star Jason …
December 25, 2024
Ray Kroc and Hunter S. Thompson had nothing on Trump
[Note: None of this actually happened. But eight years ago, I sat down with some political luminaries to discuss the shocking election of Donald Trump to the presidency. Looking back, what's most remarkable — touching, even — …
December 25, 2024
My brother gave up the Reader crossword
Bluff battle continuesIt may be a tired topic by now but, I want to respond to the two-issue feature story writer Thomas Larson chastising readers for their comments about the bluffs collapse civil suit (“Reader …
December 25, 2024
Trump disses digital catapults
Biden drones onThe recent rash of mysterious UFO sitings over New Jersey and elsewhere have some eyes turning to a La Jolla-based Poway drone maker with friendly ties to Joe Biden and a chilly relationship …
December 25, 2024
Two poems for Christmas by Joseph Brodsky
Star of the NativityIn the cold season, in a locality accustomed to heat more thanto cold, to horizontality more than to a mountain,a child was born in a cave in order to save the world;it …
December 25, 2024
Use San Diego crosswalks at your own peril
As San Diego drivers rush to finish shopping or get to their next destination, accidents or close calls at crosswalks crop up.On December 23, at around 7:30 am, an electric scooter rider was struck while …
December 24, 2024
Oceanside toughens up Harbor Beach
Oceanside beaches will all have the same fire ring hours starting next year. A curfew unanimously approved by the Oceanside City Council last week includes Harbor Beach for the first time.The ordinance is "one of …
December 24, 2024