It reads like a bad science fiction novel: A small Illinois biotech company cuts a deal with UCSD. The university agrees to test a substitute for human blood on comatose patients — victims of gunshots …
April 9, 2026
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UCSD experiments on blood of those south of Interstate 8
Mojo Nixon fan pays tribute to local psychobilly star
"I have a new song out all about my love of Mojo, 'Wild Like Mojo Nixon,'" says Jay Luttrull, who was featured as the late psychobilly star's number one fan in the 2022 documentary film …
April 8, 2026
Cambodians braved so much to get to San Diego
In the dark Sopheap Cheam, ten, puts his foot through a body. A rotting, maggot-filled stomach, up to his calf. He yanks it out with a shudder. Grabs at the nearest leaves and starts frantically …
April 8, 2026
Men along San Diego beaches speak up about their bodies
HEY, LADIES! Let's hear it for men! Give a shout-out now to the body masculine! Here's to five o'clock shadows, Adam's apples, square jaws, and rough skin. To testosterone, to the Y chromosome, to the …
April 7, 2026
Jacarandas provide a lavender haze to the county, plant your bulbs on the waning moon
Blue-Blossoming Jacarandas (the City of San Diego’s official “street tree”) have already produced a first wave of color all over the region. By early or mid-May, warm weather permitting, this Brazilian import could put on …
April 6, 2026
Peter Jensen is nuts for San Diego bridges
Bridges tell me their life stories. They groan and bitch like aging weightlifters with bad backs and sore knees, then press thousands of tons into the air anyway. Earthquakes make them nervous, tense. Authors write …
April 6, 2026
Frank Chin hustles to get Baja Chinese to open up
The world is getting ready for the new Year of the Dog when I'm readying my head to drive down below sea level looking for civility among the racially different and unassimilated. I notice toads …
April 4, 2026
Coolest place to skate in San Diego – city hall's garage
They are mostly young, fast, reckless, with a conditional respect for the laws of nature and the city of San Diego. they come from as far away as Temecula and Perris. There are dozens of …
April 3, 2026
Live Five: Rachel Jay, Wax, Schizophonics, Blues For Greeny, Beatles Tribute Fair
Rachel Jay at Estancia La Jolla Hotel and SpaApril 2Rachel Jay plays a variety of original songs and covers of artists who specialize in acoustic-driven soul. Her own music incorporates elements of jazz, R&B, folk, …
April 2, 2026
Pop goes San Diego: The War & Treaty, Wallice, St. Paul & the Broken Bones
The War And TreatyUpcoming EventThe War And TreatyThursday, April 2, 2026, 7 p.m.Epstein Family Amphitheater, 9500 Gilman Drive, San DiegoAge Limit: Not availableMoreHusband-and-wife duo Michael and Tanya Trotter, AKA The War And Treaty, are recognized …
April 2, 2026
The Nancy Hoover-Dominelli scam sucked most of San Diego in
He had a passion to do well. She had a passion to do good. Together, they touted his investment scheme, which bilked a thousand investors of $80 million. He has confessed to planning and running …
April 2, 2026
Dude Cervantes brings his Peter Green tribute to town April 7
Blues For Greeny is a tribute to early Fleetwood Mac songwriter and guitarist Peter Green fronted by Daniel “Dude” Cervantes of Howlin’ Rain, Mrs. Henry, and The Band tribute Chest Fever. A singer-songwriter, record producer, …
April 1, 2026
Randy Cunningham: what it's like to shoot down Russian MiG
Randy Cunningham taxied the F-4 Phantom onto the catapult aboard the USS Constellation, and both he and Bill Driscoll, the radar intercept officer in the back seat, turned to look at the spinning fingers of …
April 1, 2026
A sea of thorns – San Diego, Texas
Our namesake lies due west of Corpus Christi, past flat miles of sorghum, wheat and cotton fields, and towns with shops smelling of blood that, for pennies per pounds, will butcher the deer you shot …
March 31, 2026
San Diego surf heroes going back to 1910
There's a good chance Ralph Noisat caught the first wave in San Diego. He died in 1980, and as he wasn't a man to brag, his pioneering role might have been lost were it not …
March 30, 2026