Neighborhoods
Recently, I was at a housing and homelessness meeting at the Spring Valley library, and I asked the speakers how many of the homeless were receiving SSI or SSDI checks. (SSDI is Social Security Disability …
Dave Carr threw Raging Cider’s ninth anniversary party the other night. My friend Kim and I drove up to the cider bar in San Marcos because, as Kim said, “Dave’s a really, really good friend, …
Two days after we got a new (old) President, I found myself back Downtown to check out a new live music space called The Beat. Despite all the noise leading up to the voting, the …
Most neighborhood conflicts over live music involve loud bands that drive the neighbors nuts. But an unusual battle has been brewing in Ramona for over a year now, one involving musicians who most often perform …
Life guardsAt the top of the Grandview stairway sits a bench, dedicated to the memory of the three women who died under the weight of a 50-ton blockfall in 2019. In a late-July meetup, Dr. …
Video:FEAST!: Syrian treat maker Hakmi Sweets makes Dubai chocolate barsSmooth chocolate on the outside, crunchy, gooey, and green on the inside. People who are very online will have heard of Dubai chocolate, which has become …
On November 14, at the Baja 1000 in Ensenada, an orange-colored trophy truck in the contingency lanes lost control, hitting four people. The four were rushed to the hospital, where two died.Yolie Stover, an off-road reporter …
It takes more than a developer's proposal to turn deserted offices into homes. Even in Escondido, where a surge in empty office buildings has led the city to regulate them with fees. Between the empty offices …
Video:TIN FORK: The pie of the beholder at Queenstown PiesJust back from New Zealand, where I went crazy…on meat pies. (They’re called “pot pies” back here.) If there’s a national dish Down Under, pies are …
“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.” — Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2When a man reaches a certain age, he’s liable to have favorite Simpsons jokes. One of mine comes …
“Jazz is whatever the fuck you say it is.” I tell guitarist Aaron Lind, whose organ trio is performing at Golden Island Dim Sum and Asian Cuisine in Mira Mesa tonight. Though I’m not opposed …
The cliff collapseOn August 2, 2019, at around 1 pm, Dr. J. Patrick Davis, his wife, Julie Davis, Julie’s sister, Elizabeth Charles Cox, and Pat and Julie’s daughter, Annie Davis Clave — all three of …
The notices to vacate keep coming for tenants of Hawaiian Gardens and Sussex Gardens, neighboring apartment groups on Imperial Beach Boulevard.Over 100 low-income, elderly and disabled tenants are facing eviction, and many showed up at …
Video:FEAST!: Starvin Marvins, a sandwich party pad in Pacific BeachI notice changes in Pacific Beach as I drive north along Mission Boulevard for the first time in a couple years or so. Newer buildings, refurbished …
When Jacob T. came outside from his Kensington home on October 16, ready to go to work, he found his truck smeared with what appeared to be mud. After a closer look, it became clear …