North America
Athens, Georgia: sounds great to visit
The state's big college town offers lots in the way of music and Southern culture. And food.
Sure, Athens, Georgia, is home to Georgia's flagship state university and SEC sports teams. But for decades, the little mountain town has been the site of indie musicians, several of whom became stars. The B-52s, ...
Even in Miami, politicians getting smart
Some realize stadium subsidies a scam
Increasingly, the media, politicians, and city leaders around the U.S. are understanding that taxpayer subsidies of pro stadiums are complete scams. Yesterday, the New York Times panned Marlins Park, the Miami stadium that will host ...
Another side of Havana
The number of visitors may have doubled last year — but the time to go is still now.
Late afternoon in Havana: Local schoolboys are playing soccer in the central square of the recently renovated Plaza Vieja. Colorful, historic buildings ring the plaza. A warm tropical breeze wafts through the air and the ...
Eastern Sierra trout can go at it again
Breeders set free in Owens River and Mono basin
After six years of stocking non-breeding trout, next spring the state Department of Fish and Wildlife will begin raising and stocking little breeders in the Owens River and Mono Lake basins. Stopped in 2011, lawsuits ...
Urban exploring in Upper Manhattan
New York City rec's for the off-the-beaten-path traveler.
Ok, so everyone already knows the New York City of Times Square, the World Trade Center (both old and new), Central Park and so on. There's also the boutique shopping in SoHo, an "authentic" dinner ...
Eastern Sierra opening day: no snowstorm, few fish
Hundreds of San Diegans fish Convict, Lundy, Silver, and Crowley Lakes. Mammoth, Tioga Pass iced over.
For the first time in four years, anglers attending Merry Fishmas – opening day of trout season in the Eastern Sierra were not greeted with an early spring snowstorm. But while by the afternoon of ...
Fort Bragg's Glass Beach
City dump to sea glass wonder on the Northern California coast.
Glass Beach near Fort Bragg, in northern California, is a literal example of the power of nature to transform trash into treasure. In the late afternoon sun with the waves gently lapping on shore, I ...
NFL owners approve Raiders move to Vegas
The league has been tied to gambling since its founding
National Football League owners, meeting in Phoenix today (March 27), approved the Oakland Raiders' move to the gambling haven. The vote was 31-1. The dissenting vote was not announced but it was said to come ...
De La Fuente runs for NYC mayoral seat
His "first problem is that he does not live here," said the Times.
San Diego real estate developer Roque (Rocky) De La Fuente is running for mayor of New York City, according to a March 23 article in the New York Times. In 2015, the Reader reported that ...
Gateway between worlds
The border doesn’t have to move that slow.
“It’s like a multicultural limbo,” said Ken Terry, a daily border crosser. “In Mexico, I’m the gringo. In America, I’m the white Mexican. I’m stuck in the middle and seem to be a foreigner in ...
The trade war that could wallop San Diego
Mexico: 92 percent of exports, 80 percent of imports
The law of unintended consequences warns individuals, governments, and corporations that any action may backfire. The possibility of a trade war with Mexico is a classic example: the consequences could be brutal, especially for San ...
Antelope Canyon, #nofilter
Instagram's favorite red-rock slot canyon can be done in a long weekend.
Nestled about halfway between Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon, Page, Arizona, has some knock-your-eyes-out-jaw-dropping natural phenomena of its own. A small, nondescript town in northern Arizona, Page highlights its proximity to Antelope Canyon ...
Council supports transgender teen in Virginia
Vote to back student's bathroom choice reveals conflict in chambers
On Monday, February 27, the majority of city councilmembers entered into the national debate over the use of bathrooms for transgender students. During a closed-session meeting, a majority of councilmembers voted to file an amicus ...
Making yeast in Beer City USA
White Labs launches its East Coast hub
This spring, local yeast purveyor White Labs will join the ranks of San Diego breweries producing beer on the east coast when it builds a brewhouse in prominent craft beer destination, Asheville, North Carolina. Of ...
The Goring of Detroit
Vulture capitalist’s next big venture
When David Copley sold the Union-Tribune to Tom Gores and his Beverly Hills–based Platinum Equity back in 2009, the vulture capitalist with Palestinian roots vowed that he was in the newspaper business for the long ...
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Montana
My girlfriend Rosalie keeps an eye out for grizzlies along Logan's Pass in Glacier National Park after warnings of dangerous bear activity in the area. ...
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