San Diego Image Department Chief Brad Spinner today unveiled the new city seal at a press conference, and also provided an explanation for the changes he implemented. "The first thing, the very first thing I …
September 14, 2015
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In attempt at transparency, city officials unveil updated seal for San Diego
Donald Trump sponsors large-scale art installation along U.S.-Mexico border
Calling it "the biggest and best piece of art ever made about the issues surrounding immigration, or about anything else, for that matter," Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump today unveiled his "Greater Wall," a replica …
September 12, 2015
Body Art Expo goes meta to woo drifting hipsters
SAN DIEGO CONCOURSE — Once upon a time, hipsters and tattoos were almost as synonymous as bikers and tattoos, athletes and tattoos, or convicts and tattoos. "I think it was the Suicide Girls that did …
September 11, 2015
The Godzilla El Niño: Which Godzilla?
California Monstereologists have cited the recent invasion of Southern California's beaches by thousands of monstrous pelagic crabs as a likely sign of an impending visit from Godzilla El Niño. "Time and again," says UCSD researcher …
September 6, 2015
Local tribe seeks to monetize sacred ground without arousing evil
On September 3, the La Jolla Indian Reservation opened what is thought to be the longest zipline in Southern California. For $99, campers at the reservation campground can soar through the air for over a …
September 5, 2015
Mayor Faulconer pushes for convention center expansion despite lawsuit
A recent report from Conventions, Sports, and Leisure International claims that San Diego will reap a maximum return on investment if the convention center is expanded in place, as opposed to building a separate facility …
September 4, 2015
Craft beer scene yields to burgeoning local heroin industry
Recent data released by SANDAG shows that heroin use among arrested San Diegans has tripled since 2002. Today, over 15 percent of all women and 13 percent of all men who get taken into custody …
August 29, 2015
FastPass border crossing initiative falls flat
On August 1, Mexico's San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing — long a favorite for American daytrippers heading into Tijuana — got a little less unregulated, as the country began running walkers through its newly built …
August 28, 2015
Mayor Faulconer accuses Chargers of failing to give city's stadium proposal due consideration
"The City of San Diego has acted in good faith with the San Diego Chargers," cried Mayor Faulconer at today's press conference, his plastic bib flopping about as he flailed his arms. "We sped up …
August 23, 2015
Rockstar announces GTA 5 mod in honor of El Centro drug-smuggling teens
On August 12, El Centro teens Jonathan Elias and Brayan Valle pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to smuggling 28 pounds of heroin over the border from Mexico via personal drone. Just one week …
August 22, 2015
E-tagger vandalizes e-proposal for City Heights neighborhood sign
City authorities thought they had seen the last of the KRE8 tag, at least for the next few months. After all, 19-year-old Francisco Canseco, the man behind the ubiquitous spraypainted moniker, was sentenced to 180 …
August 20, 2015