I already liked Green Acre Campus Pointe on the approach. I went looking for the Brian Malarkey restaurant after enjoying the sandwiches at his new Little Italy spot, Herb & Eatery. Green Acre is a …
December 13, 2016
This cafeteria is unlike any you’ve ever seen
Herb shop puts “travelers” on notice
Dwayne Costea opened the Bountiful Herb store at 4958 Newport Avenue about seven years ago. He said he sold it to “Jane” recently. “We were the original owners of the shop until [she] took it …
March 9, 2017
Longtime trailer park in Bay Park to close
Fairfield Residential met with Bay Park and Clairemont residents on March 8 to discuss development of an approximately six-acre RV park (Coastal Trailer Villa) located at 1579 Morena Boulevard. The RV park has been in …
March 13, 2017
Planned Parenthood march against Obamacare repeal
Hundreds of Planned Parenthood supporters rallied in Balboa Park on Friday morning (March 24) in anticipation of a congressional vote to defund the organization that was pulled from the table by Republican backers moments before …
March 24, 2017
Finding Oscar’s
Even when I couldn't find the place, my friend was about to miss the train, and a Rubio’s was staring at me from across the street, I pursued the siren call of the smoked-tuna taco. This family-run Pacific Beach taco stand started in 2011 and recently added East Village and Encinitas to its lineup. The Encinitas shop is so new it didn’t even have a proper sign up yet.
February 4, 2017
Eric Von Sydow and Steve Piccus do double hypnosis
Some people believe God to be the first hypnotist: He put Adam to sleep and took out a rib to make Eve. It's a leap, but today hypnotism is used as an alternative to anesthesia …
November 11, 2004
Tiny-house movement for the homeless
A group of homeless advocates has unveiled examples of a long-brewing plan to create extremely low-cost emergency housing as a temporary remedy while longer term solutions to regional homelessness are sought. "We've been trying to …
March 16, 2017
Spring-breakers go solar
"We provide solar at no out-of-pocket cost," explains Paul Cleary, executive director of GRID Alternatives San Diego. We're standing in the dirt driveway of a house nestled deep in a canyon on the La Jolla …
March 17, 2017
Belching Beaver’s change of art
With a March 12 party at its Vista brewpub, Belching Beaver Brewery celebrated a brand refresh that includes a cleaner redesign of its can and bottle labels; also the punny new slogan, "Dam Good Times." …
March 14, 2017
New Catholic bishop warns Catholics against calling themselves Catholic - REMOVED PER JH
From Bishop-elect Robert McElroy's first address to San Diego Catholics last Sunday: The American cultural landscape is festooned with walls that separate neighbor from neighbor. Black and white, rich and poor, Red State and Blue …
March 6, 2015
Of leather kilts and opposing bulwarks
Human rights activists and gay and lesbian advocacy groups are urging appellate court judges to overturn a previous court's decision to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit brought by Will Walters, a gay man who was arrested …
March 7, 2015
Toni Atkins and the role of mother’s milk
As Jesse Unruh, also known as "Big Daddy," once famously said, "Money is the mother's milk of politics." The legendarily Falstaffian speaker of the California Assembly, who died in 1987 at the age of 64, …
March 12, 2015
Chug, chug, chug, shhhh...
Donald Stoecklein, president and former lead counsel for the troubled binational railroad known as the Desert Line, has run into trouble in the form of the Securities and Exchange Commission. On March 11, the Securities …
March 11, 2015