Former Bumble Bee Tuna CEO Chris Lischewski raises a defiant fist as he slips out of San Diego harbor aboard the Chicken of the Sea in an attempt to elude authorities after being convicted for …
December 13, 2019
Bankrupt Bee Flees to Sea
Hebrew for “loving kindness”
Ner Tamid Synagogue Contact: 12348 Casa Avenida, Poway 858-513-8330 www.nertamidsd.org Membership: 140 families Rabbi: Sammy Seid Age: 31 Born: Mission Viejo Formation: University of California-Santa Cruz; California State-Fullerton; Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies-American Jewish University, …
December 20, 2019
Duncan Hunter: San Diego's good soldier
Disclaimer: None of this ever really happened. But then, Donald Trump is President…When I found Duncan Hunter — the former Marine and soon-to-be former Congressman from the United States’ 50th District — holding down one …
December 25, 2019
Moores and minions grab no-bid Aztec Stadium deal
The raw power of San Diego's big money politics is again on display with news that a company founded by ex-Padres owner John Moores will take over development of San Diego State University's proposed Mission …
June 4, 2019
Chancing the Coaster’s Del Mar cliffs
“How’s that cliff that fell away? I ask this train employee. I’m at the Santa Fe Depot, about to board the Coaster for Solana Beach. Feeling a touch queasy after reading about the piece of …
January 8, 2020
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Star Wars, and me
Permit me a wry grimace as I imagine theatrical legend Alec Guinness’ reaction upon learning that a theater critic’s first memory of him — of any sort of performance, really — came from Star Wars. …
January 8, 2020
The fire station that Rob Wellington Quigley built
Pacific Highway doesn’t look like it sounds. The name calls to mind surfboard-topped VW buses, sunsets, and bike-riders in bathing suits, something like what you’d see on Highway 101 around Cardiff. But instead, it’s mostly …
January 8, 2020
Goi Cuon makes a meal out of spring rolls
Every time I’ve eaten at a Vietnamese restaurant with a group, deciding on appetizers has become a whole discussion. Should we get spring rolls, or egg rolls? How many? Tofu or pork? Shrimp or sweet …
January 10, 2020