Cheers to Al Hirschfeld and other cartoonists at Café La Maze
“A few old haunts still remain”
Matthew Lickona 2 p.m., Oct. 23
Eric Bartl
Articles by Eric Bartl
Abortion and carpetbagging dominate 50th Congressional seat debate
Issa, DeMaio look east, Hunter, Jones defend turf
On October 14 former San Diego city councilman Carl DeMaio, former congressman Darrell Issa and state enator Brian Jones joined congressman Duncan Hunter at Mission Valley’s Town and Country Hotel for the San Diego Republican ...
San Diego students required to take ethnic studies
Aimed at "white terrorism"
On September 24 the San Diego Unified school board passed a resolution in support of a state bill (AB 331) that would add one semester of ethnic studies to California public high school graduation requirements ...
Who are the drag queens at Chula Vista library?
Would they try this in Coronado or La Jolla?
On September 10, Francisco Soto and Xaime Aceves Equihua (stage names “Barbie-Q” and “Raquelita”) presented Drag Queen Story Time to a reported 300 adults and children at the Civic Center Chula Vista Public Library on ...
Rancho Bernardo man with 84 cockatiels fights San Diego Humane Society
“The four eldest need to come home”
Fourteen years ago Rancho Bernardo resident Robert D. Fausner had four pet cockatiels. He kept them in his one-bedroom apartment cage-free and by January of this year they had reproduced into 83 free-flying birds, plus ...
More drama at San Diego Junior Theatre
Conflict of interest in the City Attorney's office?
The three-year saga at Balboa Park’s San Diego Junior Theatre, a city-funded operation, continued May 7 when former theatre parent Matt Valenti and his family went to City Hall to confront city attorney Mara Elliott. ...
Lincoln High teacher sued for sex talk
Used connections with Nick Cannon "to get the girls all over him"
Girl v. world, mother, teacher On October 15, 2018, Lincoln High School psychologist Freddy Moreno summoned Sara to his office. A teacher wanted him to find out what was traumatizing her “shy, sweet, and respectful” ...
Kaiser to face largest strike anywhere in 20 years
Union claims company made $5.2 billion in profits in the first six months of 2019
The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions warned in an August 12 press release they are planning the “nation’s largest walkout since 1997.” Coalition spokesman Sean Wherley says over 80,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in six states ...
San Diego Unified paid $400k for claim against Lincoln High coach
He changed his name in February
After being accused of sexual assault a former Lincoln High School soccer coach, Said Cajica, continued coaching youth soccer teams and on February 21 changed his name to Xavier Cajica-Bautista. Said’s path to becoming Xavier ...
Real men at Wilson Middle School, SDSU, El Cajon City Council
Forget toxic masculinity
It’s early Friday morning in City Heights. Nearly 30 boys flock to Wilson Middle School an hour before school starts to spend time with their mentor Roosevelt Johnson. They enter his classroom and greet one ...
