An estimated two hundred people attended the No War on Venezuela/Stop the Bombings protest on Saturday, January 3, many of them joining chants of “No War on Venezuela!” and demanding peace. I found out about …
January 8, 2026
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Hundreds attend No War on Venezuela protest
Picture Story: Anime 619 brings living 'toons to the Convention Center
Anime 619, a fan convention aimed at anime fans, happened November 22-23 at the San Diego Convention Center. It competed directly with San Diego Anime Con, which took place November 21-23 at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley. The …
November 30, 2025
Picture Story: Costume creators at San Diego Anime Con
Presented by Silk Road Productions, the creators and producers of Fangaea Con and AnimeLand, San Diego Anime Con took place November 21-23 at the Handlery Hotel in Mission Valley. Councilmember Stephen Whitburn of San Diego District …
November 29, 2025
Signs show a revolutionary spirit at October 18 No Kings demonstration
The October 18 No Kings demonstration downtown at Waterfront Park attracted another peaceful crowd that arrived with handmade signs of various kinds. Attendees were eager to express their outrage at the current administration, and to …
October 22, 2025
Laboring on Labor Day at the Workers Over Billionaires rally
"Workers Over Billionaires" was the theme of the September 1 Labor Day protest demonstration staged at Waterfront Park.The crowd began forming in the early AM. Senior citizens and middle-aged protestors made up the bulk of …
September 5, 2025
Pooches & politics at 45th Annual OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off
As I drove into last Saturday's Ocean Beach Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off, there was a crowd protesting against the United States bombing of Iran and Israel’s military involvement in Gaza. Cars were honking in …
July 2, 2025
No Faux King Trump rally brings out signmakers and cosplayers
When I drove up to the La Mesa trolley station, I saw someone already holding a protest sign. I circled around the depot, but all the parking was filled up. It was then that I …
June 18, 2025
April 19 anti-Trump protest draws peaceful (if angry) crowds
The Impeach Donald Trump movement has been gaining in popularity. Trump battled two attempts at impeachment during his first term as president.The April 19 anti-Trump protest held downtown had a much smaller turnout then the event on …
April 24, 2025
2022 Comic-Con goings-on: visit Toro, House of Blues, American Junkie, and other nightclubs for theme parties
Four-day Comic-Con passes run over $200 and are harder to find than a Vulcan jokebook, but several more accessible Con-themed events are happening off-site. Wednesday, July 20 will feature the Superheroes and Villains theme party …
July 14, 2022
“They're looting the Vons, and I’m standing right there" - La Mesa neighbors react
There have been differing opinions about how the police reacted to violence from some participants at the protest in front of La Mesa police headquarters, near where I live. The teargas went across the crowd …
May 31, 2020
RIP Robert Scott, Comickaze Comics operator
Robert Scott, longtime operator of San Diego’s Comickaze Comics, has reportedly passed away. The former department store manager opened his Clairemont Comickaze store in the early '90s, an era when comic publishing, distribution, and retailing …
December 4, 2019
RIP local comic book creator Batton Lash (Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre)
His local Exhibit A Press published Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre and others
January 13, 2019
Comic-Con cosplayer did not “fall”
The media were already publishing articles about females being sexually harassed at comic-book conventions when a 17-year-old cosplayer (going by the cosplay name of Milly Makara) was found unconscious and injured in the early-morning hours …
August 9, 2014