Criminal romanticizes his life
December 3, 1981
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San Diego Rep stages Elephant Man against all odds
Putting a theatrical production together is like trying to cook a twenty-course meal — with every dish timed to come out of the oven at the same moment. On opening night, theater audiences witness the …
October 22, 1981
San Diego's trash dumps — goodbye fast
It’s time to talk trash in San Diego County. “The beast refuses to stay down, man Every day it grows, and then we knock it down Then another one grows right next to it, like …
June 4, 1981
Billo: The Salubrious Life and Salacious (Well, Maybe) opinions of Willis Bennett Ballance
“This is Bill Ballance, self-ordained lay therapist to those huddled, perspiring masses yearning to be stroked, eager to participate in the Bill Ballance communicative pentathlon, a certified incubator of soaring euphoria carefully programmed for the …
March 26, 1981
Downtown's YMCA – doors always open
Inside the Armed Services Y.M.C.A.: a hotel, an old swimming pool, a coffee shop, a television room, family counseling, a friendly game of eight ball, chaperoned dances, the largest servicemen's center in the world, more …
February 5, 1981
Theater in San Diego, 1980
Frankly, I can't see why anyone would want to have total recall, the ability to recollect at will every moment of his life on the instamatic lens of the mind's eye. Such an ability, no …
December 18, 1980
Who is re-making the look of San Diego?
Last summer I awaited eagerly the arrival of Larry and Anna Marie Allen. They had never seen Southern California before, and this was to be the second half of a cultural exchange program that began …
November 20, 1980
Harry Partch – San Diego's most famous musical rebel
"The Partch legacy is like a piece of choice beef out in the desert, and the buzzards are beginning to fly in from all over."
September 25, 1980
Everyone's happy with the Padres in Arizona
Don’t ask how I got into this situation. I’m driving an old VW bus, owned by a man who calls himself C.R. Gregory — the C.R. standing for “Credit Risk.’’ “The nicest thing about driving …
April 17, 1980