PhotosThe derivative curse
Composers who try to avoid it are to doomed to be it
Garrett Harris 5 p.m., July 25
Ken Harrison
Ken Harrison is a native of Cardiff-by-the-Sea. He was very active in community politics in his younger years as past president of the Cardiff Town Council. A former radio talk show host, Ken now attends Politicians Anonymous and writes about North County coastal community issues. Ken's first neighborhood story for the Reader February 2009 was brought about by noticing the state replacing the beach's iconic lifeguard towers with a futuristic design. He gave the story idea to friends in two other newspapers, neither one saw the newsworthiness. "I notice things others don't and want to find out for myself, what's going on over there."
Readers may contact him directly with coastal neighborhood issues.
Articles by Ken Harrison
Speed limits to be lowered on La Costa Avenue, Quail Gardens Drive
But increased on El Camino Real
Some major streets in Encinitas are scheduled for speed limit changes, mostly downward by five miles per hour, but some will be increased, based on a little-known California law. Last week, although some residents protested ...
Rancho Peñasquitos' Andy Wiess reviving Crown Books
Used books on trial in Encinitas, Horton Plaza, and Chula Vista
A long gone, but once familiar nationwide business has reappeared in Encinitas. Back in the 1980s, a lanky Robert Haft went on TV with the his three-piece suit and heavy New Jersey accent, to tell ...
VG's is not leaving
San Diego North Coast real estate churning pushes the rumor mill
When it opened in 1968, Joe Mettee started working in his dad’s Cardiff-by-the-Sea donut shop when he was 14. VG’s, with its morning customers lining up out the door, has grown to become an icon ...
Dems pass retroactive bill to block recall of state senator Newman
Jerry Brown transfers $100K to help intimidate signature gatherers
San Diego’s AM 600 KOGO’s radio talk show host, Carl DeMaio, appears to have Governor Brown and the Democratic-controlled state legislature nervous. DeMaio’s Reform California campaign, and his attempt to recall State Senator Josh Newman ...
Del Mar's parking fail
Revenue-generating idea may have backfired
Over the winter, the city of Del Mar widened and repaved its northern boundary, the busy Via de La Valle, between Coast Highway and Jimmy Durante Boulevard. They also added a bike lane and a ...
Del Mar Fair opening — here for the piggies
Deviled eggs with roasted salmon, smoked Brie, hummus cucumber dip, Portobello tortas.
The iconic bronze statue of Don Diego, dressed up in cowboy garb, overlooked the main gate of the San Diego County Fair, as hundreds lined up for opening night on June 2. And like the ...
Eastern Sierra trout can go at it again
Breeders set free in Owens River and Mono basin
After six years of stocking non-breeding trout, next spring the state Department of Fish and Wildlife will begin raising and stocking little breeders in the Owens River and Mono Lake basins. Stopped in 2011, lawsuits ...
San Dieguito High honors classmates killed in battle
Twenty names read on Saturday, most by someone who knew them
During the Vietnam War, Del Mar resident 1st Lt. Jimmy Mitchell, a member of the 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, landed at Chu Lai in South Vietnam. On an August 31, 1965 patrol, the Marine from ...
16 acres of coastal bluff above Del Mar's dog beach finally sold
Public allowed behind locked gates to vote on design for housing, landscaping
For the first time in almost 100 years, the public recently got a look at 16 acres of coastal bluff top, probably the largest piece of undeveloped beachfront property in private ownership in San Diego ...
