PhotosSan Diego County Water Authority follows SDG&E’s example, shuts off supply to wildfire-threatened areas.
Water & Power
Walter Mencken noon, Oct. 18
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Lizzo blows up Billboard’s Hot 100 with “Truth Hurts”
“To put it bluntly, flutists talk shit about other flutists all the time.”
On September 7, classical flute player Lizzo peaked at number one on Billboard’s Hot 100 with her “Truth Hurts” rap and hip-hop song. As a piano player, I was hyped to see a classical music/hip-hop ...
170 cans a month for Netflix
At Tijuana's Ley supermarkets
On October 13, B. Cardenas was alerted on her phone: she had a little over two weeks to turn in her cans — to receive her free Netflix. “I saw the post on ‘Face,'” she ...
Signs of Comic-Con's demise?
Insiders point to DC's down year
If the death of Horton Plaza and the slow failure of Seaport Village have proved anything it’s that nothing lasts forever in downtown San Diego. Now some say Comic-Con, another downtown institution, may be starting ...
Lake Wohlford's version of Shamu
Two-pound piebald catfish
"I've seen thousands of catfish,” George Scalo said, “but I have never seen a catfish look like that before.” Scalo, was talking about the piebald catfish, also referred to as a “cowfish” because of its ...
Scratching and beat juggling like Grandmaster Flash
Blondie rapped about Flash’s turntable prowess in the 1980's "Rapture"
My dad never understood how I broke his turntable attempting to mimic parts of “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5. The 1981 song was ...
The other Baja adrenalin rush
San Pedro Martir is the longest hill climb race in the world
On September 20-21, a small group of off-road racers skipped the inaugural Baja 400 in Ensenada to race against one another towards the highest point on the Baja peninsula. “The San Pedro Martir Hill Climb ...
Wet bandits invade Escondido
Cameras catch perps in the act
"The guy in that screen shot looks like one of the 'wet bandits' in the other video,” Mary said to me on a September 20 interview. “Multiple people believe it’s the same guy and they ...
Mr. Oro’s and Zebra Knight’s rap battle collaboration
The pair will attend the Ghetto Dreams edición Tijuana freestyle rap contest
Mr. Oro sells his El Sacrificio De Oro CDs and Oro Wear brand clothing to Americans at the Tijuana/San Ysidro Port of Entry as they return to the U.S. “Here in Tijuana it’s a lot ...
The problem with Rosarito's whale
Sharks like the fat, orcas like the liver
Dan M. and his fellow guests at the Club Marena rentals in Rosarito, had a rude awakening Saturday, September 7. “Our bedroom window is positioned about 50 meters that way, and at 2 am, she ...
