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Dog days in Havasu Canyon
Supai Canyon is the name that they were using to refer to the canyon as recently as ten years ago. There is so much to the place, and so much that can be said. Why did the story about the dog take up 80% of the space? You could mention the walk down from Hualapai Hilltop to the village, the village itself, the mules, and the campground. But no, a story about a dog was what we got.— November 21, 2016 7:25 a.m.
Imperial Beach Caltrans slam
All said and done, I doubt that any No County city would have to put up with this sort of disruption. My take is that IB has little clout with Caltrans and that may be due to lack of bothering to line up friends in Sacto.— November 20, 2016 8:10 a.m.
County unemployment rises — as do jobs numbers
Not much of a continuing recovery, and nothing to brag about. The pattern of rising unemployment accompanied by job growth might continue for a long time. Many people who reported themselves as out of the labor force will have to reenter it, and job growth may be luring them back off the sidelines. We are still suffering from a slow, weak recovery from the recession, and have another downturn looming on the horizon. Will this period that started in 2008 be remembered in some of the same ways as the Great Depression of the 1930's? I think that could be the case.— November 19, 2016 8:56 a.m.
Wall Street doesn’t seem impressed with either print or online newspapers
Excellent post. May we see more from you in coming days, weeks and months? The Reader needs more participation in such comments. (I don't speak for the Reader, just for myself.)— November 18, 2016 7:42 p.m.
K-9s unleashed!
We're told that all is well with the SDPD; then there's another expensive settlement of a lawsuit. Gee, maybe things aren't so great after all. But we have a woman chief, don't we? The mayor seems content with the SDPD. No, folks, things in that department aren't so great. And a real reform would require a major shake-up at the top and a culture change within the ranks. That would require years, $ millions, and a major commitment of political capital from Kev-boy to just get started. San Diego keeps wanting to become a world-class destination city, yet it has this police department that keeps making bush-league mistakes and embarrassing the city. Notice I haven't mentioned the victims of the cops, such as all those women whom Arevallos abused, and the cost of that in dollars and credibility. Much needs to be corrected.— November 18, 2016 5:21 p.m.
Last-minute contributions to Measure A campaign
It was good to see that the big money could not buy local elections in all cases. The failures of A and B made me think that all is not lost and that voters can sometimes see through the BS and vote intelligently. (Note that I said "sometimes.")— November 16, 2016 8:40 a.m.
Wall Street doesn’t seem impressed with either print or online newspapers
Don, those declines in circulation, revenues and staffing were actually less severe than I had been assuming. But bench-marking those stats in 2007 or later doesn't really show the total picture. By 2007 the papers were retrenching and many had fallen from being very profitable to marginal, or even money losers. If we went back to 2000, or twenty years ago, the declines would look much worse. The notion of trying to read a newspaper or news magazine in a smartphone is hard to fathom. Oh, these people who walk around all day staring at the phone screen have to be looking at something, but I've often concluded that they have ultra-short attention spans, and are unlikely to be reading something of length and subtlety. So, the bottom line is that more and more of us are going without news at all. Or if we are getting some, it comes in short bursts like tweets. And that's not a way to evaluate the news or even retain it.— November 16, 2016 8:35 a.m.
Leucadia shop talk soon to stop
It may not be necessary to drive that far to find repair shops and other servicing facilities, but those coastal cities (with the exception of Oceanside) don't want them in sight. Carlsbad pushed out my favorite body shop a few years ago, and now it is in either Oceanside or Vista. As far as lawn mower shops go, there are two in Vista that were not mentioned. I do tend to rely on Harrison's in San Marcos for my parts and service. There are more things that we can expect to see developed in Leucadia, such as those construction materials yards that face onto Vulcan Avenue.— November 16, 2016 8:02 a.m.
Who won the election? Clinton or Trump?
Ah, yes that's true.— November 14, 2016 7:03 p.m.
High schoolers against (and for) Trump
The decision of the administration of the school is most curious. While it probably avoided an incident that could have gotten ugly, it points up some things about that particular school. In short, the administration really isn't in control, and neither are teachers. The kids do plenty of things there that just would never go over at most of the other local public high schools. If it is true that both sides of the political divide were heard and respected at this rally, perhaps it actually accomplished something positive. But you can be assured that no such rally would have occurred if Hilary had been elected, unless it was to rejoice; opponents would have organized no walkout.— November 14, 2016 4:30 p.m.