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Chino prison escapee covered some distance
We can only speculate about how he was able to travel so far from the prison. He sure didn't walk from Chino to Encinitas in 24 hours. The prison staff isn't telling much about what/how it happened, probably because it would be embarrassing to them. What there was about him that was suspicious isn't explained either. Lots to this story is missing, and likely will never be revealed. Can we assume he won't get an early parole? Hope so.— January 17, 2018 8:31 a.m.
Speeders' fun at Rolando intersection soon over
Give them a hill and they'll speed down it. Fixing these traffic problems with a 4-way stop is a typical "solution." They're done constantly, and while they slow the traffic, also make getting around a painfully slow process for the law-abiding drivers. There is one drawback, and that is when a pedestrian relies on the stop sign to actually stop an approaching car. Too often the driver comes up on the stop sign with no intention of stopping, or even slowing down, and then as soon as it looks clear takes off. That actually happened yesterday when I was out walking. She had rolled up, looked left, and was off the brake when she saw me on her right. So, she finally stopped several feet farther into the intersection than was the proper spot. I gave her "the glare" and proceeded to walk across in front of her SUV while she waited. Trusting drivers to stop when you're a pedestrian is foolish, and can be most hazardous to your health.— January 17, 2018 8:24 a.m.
Burglary victim leads cops to crooks
Typical SDPD copout.— January 17, 2018 8:12 a.m.
Local tourism rose in year without Chargers
Can we take away from this account that David, Winner and Patrick didn't care about what was good for the community? That would be my conclusion. Perhaps they had a belief that what was good for them and their careers was also good for the city and county. I actually think that Helen Copley and a couple others saw it that way.— January 14, 2018 8:27 p.m.
Local tourism rose in year without Chargers
Yeah, for almost all of my adult life, when I would go out to lunch from my office job, I'd see guys with the paper, and all they looked at was the sports section. I was amused by that, and I was also appalled that they ignored real news that they had paid for. For me it was a cultural thing, and I never came to terms with it. BTW, at that time, I was reading the Wall Street Journal. My conclusion, if we can call it that, was that most of the men didn't want news because it was too depressing (bad news crowds out the good news, as it should.) The sports section was full of fun stuff to read about, and was reporting on things that really didn't matter.— January 14, 2018 8:23 p.m.
Local tourism rose in year without Chargers
There is one in San Marcos in the complex of Costco, Walmart and Kohl's, off of Nordahl Drive. It took over some sort of steakhouse operation that didn't make it. That's a super busy street with shoppers coming and going in legions. Uh, no, I haven't been there.— January 14, 2018 8:16 p.m.
Local tourism rose in year without Chargers
The "sister" operation to Tilted Kilt, Hooters, has been shutting locations too. Maybe the concept, if you can call it that, just doesn't sell nowadays. Hooters went through a huge fight to open in Rancho Bernardo, and in just a few years was gone when the property was redeveloped. There was one in Oceanside that folded about three years ago. If you can't make it there, you can't make it anywhere (with all those horny Gyrenes from Camp Pendleton). I find it hard to believe that one restaurant/bar in Mission Valley flopped and closed up because of a few Sundays in the year no longer had a Charger game at the nearby Stadium. How about all the other 360, mas o menos, days of the year?— January 14, 2018 7:20 p.m.
Local tourism rose in year without Chargers
Don, the U-T did feature the complainers prominently in that story, and a superficial reading might have a reader thinking the news was bad. A closer reading, such as yours, revealed the opposite. I've often wondered what would happen when all those season ticket holders for Charger games no longer were buying them. Put all of the holders together and multiply by the respective prices for a season, and you had millions and millions, ..and millions of dollars going into the Spanos black hole. Maybe those fan(atics) will just put those dollars into the bank and save for retirement, a rainy day, or for some travel adventures. Some might be willing to spend on other sports of the active type, as opposed to spectator sports, and take up tennis, running, bicycling, baseball, softball, or--perish the thought--golf. A real, full-blown, analysis of just what happened to all that loot would be most revealing indeed. But nobody will want to pay for one. A final point is that the media, if we're talking about newspapers, is having a steadily diminishing impact on sports, subsidies, and economic value. That's because they, unfortunately, are losing readership, and now really don't carry that much clout. That's very much the case with the U-T and San Diego.— January 14, 2018 5:28 p.m.
Ray Lucia goes to Washington
In recent years there have been many commentators who have questioned the authority of the "administrative state." They refer to just this sort of thing, where Congress delegates to enforcement agencies the ability to write their own rules and then enforce them with no other oversight. In many cases those agencies are not subject to judicial review at all. The fact the SCOTUS is accepting the case indicates that he has a good chance of prevailing. If the Court does rule for him, who'd a thunk ol' Ray could have done something significant?— January 14, 2018 10:40 a.m.
Reddish-brown water not so sweet
It may be "safe" to drink, but do you want to drink water that looks (and maybe smells and tastes) like weasel wizz? These sound like third-world problems and are definitely third-world answers and excuses.— January 14, 2018 10:34 a.m.