New releases opening this week: The Great Gatsby and some other less exhausting things
Okay, The Great Gatsby. I shouldn't complain. It's not based on a toy property. It's not a superhero movie. It's not a sequel. It's not even a brainless shoot-em-up (not that there's anything wrong with that). It is, however, a …
Tim Lambesis “is a good, decent and Christian human being”
Defense attorney for the heavy metal rocker said the criminal case is “entrapment”
"Tim never had the intention to harm his wife, absolutely not,” an attorney for the lead singer of a heavy metal rock band said today. Timothy Peter Lambesis, 32, who is a co-founder of the band As I Lay Dying, …
The Big Screen turns 2 today!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/10/45317/ Has it really been two years since my editor, Ernie Grimm, called to say, "Hey, Marks, The Reader is thinking of doing a movie blog. Can you start tomorrow?" May Ten is also the date of the first entry …
County bonds serving disabled get BBB-minus rating
Outlook negative, says Fitch
Fitch, the bond rating agency, has affirmed the BBB-minus rating of San Diego County's certificates of participation issued on behalf developmentally disabled and mentally impaired persons. The outlook is negative, says Fitch. The program is called Arc and serves 1800 …
Mother's day sweat
Two opportunities for mothers to sweat before they wait in line for brunch on Mother's Day.
Sunday is Mother’s Day. It is a day I’ve always thought of as pastoral--a day full of flowers and brunches and sentimental greeting cards. That is all well and good but what about the uber-active mothers who would rather sweat …
Cheba Hut
College area sub shop has stoner quotes for days and Kool Aid on tap
I’m not totally square, but the menu at the Cheba Hut sub shop out by SDSU makes stoner references that I couldn’t get. The whole place is decorated to embody the chilled-out culture of cannabis consumption. Bob Marley’s portrait overlooks …
Weekend road closures to affect Escondido
Amgen Tour of California bike race kicks off this Sunday
A host of road closures have been announced that will affect traffic and parking this weekend (May 11 and 12) in Escondido in order to accommodate the Amgen Tour of California road bicycle race as the 102.6-mile Stage 1 of …
SD Music TV is back
Free local music video service takes a hit and regroups
The update from San Diego Music TV's Megan Erickson: "As of right now," she emails, "there has been no recovery of any of the items that we taken during the robbery at our office/studio, but the investigation is still ongoing …
80th Assembly District Candidate Forum
Barrio Logan: Sushi secret’s out!
Jeff Roberto’s famous sushi banquet and catering operation expands – to let you and me in
Walking the sun-baked east side of National Avenue. Heading for a cawfee at Café Virtuoso, the coffee roasters. They have a little retail thing going, with one table and one yellow umbrella out front. Problem? Ten yards before I get …
Heavy metal rocker brought into San Diego court
Tim Lambesis denies hiring a hitman to kill his wife
The lead singer for a heavy metal band was brought into a San Diego County Superior Courthouse today and charged with one count of solicitation for murder. Timothy Peter Lambesis, 32, is facing a “maximum exposure” of nine years, according …
John McCain calls for à la carte cable
How many times have I spent the witching hour surfing the cable in search of a Taxicab Confessions rerun or a new Ron Popeil infomercial, only to find an endless stream of half-hour ads for product I have zero use …
Canadian woman dies in fall from Cancun hotel balcony after drinking adulterated alcoholic beverages
Translated by Fulano from a news article in the Diario de Quintana Roo CANCUN - May 8, 2013 - The results of the autopsy on the Canadian tourist who died in a fall from the second floor of the hotel …
CPUC approves fat rate hike for SDG&E
Typical bill will jump 12.2%. Decision was unanimous
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today (May 9) approved a rate hike for San Diego Gas & Electric customers that will come to almost $10 a month for the average electric ratepayer. The vote of the commission was unanimous. …
U-T Manchester's foundation gives out of town
Newspaper and real estate magnate's charitable report valued 1.2 million Nextwave shares at $169,487
Mega-millionaire U-T publisher and hotel and real estate mogul Douglas Manchester also controls a relatively small non-profit foundation, which he has used over the years to stash various investments and hand out some six figure gifts of cash to favored …
Chicago at Welk Resort Theatre
I've seen two versions of Bob Fosse's blazing musical in the last three months - SD Musical Theatre and Welk Resort , both pyrotechnical - and am even more convinced Chicago is his American Cabaret. In both, standards are sinking; …