U-T reports circulation gains, some dips, but...
Company has sold papers for a penny, which counts as paid circulation
According to data released this morning by the Alliance for Audited Media (formerly called the Audit Bureau of Circulations), the Union-Tribune's total average Sunday circulation for the six months ended March 31 rose to 409,796 from 364,454 in the same …
I'm not Mrs. Alessio!
The Cays: Million dollar view, $6 breakfast
Hanan's Calypso Cafe has wines, sophisticated eating. Or every Joe Blow's breakfasts, at Joe Blow prices. You choose
Shiver me timbers! It’s only 142 days till this year’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. September 19th, it be. Au quai, that be yet a long stretch, but I be thinkin’ about it today wandering through the cays of …
Cubs take down Padres at Wrigley
The San Diego Padres faced the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago and left the bats behind
The Padres travelled to Chicago to face the Cubs on an upbeat and hopeful note, after winning four straight games and hitting better and what with the pitching holding up. But the bats weren’t connecting on Monday and the pitching …
Danny Weller Quintet does Ella at 98 Bottles
Weller led a superb ensemble through the music of vocal icon Ella Fitzgerald.
Young double-bass virtuoso Danny Weller is back in town for a week or so, and he somehow found time to organize a tribute concert to the great Ella Fitzgerald with a San Diego all-star band at 98 Bottles on April …
Oscar Mayer Wienermobile coming this week to an Albertsons near you
One bun closes, another opens. Last week ended with talk of Costco fans now having to wash down their weenies with Pepsi instead of Coke. Today, it's raining mustard with news that the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is back for a …
Carlsbad underwriting firm charged with fraud
Investors defrauded in municipal bond offering, says SEC
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today (April 29) charged the Carlsbad finance firm of Kinsell, Newcomb & DeDios (KND) with making false statements in a 2008 bond offering by the Victorville Airport Authority. The commission also charged that …
State Auditor gives City's development services department poor grade on protection of historical resources and public notification
State auditor recommended more be done to protect historical resources.
The City of San Diego's Development Services Department received a few bad scores in an audit from the California State Auditor. The review found that the department doesn't do a good enough job protecting historical resources and notifying the public …
Art Around Adams celebrates ten years
Normal Heights art and music festival features 9 stages, 60+ galleries, and 50+ local musicians
Art Around Adams celebrates their ten-year anniversary on Saturday, June 1 from 2 to 10 p.m. with two miles of art and music in Normal Heights. Mayor Bob Filner and council president Todd Gloria with make special guest appearances among …
Escondido man arrested in Carlsbad for drug possession
Prior convictions for robbery and stolen vehicle are alleged
When Michael Crain Grandys, 29, was arrested on Loker Avenue in Carlsbad he had a bindle of meth on him, according to Sheriff’s deputy Mike Hanks. Officers then checked the man’s car and found a baggie of meth in the …
SD trade rises sharply, but deficit remains
Mexico accounts for 86% of county's two-way trade
The value of two-way trade through San Diego topped $56.5 billion last year, 7.2% over 2011, according to economist Kelly Cunningham of the National University System Institute for Policy Research. The value of trade dropped 18% in 2009, then rebounded …
Our Lady of Peace changes name to Our Lady of Whoopass
Following titanic struggle with neighbors over new construction, administration admits, "There will be peace in heaven, but down here in Normal Heights, it's war - and we intend to win."
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/29/44570/ OLW's new mascot, the "Queen of Clubs"
Padres complete sweep of Giants
The San Diego Padres treat the San Francisco Giants the same way the Giants treated them a week ago and bring out the brooms
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/29/44569/ It was only one week ago that the San Diego Padres were fresh off of a trip to San Francisco where the Giants had just completed sweeping a three game series. It was the third time in April that …
Chargers clarify invitation to LaDainian Tomlinson
Team denies inviting former running back to return for 2013 season
Longtime San Diego Chargers star running back LaDainian Tomlinson recently told Yahoo! Sports that the team had invited him back for one last bout of punishing runs up the middle. He claimed to have met Chargers Executive Vice President John …
2013 Chargers draft report
"What's that? April is too early to be talking about football? What are you gonna do - watch the Padres?"
PICK #1: D.J. Fluker, offensive tackle out of Alabama! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/29/44565/ "As a committed Catholic," says Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, "I believe what Paul writes in his letter to the Romans: "All things work together for good for those who love …
Immigrants increasingly abandoned at sea by Baja California smugglers
The Mexican Navy reports 10-12 boats per month abandoned by smugglers with immigrants aboard
Officials from the Mexican Navy (La Secretaría de Marina) reported today, April 29th, that 10 to 12 boats per month are abandoned off the coast of Baja California with immigrants aboard. The Associated Press detailed the report in Spanish, which …
New chef rocking Bird Rock
Neighborhood eatery Beaumont’s looking good under new chef
I live nowhere near Bird Rock and, though I think it’s a nice little community, it takes a lot for me to venture to that non-freeway-accessible, roundabout-slowed part of town. But one place inspires me to do it time and …