Let's Talk About Microbes
Have you ever wondered what type of microbial organisms reside inside your belly button? Better yet, have you ever wondered about the influential effects of microbial organisms that are found on your forehead, pillow case, toilet seat, or in your …
High five on Fifth: Toscana delivers sausage, cerveza, sun
Happy hour has limited food options but great Gaslamp location, specially at sunset
“The Lady Is a Tramp” plays on the sound system. That forties-style Sinatra song somehow fits this little piece of Tuscany. Sitting in the one sunny spot on Fifth Avenue. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/25/44426/ We’re outside Toscana Café & Wine Bar (238 5th …
Former Wells Fargo banker charged with embezzlement
He stole and laundered $750,000, says U.S. Attorney's office
Former Chula Vista Wells Fargo banker Ricardo Adolfo Benavente III has been charged with defrauding the bank and its customers by stealing and laundering $750,000 from customer accounts. An indictment was unsealed today (April 25). According to that indictment, Benavente …
Music and Arts School Rock 'n' Roll San Diego to host concerts
Music and Arts School Rock 'n' Roll San Diego will begin hosting music concerts this weekend.
San Diego has lost a lot of music venues in recent months, including 4th & B, Anthology and the Calypso Café, but there is at least one new location for live performances, music and recording arts school, Rock ‘n’ Roll …
Review: 10 reasons why The Big Wedding was an offer DeNiro couldn't refuse
10.) It offered the chance to fulfill DeNiro's lifelong dream of being vomited on in a Katherine Heigl romcom. 9.) The 'c' word was in the script. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/25/44424/ 8.) Playing a character named "Don" and starring alongside Diane Keaton, director …
Fourteen Barrio Logan property owners represented 70 percent of vote needed to establish new Barrio Logan Maintenance Assessment District
Majority of residents, 54% voted against the MAD
The Barrio Logan Association, the non-profit that will control the newly formed "Community Benefit Maintenance Assessment District," is eager to get the district up and running. On March 22, the interim Board of Directors for the Barrio Logan Association, headed …
Cycling and half marathon in Eastlake
A fun event to benefit education.
Cycle Eastlake and Eastlake Half Marathon are both scheduled for Saturday the 27th at 6:00 a.m. There are three cycling options: A 100K cycling tour, a 25 mile bike ride, and an 18 mile mountin bike course. The 100K is …
Point Loma MS walk
A three mile walk to benefit those affected by MS.
Walk MS has an ambitious goal of raising $575,000 for the MS community in San Diego. The current amount of funds raised for San Diego is $326,000. On April 21st, the Carlsbad MS event raised $398,000. Saturday morning, the 27th …
Boston Marathon concert to console and reflect
MIT holds a concert community concert of Brahms Requiem.
In the week following the events at the Boston Marathon there was a communal singing of the Brahms Requiem at MIT. Over 30 Boston choirs participated to raise money for One Fund Boston, a relief fund for the victims of …
DVD Rentals: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/25/44406/ The exact quote escapes me, but James Coburn once said something along the lines of, "When did pictures with action become action pictures?" With a tsunami of action tent-poles set to withstand this summer's flood of competition, let's spend …
Making lemonade out of lemony moments
Tori Roze on her band's new #2 release, Turbulence
Dave Good: The music on Turbulence…kind of is turbulent. At the very least, it sounds driven and complex. Victoria Roze: "The driven and complex music on this album simply reflects each of us as band members. Was it intentional to …
Housing values in Western metro areas soaring
Fed's low rate policies the catalyst; but is this too far, too fast?
Housing values in Western markets continue to soar, according to data released this morning (April 25) by Zillow.com. Year-over-year prices for the period ended in this year's first quarter zoomed in Phoenix (up 24%), Las Vegas (22.3%), San Jose (22.1%), …
Tijuana's culinary future
If Juan Plasencia is any indication, the next generation of TJ restaurateurs will continue the dining renaissance south of the border.
Right now, high-school senior Juan Plasencia is living in the shadows of his father and uncle, the big names behind Grupo Plasencia’s family of restaurants in Tijuana (Caesar’s, Casa Plasencia, etc.) and San Diego. For a young guy just getting …
Padres edge Brewers to avoid sweep
San Diego outlasts Milwaukee, Edinson Volquez goes seven innings of scoreless ball and looks brilliant
On Wednesday the Padres had a lot stacked against them, what with a five-game losing streak on their tails and facing a very hot team in the Milwaukee Brewers who were winners if nine straight. And with Edinson Volquez making …
Guilty: Valley Center man failed to control dogs that attacked joggers
Victims testified they were pulled to the ground by pack of pit-bull-mixes
After a two day trial, a Valley Center man was declared guilty of failing to control dogs that attacked and seriously injured two joggers, more than a year ago. The attack was reported about nightfall on November 27, 2011, and …
Man charged with smuggling bladders of endangered fish
U.S. Attorney has made seven similar arrests since February
Song Shen Zhen of Calexico has been charged with smuggling swim bladders of the endangered Totoaba across the border. Zhen became the seventh person charged by the U.S. Attorney's office for such an offense since February. Swim bladders of Totoaba …
Gaslamp: Half price nachos! (Compared with Petco Park)
Ed bargain-hunts on the Street of Dreams
Whew. Made it to the last stool at the bar. This is game day in da Gaslamp. Sit down next to a guy named Travis. “I eat here, because inside Petco Park you’re going to pay at least double,” he …