DVD Rentals: Flying Leathernecks
World War II had come to an end and the Korean war was just ramping up, but the main motivation behind this propaganda piece was to satisfy R.K.O. studio owner Howard Hughes flying fascination. In 1949, Hughes began production on …
Brewing it Forward: Washington St. Skate Park
Drink your charitable donations at Green Flash Brewing Co. in Mira Mesa.
Since June 2012, Green Flash Brewing Co. has been engaging the community with their Brewing it Forward program, which supports a designated grassroots charity by doing what we all do best: drinking beer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsKzIDvEb9Q This Saturday, April 27 (3 to …
North Park: Bike the Boulevard
El Cajon Boulevard is better by bike.
El Cajon Boulevard has a long-standing and ongoing reputation as a nexus of vice and debauchery, but beyond the short-hewn skirts of nightwalkers and shifty alleyway lurkers thrives a vibrant avenue that is home to a number of destinations championed …
Drone maker's PAC kicks in $2,000 to Vargas debt fund, filing shows
Honeywell International PAC only donor to committee owing $120,000 to Democratic congressman
As previously reported, La Jolla congressman Scott Peters recently filed a statement with federal campaign regulators saying that he had forgiven $2.25 million in personal loans he made to his campaign committee last year: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/24/44344/ “Personal loans were made by …
City council to pay $175,000 check to a man who fell on a shoddy sidewalk in San Ysidro
The segment of sidewalk near Smythe Elementary has long been an issue in the community.
This fall marks two years since Ubaldo Gutierrez fell off his bicycle while riding on a shoddy sidewalk near Smythe Avenue in San Ysidro. Since that time, Gutierrez has been forced to trudge through the courts to recoup wages and …
Bubble Bursting at the California Electronic Music Exchange Concert - UCSD
This year's California Electronic Music Exchange Concert features musicians from across the state, and will include the dismantling of a 'nuclear bomb'
In the current time period in which we all live, there are innovations that are conceivably defining new genres within a framework of electronic music, new media, and sound-art. Many of these paradigm-shifting-potentials exist within the confines of individual academic …
Review: La Pirogue
For once a film on the subject of smuggling refugees that is not based on a true story. My initial fear of harrowing action scenes cushioned by alternating sermons quickly vanished. What little admonishment there is can be found in …
Best events in San Diego through May 1
Friday | 26 ART ALIVE 2013 EXHIBITION For the 32nd annual Art Alive, the museum fills the galleries with floral interpretations of the permanent collection and transforms the rotunda into a floral experience. This year’s arrangements are by Bella Meyer, …
Calls for public hearings on San Onofre grow, fears about summer power supply may be exaggerated
The Los Angeles City Council yesterday joined a host of Southern California cities in passing a resolution calling for public safety hearings before a restart is allowed at the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County. …
Judge noticed man wore same shirt seen in surveillance photos
Abrahim Ah Saed accused of multiple ID frauds
A judge noticed that the defendant seated before him was wearing the “same exact” plaid shirt seen in surveillance photos, during a San Diego Superior Court hearing yesterday. Honorable Sim von Kalinowski first reviewed evidence photos and then noted for …
Brewers beat Padres again when pitching fails early
Padres are losers of five straight while the Brewers have won nine in a row as Clayton Richard can't get out of the second inning
This big question with Carlos Quentin returning to the lineup on Tuesday was what effect the Headley – Quentin dynamic would have on the lineup as a whole. That question has yet to be answered, as pitching again fell apart …
Fresh Sound: Gyan Riley solo guitar April 25
The guitarist brings his diverse and exploratory music to the East Village.
Concert promoter extraordinaire Bonnie Wright continues her quest to expand the ears of the San Diego listening public on April 25, with a special solo concert by guitarist/composer Gyan Riley. Riley has a background in the classical world, but he …
East Village: Country fried chicken for trolley watchers
Movie of life at 12th and Imp's snack gallery
At 12th and Imperial, switching from one trolley to another. Trouble is there's a third one gets in the way. Too late to jump through. Dang. Meantime my one goes. That's another fifteen minutes I've got to wait. So I …
Border Patrol rescues three lost immigrants in Imperial County
Men rescued west of Calexico after placing call for help
A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) air unit worked with El Centro Border Patrol agents on the ground to rescue three lost immigrants on Sunday, April 21st. According to CBP authorities, a distress telephone call was made from …
Dig a hole: Allan Arbus
He had the boogie on his fingers and the hubba-hubba in his soul!
It's one thing to overlook the fact that Allan Arbus was the only actor ever to immortalize screwball comedy director Gregory LaCava on film (W.C. Fields and Me). Even The New York Times failed to mention the actor's star-making turn …
Liquor giant Diageo donates $1 billion to local biotech Orgonovo
Gift follows company's announcement of successfully printed liver cells
Diageo spokesman: "I'm sure this doesn't require any kind of explanation. And it should be noted that we're not asking them to produce brand-new transplantable livers in the next year or two. Maybe just a sort of liver patch. Something …
Rising prices drive distress sales from housing market
As housing prices continue to rebound, distressed sales including foreclosures and underwater “short sales” account for a shrinking share of the total real estate market, the industry trade group California Association of Realtors reported yesterday (April 22), when it released …
GOP's Lincoln Club weighs in big for Democrat Crenshaw
As cash rolls in from Manchester executive, lobbyists, and Walmart, costs include pro-Crenshaw and anti-Cole material, disclosures show
The Lincoln Club of San Diego County, home to some of downtown's most influential Republican lobbyists, has entered the battle between Democrats Dwayne Crenshaw and Myrtle Cole for the 4th district city council seat left behind by Tony Young when …
Snooty Asian open in Hillcrest
Pan-Asian bistro replaces the short-lived Noodle Etc on Fourth Avenue.
I liked Kip’s, mostly because it had some history and they served up tasty frog legs, but with the oversaturation of restaurants in and around that block of Hillcrest it barely registered when Kip’s closed and Noodle Etc temporarily took …