Accomplice: San Diego, by La Jolla Playhouse
Dude comes up to you on a street in Little Italy. He's got the sniffles, and not the Kleenex kind, if yunnerstan what I'm sayin. He assembles strangers into a group. Says he needs our help. Why? Because we're so …
Former City employee who was fired for falling asleep on the job is suing the City of San Diego
Sanchez Birdsong claims he was fired for having sleep apnea.
A former Assistant Water Distribution Operator for the City of San Diego has filed suit against the City for wrongful termination after his supervisors found him constantly nodding off on the job. But it wasn't boredom that caused Sanchez Birdsong …
Filner comments on the Oceanside cannibal case
The stand-up mayor takes a moment to address regional criminal activity
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Meat...err, Meet Salt & Cleaver
Hillcrest to receive a combo butcher shop and speakeasy
There’s a real sausage fest coming to Hillcrest. Sorry, had to go there when I heard about Salt & Cleaver (3805 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest), a venue devoted to house-made meat-in-tube-form scheduled to open this month, likely by April 15. All …
V Elements festival integrates alternative power and wellness at Liberty Station
The nation's largest solar sound and stage setup comes to Point Loma
Alternative comedy was popularized in the ‘80s. Alternative music broke through in the ‘90s. Alternative media found a new outlet via the user-generated information boom of the ‘00s. Now, local pioneers of alternative power and wellness are coming together to …
Padres ponder past prospectus as Mets meet Monks on Wednesday
After getting their butts kicked, the Padres meet the Mets again in Citi Field and hope to draw even
No way to sum up the Padres this season. They're down one game already but what about the other 161? Interesting to consider the variables. What happens next is anyone's guess. Starting Edinson Volquez was easy on opening day, he …
Coronado street taco wars: Costa Azul steps up to the plata!
Getting on-the-spot tacos on Orange Avenue just got easier – on Taco Tuesday
Carla – here for hair – is late. I’m standing outside Bay Books when I hear “Tacos! Tacos! Tacos!” Then a silence. Then “Tacos! Tacos! Tacos!” I head south and here’s this feller Ferrer holding a hand-painted sign. “Los Tacos …
Man accused of cooking wife did not make court appearance today
Neighbors had complained of bad smell coming from the Oceanside home
A man accused of cooking his wife in three pans simmering on the stovetop in their Oceanside home last November, was too sick to make his court appearance this morning, according to his attorney. “Mr. Hengl was admitted to the …
Man fatally shot Encinitas neighbor then threatened his girlfriend, DA says
Two workers who were hired by the shooter may be eye-witnesses
A man who fatally shot his neighbor, then threatened the victim’s girlfriend when she came out to investigate the noise, according to a prosecutor who spoke in court today. Investigators said that Michael Vilkin, 61, went to a vacant property …
Rez Abbasi, Mark Dresser, Satoshi Takeishi : Live
Free wheeling solos and rhythmic adventure characterized this excellent trio of sonic explorers.
These Bonnie Wright concerts just keep getting better. On the last day of March, NYC guitarist Rez Abbasi assembled a special trio with his longtime associate Satoshi Takeishi on drums and SD bassist Mark Dresser for a riveting performance of …
Best events in San Diego through April 10
Friday | 5 LIGHT IN THE ATTIC YouTurn Arts 2013 presents Light in the Attic: Explorations of Luminance, Love and Loss, a collaborative event featuring live music, dance, a light installation, live mural painting with body canvases, participatory projection media, …
American woman arrested with stolen debit cards in Tijuana
24 year old found with 7 stolen cards in Zona Centro
A 24 year old United States citizen was arrested Monday, April 1st, in Tijuana by municipal authorities while in possession of seven stolen debit cards. Heather Nicole Bledsoe, the suspect, is a native of Missouri who is currently living in …
Celebrate National Empanada Day with Papa Luna's in Pacific Beach
In honor of National Empanada Day on April 8, customers will receive a history lesson in food with one free traditional empanada from Papa Luna
Thousands of Argentineans like their empanadas stuffed with chicken. Parts of Colombia pack their empanadas with peanuts and top them with a spicy aji sauce. In El Salvador, people take 'em with plantains and sour cream, while many in Ghana …
Shia LaBeouf is the gift that keeps on giving.
So the kerfuffle between Shia LaBeouf and Alec Baldwin from a while back came up again when The Beef went on Letterman, and that gives me a chance to do what I should have done back then: illustrate various lines …
Pixar announces second Finding Nemo sequel for 2017
Dept. of No, Not Really
So Finding Nemo 2, er, Finding Dory, is due for 2015. Because while Albert Brooks as a father reconnecting with his son was nice, I think we can all agree that Dory the forgetful fish was why we were there …
American assaulted and mutilated in Rosarito Beach
Translated by Fulano from an article in Rosarito En La Noticia.info Rosarito - It all started early Monday morning, when three masked subjects stormed into the home of Charles White, 51 years old, located at Number 9, calle Milton Castellanos, …
Deputy said he noticed heroin user in Vista restaurant
Needles and spoon and baggie of dope reportedly found on suspect
Deputy Marco Weston said he was eating at a Mexican food restaurant in Vista, with his sergeant, when he noticed a man exit the restroom there. It was about 8:45 p.m. on a Thursday evening, March 14, when the officers …
UCAN: supposedly, revenue should have gone into different year
Draft of new IRS filing raises questions of accounting under new management
According to a March 30 article in the Union-Tribune, the new management of deeply troubled watchdog Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) has prepared a draft of its 990 report for the year 2009 to replace the one filed earlier by …