Anisa Shamis Cox
Anisa Shamis Cox passed away March 19. Chula Vista should name a street after her. She co-founded OnStage Playhouse in 1985, turning a small store into a viable theater space. And, using her background as a bookkeeper, she kept it …
Council President Todd Gloria once served as a board member for the Tourism Authority
Spokesperson says Gloria served as a non-voting member and does not need to disclose his involvement.
Council President Todd Gloria is now at the center of the clash between Mayor Bob Filner and officials from the Tourism marketing District. During a public hearing on Tuesday, Filner accused Gloria of playing politics by not allowing more time …
UT San Diego hopes to add four new buildings to Mission Valley property, including a 23-story residential tower
Additional details on mixed-use development revealed at public meeting.
A consultant and land planner hired by Doug Manchester released additional details on his proposed development of UT San Diego's Mission Valley headquarters yesterday during an environmental scoping meeting. Plans for the site include the construction of 4 buildings on …
Obama bundler, not Filner, gets top spot at county Democrats' gala
San Diego mayor not mentioned in invitation to county party's Paint the Town Blue May awards dinner
He's the first Democrat since 1988 to get elected mayor of America's eighth-largest city and currently engaged in an epic legal, political, and editorial war with the town's wealthy and powerful GOP hotel moguls - including UT San Diego publisher …
Friday night party bus finishes with head under car
Escondido man denies DUI hit-and-run causing injury
Three young Latinas testified that they got on a “party bus” about 9 p.m. Friday night, March 8, and went downtown to the Belo nightclub in San Diego for an evening of drinking and dancing. It was a little before …
Baja nights: At Los Cristales you eat while you're riding the wave
The restaurant on the rock serves the rich, the famous, and Ed
I happened on this burger totally accidentally. Never meant to come here. Had never heard if it. I’m way down where the two Californias once divided – between Dominican and Franciscan-ruled lands in their missions of discovery and conversion. I …
Box'd
It's a box! With waffles!
Box’d (430 Carlsbad Village Drive, 442-333-9071) is just that, a box. Actually, it’s more of a shipping crate, cut open and immobilized on a platform in downtown Carlsbad, filled with waffle irons and cash registers, and dedicated to selling waffles …
Vibrator giveaway doesn't appear to have swept San Diego
Event at Stingaree apparently didn't create New York-type revolution
Trojan, the venerable maker of condoms, gave away $30 and $40 vibrators -- for men and women -- this afternoon from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Stingaree, which is billed as San Diego's hottest night spot. "The pleasure …
FIGMENT: the art of inclusivity at Chicano Park
New York interactive art festival debuts in Barrio Logan on April 7
If upper-crust art openings at exclusive venues leave you feeling alienated from creative expression, FIGMENT is for you. “The primary intention of FIGMENT is to build community through art,” says festival co-producer Nicole Hickman, who also volunteers as a Burning …
Investigative author Caitlin Rother amplifies her remarks on DeMaio
She is indignant about claims of gay-bashing, political sniping
Caitlin Rother, crime author and former U-T investigative reporter, tonight (March 27) issued a longer statement on her role in an investigation that was done of Carl DeMaio prior to the November mayoralty election. On Sunday, the U-T printed a …
Tourism drops sharply for month through March 23
But it may be premature to tie decline to advertising spat
New data from Smith Travel Research show that occupancy in San Diego hotels dropped 4.3% for the four weeks ended March 23, according to Jerry Morrison, Encinitas-based hotel guru. This was the sharpest decline among the 25 largest markets in …
TMD consultant and his firm has collected nearly $550,000 in TMD revenues since 2008
Invoices show John Lambeth and Civitas Advisors has collected over a half million dollars from San Diego's tourism district
At the March 26 council hearing nearly one hundred hotel and tourism employees urged, sometimes yelled, at Mayor Bob Filner to sign the Tourism Marketing District agreement. The 39 and one-half-year agreement, they said, was vital not only to the …
Inappropriate exposure alleged at Encinitas tanning salon
Low-buckled pants reach felony level, according to prosecutor
Molly said, “I work at a tanning salon.” The salon is located near the intersection of Highway 101 and Encinitas Boulevard, in Encinitas. Two weeks ago, on March 12, Molly was behind the counter a little after 9 a.m. when …
Swordfish at a gas station? El Venado, Chula Vista
Down by the Otay river, swordfish plays with Ed’s taste buds
I mean, come on. It’s a gas station. So how come I’m eating the most scrumptious swordfish taco I can remember, and right here? This is Mariscos El Venado (3733 Main Street, Chula Vista, 619-476-80710), part of the Cali-Mart gas …
Four new local jazz releases
Road Work Ahead, Rob Thorsen, Steph Johnson and the Peter Sprague String Consort all have brand-new discs available.
Four local jazz recordings hit the open market this month, including efforts by Road Work Ahead, the Steph Johnson Trio, Rob Thorsen Trio and the Peter Sprague String Consort. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/27/42696/ This group began as the Bob Magnusson Quartet back in …
Baja State prosecutor: 20% of female homicides are drug related
State official claims rise in female murders is related to rise in female criminals
The head Baja California state prosecutor, Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, stated that the rise in female homicides in the state is due to the increase in women criminals on Tuesday, March 26th. Moreno Manjarrez went on to say that the number …
Interview: Robert Forster has risen!
I fell in love with Robert Forster through his characters many years ago. Meeting Bob when he passed through town for a Cinema Society of San Diego screening of Diamond Men several years ago only confirmed my fervancy. The Olympus …
Padres worth $600 million; Yanks $2.3 billion
Padres 18th in Major League Baseball valuation, says Forbes
Forbes magazine today (March 27) published its annual compilation of the valuation of Major League Baseball teams. The top four teams were the NY Yankees, $2.3 billion; LA Dodgers $1.62 billion; Boston Red Sox $1.3 billion and Chicago Cubs $1 …
Trailer Park: Pain & Gain: Michael Bay doesn't care about your stinkin' lyrics, man
I mean, the name of the song is "Thrift Shop."
So there's a red-band trailer for Michael Bay's bodybuilding caper movie Pain & Gain. I can't embed it because I'm an idiot, but it's over here. The main thing is that the trailer uses Macklemore's earworm "Thrift Shop," a song …