My Brunch With Yoko - excerpt from the Story of Rock 'N' Roll Comics
Now that the Story of Rock 'N' Roll Comics documentary has had a successful DVD release courtesy of Wild Eye Releasing, I've been compiling my various Reader articles about the Hillcrest-based comics I used to help produce, for an upcoming …
Baja California’s drop in murder rate confirmed by government statistics
Statistics released by INEGI show the states drop in homicides since 2009, Baja California Sur had lowest number of homicides nationwide
The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (El Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía or INEGI) has disclosed preliminary information, nationally and by state, of all homicides in Mexico for 2012. The statistics were released on Tuesday, July 30. According …
Ex-hospital head pleads guilty to embezzlement
He submitted fraudulent reimbursements for events he never attended
Richard Mendoza, former chief executive of Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District in Brawley, pleaded guilty today (July 31) to embezzling more than $90,000 from the Imperial Valley hospital. According to court documents, he submitted false reimbursement requests for trainings, seminars and …
No known witnesses yet in Jackson lawsuit, says Filner's lawyer
Filner denies her accusations, which lawyer says are unverified
In his thus far unsuccessful attempt to have the City pay for defense of the suit against Mayor Robert Filner, his attorney Harvey Berger has made some interesting points. Berger wrote a letter to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith dated July …
Hitting the G Spot: G Street Deli
Luscious chipotle chicken sandwich and meatball soup for $7.49
Suddenly get the munchies coming out of Office Depot down near the Santa Fe. Instead of heading back to Broadway I jes' carry on towards the trolley line. Seaport Village. And right there on well, G Street is the G …
Allison Adams Tucker: Django unchained Aug. 4
The vocalist plays tribute to the French guitar hero and others at Dizzy's.
Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker creates a new twist on an old concept August 4 at the new Dizzy's (4275 Mission Bay Dr.) when she assembles a cast of local players to celebrate the music of Django Reinhardt and Le Hot …
Former council candidate Phil Thalheimer has $1.1 million in outstanding loans he gave to his campaign
Over 18-month period, Thalheimer loaned his campaign a total if $1.1 million dollars.
Former city council candidate Phil Thalheimer owes $1.1 million dollars in loans from his 2004 run against former councilmember and current congressman Scott Peters. Luckily for Thalheimer, no collection agencies are after him. That's because the loans came from his …
Casting Katy Perry's Blade Runner sequel the right way.
So Katy Perry announced that she'd like to play Rachael in Blade Runner 2, because of course: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/31/50409/ But wait, you say: Blade Runner 2? Of course. The alternate ending from the "Final Cut" kind of leaves it open, no? …
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It's been a long time since I've tingled. I like tingling. Tingling is good. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/31/50406/
Builder touts "green" component of massive Mission Valley development
Sudberry Properties, the developer of what they term a 230-acre “urban village,” is touting the energy-efficient and sustainable features of the 4,780-unit mixed-use Civita development in Mission Valley. “Recent technological advances are enabling us to select from a vast array …
Everyone complains about the weather...
...but nobody makes a movie about it. (The Day After Tomorrow doesn't count.)
Remember The Lorax? Pulled in around $350 million worldwide while smilingly castrating one of Dr. Seuss's more urgent moral messages: "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot/ Nothing is going to get better. It's not." Why do I …
Dept. of Final Bows: Jonathan Winters and Orson Welles
Let's inaugurate this consideration of final film roles with a couple of gentlemen who would undoubtedly have appreciated the absurdity involved, shall we? I mean, Jonathan Winters was never what you'd call a Hollywood star, but by gum, he helped …
4th row center: Begging for a movie
He was a big, baby-faced dude; the needle would make several round trips whenever he set foot on a scale. Homeless? Not sure. His clothes were clean and even in the sweltering summer months, one never detected a trace of …
Not a story, says Maienschein of his lobbyist dating
San Diego Republican, famous locally for MTV party house fundraiser, makes Sacramento headlines by dating lobbyist for California Medical Association
Rack up another sex and politics case for San Diego's voluminous record books. While a horde of San Diego reporters has been chasing harassment allegation-plagued Democrat Bob Filner, one local Republican has been caught making his own hay, and headlines, …
Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood to take on Supervisor Bill Horn in 2014
Wood filed papers launching his run for District 5 Supervisor
Oceanside Mayor Jim Wood has officially launched off his campaign for San Diego County Supervisor, going up against longtime conservative Bill Horn. Wood filed the papers on July 15 with the California Secretary of State and were submitted to the …
Manning supporters rally in wake of verdict
Supporters of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence analyst who admitted leaking documents and video to the infamous WikiLeaks website, expressed mixed emotions at a rally in Hillcrest yesterday evening (July 30), after a military judge found Manning guilty on …
Mexico’s cruise stops struggling to maintain
Many port destinations are outdated or victims to bad marketing
Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transport has announced that a makeover is due on many ports, which have ceased to host traffic from cruise ships. Port stops along Mexico’s coast line was once a booming business, yet in recent years …
El Cajon man removed from hiding spot under parked car by police dog
Man fled after ramming police car, attempting to run down CHP officer
A man and woman are in custody tonight after evading arrest from El Cajon Police and California Highway Patrol officers. Around 2 p.m., officers spotted Ali Alkafaji, a known fugitive, driving on the 1300 block of North Johnson Avenue in …
City votes to sue for Filner legal fees after giving 500k to Goldsmith to defend a sexual predator
Glad to see someone at www.californiacriminallawyerblog.com has a good handle on the absurd hypocrisy of City Attorney Jan Goldsmith in his crusade to force Filner to pay his own attorney's fees in his effort to defend accusations of sexual harassment. …
Another day, another accusation against Filner that has little to no substance
In day 20 of San Diego's most sexless sex scandal in political history, yet another accuser has stepped forward to call the San Diego sheriff's hotline (which has to be a national laughing stock at this point) and make an …