This week in San Diego jazz
Several great concerts coming up, but decisions will have to be made.
There is a lot coming up in the local jazz scene this week. Here are a few can't miss propositions: Joshua White Quintet: July 25, San Diego Museum of Art I saw this group a few weeks back at Dizzy's …
Crab cakes and heroism
New crab cake food truck was at Ground Zero on 9-11
“We’re the only crab cake food truck in San Diego, or LA,” says Vonniejune Kendall. “And we only use blue crab from back east.” Wow. Suddenly seems like I'm seeing crab cakes all over (See Tin Fish blog). Here in …
CHP confirm man jumped from Coronado Bridge Sunday night
San Diego Harbor Police recovered a mans body from San Diego Bay after a reported fall from the Coronado bridge Sunday July 21, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Jake Sanchez. At approximately 4:35pm passengers aboard the southbound 901 bus …
Something fishy about Filner's accuser: where there is smoke there are mirrors
At last an alleged victim has stepped forward with famed attorney Gloria Allred on Monday afternoon.... Case closed, Filner is a "predator" right? Not so fast. One look at Irene McCormack Jackson's bio and it is clear that she has …
Nicky Venus orbits Japanese cherry blossoms and LED everywhere
Republic of Letters drummer Nick Venti debuts solo electro pop project.
Nick Venti of melodic rock outfit Republic of Letters recently debuted his solo-project Nicky Venus. The bulk of the Nicky Venus EP was written while Venti was visiting a friend in Japan last year. “It was cherry blossom season and …
Mencken for Mayor
The Mayor San Diego deserves. A Mayor you can believe in. A Mayor who is not afraid to tell the truth, even if he has to make stuff up to do it.
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Not to be outdone by Jersey Joe's, San Diego's New York Giant Slice Pizza offers "hot lesbian action" via restaurant's webcam
"You can watch Jersey Joe jerk it, or you can see something you actually wanna see."
Jersey Joe, owner of Jersey Joe's Pizza in the College area, was recently caught masturbating in the kitchen of his restaurant when 4Chan hacked into his unsecured camera feed. (For the record, Joe denies that it's him in the video.) …
Cashing in on toilet upgrades
Water Authority promoting new, even lower-flow models with rebate offers
In the midst of what’s traditionally the driest time of year, the San Diego County Water Authority is pushing to publicize a new round of rebates being offered to local residents and businesses for upgrading their toilets. Rebates have been …
WWE superstar James Storm distances himself from Filner Headlock
"I'm all about using the Mayor's signature headlock to humiliate the opposition," says Storm, "but Filner was using it on his own team. That's cold."
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Mayor's Office flooded with panties
Outraged opponents mail over 3000 pairs of ladies' undergarments to Mayor in response to Irene McCormack Jackson's allegation that he suggested she work "without panties."
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Faulconer: "There's a land called France, where the naked ladies dance..."
"...which is probably why Bob Filner took a trip there!"
"I mean, we don't know, because the Mayor isn't talking about it. But we're talking about it. Oh yes, we are talking about it. And we'll keep talking about it until San Diego can get its government running again. Which …
Neil Morgan, the sex scandal, and the prostitute's pee
Golden showers, Jerry Brown, Helen Copley, nuclear plant, Supreme Court reversal, and a municipal court judge all figured into now-ailing newspaper editor's sex scandal crusade
Now that the fat lady of sexual harassment scandals is singing, is it curtains for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner? San Diego and the world will find out more early this afternoon when heavyweight Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred steps …
Kevin Faulconer: "We can't run San Diego's government because we can't stop thinking about Bob Filner's sexual hijinks."
"Who gives a crap about roads and water and garbage like that when there are groped breasts and tongued throats to be considered?"
PRESS CONFERENCE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW - "Our taxpayers deserve a City Council that can do its work without having to constantly think and talk about sexy sex sexual sex harrassment, with all its sexy sexiness. MY GOD THERE IS SO …
Tijuana mayor asks U.S. to reconsider travel warning
State Department warns citizens to take caution when traveling in Baja California
The mayor of Tijuana, Carlos Bustamante Anchondo, has asked for the U.S. State Department to reconsider its travel warning for Baja California. According to the statement from Bustamante Anchondo, the numbers and progress in Tijuana speak for itself. The mayor …
Whole Foods opens 7th Ave Pub
Grocery store enters the craft beer bar fray with a surprisingly respectable mini-tavern.
To the best of my knowledge, the Hillcrest Whole Foods (711 University Avenue) is the first grocery store in these parts with a bar inside. The store’s University Ave facade used to be reserved as a dining area for customers …
Sliver of Copley land purchased
But the price is less than legal fees
According to assessor records, another Copley property has been sold. The buyer is the family of entrepreneur Tom Fetter, a neighbor of the late Helen Copley's Foxhill estate since 1960. Fetter, of T. Fetter & Co., explains that Helen Copley …
Scripps among largest subsidy grabbers
Burnham, Torrey Pines, Amylin make more inclusive welfare list
Good Jobs First, which is doing yeoman work showing the economic damage of big corporate welfare projects, is out with a new study, "Megadeals: the largest economic development subsidy packages ever awarded by state and local governments in the United …
Cardinals steal one from Padres
In a game filled with drama, the Cardinals take the three-game series from the Padres with the cunning use of thievery
It would be nice if the Padres could be more fortunate more often when it comes to that one unlucky bounce, but as manager Buddy Black is fond of pointing out, that’s baseball. San Diego lost to the Cardinals on …
Toyotas targeted in Poway
Pickup owners victimized in a string of thefts
Sheriff’s deputies and Crime Stoppers are warning Poway residents about a string of recent catalytic converter thefts and looking for tips that might help identify the culprits. Since July 13, authorities say, thieves have been targeting vehicles parked overnight on …
Why Filner should file a defamation case
Cory Briggs, along with attorney Marco Gonzalez and former City Councilmember Donna Frye have all joined together to demand San Diego Mayor Bob Filner step down over sexual harassment allegations that have yet to be proven. The trio has made …