Delivering in the moment: Joshua White Quintet
With special guest trumpeter Hugh Ragin, White's music took transformative turns.
The July 11 performance of the Joshua White Quintet at Dizzy's exceeded expectations by almost every metric one could imagine. For nearly two hours, music of the highest nature cascaded from the bandstand into the brainwaves of the listener in …
Deportees kill five in Tijuana
Three men living in river canal alleged to have murdered multiple people
A group of three men, who were deported from the United States this year after serving prison time, have been arrested in connection with five Tijuana homicides. The men, Bricio Alberto Marroquín, Francisco Álvarez Guerrero, and Víctor Manuel Domínguez Ramírez, …
Leap Wireless shares zoom on AT&T purchase agreement
AT&T offers $15 a share, stock leaps higher than that
AT&T late today (July 12) agreed to buy Leap Wireless for $1.2 billion, or $15 a share. In after-hours trading, Leap's stock leapt to $16.73, well above that offer, and well over double the $5.82 closing in regular hours trading. …
Movies opening this week: Pacific Rim, The Way, Way Back and more
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/12/49078/ "Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?" Okay, so Scott Marks liked Pacific Rim more than I did, as you can tell from this Facebook chat. And I liked The Way, Way Back more than Scott did, …
Who needs Kaiju and Jaegers when it's Bobby-D vs. Jay-Z?
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/12/49076/ After what he said about Bobby D., Jay-Z will be lucky to find work as a backup singer for Who's Bad. Where does Jay-Z-z-z get the balls big enough to take on (prior to 1996) the greatest actor of …
U-T San Diego issues apology for Filner typo
These things happen
Statement from U-T San Diego Chief Copyeditor Ti Po: "U-T San Diego remains committed to quality, objective journalism. Sexual harassment is no laughing matter. We regret the error...that Bob Filner made." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/12/49075/
The Downtown San Diego Partnership set to receive another $5.8 million in taxpayer subsidies to manage the Clean and Safe Program
The council will consider approving the budget for this coming fiscal year, despite complaints of mismanagement and lack of oversight.
On Monday, city councilmembers will once again sign off on the annual budget for the Downtown Clean and Safe program, releasing an estimated $5.8 million dollars in assessments to the Downtown San Diego Partnership to manage the Property and Business …
Mayor's former Transparency Czar repeats murky call for his resignation
"Saying 'sorry' isn't enough," said Donafria at a press conference today in which she repeated her call for the Mayor to step down. "He must be punished, because he is guilty. I know that no charges have been brought, that …
Interview with The Way, Way Back co-writers and co-directors Jim Rash and Nat Faxon
The Way, Way Back tells the story of Duncan (Liam James), a pouty-slouchy teenage boy who heads off for a month's vacation at the beach house of his mom Pam's (Toni Collette) new boyfriend Trent (Steve Carell). It doesn't go …
Memories of Prague
There are certain places in the world that hold traces of the past. These places, though few and far in between, are literally like a time machine that gives you a glimpse of the old world. One such a place …
In wake of scandal, Mayor Filner to propose new Weak Mayor guidelines
The power of Strong Mayor is simply too much for some men.
Yesterday, Emperor, er, Mayor Filner issued a video apology to the City of San Diego for his "inappropriate and wrong" behavior towards women who work both for him and with him. "I have diminished the office to which you elected …
As office sex charges swirl, mayor reports getting new leather sofa
Furniture retailer owned by DeMaio backer provides Filner's office with stylish new office pieces, including "deep t-cushions on the seat for cool comfort”
The alleged sexual harassment case swirling around San Diego mayor Bob Filner has pretty well eclipsed - at least for the time being - city hall's previous preoccupation with the infamous Sunroad scandal, involving Filner's behesting of $100,000 by the …
Author's Hidden Life With the Man Who Played Patton
Martin & Lewis address their critics
Make that critic. Louella Parsons. Ms. Parsons was America's first movie columnist. Nowadays we shrug off punks like Justin Bieber using a janitor's bucket for a urinal, but back in the day, Parsons had to power to make or break …
Padres lose to Giants and are alone in the cellar
With a loss to the San Francisco Giants the Padres find themselves in last place all alone, naturally
The last few weeks for the Padres have been lacking, to say the least. They are lacking in wins due to a lack of prolific and timely hitting or a lack of effective pitching, or a lack of both as …
Technomania Circus: the Documentary
Grant Hill backyard circus celebrates over 500 shows with a live narration of their history.
For about four years now, San Diego’s longest-running backyard variety show - Technomania Circus - has been performing their one-of-a-kind blacklight/negative space puppetry accompanied by circus acts and performance art. On Saturday, July 13, Technomania will be celebrating over 500 …
Vaginals unveil Valentina with Dawn Syndrome
Oddball art rockers spread the jams.
Some fresh juju from behind the pink curtain. First, this spooky goth exotica number, “Valentina,” sounds like it could be the soundtrack to a Bollywood flick directed by Jodorowsky (which, come to think of it, really should exist already). Vaginals’ …
Asia Wok, where it’s OK to pile your plate as high as you want
At this Market Creek Plaza eatery, if you can fit it in, it’s yours
This gal is an artist. Her medium? The Mongolian Barbecue in Asia Wok here in Market Creek Plaza in Lincoln Park (324 Euclid Avenue, #405, 619-266-8881). http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/11/49007/ I’m watching Kimberly pile beef, pineapple, broccoli, green and red bell peppers, onions, …