The touch of a master: Mike Wofford live in La Jolla
Everything Wofford plays has a purity of expression.
Piano master Mike Wofford has lived such a storybook career that it's easy to get lost in the long maze of his past accomplishments and forget about what a vital force he is right now. Fortunately, Dan Atkinson and the …
New comedy club inside Grauman's Chinese is no laughing matter
The once-mighty Grauman's Chinese Theatre has fallen on hard times. The big Chinese was closed for renovation when I paid a visit last week. They're installing an IMAX screen -- the first ever on Hollywood Boulevard -- in hope of …
Padres bull pen fails again as Marlins win
The Padres relief corps isn't what it has been for the past few seasons as the Marlins win in grand walk-off fashion
In baseball, every starting pitcher is going to have a combination of good starts and bad starts, with more good starts resulting in helping the team get wins. On Sunday, Andrew Cashner had a good start for the Padres, but …
Sentencing delayed for man convicted of child abuse
Daniel Hood could get more than 100 years prison
A man who was declared guilty of eleven felony counts of child abuse was able to delay sentencing this morning by claiming “ineffective assistance of counsel.” Daniel Roger Hood, 43, made several “oral motions” to a judge, plus he submitted …
Why Citizen Kane flopped in Canada
Folks in Victoria walked out after the short. Canuck-nyuck-nyuck! http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/01/48375/ What? It's Victoria, Texas? Never mind. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jul/01/48376/
Pomegranate seeds linked to hepatitis A outbreak
15 confirmed San Diego County cases
San Diego County officials are advising residents to discard some recently purchased Woodstock brand frozen organic pomegranate kernels as well as Townsend Farms organic antioxidant berries, as the products have been linked to a hepatitis A outbreak that has sickened …
The best corn in San Diego isn't popped in a movie theatre
George's was a small candy store located next to Chicago's Nortown Theatre. In addition to the homemade fudge, taffy apples, and wrapped candy bars that lined the shelves, George had a giant popcorn-popper strategically placed in the front window. It …
4th OF JULY CELEBRATIONS
Fourth of July fireworks in San Diego rival St. Patrick's Day for biggest bang ever! By 5 p.m., you can't ride your bike on the Mission Bay boardwalk, the parties bulge at the seam and people jostle for an inch …
Big money battle brews with DeMaio's Orange County trip
Democratic champion of U.S. military funding for local public universities and GOP's self-styled taxpayer advocate both hit the hustings outside of San Diego in quest for campaign cash
Ex-San Diego city councilman and unsuccessful GOP mayoral candidate Carl DeMaio is going on the road to raise money for his congressional bid against La Jolla Democratic freshman Scott Peters. DeMaio isn't traveling too far over the county line in …
Soup, soup, and more soup at Trieu Chau
City Heights restaurant breaks the cycle of chow mein and fried rice with a bevy of delicious soups and stews.
Trieu Chau Restaurant (4653 University Avenue, 619-280-4204) is named after a Chinese linguistic dialect (commonly transliterated as “Teochow”) that’s mostly spoken in the province of Fujian. Maybe that doesn’t add anything to the experience of eating at the blue and …
MAN OF STEEL, my vitriol, tempered
I had written a lengthy blog post about why MOS didn't work for me, but decided not to publish it. It deconstructed almost the entire film from a story perspective, and my issues with each story point. But it was …
Medical tourism draws 450,000 visitors a year to Baja California
State tourism secretary emphasizes importance of medical tourism to the region
An estimated 450,000 people a year visit the Mexican state of Baja California for medical tourism. The numbers were recently stated by Juan Tintos Funcke, the state tourism secretary. Tintos Funcke went on to claim that the medical tourism industry …
Is Austin, Texas emulating San Diego?
Similarities arise from Manchester's new hotel
One wing of Papa Doug Manchester's hotel empire, Manchester Financial Group LLC, is building a 1035-room, $350 million hotel in Austin, Texas According to the publication AustinTowers, Doug Manchester, Papa Doug's son, is championing "a major push" to develop the …
Two Padres among 25 most overpaid players
Street, Richard have negative value this year, says publication
The publication Business Insider has used a formula to calculate Major League Baseball players' dollar value in 2013. Two Padres make the list of the 25 most overpaid. Relief pitcher Huston Street has a value of minus-$23.8 million this year, …
The current Sunroad blowup shows rank hypocrisy
Those who lauded Sanders's sleazy actions denounce Filner's bumbling ones.
The flap over Mayor Bob Filner's mishandling of the Sunroad Enterprise matter brings to mind another scandal regarding that company back in the 2007-2008 time period. Comparison of these two scandals shows the staggering hypocrisy of the San Diego establishment …
Is it the mess or the message? City Attorney has been selective when prosecuting chalk vandalism
Other chalking events, such as one pro-life protest, was granted permission from the Police Department. No charges were ever filed.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/30/48329/ Is it the mess or is it the message? Is it the fact that Olson's message was a key tenet of the Occupy Wall Street movement or would it happen to any person or group wishing to exercise their …
World Cup of Composers: The Italians
The Italian composers are ready to lock "horns".
With the French we had a robust 19th Century presence in their first round of the World Cup of Composers. Now we move to the Italians. While the Italians were certainly vigorous in the 19th Century, it was the Italian …
Court hearing this month for disbarred attorney
Still owes about $80,000 to former clients
Disgraced former-attorney Patricia Ann Gregory, 63, has been working lately as a part-time debt collector, according to a recent probation report. Gregory also receives income from social security and a military pension, the report stated. The former Carlsbad attorney, who …
Unsubstantiated rumor claims that Marlins beat the Padres
According to sources which cannot be confirmed as reliable, the Miami Marlins beat the San Diego Padres
Major League Baseball’s deal with the Fox Network includes some sort of provision that when Fox shows a game to a National audience, other games being played in that time slot can’t be shown on their normal regional television coverage. …