Cowboy Star: Tender is the bite
East Village choice: An $82 steak, or happy hour?
It stands opposite the Grocery Outlet, that new cheap-cheap grocery chain on Market Street that sells discontinued stock at cut prices so you really can buy cheap eats. But don’t expect that here at Cowboy Star and Butcher Shop (640 …
Summer track and field in San Diego
The Summer Nights Series begins this Wednesday, the 5th of June.
Who’s ready for some track ‘n’ field? Wednesday, the 5th of June at 6:00 pm is the start of the Summer Nights Track and Field Series. Registration is at 5:00 pm and all events cost $5. The location is University …
Charles Langley resigns from UCAN
So-called watchdog still "irredeemably corrupt," he says
Charles Langley, the well-known and respected executive of Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN) has resigned. He joined the group in 1996 at $25,000 a year. His salary has been slashed to $32,000, which adjusted for inflation is less than he …
Padres lose to Blue Jays but Dodgers series will attract more attention
While Toronto managed to salvage one game of the three-game series with San Diego, attention turns towards Los Angeles and the Dodgers
So what did Sunday night prove in the long run? Not a lot. While the Padres would have loved a sweep of the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, the extra innings took their toll and the Jays took the final game …
In cross-appeal, Save Our Heritage Organisation rehashes fight over plan to remove traffic from Balboa Park's Plaza de Panama
Group fights appeal from the Plaza de Panama Committee with an appeal of its own
As historic preservation group Save Our Heritage Organisation has learned, the bypass bridge is a tough proposal to kill. But the group hopes to end it once and for all with a June 3 cross-appeal filed in San Diego County …
Why the UT should be called the Union-Redneck
Wailing about the cost of art — tiny fraction of subsidized stadia.
UT-TV announcer Roger Hedgecock has interviewed one Trent Seibert, an on-air and in-print reporter for the UT purported Watchdog section. Both Hedgecock and Seibert lament the cost of public art placed by the Port District. But neither gives any perspective. …
4th row center: Last Tango in Paris
The date stamped on the roadshow, reserved seat ticket for the opening week showing of Last Tango in Paris at Chicago’s magnificent McClurg Court Theatre -- think Mission Valley’s late Cinema 21 only grander -- just happened to coincide with …
Roni Ben-Hur live at The Studio, June 2
The experience of this trio kept things grooving.
Israel born, NYC based guitarist Roni Ben-Hur came to San Diego June 2, for an Athenaeum Jazz production at The Studio on Park Ave, joined by fellow NY heavyweights Santi Debriano on bass and Duduka Da Fonseca on drums. Ben-Hur …
What's in a role?
Heath Ledger's Joker diary gives a few clues
I am sort of taken with the notion that Heath Ledger holed up in a hotel room and made a Joker diary in preparation for his role. And by diary, I mean full-on scrapbooked Can't believe I didn't catch the …
Tim Lambesis bailed out on hired-murder charge
Rock singer paid $160,000 premium to post $2 million bail
Timothy Peter Lambesis, 32, bailed out of jail after twenty-four days in custody, he had been arrested on suspicion of soliciting the murder of his estranged wife. Documents in his court file indicate Lambesis or his agent paid $160,000 in …
11 year old found in Ensenada after missing for two weeks
Adult arrested when authorities located missing girl
A missing 11 year old girl was located in Ensenada, two weeks after she was reported missing by her grandmother. The child vanished from her home in Ensenada on the evening of May 17. Authorities located the child on June …
Product placement is so yesterday
"Let's just slap the film into a commercial and be done with it."
Remember that Star Trek-based Esurance ad? It was cute, right? A little Trek riffing right before the real Trek? That split-second jolt of "Hey, it's the movie!" before you realized that it was a commercial? Apparently, that just wasn't commercial …
Tijuana to halt analogue TV switch-off until at least July
Concerns over citizens left without TV before July state elections arise
The plan for the city of Tijuana to become the first city in Latin America to broadcast television in only digital has been put on halt for the time being. The majority of the city is now in fully digital, …
Moonlight and Magnolias at Scripps Ranch Theatre
Stories about the making of movie classics make you wonder how they ever got made. Ron Hutchinson based this comedy on rewrites for Gone With the Wind. If even half of what he says is true, it's hard to believe …
Newly refurbished park to open in San Marcos
All-new equipment for park built in 2004
San Elijo Hills Park, adjacent to the upscale San Elijo Hills master-planned development in San Marcos, is set to re-open to the public on Tuesday (June 4), after being closed for renovations since early May. Completed less than a decade …
Koch-tied non-profit teams with Manchester's U-T San Diego
Partnership with non-profit news organization with reported links to Koch brothers revives talk that San Diego publisher could also team in L.A. Times takeover
Is non-profit journalism, the growing practice of using tax free foundation dollars to sponsor what used to be done by now-fading advertiser-supported media, just for liberals? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jun/03/46759/ Not if San Diego hotel magnate and GOP publisher Douglas Manchester's U-T San …
Ethiopia, San Diego, Part Four: Muzita
A trip to University Heights' upscale Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant of note offers sharp contrasts with other restaurants featured in this tour.
Muzita Abyssinian Bistro (4651 Park Boulevard, 619-546-7900) in University Heights isn’t an Ethiopian restaurant per se. It’s more Eritrean. Eritrea borders Ethiopia and the two countries share much in the way of culture and cuisine. For hundreds of years, the …
Warrant sweep yields 20 arrests
Focus on DUI and domestic violence charges
Sheriff’s deputies cleared 27 warrants and made 20 arrests over the weekend in a warrant sweep targeting individuals with DUI and domestic violence charges outstanding. Early Saturday morning, authorities began attempting to contact individuals in violation of court orders such …
Market Street Bridge Crossing Over 28th Street