Blonde burglar sentenced to 4 years prison
Woman admitted stealing jewelry and wrestling with homeowner
A woman who confronted a burglar leaving her Oceanside home five months ago was in court yesterday afternoon to see the criminal sentenced to four years prison. Homeowner Kathleen was able to briefly stop the tall, thin woman whom she …
Escondido man who ran over women in crosswalk is sentenced
Judge wants felony-bad-driver to pay restitution
Aaron Danny Hernandez, 25, was sentenced to 365 days custody plus 5 years formal probation in San Diego’s North County Courthouse late yesterday, May 22, 2013. Hernandez made a plea deal, admitting his guilt after he drove his Expedition into …
Appeals court reinstates discrimination case against Ace Parking
Superior court wrongly dismissed racial, age discrimination complaints
Richard Hodges, an African American aged 63, claimed in a Superior Court suit that he was wrongfully terminated by Ace Parking in 2009, ostensibly because of a business slowdown, but actually as a result of racial and age discrimination, harassment, …
San Diego Legends: Living Well Reception
The San Diego Legends Exhibit will honor Rita Cloud, Carmen Duran, Phebe Burnham, Randy Edmunds, Sal Barajas, and Gordy Shields for their work in areas such as social justice, equity, leadership, and civic engagement. And join us for performances by …
Tax preparer gets 15 years for stealing 292 identities, $515,000
He fled to Mexico, but returned to do more mischief -- and got nabbed
Tax preparer Neil Thomsen was sentenced today (May 22) to 15 years in prison. He was convicted in a jury trial in late 2011 of using 292 stolen identities to cheat the Internal Revenue Service of $515,000 in fraudulent tax …
Padres unhinged by Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright was dominant and Padres starter Edinson Volquez wasn't as the Padres lost
We can go on and on about Edinson Volquez, but it won’t do a bit of good. Yes, he gave up some runs on Tuesday, as the Padres fell to the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-2. He’s also been brilliant in …
Mobo Brain: technology at the dinner table
Local author Jenz Johnson offers a new outlook on the role of mobile devices at meal time.
It this vast and untamed American future, just about everybody carries a mobile device. While most of us have been subjected to impromptu tirades about smartphone etiquette (“not at the dinner table/7-11 checkout/live concert/in public ever”) at the behest of …
Sloppy seconds? Ken Scott gets another shot at his high concept
Perhaps the ultimate example of making an indie film in order to break into Hollywood
Hey, did you see the sperm-donor comedy Starbuck? Probably not - it made just $335,000 in the States, and received middling reviews. But hey, it managed to do $1.6 million worldwide! And you know what else it managed to do? …
One week before election, Myrtle Cole and Dwayne Crenshaw were fined by Ethics Commission
Candidates found to have solicited votes and cash from city employees, including councilmembers and the Mayor
From claims about hanging out at crack houses to accusations over prior campaign infractions, the race between Myrtle Cole and Dwayne Crenshaw to become District 4's representative was anything but pretty. In an election separated by just over 700 votes, …
Hey, Sailor meme leaks text of fired Navy XO's "inappropriate" emails to female subordinates
"Allen Maestas' conduct may have been unbecoming, but it was still hilarious."
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Gavin Hardkiss spins tales of local EDM culture in Cubic Lust
Sex, drugs, and mashups: what a deejay does
This is how Cubic Lust starts: "Wake up in a pool of blood. It's soaked into the sheets of this oversized bed. Everything is blinding white." Cubic Lust, a first novel written by Bay Area deejay/producer Gavin Hardkiss is due …
The day Pee Wee Herman landed me in the hospital
Another celeb encounter gone very, very wrong...
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/22/46081/ It was around 1999 when I first heard through mutual acquaintances that Paul Reubens, AKA Pee Wee Herman, liked the (utterly unauthorized, but not negative) comic book bio that I wrote about him back in '92. As in many …
$37 million school bond deal to finance Manchester's sale of North County Times building
Escondido's Classical Academy High School charter up for approval of big loan in form of "pass through" conduit bonds
Republican U-T publisher Douglas Manchester's deal to sell the former campus of the North County Times in Escondido for a reported $7 million finally appears to be close at hand, thanks to school bond financing from a little known state …
Pair accused in doggie-door-burglary are due in court today
Cops say experienced criminals from Vista came to Carlsbad
It was 9:33 a.m. on a Wednesday morning almost a year ago, on June 20 2012, when a woman phoned police and said her daughter was at home while two intruders came into their house through the doggie door. The …
To Smurf, or not to Smurf: it's out of the question
I drew the unenviable task of reviewing the first Smurfs movie. I peed blue for three weeks. If I belch hard enough I can still taste it. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/22/46069/ Send slashers films, Jennifer Aniston romcoms, or Zach Galifianakis slob-fests: anything but …
Filner has plan to spend projected budget surplus
Mayor Bob Filner yesterday (May 21) released revisions to his proposed 2013-2014 fiscal year budget, taking advantage of anticipated increased property tax revenues and savings from a newly negotiated lease on office space to increase spending by $11 million. According …
Pennsylvania woman makes plea bargain in “coochie” smuggle case
22 year old attempted to smuggle cocaine and heroin into San Diego from Tijuana
A 22 year old Pennsylvania woman, who attempted to smuggle narcotics into the United States, has made a plea bargain at the U.S. District Court in San Diego. Samantha Kurdilla was apprehended on January 15 with 75 grams of cocaine …