Encinitas bans plastic bags, sets sights on banning plastic people
"Local communities have to take steps to prevent this kind of blight and pollution from ruining them completely."
"Someone has to take a stand," said longtime Encinitas resident Sunshine Lollipop Rainbow. "Encinitas used to be a beautiful beach town. Then came the plastics. Everywhere you looked - unsightly, tacky, trashy, artificial plastics. Sure, they're good for business, but …
Black Spider-Man: threat or menace?
Web-slinger robs two East County gas stations, flees on bicycle to confuse police.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/31/46616/ TRYING TO BREATHE AMID THE NOXIOUS FUMES OF JJJ's CIGAR AND SMUGNESS - "At last," crowed Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson. "At last that wicked wall-crawler has shown his true colors! Er, pardon the expression." Jameson, whose newspaper …
San Diego stays classy
San Diego TV news program does non-story on sequel to film about San Diego TV news program that does non-stories
Has the singularity been achieved? Big Story! 10 NEWS SAN DIEGO - Anchorman Bill Griffith began the May 24 non-story about Anchorman 2 by saying, "Right now, Will Ferrell and the cast of the Anchorman movie are filming part of …
Camp Pendleton Memorial Day celebration includes monument to military suicides
Giant hole in the ground intended to signify "black pit of despair" that swallows over 6,000 veterans each year
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/27/46354/ Camp Pendleton's Black Hole memorial, seen from above "Last year," says Camp Pendleton Director of Memorial Day Ceremonies Lawrence Kickbucket, "the number of United States military personnel who died from suicide exceeded the number who died in combat. Clearly, …
Boy Scouts of America: "Obviously, we're going to have to re-think the Bear Scout badge."
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Yoga = Satanism
Lawsuit seeks to stop Encinitas schoolchildren from school-implemented worship of Baphomet disguised as healthful exercise
If you can't see Satan in the above series of Ashtanga yoga poses, then you're not looking hard enough. "I'm all for health and wellness," says concerned parent Pearl Clutcher, "but I know for a fact that Eastern religions are …
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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Papa Doug Manchester changes name to Big Poppa D, announces formation of hip-hop record label UTSounDs
Septuagenarian rapper/producer hosts dope jam with fly honeys to kick off new career
Some media outlets reported Big Poppa D's coming-out party as a birthday jam for old Papa Doug, but here's the real story: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/15/45665/ Don't you dare pick a bone/ The newspaper I own/ Will drop you just like a stone/ …
LGBTQIA-Z?
SDSU's Lavender Graduation excludes student involved in long-term relationship with his dog.
"Maybe after the Supreme Court upholds gay marriage, we'll have the courage to stamp out zoophobia." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/may/13/45427/ Rex San Diego State University Aboriginal Studies major Brad Wolf is used to being called a freak. He's used to being shunned by …
Filner on Fletcher: "There's no such thing as independent."
Mayor on former opponent: "I'm proud that he finally found the courage to come out as a Democrat."
A year ago, former congressman Nathan Fletcher left the Republican party and declared himself an Indepdenent. "I'm leaving an environment that thrives on playing the game," he said at the time. "I'm leaving behind a system that is completely dysfunctional." …
As I Lay Dying bandmates react to news of lead singer's arrest
"Looking back, all the signs were there."
Local metal band As I Lay Dying was dealt a blow yesterday when lead singer (and self-professed Christian) Tim Lambesis was arrested after allegedly attempting to hire an undercover police officer to kill his estranged wife. But to hear lead …
Scripps Ranch students sell Dirty Dancing 2 to Annapurna Pictures based on twerking video
EXCLUSIVE! Concept posters leaked to SD on the QT!
Annapurna pictures, which distributed the teensploitation hit Spring Breakers earlier this year, has announced plans to produce and distribute Dirty Dancing 2, a sequel to smash '80s hit starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Amazingly, the company bought the concept …
SDSU sororities get in on the offensive party-wear action
First, there was UCSD's infamous Compton Cookout. Next came Cal State San Marcos's Cholas Chowdown, in which members of the school's Alphi Chi Omega sorority chapter posted photos to Instagram of themselves, "wearing bandanas and flannel shirts, and making gang-like …
Mitt Romney signs on as San Diego-Tijuana Olympics consultant
Former Presidential Candidate and savior of the '02 Winter Olympics agrees to help - but several hurdles remain
When people think of Mitt Romney, they think of his failed attempt to unseat President Barack Obama in the 2012 Presidential election. Or they think of his La Jolla mansion, which can be seen from space and currently blocks the …