DVD Rentals: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/25/44406/ The exact quote escapes me, but James Coburn once said something along the lines of, "When did pictures with action become action pictures?" With a tsunami of action tent-poles set to withstand this summer's flood of competition, let's spend …
Making lemonade out of lemony moments
Tori Roze on her band's new #2 release, Turbulence
Dave Good: The music on Turbulence…kind of is turbulent. At the very least, it sounds driven and complex. Victoria Roze: "The driven and complex music on this album simply reflects each of us as band members. Was it intentional to …
Housing values in Western metro areas soaring
Fed's low rate policies the catalyst; but is this too far, too fast?
Housing values in Western markets continue to soar, according to data released this morning (April 25) by Zillow.com. Year-over-year prices for the period ended in this year's first quarter zoomed in Phoenix (up 24%), Las Vegas (22.3%), San Jose (22.1%), …
Tijuana's culinary future
If Juan Plasencia is any indication, the next generation of TJ restaurateurs will continue the dining renaissance south of the border.
Right now, high-school senior Juan Plasencia is living in the shadows of his father and uncle, the big names behind Grupo Plasencia’s family of restaurants in Tijuana (Caesar’s, Casa Plasencia, etc.) and San Diego. For a young guy just getting …
Padres edge Brewers to avoid sweep
San Diego outlasts Milwaukee, Edinson Volquez goes seven innings of scoreless ball and looks brilliant
On Wednesday the Padres had a lot stacked against them, what with a five-game losing streak on their tails and facing a very hot team in the Milwaukee Brewers who were winners if nine straight. And with Edinson Volquez making …
Guilty: Valley Center man failed to control dogs that attacked joggers
Victims testified they were pulled to the ground by pack of pit-bull-mixes
After a two day trial, a Valley Center man was declared guilty of failing to control dogs that attacked and seriously injured two joggers, more than a year ago. The attack was reported about nightfall on November 27, 2011, and …
Man charged with smuggling bladders of endangered fish
U.S. Attorney has made seven similar arrests since February
Song Shen Zhen of Calexico has been charged with smuggling swim bladders of the endangered Totoaba across the border. Zhen became the seventh person charged by the U.S. Attorney's office for such an offense since February. Swim bladders of Totoaba …
Gaslamp: Half price nachos! (Compared with Petco Park)
Ed bargain-hunts on the Street of Dreams
Whew. Made it to the last stool at the bar. This is game day in da Gaslamp. Sit down next to a guy named Travis. “I eat here, because inside Petco Park you’re going to pay at least double,” he …
DVD Rentals: Flying Leathernecks
World War II had come to an end and the Korean war was just ramping up, but the main motivation behind this propaganda piece was to satisfy R.K.O. studio owner Howard Hughes flying fascination. In 1949, Hughes began production on …
Brewing it Forward: Washington St. Skate Park
Drink your charitable donations at Green Flash Brewing Co. in Mira Mesa.
Since June 2012, Green Flash Brewing Co. has been engaging the community with their Brewing it Forward program, which supports a designated grassroots charity by doing what we all do best: drinking beer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsKzIDvEb9Q This Saturday, April 27 (3 to …
North Park: Bike the Boulevard
El Cajon Boulevard is better by bike.
El Cajon Boulevard has a long-standing and ongoing reputation as a nexus of vice and debauchery, but beyond the short-hewn skirts of nightwalkers and shifty alleyway lurkers thrives a vibrant avenue that is home to a number of destinations championed …
Drone maker's PAC kicks in $2,000 to Vargas debt fund, filing shows
Honeywell International PAC only donor to committee owing $120,000 to Democratic congressman
As previously reported, La Jolla congressman Scott Peters recently filed a statement with federal campaign regulators saying that he had forgiven $2.25 million in personal loans he made to his campaign committee last year: http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/24/44344/ “Personal loans were made by …
City council to pay $175,000 check to a man who fell on a shoddy sidewalk in San Ysidro
The segment of sidewalk near Smythe Elementary has long been an issue in the community.
This fall marks two years since Ubaldo Gutierrez fell off his bicycle while riding on a shoddy sidewalk near Smythe Avenue in San Ysidro. Since that time, Gutierrez has been forced to trudge through the courts to recoup wages and …
Bubble Bursting at the California Electronic Music Exchange Concert - UCSD
This year's California Electronic Music Exchange Concert features musicians from across the state, and will include the dismantling of a 'nuclear bomb'
In the current time period in which we all live, there are innovations that are conceivably defining new genres within a framework of electronic music, new media, and sound-art. Many of these paradigm-shifting-potentials exist within the confines of individual academic …
Review: La Pirogue
For once a film on the subject of smuggling refugees that is not based on a true story. My initial fear of harrowing action scenes cushioned by alternating sermons quickly vanished. What little admonishment there is can be found in …
Best events in San Diego through May 1
Friday | 26 ART ALIVE 2013 EXHIBITION For the 32nd annual Art Alive, the museum fills the galleries with floral interpretations of the permanent collection and transforms the rotunda into a floral experience. This year’s arrangements are by Bella Meyer, …
Calls for public hearings on San Onofre grow, fears about summer power supply may be exaggerated
The Los Angeles City Council yesterday joined a host of Southern California cities in passing a resolution calling for public safety hearings before a restart is allowed at the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County. …
Judge noticed man wore same shirt seen in surveillance photos
Abrahim Ah Saed accused of multiple ID frauds
A judge noticed that the defendant seated before him was wearing the “same exact” plaid shirt seen in surveillance photos, during a San Diego Superior Court hearing yesterday. Honorable Sim von Kalinowski first reviewed evidence photos and then noted for …