Future Jazz: telematics at UCSD
Mark Dresser, Michael Dessen, Nicole Mitchell and Myra Melford performed with musicians from across the country and the Atlantic Ocean while staying put in La Jolla.
The recent three-day consecutive telematic virtual tour performed at UCSD with a quartet comprised of Mark Dresser's bass, Nicole Mitchell's flutes, Michael Dessen's trombone and Myra Melford's piano interacting in real time with musicians from Amherst MA, Zurich Switzerland, and …
Padres Opening Day: Dragon’s Den Vs. Tilted Kilt
Baseball bar battles: Opening shots (Bourbon or Saktea?)
They’ve closed off J Street between 6th and 10th Avenues for the baseballs season’s opening day block party. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/09/43462/ And the Dragon’s Den (315 10th Avenue, East Village, by Petco Park, 619-358-9332) is using hi-tech to cope with the onrush …
A closer look at the poster for Iron Man 3
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/09/43459/ Um, Tony? Maybe don't punch things with the hand that doesn't have any armor on it. Did you learn nothing from Iron Man 2? When did things go bad for the bad guy? When he stopped the drone assault …
Best events in San Diego: April 12-17
Friday | 12 GRUNION RUN Observe hundreds of small silver fish called grunion ride the waves onto La Jolla beaches to spawn. Before hitting the beach, see grunion hatch before your eyes during a special presentation about this mysterious fish. …
Death imitates art
Oh, man. FilmDrunk reports on an English film director who died while trying to live like a homeless person. Basically, Sullivan's Travels without the happy ending. RIP.
Soros-backed group funds four local nonprofits
Groups tasked with developing plan to "increase marginalized communities' influence"
Open Society Foundations, a nonprofit whose stated mission is to “build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people,” and which was founded and is currently chaired by George Soros, a prominent …
Dumanis draws first re-election opponent
Heavily backed by Evans hotel family and other local financial interests, incumbent District Attorney already out fundraising for 2014
San Diego county District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis - who badly lost her bid for mayor last year, but has already proclaimed her candidacy for re-election next year - has her first official opponent, according to an April 4 filing posted …
City and Police Chief sued for civil rights violations at Children's Pool in La Jolla
Man says police targeted him for his pro-seal views.
Children's Pool isn't just a safe spot for Harbor Seals to breed and raise pups. It also is a first-rate view for seals to witness the legal dustup between hundreds of residents fighting over public access to the beach, seal …
Kelly's Pub
Quiet neighborhood bar in Old Town serves up cheap eats.
Around the invisible barrier where Old Town starts getting seedy, or at least unglamorous, sits Kelly’s Pub (619-683-3200). It’s got a pretty good juke box, two dart boards, two pool tables, a parking lot, and a crowd that tends towards …
For The Roses
Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet delivered two knockout sets of Joni Mitchell music to a packed house at Dizzy's.
Mutts of the Planet is kind of a misleading name for a band that produces such consistently gorgeous music, and unless you're a Joni Mitchell "insider,' you might not realize that the moniker comes from a lyric on Mitchell's Mingus …
The View from TBL3—Part 2
More from chef Trey Foshee's uber-gourmet dining experience at George's California Modern
Yesterday, I started explaining a recent exploration of chef Trey Foshee’s TBL3 dining experience at George’s California Modern (1250 Prospect Street, La Jolla). The 12- to 14-course experience includes some of Foshee’s more out-there and modernistic techniques and is, as …
Edison pushes for quick approval of plan for June 1 restart at San Onofre
Formal license amendment submitted to NRC, utility wants answer by May 24
Southern California Edison, operator of the long-idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, confirmed yesterday afternoon (April 8) that it had submitted a formal request for a license amendment to its operating license to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The request …
Live Arts Fest at White Box Theater: Righteous Exploits
Experimental performance theater with Margaret Noble, Justin Hudnall, and director Lisa Berger
On Saturday April 13, 2013, Righteous Exploits will premiere at the new White Box Theater (2590 Truxtun Road, Building 176) - an intimate, 135-seat venue that opened in May, 2012 at the Liberty Station site of the San Diego Dance …
$350 million casino to rise in Jamul, Dulzura area
Joint project of Jamul Indian Village and Penn National Gaming
Jamul Indian Village, which has six acres of trust land, plans to build a Hollywood-branded $360 million casino 20 miles east of San Diego, off Route 94, along with Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. According to the plans, there …
Jury shown video clips alleging abuse of autistic adult
Courtroom observers wonder what is actually seen in the grainy video
Michael Dale Garritson, who has been a Registered Nurse for thirty years, is accused of felony abuse in his handling of a 23-year-old autistic man in his care, last summer. Evidence in a jury trial began this morning, April 8, …
Food Garden cultivates Baja Med cuisine
New food court in Tijuana hand-picks vendors to help their businesses grow
Declared as the "first of its kind created in Mexico," Food Garden Gastronomic District opened just three weeks ago in Tijuana (at the corner of Blvds. Sanchez Taboada and Misión Santo Tomás). Ricardo Nevárez, the business man behind this more …
Escape to the Central Coast (1 of 2)
Santa Barbara, Jalama Beach, Solvang, Avila Beach, Morro Bay, SLO, Paso Robles...
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Whistleblower David Peffer resigns from UCAN
Board continues to cover up financial wrongdoing, he says
David Peffer, who informed the board of Utllity Consumers' Action Network of financial irregularities, has resigned, saying the new board continues to cover up the mess rather than try to straighten out the organization. Peffer, a lawyer, originally informed the …
David Elliott remembers Roger Ebert
Former Chicago rival recalls Ebert before Siskbert
Where was I when Roger Ebert died? He'd have been proud. I was all alone in the Clairemont Town Square with pen in hand covering G.I. Joe Retaliation. Ebert lived to be the most influential film critic the world has …
El Cajon tobacco dealer gets four years in prison
Salam Kalasho evaded state excise taxes
El Cajon's Salam Kalasho has been sentenced to four years in prison for evading state excise taxes in the sale of tobacco products, according to the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of California. According to documents introduced in …