RA's Sushi Showdown
College basketball championship-style sushi-eating competition is geared towards spectators and competitors alike.
The last NCAA March Madness games air Saturday, April 6 and Monday, April 8 which leaves Sunday, April 7 with a big gaping hole in your competitive little heart. RA Sushi has you covered with their mid-day madness Sushi Showdown …
We just got handed an envelope, man...
Bands often get paid based on how many fans they bring in the door. On Wednesday, April 3, local glam rockers Purple Church may have set a record. They got paid an eye-popping $100 for each head they brought through …
In wake of Frye resignation, Mayor Filner declares Open Government project closed
"I'm not about to waste my time giving people what they manifestly don't want."
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43321/ Screencap of city's Open Government website. "[Former public transparency czar] Donna [Frye] was a capable woman," said the mayor in a statement. "But even she wasn't capable of making San Diegans give a damn about the momentous decisions made …
Geoffrey Keezer: solo piano April 9, @ Jazz Live
The brilliant pianist performs a rare home-town gig at SD City College
Virtuoso pianist Geoffrey Keezer will perform solo, on April 9, at Jazz Live, on the campus of San Diego City College in the Saville Theatre at 8 pm. It's easy to forget sometimes that Keezer lives in our fair town. …
Mayor Filner changes San Diego's title from "America's Finest City" to "Pleasantville" in response to New York Times article
"OMG, they noticed us!" gushes mayor. "It's so exciting!"
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43318/ "If there's one thing I love to embrace at the end of a day spent developing cancer-killing nanobots," says Aldena Corp biotech engineer Victor Fulgenski, "it's two armsful of easy, breezy Southern California casualness. And I know the same …
Report: Bilzerian, one-time Spanos associate, stashed bucks offshore
Spanos involved in takeover with him before Bilzerian went to prison
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has released a devastating study of offshore tax havens, indicating that as much as $32 trillion -- the size of the U.S. and Japanese economies combined -- may be stashed in secrecy and tax …
Broke-down North Korean missile fails to hit busted-ass San Diego nuclear power plant
Critics demand investigation into possible insurance fraud attempt on part of SONGS owner SDGE
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43317/ Pictured: the sorry excuse for a missile launched by North Korea (above); the defunct and strategically useless nuclear power plant at San Onofre (below). SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, PACIFIC OCEAN - Willy Bommus was piloting his …
Vomit at night run in the morning
After a night of worship at the altar of porcelain it was time to get up and run. It happens.
I had a 20-mile run scheduled for this week but it ended up being 17. However, I have an excellent excuse. I puked twice the night before and also had--let’s just say it was a long and de-hydrating night. I’d …
So, what are you doing tonight?
A couple of things you might have missed.
http://vimeo.com/56897454 People, I Am Not A Hipster. But then, you knew that. A hipster would never write for anything so mainstream as an alternative weekly. Also, I Am Not a Hipster is a movie - made right here in San …
See the book, read the movie 2
A pictorial history of title credits from literary adaptations N thru Z
More storybook openings from a time when Hollywood proudly used literacy as a selling tool. A thru M can be found here. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43254/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43255/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43256/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43258/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43259/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43260/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43253/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43261/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43290/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43262/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43263/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43264/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43313/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43265/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43266/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/05/43314/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43267/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/apr/04/43268/ …
Damien at Lamb's Players
Hear the word "saint" and you might imagine a cherubic face and gentle spirit floating three feet above ground and beautific as all get out. But look at a photo of Mother Teresa - at that face! Read G.K. Chesterton's …
New releases opening this week
Scott Marks must have changed his meds to something that softens the heart. Either that, or the Aussies know how to handle sentiment and singing. At any rate, he really liked The Sapphires. He was less impressed with the "easy …
Local nonprofit receives $100,000 grant for homeless, disadvantaged youth services
Embrace, a nonprofit dedicated to “the promotion of social and physical wellness programs that serve underprivileged communities,” announced this week that it is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from Alliance Healthcare Foundation. The Mission Support grant is the third …
J Wok
Downtown "Asian modern eatery" is attractive, at least.
I wanted to check out J Wok (744 Market Street, Downtown, 619-231-1088) because I’d heard it was a triumph of interior design, replete with a huge tree made entirely of chopsticks. That much at least is true. The chopstick tree …
San Diego hotel mogul's political reach extends to Big Apple
Evans Hotel executive, key fundraiser behind San Diego council's Todd Gloria, contributes cash to New York's bribery-torn mayor's race
Robert Gleason, the CFO and general counsel at Evans Hotels - one of three homegrown San Diego hotel empires behind the lawsuit filed against Democratic mayor Bob Filner in an unsuccessful effort to force him to sign a city funding …
KPBS investigation: U-T discounted anti-Filner ads
Practice appears to be violation of campaign finance rules
KPBS and inewsource, in an excellent investigative report released this morning (April 5), reveal what many San Diegans suspected: the barrages of anti-Filner ads run in the Union-Tribune prior to the mayoralty election were discounted. KPBS and inewsource audited ads …
“La Jefa” drug queen nabbed in Tijuana
Alleged top drug trafficker arrested by state police
The Baja California state police carried out an operation, on April 4th, that resulted in the arrest of an alleged top drug trafficker in the area. The suspect, 52 year old Aida “La Jefa” Moreno Castillo, was arrested in the …
Shocker: nation adds only 88,000 jobs in March
Participation rate drops. Maybe economy not bouncing back as predicted
The U.S. economy added only 88,000 jobs in March, according to the monthly Labor Department report issued this morning (April 5). That's down from an upwardly revised 268,000 in February. Economists had expected 190,000 in March. The 88,000 is the …