Inappropriate exposure alleged at Encinitas tanning salon
Low-buckled pants reach felony level, according to prosecutor
Molly said, “I work at a tanning salon.” The salon is located near the intersection of Highway 101 and Encinitas Boulevard, in Encinitas. Two weeks ago, on March 12, Molly was behind the counter a little after 9 a.m. when …
Swordfish at a gas station? El Venado, Chula Vista
Down by the Otay river, swordfish plays with Ed’s taste buds
I mean, come on. It’s a gas station. So how come I’m eating the most scrumptious swordfish taco I can remember, and right here? This is Mariscos El Venado (3733 Main Street, Chula Vista, 619-476-80710), part of the Cali-Mart gas …
Four new local jazz releases
Road Work Ahead, Rob Thorsen, Steph Johnson and the Peter Sprague String Consort all have brand-new discs available.
Four local jazz recordings hit the open market this month, including efforts by Road Work Ahead, the Steph Johnson Trio, Rob Thorsen Trio and the Peter Sprague String Consort. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/27/42696/ This group began as the Bob Magnusson Quartet back in …
Baja State prosecutor: 20% of female homicides are drug related
State official claims rise in female murders is related to rise in female criminals
The head Baja California state prosecutor, Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, stated that the rise in female homicides in the state is due to the increase in women criminals on Tuesday, March 26th. Moreno Manjarrez went on to say that the number …
Interview: Robert Forster has risen!
I fell in love with Robert Forster through his characters many years ago. Meeting Bob when he passed through town for a Cinema Society of San Diego screening of Diamond Men several years ago only confirmed my fervancy. The Olympus …
Padres worth $600 million; Yanks $2.3 billion
Padres 18th in Major League Baseball valuation, says Forbes
Forbes magazine today (March 27) published its annual compilation of the valuation of Major League Baseball teams. The top four teams were the NY Yankees, $2.3 billion; LA Dodgers $1.62 billion; Boston Red Sox $1.3 billion and Chicago Cubs $1 …
Trailer Park: Pain & Gain: Michael Bay doesn't care about your stinkin' lyrics, man
I mean, the name of the song is "Thrift Shop."
So there's a red-band trailer for Michael Bay's bodybuilding caper movie Pain & Gain. I can't embed it because I'm an idiot, but it's over here. The main thing is that the trailer uses Macklemore's earworm "Thrift Shop," a song …
Fox Sports lobbies up in ongoing civic war over Padres TV blackout
Southwest Strategies reveals new lobbying client late the same day city council passes resolution in baseball cable dispute
As reported here yesterday, Time Warner Cable has retained the services of San Diego super lobbyist Paul Robinson in the seemingly forever battle over whether Padres games should be aired on all cable TV operations here. Now another local big …
City of San Diego hopped up on craft breweries; proposing zoning changes to allow for tasting rooms
City ready to allow breweries to attach tasting rooms and other dining areas greater than 3,000 square feet.
Craft beer is big in San Diego. New craft brews are hopping up throughout the City and County. In recent years, San Diego's burgeoning craft beer scene has been featured by the New York Times and Esquire Magazine. Now, even …
Oceanside couple admit abusing their niece in plea deal
Accused of hiring out girl and keeping her as a servant
An Oceanside couple accused of sexually assaulting their 12-year-old niece more than ten years ago made a plea deal in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse yesterday, according to a prosecutor. Marcial Garcia Hernandez, 45, and Inez Martinez Garcia, 44, …
Eric Whitacre
A brief introduction to living composer Eric Whitacre
As promised, we’re going to look closer at When David Heard by Eric Whitacre. According to Whitacre’s website: “The text, one single, devastating sentence, is from the King James Bible; II Samuel, 18:33:” ‘When David heard that Absalom was slain …
Shrinking the carbon footprint with a "virtual" tour
Using technology only available at certain universities, jazz musicians are performing together from different geographic locations.
UCSD's contrabass virtuoso Mark Dresser strikes boldly into the world of technology in a series of concerts coordinated from the UC campus, with a core quartet featuring flutist Nicole Mitchell, trombonist Michael Dessen, and pianist Myra Melford--performing live in real …
Best events in San Diego: March 29-April 3
Friday | 29 DIVE IN MOVIES Watch National Lampoon’s Vacation from inside the pool. Includes self-serve popcorn and roaming servers offering beef hot dogs, hamburgers, and fries as well as cocktails, beer, soda, and water. WHEN: 8:00 p.m. WHERE: Lafayette …
Review: War Witch
More well-intentioned ugliness trawling for Oscar. Canada’s official entry for the best foreign language film of 2013, and one of the five nominated pictures, begins promisingly enough with a young mother recounting her life story to her unborn child. Komona’s …
Tyler Perry's Confessions of a Marriage Counselor poster: Tyler Perry is just messing with us now
Right?
I mean, he knows how reviled Showgirls was, doesn't he? Or is he one of those hardy few who believes it to be a secretly brilliant satire? Who can say? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/26/42606/
Six-second beefcake: Hugh Jackman stars in world's shortest preview for The Wolverine
You've heard of The Vine, right? Six-second video site? Well, they landed their first movie trailer yesterday, for The Wolverine. Six seconds. That's not a lot of time to give us multiple shots of shirtless Hugh Jackman, but give 'em …
Major League Baseball sues alleged supplier of performance-enhancing drugs to Padres' Grandal
Instruction on avoiding MLB detection accompanied purchases, league claims
Major League Baseball has filed suit against Biogenesis of America, an “anti-aging” clinic in southern Florida that the league claims provided suspended San Diego Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal and others not only with banned performance-enhancing drugs but with instructions on …