Former mayor sues Escondido over alleged misappropriation of funds
City spent $20,000 advocating for two ballot measures in November 2012 election
Former Escondido Mayor Jerry Harmon is suing the city, its sitting mayor Sam Abed, the city council, and a handful of other officials, claiming the group illegally used public funds to promote two ballot propositions last November. Prior to the …
Weinstein Company announces plan to distribute Salinger doc
Privacy, meet publicity
Harvey Weinstein is surely one of the greatest huckster-hustlers Hollywood has ever known, and possibly the best Oscar campaigner ever. He is a past master at pushing his product under everybody's nose. Pretty much the exact, total, polar opposite of …
Assassins at Cygnet Theatre
When Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman wrote their musical collage about presidential assassins, they wanted it to be as audacious as possible. But, Sondheim wrote, "audacious is an inch away from smartass." Assassins is that too. The musical links nine …
Las Morelianas Carnitas Estilo Michoacan
Michoacan-style carnitas in City Heights
Las Morelianas (3645 University Avenue, 619-521-2891) is just into City Heights, but it feels much more removed than that. Everything is rough around the edges, from the construction to the service to the clientele. Not rough as in dangerous, rough …
Mayor Filner's Special Events Committee collects cash to pay down State of the City and Inaugural Events
The committee received more than $6,000 from Bridgepoint Education, Republic Services, and SDG&E
Mayor Bob Filner's State of the City address and inauguration event were brought to you, in part, by Bridgepoint Education, waste-management company Republic Services, and San Diego Gas and Electric, according to a new disclosure filed by Mayor Bob Filner …
Musician murdered in guitar shop robbery
Down in the valley
Singer/guitarist Larry Robinson, who once played in the “summer of love” band Things to Come, was a roadie for Canned Heat, and was known to many for his open mics in Fallbrook and Temecula, was brutally beaten Friday night, March …
The son dies and the father laments
The story of King David and his favorite son Absalom.
“And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, ‘O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, …
SDSU beats Oklahoma, advances in NCAA Tournament
With a 70-55 win, SDSU advances to face Florida Gulf Coast in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
After making the NCAA Tournament as a #7 seed, SDSU faced off against #10 seed Oklahoma. In a fiercely competitive match up, the Aztecs came away with a 70-55 victory and advance to the next round of the NCAA Tournament. …
Born Yesterday at Moonlight Stage
Mr. Pygmalion goes to Washington. In Garson Kanin's 1946 comedy Billie Dawn's the American Eliza Doolittle. Billie was a chorus girl - even had five lines in Anything Goes - when Harry Brock made her his moll. The robber baron …
Qualcomm puts big bucks in offshore havens to avoid U.S. taxes
Added $2.9 billion to stash last year -- 22nd among U.S. companies
Qualcomm in the past year added $2.9 billion to its stash of profits shifted to foreign tax havens, according to Citizens for Tax Justice, which points out that in most cases, companies earn the money in the United States but …
Prince is coming to downtown's Hard Rock Hotel?!
$250 "standing room only" tix for shows on May 3 and 4
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/22/42432/ Twice now, I've had tix for Prince concerts that ended up being cancelled. The last time, I actually camped out in front of Cox Arena to score "purple section" seats up front, only to have the little stinker cancel …
Hills Like Elephants celebrate release of Feral Flocks at Bar Pink
"Motown with keyboards" quintet drops sophomore album in North Park.
Just back from a weeks of nonstop shows at SXSW in Austin, Hills Like Elephants will be celebrating the release of the sophomore album, Feral Flocks (Requiemme Records/BMG Chrysalis), on Friday, March 29 at Bar Pink with Barbarian and Keith …
Filner seeks "change agent" in new chief operating officer, recruiting brochure says
No salary set for key management position; document says San Diego mayor is "similar to the Governor or the President"
San Diego's Democratic mayor Bob Filner has been busy lately handling everything from seal kicking to a lawsuit filed by the city's GOP hotel moguls in an attempt to get him to sign a funding contract negotiated by Republican ex-mayor …
Repeat felon gets 3 years California State prison
Most recently admitted kidnap while out on probation
Late last month, an admitted kidnapper was sent to State prison for three years. This sentence included time for four other cases the busy felon had accumulated since 2010. Most recently, Gregory Leon Spatcher, 32, admitted felony kidnap in a …
Mickey Mouse, izzat you?
A brief glance at Mickey mockery.
When I interviewed Charles Fleischer, the voice of Roger Rabbit, a while back, I noted with wonder the fact that the film got Disney to sign off on a scene in which Mickey Mouse collaborates with Bugs Bunny to pull …
"Papa" Doug Manchester is "Papa" no more
"I have no son," says "Disapproving Dad" Doug Manchester in wake of Doug Jr.'s statement in support of same-sex marriage.
The real estate-mogul also denied his son's claim that "Papa" "now regrets the funding he provided to Prop. 8 and has actively worked to make amends with those he has offended." He said that his political views had no bearing …
New releases opening this week
Well, dog my cats, Scott Marks has fallen for Olympus Has Fallen! Gerard Butler invades the White House and Mr. Marks' critical sensibilities! Also, when the aliens from the future have to sort out the history of the world based …
Big Texas money enters San Diego's fourth district city council fray
Austin real estate executive and African safari goer who handles luxury San Diego holdings becomes third major donor to Williams' cause
It's not quite the Rick Perry campaign, but a big-time Texas real estate maven has just kicked in $6750 to that well-heeled independent expenditure committee backing Republican-turned-Democrat Bruce Williams for the fourth district city council seat. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/22/42413/ Brenda Tworoger of …