Padres keeping close to even in spring training
After dropping a game to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday, the Padres rebound to rout the Oakland Athletics on Monday
Sunday wasn't as kind to the Padres as was Monday, but it's spring training and these things happen and in the end there are some positives to take from any loss. Like the return of Andrew Cashner, who threw a …
Solo electronic music concert: Carl Stone, March 14 @ Space 4 Art
"The king of sampling" drops in for a performance in the East Village.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/12/41687/ Live computer music pioneer Carl Stone comes to Bonnie Wright's Fresh Sound @ Space 4 Art series on March 14. Stone has been hailed by the Village Voice as "the king of sampling" and "one of the best composers …
Three-Way Dinners' inaugural meal at Cusp
The first of three dinners from this new chef series has the head chefs from Jsix, Cusp, and Saltbox cooking together.
Peas are often that vegetable you corral to the side of your plate, walling it in by mashed potatoes so as not to infiltrate your main course. Thursday, March 14, however, peas have been picked to be the seasonal building …
Review: David Riker's The Girl
New Abbie Cornish film screens this Wednesday at the San Diego Latino Film Festival
Ashley (Abbie Cornish) blames her recent termination from a big box store on her boss favoring Mexican women. In Ashley's eyes, the reason she lost custody of her son to social services has nothing to do with her being an …
Bridgepoint Education revenue, profits fall
But company's profits top Wall Street expectations; stock rises
Controversial Bridgepoint Education, the for-profit university operation that is being probed by government bodies and is having trouble with accreditors, suffered a fourth quarter drop of 30 percent in net income, as enrollment dropped about the same percentage. For the …
Ex-supervisor gives $250,000 of leftover campaign cash to San Diego Opera
Slater-Price, who got major campaign cash from culture executives during county career, turns over remaining six-figure re-election stash to arts and other groups
During her many years as a member of the San Diego county board of supervisors, Pam Slater-Price generated her share of controversy for taking free trips and tickets from local cultural groups to which she helped direct taxpayer subsidies. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/12/41652/ …
Prodigy-to-protégé hand-off at San Diego Brewing Co.
A changing of the brewhouse guard for long-time local brewing bastion
Visiting San Diego Brewing Company (10450 Friars road, Mission Valley) in the late nineties was my first experience tasting beer in the same place it was brewed. I still remember how foreign, and how abundantly cool, that concept seemed to …
Best events in San Diego: March 14-March 20
Thursday | 14 SCIENCE ON THE ROCKS: PIZZA, PINOT, AND PI An after-hours party celebrating Pi Day (3/14) and Einstein’s birthday. Ticket includes hors d’oeuvres, entertainment, and activities. Identification required. A cash bar includes beer, wine, and cocktails. Ages 21+. …
Afternoons at Brooklyn Girl
The popular, Mission Hills spot has a quieter, more reserved lunch scene.
Partly because everybody’s been charmed by her cheeky, chic-y design and partly because the food is pretty good and she deserves it, Brooklyn Girl (4033 Goldfinch Street) has gotten a reputation as a bit of a scene where diners are …
Mexico hopes to weaken world’s richest man Carlos Slim with competition bill
New bill to lower costs and weaken monopolies
Mexico plans to go through with a bill that would allow more competition in markets that are dominated by one company. The nation’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, presented the plan Monday, March 11th, which is intended to help prices and …
People's Power Assembly decries police violence
A group organized by the Committee Against Police Brutality filled the World Beat Center in Balboa Park on Saturday, March 9 for a San Diego People’s Power Assembly, modeled after a national format that came to life through the Occupy …
Suspected killer tracked by text messages, credit card, and surveillance video, investigators say
Marine corporal pleads not guilty to murder of Army reservist
The family of Alvin Bulaoro said he left home about 9 p.m. December 21, 2012. Alvin’s brother reported him missing December 23; he told investigators that Alvin was homosexual and “under financial stress.” On January 3, the family reported they …
Sustainable Seafood Week swims into San Diego; swims out March 15
Over 75 regional restaurants offering sustainable seafood options during week-long event to benefit San Diego Oceans Foundation.
Everyone's gotta eat but finding eco-friendly choices, especially when it comes to seafood, can sometimes prove difficult. Non-profit ocean stewardship organization San Diego Oceans Foundation (SDOF) has helped take the guesswork out of this yummy endeavor by pairing up with …
Sad details of Marine wife's last day before her killing
Court testimony of strange goings-on at home in Fallbrook
Brittany Killgore was a lonely young woman, packing up her things to move back home to Pennsylvania, when she got talked into going out with a man who soon killed her, according to a prosecutor who is calling witnesses this …
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar comes to Balboa Park to make non-violence go viral
Indian spiritual leader will speak at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion with Mayor Bob Filner
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (not to be confused with the late sitarist Ravi Shankar) is a leading voice in the pursuit of non-violence and, in 2010, was designated the fifth most influential person in India by Forbes Magazine. Despite whoa-bro-ical …
Filner takes on the Portland Loo!
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General Atomics Predator drone receives first-ever "drone medal"
Retired drone is honored for 2005 strike against Al-Qaeda operative Haitham al-Yemeni
STARING BRAVELY AHEAD INTO A FUTURE THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY HOPEFULLY NOT INCLUDE ROGUE DRONES RAINING DEATH FROM ABOVE ON U.S. CITIZENS - Secretary of Defense Charles "Chuck" Hagel today presented the United States military's first Distinguished Warfare Medal to "Palindrone," …
Get funky with The 1:1 Movement at Soda Bar
Fish Out of Water provides the music for event to benefit local grassroots organization focused on sustainability.
"We decided to do a benefit show because we, first and foremost, want our friends and supporters to have a good time," writes local sustainability-focused organization The 1:1 Movement via email. Since their inception in 2012, The 1:1 Movement has …
Suspected teenage hitman apprehended in Tijuana
17 year old allegedly killed 9 victims in less than a year
A suspected teenage hitman was apprehended in Tijuana on Saturday, March 9th, after pulling off a brazen attack which killed a man at La Ruta de la 6 bar in la Zona Centro. The attack occurred around 7:30pm, which also …