In Filner case, tangled tale of four GOP leaning judges
By representing himself in court, Democrat Filner steps into a clubby world of Republican judicial cash and big business ties
San Diego mayor Bob Filner - who appeared before San Diego Superior Court judge Timothy B. Taylor today to unsuccessfully argue against an expedited hearing of the lawsuit brought against him by hotel moguls - is more familiar with the …
Calder Quartet at UCSD
The Calder Quartet does TedxTalks and tries to keep the quartet fresh.
The Calder Quartet came together at USC and stayed together through grad school at the Colburn Conservatory and the Juilliard School. The quartet has a strong connection to the traditional form of string quartet but keep themselves firmly rooted in …
What a difference a Doris Day makes (especially when it's Jean Seberg)
The Huffington Post ran this picture under the headline, "Doris Day's Hat Makes our Day." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/05/41143/ If that's Doris Day them I'm Rock and Baby Jane Hudson. With all the money Arianna Huffington ran off with when she sold out …
California border apprehensions lowest in over 10 years
Number of those caught attempting to cross border illegally dropping
The number of people caught trying to cross into California illegally has dropped to its lowest number in over 10 years, according to Custom and Border Protection (CBP) officials. CBP officials recently stated that the lower number in apprehensions is …
San Diego Latino Film Festival runs March 7 - 17
Feliz 20 Aniversario del Centro de Artes de los Medios!
You'll find the San Diego Latino Film Festival's digital program book here. Turn to festival founder and director Ethan van Thillo's welcoming remarks. The first words written do not befit someone who has been in the festival business for 20 …
Sloppy's Burritos opens in Hillcrest
The plaza at Fourth and University is exploding with new restaurants (sorry, Subway!) and the newest one is an alternative burrito place.
When I was eating at that new pizza place in Hillcrest, workers were putting the finishing touches on yet another new restaurant in the plaza at Fourth and University. “Sloppy’s Burritos,” said the sign, with a little avocado pictograffic for …
Beers of the Week: Churchill's Pub's Renaissance Brews
North County pub puts on six custom-made, high quality craft beers
Over the past two months, I’ve written a lot about San Diego breweries creating beers for local bars and restaurants. Arguably no other establishment has had as many crafted for them—and definitely none in the span of the past year …
PA woman cleared to sue local baby products manufacturer
Suit related to 2009 suffocation death, Wal Mart, Kmart and retail store managers also named in suit
A Pennsylvania woman has been cleared by a federal judge to pursue a lawsuit against Wal Mart, Kmart, and San Diego-based baby products manufacturer Infantino LLC over the death of her son. Anthoinette Medley was walking in a Philadelphia mall …
Rock Out Karaoke ending 4-year residency in Pacific Beach
No more live band karaoke at 710 Beach Club "as the club works on going a new direction"
"This Thursday [March 7], we’ll be celebrating our four-year stay at the 710 Beach Club with a big ol’ freakin’ party," says guitarist John Ruzicka of live sing-a-long band Rock Out Karaoke. "It’s also with mixed emotions that we announce …
Otras Obras: ten dollar tattoos in Tijuana
Art space off La Sexta offers $10 tats by Tijuana and Los Angeles artists.
It may well be the premise of The Hangover III, but on Saturday, March 16 you are invited to round up your buddies and head south of the border for ten dollar tattoos in Tijuana. Temporary art space Otras Obras …
Military contractors found guilty of fraud
Jury says bribery and money laundering part of scheme
A federal jury today (March 4) found two persons and one company guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bribery, and money laundering in connection with military contracting. Found guilty were Robert Ehnow, president of Poway's L&N Industrial Tool & …
Eat hearty, eat arty: gyros hit Coronado
Salah learned his art in Baghdad and Damascus. Check it out as you chomp cheap
Salah Jamel learned his art in Baghdad and Damascus. Now he’s bringing it to life in Coronado. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/04/41086/ I come across him inside Pizza and Greek Grill (933 Orange Avenue, Coronado, 619-435-4059). http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/mar/04/41085/ As I come in, he’s just painting …
In Miller obit, U-T misses historic sleaze story
Ed Miller battled and finally nailed C. Arnholt Smith
In all but a few daily newspapers, such as the New York Times, obituaries tend to gloss over or not even mention news that a community doesn't want to recall. So it is with the Union-Tribune's report today (March 4) …
L.A. in a day
The Getty Villa, Watts Towers, Queen Mary, LAX planespotting, Eames House, Museum of Death, Olvera Street, La Brea...
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Jury deliberates fatal car crash charged as murder
Trial for man accused in head-on collision in Valley Center almost one year ago
A San Diego County prosecutor asked the jury to find an Escondido man guilty of second-degree murder, after he allegedly caused a fatal head-on-collision in Valley Center almost a year ago, on April 25, 2012. Jose Raul Najera, 34, is …
International Women's Day
Festa Della Donna at Cucina Urbana in Bankers Hill
First, a bit of history. It was in 1945 that the Union of Italian Women declared March 8 as Festa Della Donna (Women's Day), a day to celebrate and honor women. Though inspiration for this decision was inspired by events …
NFL's request to transfer Seau case to federal court denied by judge
Order to stay from U.S. judge holds transfer until outside panel can weigh in on case.
The National Football League wants that the case filed by relatives of Junior Seau to be heard by the federal courts, not the San Diego Superior Court where Seau's surviving relatives originally filed the lawsuit. The case, filed, on January …
Mahanthappa's Gamak: Jazz at the Studio
Blending Indian music with funk, rock and other elements, Mahanthappa, Fiucynski, Moutin and Weiss threw down on March 3.
Alto saxophone master Rudresh Mahanthappa delivered two blazing sets of hard to categorize music on March 3, fronting a magnificent group including electric guitarist David Fiucynski, bassist Francois Moutin and drummer Dan Weiss in an Athenaeum Jazz at the Studio …