Padres drop a pair of split-squad games to the A's and the Rockies
The San Diego Padres lost two games in one day in Cactus League Play, losing 11-6 to the Oakland Athletics and 6-3 to the Colorado Rockies
In Arizona on Wednesday, the Padres split their squad and sent half to face the Oakland Athletics and kept the other half in Peoria to face the Colorado Rockies. San Diego dropped both games, 11-6 to Oakland and 6-3 to …
Retox to release YPLL via Epitaph Records
Thrash/punk outfit featuring members of Festival of Dead Deer and The Locust to drop new LP May 7.
Having recently returned from a West Coast tour with Tomahawk, pissed-off thrash punk quartet Retox announced the release of their new album, YPLL, via Epitaph Records on May 7 (preorder). Vice plugged the release with a video for "Congratulations, You …
Escondido man on trial for murder after head-on collision
Repeat felon was high on heroin and driving stolen vehicle, prosecutor said
An Escondido man is on trial for murder, after he allegedly caused a fatal head-on collision driving a stolen car on the wrong side of the road, while high on heroin. Jurors began hearing evidence this morning, in a trial …
Interview with Phantom technical advisor Kenneth Sewell
Kenneth Sewell is the author of Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U.S., the book that served as the inspiration for Phantom, which opens Friday. He also served as technical advisor …
Peevey, supposed to be neutral, pushed secretly for Pio Pico
CPUC head requested another agency to write a letter to help SDGE
Tomorrow (Feb. 28), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) votes on whether to permit San Diego Gas & Electric to push ahead with three gas-fired power plants. The most important is Pio Pico in the Otay area. But, it is …
Weiland booted from Stone Temple Pilots (again)
Slipknot and Velvet Revolver aren't saying nice things about him either...
“Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland,” according to a statement issued from the band’s management. Stone Temple Pilots came together when Scott Weiland met New Jersey-born bass player Robert DeLeo at a 1986 Black Flag …
Ninja III: The Domination coming to Blu-ray
There is no such thing as a bad genre
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40831/ There was a time in my life, several years before Jackie Chan forced me to rethink my stance, where you couldn't pay me to watch a karate movie. I had stumbled into a few simply to see what all …
Toe The Line at Planet Rooth Design Haus
Friday's closing night party for Toe The Line Art Show celebrates the art of folks who all just happen to be tattoo artists.
One of the goals of SD-Too.com, besides being an online tattoo artist directory for San Diego, is to “expose the art of local San Diego tattoo artists to a wider audience.” By the looks of the over 350 people that …
Little Italy Waterfront happy hour: Free is good
And this HH is specially hard to beat when it includes free crab legs
Good news you forgot you knew: I was on Kettner around six in the evening ''t'other day and heard the crowd before I saw them under the black awning. It was the happy hour crowd at The Waterfront, this town’s …
Fosse's Chicago: a post-view
The great lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg wrote: "Woe to the culture that woos TV/Where sponsors flourish and songs decay,/Where clay is hailed as cloisonne/And catch-penny poet is sage and seer." Bob Fosse's Chicago - currently in a fine production at …
Boobgate 2013 continues: this time with actual quotes, and a defense from Roger Ebert!
Last one, I promise, but it's about time we had a serious discussion about nudity in film, right, Seth Rogen? So, Penelope Cruz - Seth mentioned you in his song about boobs. How do you feel about the nudity? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40814/ …
San Onofre shutdown costs now over $400 million
The cost of the ongoing emergency shutdown at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has topped $400 million for plant operator Southern California Edison, new disclosures reveal. Edison’s costs thus far include $102 million for inspection and repair of defective steam …
County supervisors quietly assign selves lucrative board gigs
Fight over stipend-laden planning and airport board seats at city eclipses low-key self-awards at county
It was an epic struggle last month between Bob Filner and fellow Democrat Todd Gloria - the politically ambitious, developer and hotelier-backed city councilman from the Third District - over who would get appointed to outside agency boards. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40812/ As …
Boobgate 2013: the boobs talk back
Seth MacFarlane's "We Saw Your Boobs" song has generated rather a good deal of uproar since he sang it during his Oscars opening bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TWLKP8j0zk Now, some of those boobs finally get to respond. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40805/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40806/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40807/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40809/ http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40810/
Interview: Mike Tyson
My 10 minutes in the ring with The Champ
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/27/40801/ So give him a stage where this bull here can rage. Mike Tyson is coming to town. The legendary boxer brings his one man show, Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, to San Diego’s Balboa Theatre for one night only on …
SDGE still hopeful it will screw you
But annual report says if it can't, it will record a charge
On December 20, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) turned down an attempt by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) to get ratepayers to cough up for uninsured costs of the 2007 fire, for which the utility was found responsible. …
City appeals judge's decision to award former pension officials over $5 million in damages
Representative for City Attorney to appear in court on Friday to get out of paying legal fees.
The City of San Diego is still embroiled in the legal fight surrounding the estimated $2 billion hit it took during the 2002 pension debacle when pension board officials voted to increase benefits while decreasing payments. The City of San …
There's Culture brewing on Cedros
New brewery brings Solana Beach’s design district customized suds
I believe in multi-tasking and love killing two birds with one stone. The evening I ventured to Pizza Port Solana Beach to interview brewer Devon Randall about taking over the brewpub’s system, I followed up that session with a short …
San Diego schools superintendent announces retirement plan
Next leader will be sixth installed in eight years
San Diego Unified School District has announced that superintendent Bill Kowba will step down on June 30, following the conclusion of the 2012-2013 school year. Kowba’s departure will set the district to work in seeking its sixth head since 2005, …