La Jolla likely to keep "Christmas" in parade name
Talk of name change surfaces, but movement does not appear strong enough
La Jolla has 40,000 people, and about 12,000 are Jewish, according to the San Diego Jewish Journal, using figures from the United Jewish Federation. Many other La Jolla residents belong to non-Christian faiths and assorted ethnic groups. But La Jolla …
Tourism Marketing District has some economic incentive...for city councilmembers
City councilmembers have collected more than $42,000 from top three hotel companies part of TMD
For Monday's council hearing, council president Todd Gloria is planning to shed some light on the controversy surrounding the Tourism Marketing District. At the meeting, councilmembers will hear the benefits that the Tourism Marketing District, the special assessment paid by …
Birds of a Feather at Diversionary
They may flock together, but it's more complicated than that in Mark Acito's allegorical comedy. Married birds find themselves aboard a "relation ship," on smooth and stormy waters. And yet the unmarried birds, and human bird-watchers, yearn to find a …
Humphrey's owner voted to sue San Diego mayor
Wealthy hotelier who runs internationally famous Shelter Island concert venue is vice-chairman of hotel tax district at center of Filner storm
San Diego's famed Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay, where musical acts all the way from Tony Bennett to the Goo Goo Dolls have plied their trade for 31 seasons to sold-out crowds, has been getting some off-stage attention of late. …
Fleeing Filner, San Diego hoteliers decamp for Texas
"You know who else has a coastal location and a bay? Corpus Christi!"
For Texas Governor Rick Perry, it was a matter of right place, right time. The Lone Star leader had been on a big-game hunting expedition in California, his sights set on the state's trophy businesses: Apple, Facebook, eBay, and more. …
10th Annual Guacamole Bowl rolls into Balboa Park
S4EA fundraiser pits Kiwanis against Law Enforcement in this cook-off which promises the public all-you-can-eat guacamole for a small price.
The 10th Annual Law Enforcement vs. Kiwanis Challenge Guacamole Bowl fundraiser hits Balboa Park Saturday, February 23. Dubbed a “good old fashioned guacamole cook-off”, the Balboa Park Club (2150 Pan American Road West) is the place to be from 10 …
Piatti Ristorante, La Jolla classic
This restaurant may not have changed much in recent years, but it doesn't seem to need it.
I got some great service the other day at Piatti (2182 Avendia de la Playa, 858-454-1589) in La Jolla Shores. It was that all too rare kind of evening where the entire staff at a restaurant is courteous, professional, lacking …
Oceanside burglar handed out flyers with her name and phone number
Sentenced to prison for string of first-degree burglaries
A Vista woman passed out “lost dog” flyers, with her true name and phone number, while she was casing homes in Oceanside that she would later burglarize, according to papers in her court file. Toya Dahl Calderon, 30, was sentenced …
California brothers found dead in Mexicali
Two men from Calexico murdered in neighboring Mexicali
Two brothers, who were U.S. citizens from Calexico, California, were found dead in an abandoned gas station in Mexicali, Baja California on February 20th. The men, who were identified only as Daniel and Cristian, were bound with tape and suffered …
Two more Padres implicated in Biogenesis scandal
Everth Cabrera and Fautino De Los Santos are two more Padres linked to documents from a clinic in Florida that allegedly dispensed performance enhancing drugs, joining suspended catcher Yasmani Grandal.
According to documents obtained by ESPN's Outside The Lines, San Diego Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera and relief pitcher Fautino De Los Santos are among five players appearing in documents obtained by the investigative series. The South Florida clinic, Biogenesis, was …
Disgraced Carlsbad cop has completed his “treatment”
Former police detective took evidence in front of witnesses
Michael Christian Koch admitted burglary, when he took heroin from the evidence room at Carlsbad police headquarters, the crime happened January 19, 2012. The 18-year-veteran was a vice and narcotics detective at the time of the incident. Koch was in …
Octa#grape blows up garage with Emotional Oil
Featuring members of Soul-Junk, Trumans Water, fluf, and Olivelawn, Octa#grape a breath of fresh air in dusty garage.
Can we all agree that garage rock has reached an impasse? Don't get me wrong. I love fuzzed out guitars, lo-fi drum tracks, and retro vocals as much as the next guy - and San Diego has got its share …
Driver in fatal hit-and-run crash expects 22 years prison
Escondido man admitted manslaughter in plea deal
An Escondido man admitted gross vehicular manslaughter, and causing injury to multiple victims, and fleeing after a fatal car crash, in a plea deal in San Diego’s North County Superior Court. Three other felony charges, including DUI charges, were dropped …
Albert Brooks in This is 40 for Best Jew?
The New Yorker's Richard Brody says yes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ438Fy_PYg I'm not sure if Scott would agree, but I thought I'd toss it out there for him.
Don't forget this Sunday's Live Oscar Blog!
Will it be Lincoln or Argo? Hunt or Field? Zeitlin or Lee? Phoenix or Washington? France or Dick? Who cares? We'll goof on all of them and more during The Big Screen's annual Live Oscar Blog! I've already submitted my …
New proposal from Mayor's Office opens commercial areas to medical marijuana dispensaries
New zones would include some commercial and light industrial areas.
Medical Marijuana patients in San Diego may not have to travel to remote industrial areas to get their medication, that is, if city councilmembers agree with a proposal to open new zones for dispensaries. A committee comprised of former task …
UCSD "mastermind" to head up Obama's Thought Police project
"I know! We'll call it 'Mapping the human brain.' That sounds helpful. People love government help."
Ralph Greenspan, the associate director of the Kavli Institute at UC San Diego, has been tapped by the White House to help engineer government oversight of brain function among United States citizens. "Government and science had a long and proud …
Stout downtown: It’s hockey time. Eat your poutine!
Ice hockey season brings the annual pilgrimage of puckista fanatics
Why does Stout always look crowded these days? Ice. And we’re not talking immigration. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/20/40481/ ’Tis the season for San Diego fanatics to do what it takes to find a screen, a stool, a stout (preferably Guinness) and hopefully a …