Lawyer for hotel owners planning to sue city can't say who will pay his fee
Litigation targeting San Diego mayor yet to gain final approval and will be debated at February 22 meeting at the Bahia Hotel, attorney says
Who will pay the tab for that prospective lawsuit against the city of San Diego regarding Democratic mayor Bob Filner's refusal to release hotel tax money demanded by the hotelier-controlled San Diego Tourism Marketing District? http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/19/40413/ The district is largely, …
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Fresh San Diego produce to change the world
World Challenge is offering a fresh 5K and farmer's market.
Charity World is a small San Diego based group that is trying to improve the lives of the poor and the underprivileged via agriculture. The Charity World Challenge is coming up on Saturday February 23rd, from 9:00 am to noon. …
Homebrews for guide dogs
Local Habit hosting homebrew-driven fundraiser for service dog trainers
On Saturday, February 23, the statement “this restaurant’s gone to the dogs” will take on new meaning when Local Habit (3827 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest) holds an event benefitting New Leash on Life, a non-profit organization raising puppies to serve as …
Korea BBQ House
Enduring Kearny Mesa BBQ spot is long on portions, short on excellence.
Seeing as how it’s next door to the legendary Min Sok Chon karaoke emporium, and how it’s been operating successfully for 30-odd years, I figured the Korea BBQ House (4620 Convoy Street) would be all right. The building’s blue, mock …
Tent City Intensity: Harry D’z BBQ sets I.B. nostrils a-twitch
Harry’s reinvented the BBQ sauce, and the nation's most SW farmers' market is richer (in aromas) for it
Was at my favorite farmers’ market. It's the one in IB (Imperial Beach Pier Plaza, 10 Evergreen Avenue, Imperial Beach, 619-397-1917) where the market’s tent city springs up right by the ocean.You see tents, surfers, dolphins, Coronado islands, ocean, Japan, …
Jill Holslin: Tijuana Alley Art photo series in Normal Heights
Street Art and graffiti photos with wheatpastes and paintings from Tijuana artists 1102, Panca, and Spel Uno.
Photographer and SDSU lecturer Jill Holslin will be opening her Tijuana Alley Art series at Visual (3524 Adams Ave. – Normal Heights) on Saturday, March 9 - 6 to 10 p.m. Holslin’s photos provide a glimpse of the ubiquitous graffiti …
Americans have good reason to give thanks this President's Day
Audiences refuse to swallow "Beautiful Creatures" 'caster' oil
Beautiful Creatures didn't crack this weekend's top five at the box office. It barely took in $10 million. No sequels! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qYCDEsersw The film's young star, Andy of Mayberry facsimile Alden Ehrenreich, was "discovered" by Spielberg at a friend's daughter's Bat …
Bop Moderno sells out the Museum of Making Music
This was the third gig for Bop Moderno, consisting of Peter and Tripp Sprague, Gilbert Castellanos, Gunnar Biggs and Duncan Moore.
Saturday, Feb. 16, the Museum of Making Music presented the San Diego debut performance of Bop Moderno a newly formed unit featuring Peter Sprague on guitar, Gilbert Castellanos on trumpet, Tripp Sprague on reeds Gunnar Biggs on bass and Duncan …
Labor group talks transit plans
A Better San Diego, a community outreach group sponsored largely by local labor unions, held its latest monthly community breakfast and roundtable last Friday, February 15, hosting speakers on the issue of regional public transit. Event host and labor leader …
Truth in advertising: Woody plugs Groucho
I saw Groucho Marx perform in person. Allow me to take a moment to stick my tongue out at you unfortunates who can't claim the same. It was a few months shy of my Bar Mitzvah when Groucho agreed to …
Interview: Director Ric Roman Waugh rats on Snitch
Ric Roman Waugh is a wow of a salesman. I'm generally a fan of The Rock, but it's been some time since a Dwayne Johnson film held this much promise. After speaking with its passionate and knowledgeable ex-stuntman turned writer/director …
Baja Norte road trip
A compilation from the Reader's travel section: Tijuana, Rosarito, Ensenada, Baja Wine Country and Tecate.
(See Facebook.com/SDReaderTravel for more Storify guides, photos & videos and updates from Reader Travel.) http://storify.com/SDReaderTravel/reader-travel-guide-baja-norte
Talking to San Diego Opera's Samson
I talked to Clifton Forbis about everything except Samson.
Samson et Dalila opened at San Diego Opera on Saturday February 16th. I sat down to talk with the man singing Samson, Clifton Forbis. San Diego Reader: What's your darkest, deepest secret? Clifton Forbis: Is that thing recording? SDR: Yes. …
Big-time brewhouse additions
New brewers for Modern Times Beer and Monkey Paw
Over the course of the past few months, more and more questions have been answered about upcoming San Diego craft brewing company Modern Times Beer (3725 Greenwood Street, Point Loma), as owner Jacob McKean has piece-mealed out details. It’s been …
Punk Rock at Ion Theatre
In Lord of the Flies (1954), William Golding isolates a group of young British students on a deserted island. In time, most revert to savagery. Simon Stephens' Punk Rock (2009) serves as an update. The students at Stockport aren't isolated, …
DeMaio backers behind Tourism Marketing District attack Filner in U-T San Diego
U-T San Diego, run by GOP hotel magnate Douglas Manchester, not pleased with Democratic mayor's self-styled reform plan for city "tourism" subsidies
The San Diego Tourism Marketing District, TMD for short, has long been a fixture at city hall, funneling $30 million or so of hotel tax revenue through a hand-picked industry-controlled board of directors to an array of pet causes, including …
Two District 4 candidates pulling ahead in campaign cash
Myrtle Cole leading the pack in campaign contributions with thousands more than her closest opponent
Out of the nine candidates running for the District Four council seat, two are pulling ahead of the pack in terms of fundraising efforts. Recent campaign disclosures show that candidates Myrtle Cole and Dwayne Crenshaw have raised thousands more than …