My funky valentines
February holidays suck. All I can think of is how white and unloved I am. Happy VD from your pals at The Big Screen. Here are a few favorites to help get you through this day where commercialism and forced …
Scheherazade part deux
Conductor Mei-Ann Chen whips Rimsky's beautiful concubine with the help of the San Diego Symphony.
After the intermission I noticed that there was no music stand for the conductor. Hmmm, guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen was going to do this one from memory. This could be good. My hopes increased. Concert master Jeff Thayer was going …
Bread Canyon turns up the heat
An update on the "bread CSA" that I found out about last year.
I don’t know if anybody remembers, but I was clued in to a secret sourdough bread baking operation last fall and I promised to keep tabs on it. When I first found out about the “bread CSA,” it was in …
Complaint alleges overbilling on San Onofre generator replacement
Utility could have charged up to $100 million too much based on incorrect inflation calculation
The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility on February 13 filed a complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission alleging, among other things, that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station operator Southern California Edison is guilty of “multiple violations of California and federal …
Beer Touring: Coronado Brewing - Tecolote Canyon
Off-island offshoot offers expanded look at Crown City operation
Coronado’s a beautiful place, but unless you live in the Crown City, it’s someplace you don’t likely frequent. The lure of the island’s namesake brewpub, Coronado Brewing Company, has sent me across that big blue bridge a number of times, …
Records Collecting Dust: a film about the music that changed our lives
Documentary features members of Black Flag, The Locust, Hot Snakes, Heroin, Sleep, the Jesus Lizard, Drive Like Jehu, and many more.
Local musicians Jason Blackmore (Otro, Rats Eyes, Sirhan Sirhan, Molly McGuire) and David Robles (Wha?, Marsupials) posted a trailer today for their pending documentary Records Collecting Dust - Volume One: the California Edition. Simply described as “a film about the …
Ex-Sanders aide gets $6,000 a month for Balboa Park centennial role
Former mayoral staffer who played key role promoting city-funded Balboa Park centennial plans and failed parking makeover now working for project's non-profit sponsor, co-chairman says
An ex-Union-Tribune reporter who left the paper to become a top aide to GOP mayor Jerry Sanders is now working for the nonprofit group making plans for a megamillion-dollar corporate-sponsored 2015 celebration of Balboa Park's centennial. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/13/40105/ Gerry Braun, who …
Hit-and-run driver gets 2 years State prison
Korean immigrant ran over bicyclist in Rancho Santa Fe
A Korean immigrant was sentenced to 2 years in prison today, for a hit-and-run collision in which he killed an 18-year-old bicyclist, last summer. Jin Hyuk Byun was 19 years old when he drove his black pickup truck into Angel …
Torrey Pines (La Jolla) Rotary Club raffling off tickets to Comic-Con
A 1 in 6,500 chance to win
Ten bucks, one-tenth of a Frankiln, could net you a pair of tickets to this year's Comic-Con. That's all it will cost to purchase a raffle ticket from Torrey Pines (La Jolla) Rotary Foundation to win two passes to Comic-Con …
Beer Touring: Helm's Brewing
Dark side of the equation is brightest at Kearny Mesa newbie
The first time I had a beer from Helm’s Brewing Company (5640 Kearny Mesa Road, Suite C/N, Kearny Mesa) was at a Japanese craft beer tasting event at downtown sushi den, Ogawashi. It was the only local product provided that …
UT San Diego's sale of the North County Times campus in Escondido in limbo
Well after the 90-day escrow, the charter school has yet to obtain a permit or funds for the campus.
It didn't take long for Doug Manchester and John Lynch to start selling assets that came with the $12 million purchase of the North County Times in September 2012. Unfortunately for them, it's taking a lot longer than expected to …
San Diego Film Critics live to die hard another day
Mid-meeting robbery occurs in Mission Valley Mall food court
I kinda’ like it when my colleagues at the San Diego Film Critics Society holler at me. It’s when they scream inside a food court that I find it so unnerving. Such was the case during last night’s meeting at …
Dave Rolland: "No Maass."
CityBeat reporter, perhaps fearing KO for print organ, calls it quits and heads online. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/13/40070/
"The Kiss" statue gets hot 'n heavy
Crews called in to right supine sailor and naughty nurse "before things get out of hand. This is a public park!"
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/13/40058/
Car burglars captured in Santee
Sheriff's Department seeking other potential victims of duo captured Monday
Sheriff’s deputies in Santee are asking victims of recent car burglaries in and around the city to come forward following the arrest of two men suspected of having committed multiple vehicle break-ins in recent weeks. On the morning of February …
The fashion choices of reality star contestants
A few weeks ago my friend Elizabeth and I headed up to Valley View Casino to catch a taping of 3 Minutes to Stardom, a local "American Idol"-type reality program, hosted by the Reader's own music writer Dave Good. The …
Manchester clarifies "I'm buying the LA Times" statement
"What I said was, 'I'm buying an LA Times.'"
"Otherwise, how would I know what's going on in Southern California? From the U-T? Ha, ha, good one." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/13/40051/
Old movie stars never die...
...they just come back as grizzled versions of themselves.
Well, Bullet to the Head and Stand Up Guys and The Last Stand sure seem to be making the case against old folks gettin' out of their easy chairs and up on the big screen. But dammit, we won't really …
Buona Forchetta opens in South Park
New pizzeria occupies long-empty building and brings Neopolitan style gusto.
The building across Beech Street from Alchemy sat empty for years until Buona Forchetta moved in with a wood-burning pizza oven and a guarantee of certifiable Neopolitan pizza. Now, South Parkers can’t seem to get enough of the place and …
State releases rail plans, calls public meetings for feedback
California’s railroad planners are set to release their long-term plans for the future of rail in the state, including the controversial and costly voter-approved high-speed rail corridor that would run from San Francisco through Orange County but stop short of …