Horton Plaza announces new free parking plan
"4S Parking Pass" seeks to maintain GHQ
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39711/ Won't somebody please think of the hotties? SAFELY INSIDE THE VELVET ROPE, FLUXX NIGHTCLUB - San Diego's Gaslamp has been in an uproar ever since Westfield Horton Plaza announced yesterday that it would no longer provide free validated parking …
Jonathan McMurtry: thoughts on acting
I recently interviewed Jonathan McMurtry about the professional actors fund named for him at the North Coast Rep. I couldn't let him get away without some of his thoughts gleaned from six decades in the theater, about which - ahem! …
Sheriffs in Ramona visit the "Chicken Ranch"
Compound was used by burglary ring to hide and process stolen property
Sheriff’s deputies served a warrant Tuesday on a Ramona property known as the “Chicken Ranch,” which a gang of burglars was reportedly using to hide and dismantle stolen property before attempting to offer it for sale. Concluding a two month …
No more free parking at Whoreton Plaza
Shopping mall gouges patrons with $8 an hour parking fee
It was all over the news yesterday. The three free hours with validation are gone unless you drop at least $10 at one of their stores. Otherwise, $8 an hour or a flat $20 after 9 p.m. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39701/ It's not …
One way to negotiate: threaten to blow up the plant
Platinum Equity owns French company hit with layoff unrest
A French plant owned by Beverly Hills-based Platinum Equity, former owner of the Union-Tribune, is experiencing real labor unrest: the workers are threatening to blow up the place, according to the publication Testosterone Pit. Tuesday (Feb. 5) the 168 remaining …
Dalila debut at San Diego Opera
Bulgarian Mezzo Nadia Krasteva sings her first Dalila ever at San Diego Opera
Nadia Krasteva is making her San diego debut as the vengeful seductress Dalila in Saint Saens’ Samson et Dalila at San Diego Opera. Her American debut was as Carmen at the Chicago Lyric Opera. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39700/ Long before she was a …
Massachusetts nails LPL Financial
SD firm will pay $2 million to investors plus $500,000 fine
San Diego's LPL Financial has been hit with an order by the Massachusetts Security Division to pay more than $2 million to investors who had bought shares of non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). LPL will also pay a $500,000 …
Rick Perry's La Jolla super PAC down to its last $946
San Diego committee backing California job-poaching Texas governor isn't so super anymore
Self-styled San Diego business leaders aflutter about Texas governor Rick Perry's recent California job raiding forays can rest easy about one thing: his La Jolla-based super PAC. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/07/39694/ At one point during the run-up to the 2012 presidential election season, …
Isola serves lovin' from the oven
Pizza’s the focus, but its upstaged by unexpected stars
Italian in Little Italy—what a novel idea. Nowadays, with trendy ramen joints, second-story comfort food perches, and burger joints popping up and fitting in just fine along India Street, the arrival of traditional Italian is a bit less expected. At …
Alleged San Marcos gangster brought before a judge
Accused of ramming his car into another man
An alleged gang member was arraigned on charges of attempted murder and felony assault, in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse, late yesterday. Jorge Alcantara Colin, 21, is accused of driving his car into another man, after that man intervened …
Larry Ochs, Donald Robinson @ Space 4 Art, Feb. 13
Expect incendiary exchanges from the long-time free jazz duo.
Curator Bonnie Wright's excellent cutting edge concert series, Fresh Sound, continues on Feb. 13 with a sure to be searing performance by saxophonist Larry Ochs and drummer Donald Robinson. For more than 30 years Ochs has been a key member …
Tijuana gallery Otras Obras opens installation of short video works
Afterparty next door at Moustache Bar with Maria y Jose, Samo Sound Boy, and Jerome LOL.
Temporary Tijuana art space Otras Obras opened their inaugural exhibition, To Preserve Disorder, during a blowout weekend in November concurrent with international music events Festival Norte Sonoro and All My Friends. This Friday, February 8 (6 to 10 p.m.), Otras …
Man walks into the Imperial Beach Sheriff Station and says he just killed his wife
Woman's body found in husbands Nissan pickup truck
Just before 4:00 pm Wednesday February 6, William Barker was driving home from work when several San Diego Sheriff cars fell in behind him sirens blaring. Before he could pull over the patrol cars stopped in front of the sheriff's …
Padres do little in off-season
The San Diego Padres have signed back their 4th place team from last season but have done little else to compete in 2013.
In 1981, Tracy Kidder wrote and published a Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Soul Of A New Machine, about a group of engineers - young and old - with the now-defunct Data General that raced to catch up with 32-bit …
Lemon Grove: Best California steak?
For forty years, people have been trekking here for the steak-avo-cheese sandwich
Oh man. This steak of Alfredo's is da bomb. Has avocado, pepper jack, and a raft of sautéed onions. I'm in lunch heaven... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/06/39673/ ...Got vinegar on the fries, and Lori pouring endless refills in my $2 cawfee, and even …
Boxer, Markey demand San Onofre investigation
Senator, Congressman say new information indicates SCE overlooked safety
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer of California and Democratic Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts today (Feb. 6) wrote the federal Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC) urging it to investigate new information indicating that Southern California Edison (SCE) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries were …
Irwin Jacobs seeks consolation after Balboa Park debacle
The billionaire has had it up to here with people complaining that he has both things he wants to do and the money to get them done.
Sometimes, a kind word can come from the unlikeliest of places.... http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/06/39658/
Talking with an overnight success: Peter Marin
San Diego jazz crooner recalls his journey from dark to light
"I got sick. I went from being able to run a million dollar show to not being able to add two numbers." Peter Marin thinks that the singing of jazz music has brought him back from the brink of wherever …
Pop-ups taking over Market
San Diego Public Market fundraiser realizes chef’s makeshift resto concepts
Last year, farmers market maven Catt White and business partner Dale Steele went the Kickstarter route in search of funds to bring a central, grand scale public market to San Diego. The campaign was successful, raising more than $146,000 in …