Non-native Native Foods in Encinitas
Newly arrived veggy-vegan chain committed to speedy delivery
A new restaurant just opened in Encinitas and its staff is officially on the clock. I’m not talking about 15 minutes of fame or the brief window a debuting eatery has to make a success of itself before it fades …
Bonnie Dumanis kicks off campaign for fourth-term as District Attorney
Two years shy of election, Dumanis already on the hunt for donations.
You can't keep a good district attorney down, or so says District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis in a recent announcement that she will be running for a fourth-term as the County's top prosecutor. Dumanis launched her campaign today for the 2014 …
Top Gun brought back in IMAX 3D (for those who care)
Tony Scott is ended (but the malady lingers on). Top Gun, the film that made San Diego famous, is being brought back for six days, this time in the grandeur of IMAX 3D. Wasn't it just two years ago that …
Wackness at the Joint
Ocean Beach sushi bar is best when things get weird.
A Newport Street hotspot, the Joint is a weird place. It appears appropriately seedy and OBecian from the outside, promising the beachy awesomeness of a Hodad’s or South Beach, but the interior had an aura of North Park hip courtesy …
Williams and Pope, aka Wavves, lean on demons to battle fear of heights
New full-length Afraid of Heights due March 26, single available now
A new single, “Demon to Lean On,” off the upcoming Wavves full-length Afraid of Heights — recorded with producer John Hill (Rihanna, Santigold) and due March 26 via Mom + Pop/Warner Bros — is streaming online. Another new song and …
The 49ers are Die Tote Stadt (the dead city) after the Super Bowl
It might be a stretch but here's an attempt to compare Niners fans to Paul in Korngold's Die Tote Stadt.
The Super Bowl is over. Having been born in the Bay Area and having gone to high school near the Bay Area, needless to say I wanted the Niners to win the Super Bowl. I’m a left-coaster and prefer any …
Sea Chanteys with famous former neighbors Tom Waits, Frank Zappa
Waits/Keith Richards jam and Zappa track on Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/03/39496/ The Tom Waits and Keith Richards jam “Shenandoah,” off the upcoming compilation Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys, is streaming now at: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/01/08/168805385/new-music-from-tom-waits-keith-richards-ra-ra-riot-villagers-more. http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/feb/03/39497/ The two-disc compilation, produced by Hal Willner, set for release February …
Jamul: pre-postapocalyptic show with Batwings, Innerds, and California Bleeding
Where do we party once the bomb drops? The Greek Sombrero in Jamul is one place to start.
“It is no secret that San Diego is a military target,” writes vox/guitarist Bobby Bray of post-prog-skronk space-tropicalia math lounge duo Innerds (members of Sleeping People, The Locust, Holy Molar). “There are of course a number of reasons why this …
Tribute to Monk sells out 98 Bottles
Leading a superb quartet,Gilbert Castellanos burned through a set of Monk.
Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos returned to 98 Bottles last night for A Tribute to Thelonious Monk, earning a sold-out house in the process. Fronting a solid quartet featuring two LA players, (drummer Dan Schenelle and bassist Katie Thiroux) alongside powerhouse pianist …
San Marcos man charged w attempted murder for alleged car-ramming
Man who rescued domestic violence victim was reportedly pinned tween cars
A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for using his car to ram another man who had intervened in a domestic violence dispute, according to a Sheriff’s statement this morning. Jorge Alcantara Colin was taken into custody …
Beaucoup Banchan at Grandma's
Endless array of tastes at Grandma Tofu & B.B.Q. on Convoy
I thought Tofu House was the only Korean boiling chili tofu pot joint in town, but this week, David proved me wrong by bringing me to Grandma's Tofu & BBQ. David had dined there a week before with our fellow …
Ripley's Believe it or Not!
Now Open at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park
For the first time since the California Pacific International Exposition of 1935, San Diego is host to a collection of Robert Ripley's strange and hard to believe finds as he explored the world. Beginning this month and for the rest …
Hamlet at Intrepid Shakespeare Company
Ezra Pound defined literature as "news that STAYS news." If so, then the Bard's Hamlet is hot off the presses. I've read it who knows how many times, and seen umpteen productions, and am convinced it's a castle made of …
Hilton Mission Valley to lay off 148
Has been scene of many labor disputes
The Hilton San Diego Mission Valley hotel has filed with the state its intention to lay off 148 workers on March 2. The hotel filed the notification under the state's WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) system run by the …
Platoon Adagio for Strings
Does the movie Platoon make good use of Barber's Adagio for Strings?
The opera chorus is in staging rehearsals for Samson et Dalila this week. In the story of Samson, the Philistines are the bad guys. Spoiler alert, everyone dies. With all the Philistines walking around the stage I couldn’t help but …
Woman sentenced to ten years for fatal DUI crash
Debbie Pacheco Sumi read a statement that she is "sorry"
A woman convicted of killing three persons by crashing into a car parked on the side of a freeway two years ago, was sentenced yesterday to ten years in prison. There were so many people who wanted to hear the …
Peter Sprague, Gilbert Castellanos & Rob Thorsen @ The Westgate
Connecting with the language of bebop, the two San Diego jazz masters made daring music over the redoubtable pulse of Thorsen.
Utilizing a shared study of the music of Sonny Rollins and an encyclopedic knowledge of the Great American Songbook, San Diego jazz icons Peter Sprague and Gilbert Castellanos met on common ground last night at the Westgate Hotel unraveling a …
Fourth Anniversary Townie Ride at Blind Lady Ale House
Celebrate the gastropub's 4th Anniversary with a bicycle ride around Normal Heights on Sunday
"We love bikes," writes Blind Lady Ale House, more affectionately known as BLAH, on their website. “We love riding them fast but we also love riding them leisurely through the streets of our wonderful neighborhoods." BLAH has hosted a celebratory …